Cancun

Chris Brown Faked Community Service With Help Of Police, L.A. D.A. Says

Chris Brown is the new Lindsay Lohan. First he's accused of socking somebody. Now L.A. prosecutors say he violated his probation by essentially faking his community service papers. And police in Richmond, Virginia are implicated in the scam, prosecutors indicate. The L.A. County District Attorney' ... More >>

Catalina Cuisine

Chef Paul Hancock of Avalon Grille has ambitions beyond beach food

Saveur's Annual Foodie Giveaway is On

Saveur's annual Foodie Giveaway is on. As usual, the month-long contest is a mishmash of nifty gifts (a set of Shun Reserve knives, a cookie sampler from Elsylee) and second-rate schwag (an ugly belt, a leather recipe organizer). The vacation prize packages, however, look good.

Q & A With Gilberto Cetina: Chichen Itza, His New Cookbook, The Scoville Scale The Happiness of Chowhound Guys

Facebook/Gilberto CetinaGilberto Cetina​Anyone who loves cochinita pibil, the Yucatecan dish of pork roasted in banana leaves, knows the well-traveled route to Chichen Itza in the Mercado La Paloma near USC just south of downtown, which also houses Ricardo Zarate's Mo-Chica. Chef-owner Gilbert ... More >>

Alexandra Wallace Porn: Vivid Entertainment Casts UCLA Racist in 'String Thongs and Ding Dongs' Opposite Blackie Chan

Co-Ed MagazineWallace is a 'natural,' says Vivid​Who said "Asians in the Library" hottie Alexandra Wallace wouldn't be able to land a job? L.A. porn king Vivid Entertainment, apparently tired of knocking down Octomom's door for a train-wreck celebrity cameo, made a trip to Wallace's Sacrament ... More >>

Music Picks: Talib Kweli, Pete Yorn, Lucy Schwartz

Also Rise Against, Piney Gir, Deradoorian and others

The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Is the Earth Running Out of Food?

Is the earth running out of food? You might think so if you've been stuck waiting in line behind your favorite neo-taco truck for hours lately, only to learn that they've run out of kimchi tacos. Okay, no. Time Magazine considers the very real possibility that the earth will actually run out of food ... More >>

Bruce Beresford-Redman Arrested In L.A. At The Behest Of Mexico For The Alleged Murder Of His Wife, Monica Beresford-Redman

Bruce and Monica.​Updated after the jump with details from the Mexican prosecutors' allegations. First posted at 5:22 p.m. Bruce Beresford-Redman, long suspected of the murder of his wife while the two were in Mexico with their children, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his Rancho Palos Ver ... More >>

Sisters Of Monica Beresford-Redman Demand Extradition In Murder Case Allegedly Involving Former 'Survivor' Producer Bruce Beresford-Redman

The Beresford-Redmans.​The sisters of murdered Los Angeles restaurateur Monica Beresford-Redman say they're tired of waiting for action from the U.S. and Mexican governments regarding the extradition of her husband south of the border to face murder allegations in the case. Jeanne Burgos and ... More >>

Mexico Makes Extradition Request For 'Survivor' Producer Suspected In Wife's Killing

The Beresford-Redmans.​Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday began extradition proceedings against former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, who has been charged in the death of his wife, Los Angeles restaurateur Monica Beresford-Redman. The Mexican request was being processed by federal ... More >>

Mexico Begins Extradition Proceedings Against 'Survivor' Producer Suspected Of Killing Wife

Zabumba.​Extradition proceedings against former Survivor television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman were underway Thursday morning as authorities in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo filed documents with U.S. authorities for the suspect's return. TMZ reported that Beresford-Redman sent an ema ... More >>

Today In WTF: Mexican Authorities Search For L.A. 'Survivor' Producer There Before Extraditing Him

The Palms eatery once owned by Monica Beresford-Redman.​You think the United States has an arcane, red-tape plagued legal system? Mexican authorities are delaying the extradition of murder suspect and former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman south of the border because ... they have to ... More >>

