Betty White

Betty White and Her Wild Life

The Brand New Tupac Wax Statue Is Fucking Uncanny

See also: *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House *Bruce Hornsby on Tupac: "The original 'Changes' was a lot dirtier, had a lot of the n-word." Like most folks on their 41st birthday, Tupac celebrated with his old friends. Except that Tupac is now a wax statue. On Saturday night at ... More >>

He's Randall

Jessica St. Clair: Sitcomely

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. There's never dead air when you're with Jessica St. Clair, who has a giant personality to go with her big blue eyes and blond hair. Taking a break from filming her new NBC sitc ... More >>

William Shatner on His New Solo Show, on Broadway and at the Pantages

Portlandia the Tour: Nerdy Fan Love at the Echoplex

The top groupies in the audience for Portlandia the Tour have been a gay couple from Napa that attended the Los Angeles show last night dressed in matching "Put a Bird on It" t-shirts. They've been to every show on the tour so far. Portlandia actors/creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are ap ... More >>

L.A. at CMJ 2011 Round-Up: Odd Future, Vanaprasta, David Liebe Hart Band, and The New Limb

Courtsey of The Bowery PresentsOdd Future at CMJ ​By Chaz Kangas Last week buzzworthy bands saturated New York City, across all boroughs and genres. The College Music Journalism festival featured some of the best breaking music in the world, including many great new bands from Los Angeles. Th ... More >>

Emmy Nominations Day: 10 Standard Types of Reactions From Award Show Nominees

Tina Fey got nominated this year! (Or at least we assume -- we haven't checked yet)​ Guess what? HBO dominated the Emmys again. Another way the Emmys are predictable: the nominees' reactions. Or at least how they convey their reactions. We don't really know people's real reactions -- we know ... More >>

The White Stuff

Betty White Must Be Stopped!

Cocaine-Soaked Rope Didn't Fool Feds at LAX, They Say: Suspects Jonathan Cottrell and Leanthony Henderson Arrested

Yay.​Ah, great smuggling attempts through history. The classic surfboard de coca. The plaster snowman. And, now, coke-on-a-rope. That's right. Start your banjos. Because the pair of suspects is from Arkansas, a place, maybe, that would inspire one to dream that one day you could smuggle coc ... More >>

Time Machine: See What Ten LA Musicians (and Betty White!) Will Look Like 20 Years From Now

LA is famous for a lot of things, but perhaps nothing says Hollywood magic quite like the ubiquitous, desperate quest to stay young forever and ever and ever. Think you're above it? Live east of Alameda for a 2 years and you'll be staring emptily into every mirror you see, desperately trying to perf ... More >>

Betty White: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Betty 365​ Octogenarian Betty White was the unofficial "it" girl of 2010, proving that old is the new young. For the Golden Girls/Betty White fan in your life, thank your friend for being a friend (cue the theme song) with these last-minute, better-than-cheesecake holiday gift ideas. Hoodie ... More >>

Elvira's World

Cassandra Peterson, pushing 60 and still Mistress of the Dark

Comedy That Gives Good Hangover: The Director of 'Point Break Live!' Brings 'Drunk Talk' to the Dragonfly

Erin BroadleyThomas Blake at McSwiggin's Tavern, aka Dragonfly​Want drama? Forget the theater, give me a bar. For over two years Thomas Blake, co-producer and director of the wildly popular stage show Point Break Live!, has been turning traditional theater head over heels over bar stools with ... More >>

Party Against Westboro: Group Counters Fred Phelps' Notorious Church with Absurdism and Pop Culture

Saturday morning, Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps' Kansas-based group infamous for their "God Hates [insert target du jour here]" signs and habit of protesting funerals, descended upon Long Beach for the second time this year. The church's latest visit, which coincided with the city's annual Le ... More >>

U2 Producer Steve Lillywhite Debases Himself To Be the Next Simon Cowell

Esteemed producer Steve Lillywhite makes an 'Idol' plea and embarrasses music nerds

Air Sex vs. Air Guitar: Sweating, Panting, Thrusting, Clenching -- Climax!

Like Air Guitar, Air Sex is an activity best practiced at home. Your arms flail, your face looks like a Shar Pei, and strange noises emerge whether you like it or not. It's all around awkward. But at the first Air Sex World Championships at the Echoplex on Friday, adventurous (i.e. drunken) men and ... More >>

The Oxford American Profiles Longtime Venice Beach Singing Duo/Public Access stars Elton and Betty White

Longtime Venice residents and fans of L.A. public access television would be advised to pick up this month's fantastic Oxford American. In its consistently great annual music issue, the longtime Southern literary and culture magazine devotes a big chunk of ink to longtime Venice Beach singing duo E ... More >>

Stage Raw: Ovation Awards Tonight (Monday)

THE OVATION AWARDS ARE TONIGHTMonday at Luckman Auditorium, on the Cal State, Los Angeles campus. For more information, contact http://www.lastagealliance.com LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS BEAUTY OF ASHES Writer and star Peres Owino's furious semi-biographical poetry and dance piece about female ... More >>

Stage Raw: Fake Radio Sing Along

Check back here Monday after noon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Peter Shelan's speculative drama about challenging authority and Christopher Marlowe's death, The School of Night, at the Taper; Susan Kim's stage adaptation of Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, at East West Players; Peter Wing Heale ... More >>

Stage Raw: A Conversation With Robert Lepage

Freaky Friday

Party at Houdini's; Henry Rollins on Target; All Girl at the Echo

Sensuous Woman, Mean Men, Dancing Swans

World of Wonder Gallery, Where Camp Meets Vamp

Wonder walls

So Long, Summer 2007, We Hardly Knew You

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Dancing Queen

Francine Dancer

That Golden Moment

Springtime in Hollywood

Give Us Liberty or At Least Give Us Dinner

Edited by Kateri Butler

Spiking the Punch

The Feminine Mistake

Between a lark and a hard place

The Rupture

Bruce Wagner's I'm Losing You