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Little Beast Review: This Family-Friendly Spot Shows Eagle Rock What It Was Missing

Phil Solomon's Historic Film Experiments, From U.S. Presidents to Grand Theft Auto

The avant-garde director has films at four locations in Los Angeles this week

The 2013 James Beard Chef Awards: Los Angeles Gets The Shaft

The James Beard Chef Awards have just wrapped up in New York City, and Los Angeles took home zero awards. It's hard to resist feeling kinda whiny when looking at the list of winners and considering that New York City got 7 awards and accounted for 50% of all the non-region-specific awards (as well ... More >>

Shoplifting from American Apparel Director Pirooz Kalayeh Discusses His New Meta-Film and Its Unique Distribution Process

Pirooz M. Kalayeh is an energetic and loquacious multi-hyphenate who directed and wrote the film adaptation of Tao Lin's novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel, which has its world premiere tonight at the Los Feliz 3 theater. Combining absurdist documentary and cinematic realism, the dramedy ble ... More >>

Why Would Any Band Play Spokane?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Jackson Galaxy, the 'Cat Whisperer' of Animal Planet's My Cat From Hell

Forty-six-year-old Jackson Galaxy and his beloved Velouria look like a pair of furry lovebirds as he wakes her for a mid-Sunday morning kiss. "Oh delicious," Galaxy says as he holds his life partner of nearly 20 years, nuzzling her face. "Your breath is terrible." Unlike a lot of ladies, Velouria ... More >>

2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>

Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others

Golden Road Brewing Introduces Craft Beer Cans to L.A. County

Local canned craft beer will hit L.A.'s supermarket shelves for the first time later this week, and we have Tony Yanow and Meg Gill to thank for it. Gill, the president and co-founder of Golden Road Brewing in Atwater Village, knows a thing or two about canned beer. In 2007, after graduating from ... More >>

Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Review

Gregory Moss' House of Gold

Ionesco Meets JonBenet Ramsay

Gil Cates dies at 77

Craig SchwartzA Noise Within cuts open a new path in Pasadena​GIL CATES DIES: The Geffen Playhouse's artistic director, and Academy Awards producer, was found in a UCLA parking lot Monday night, having died of natural causes. More on this story to come. A Noise Within opened it's new Pasadena digs ... More >>

Buddhist Geeks Conference: What is the Sound of One Nerd Tweeting?

Paul T. BradleyIs Super Mario a Buddhist? Er...probably not...​ While mooks gawked the nether parts of starlets all weekend long at Adultcon downtown, another, radically different group of conventioneers gathered at the University of the West in Rosemead to lube up their third eyes and wax phi ... More >>

Q & A with Chef Ludo and Krissy Lefebvre: Ludo Bites America, and It's Delicious

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff.​If you're one of the many who scorned OpenTable (or maybe just your slow connection?) last week for not letting you snag one of the coveted spots at LudoBites 007, take heart. There's a smidge of a consolation prize we can all enjoy in the form of Ludo Bites America ... More >>

Manhattan Beach Sex Payoff

City manager Dolan got $270,000 — instead of being fired for misbehavior

2Pac and Walt Whitman

Two professors anthologize the best rap lyrics

America's 15 Favorite Chain Restaurants: We ♥ The Cheesecake Factory

Cheesecake FactoryLos Angeles Cheesecake Factory locations​ Want to know how America really eats? I guess track where NBA players go after a game. Nation's Restaurant News recently published a list of our 15 favorite casual and family restaurant chains, and The Cheesecake Factory, reportedly a ... More >>

Brace Yourself for Avery Barrel-Aged Wild Ale No. 5

Ben CalderwoodAvery Wild Ale in its own words​ Of microbrewers with nationwide reach, Avery Brewing Company is unmatched. No one so eagerly flouts mass-market expectations, experiments with wild abandon and challenges conceptions and pre-conceptions about what makes a good beer better than Ave ... More >>

2010 James Beard Finalists Announed: Suzanne Goin, Matt Molina, Michael Cimarusti, Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh Nominated

James Beard​Twitter is at it again. The 2010 James Beard Award Finalists were announced this morning via the foundation's Twitter account. L.A's Suzanne Goin, of Lucques, AOC Wine Bar, Hungry Cat and Tavern was nominated for Outstanding Chef, while Matt Molina of Mozza and Michael Cimarusti of ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide

Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

The Henry Clay People to Convene A "Mustache Circus" Featuring Fol Chen, Flying Tourbollin Orchestra

Timothy Norris Last Thursday we got a note from Andy Siara, he of the Henry Clay People, to inform us of an upcoming HCP show at the Echo and Echoplex that has the potential to be a great event: A Mustache Circus, slated for Friday, August 14. Says Siara: We're callin it the "Rock n Roll Mustache ... More >>

Prop. 8 Priestess Wrote Screeds Against Gays & Vatican

Brenda Lee, the self-described "Catholic priestess" from Anaheim, had press credentials to be in the presidential media area near Air Force One today. She had come to present a letter to President Obama urging him to take a stand for traditional marriage. She could have saved herself the time and tr ... More >>

Wonder Woman

Today in Photographs: March 15, 1979

Gay Marriage, 1979:  "You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots." This was the message Anthony Corbett Sullivan (center) and Richard Frank Adams (right) received from the Los Angeles District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Servi ... More >>

Key Moments in the Struggle for Gay Marriage in the U.S.

Holy unions to Supreme Court battles

California Supreme Court Set to Consider Gay Marriage

Meet the L.A. four who started all the trouble

Stormy Weather

Film Reviews

For the week of April 28 - May 4

Gone With the Wind

Robert Towne’s romantic valentine to a bygone L.A.

Split Over Atoms

Who will pay for San Onofre’s rehab?

The Rape Disconnect

Cool Times

Hanging with the actor kids at the Oakwood Apartments

Will Jam 4 Food

Improvising an alternative music scene