Survivor Producer Bruce Beresford-Redman Charged For Wife's Murder

The Beresford-Redmans.​After nearly two months of investigation authorities in Mexico Monday filed murder charges against former Survivor television show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, long suspected in the death of his wife there. News outlets, including ABC, reported that state prosecutor ... More >>

Mexican Prosecutors Expected To Recommend Charges Against 'Survivor' Producer

The Beresford-Redmans.​A day after a memorial was held for Monica Beresford-Redman, reports indicated that Mexican prosecutors on Monday would recommend murder charges against her husband, former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman. However, as slow as the investigation has been into her ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Took Out Life Insurance On Wife A Week Before Her Death

The Beresford-Redmans.​Former Survivor show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman took out life insurance policies the week before she was found dead in Mexico, ABC News reported this week. The Rancho Palos Verdes man was suspected by Mexican authorities of killing Monica Beresford-Redman as the cou ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Questioned In Wife's Death Returns To L.A. Despite Warnings From Mexican Authorities To Stay Put

Bruce and Monica Beresford-Redman.​The former Survivor television show producer who was suspected in his wife's death in Mexico has returned to Los Angeles despite warnings by authorities south of the border to stay there as they continued to investigate. "Bruce Beresford-Redman has returned ... More >>

Body Of 'Survivor' Producer's Wife Flown To LAX From Mexico Today

The Beresford-Redmans.​The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was headed for LAX from Cancun, Mexico Wednesday as Mexican authorities continued to keep her husband, sometime Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, under suspicion for her strangulation death, TMZ reports. Her family requested t ... More >>

L.A. D.A.'s Help Sought In Death Of 'Survivor' Producer's Wife

The Beresford-Redmans.​Two sisters of Monica Beresford-Redman, the woman found dead in Mexico this week, sought the intervention of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office in the case, Associated Press is reporting. D.A.'s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons conformed that the sisters' lawyer ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Lawyers Up Following Death Of Wife In Mexico

Logo for the venue co-owned by Monica Beresford-Redman.​Television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman hired a prominent Mexican attorney to represent him as authorities in Cancun kept him under investigation in connection with the apparent strangulation death of his wife while the couple and thei ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Freed But Still Considered A Possible Suspect In Wife's Death

KTLA News​Reality show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman was released by authorities in Mexico early Friday after he was detained for questioning in the death of his wife, who was found strangled near the Cancun hotel room they had occupied for a family vacation. The sometime producer of CBS hi ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Held In Death Of Wife In Mexico

A photo of the couple on the KTLA News site.​Bruce Beresford-Redman, a producer of the CBS television series Survivor, was being held and questioned in connection with the death of his wife, the owner of popular Palms Brazilian restaurant Zabumba. According to a radio report from Cancun, Moni ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Flew To L.A. After Wife's Death In Cancun, Then Went Back To Mexico

zabumba.com​'Survivor' producer Bruce Beresford-Redman flew back to Los Angeles from Cancun following the death of his wife, Monica Beresford-Redman, who had been on vacation in the Mexican resort city with the couple's young sons, according to reports. A Mexican official said the woman had be ... More >>

The Long Road to Havana

Attack of the Party People: LMFAO, Shwayze & Co. @ the Palladium (11/06)

Last Friday the so-called Party Rock Tour descended on the Hollywood Palladium in a homecoming of sorts for LMFAO, Shwayze, and their partners in neon electro-hip-hop. The all-ages event (read: mostly between onset-of-puberty and 20) offered a nonstop party from sundown till closing, a full bill goi ... More >>

Well-Preserved: Playa del Rey, Ennio Morricone and the L.A. Burrito

Bad Rap: San Francisco Burritos, and a Man Named Herbie Gonzalez

All Jerry Brown, All the Time

At Jerry Brown's March L.A. news conference, in which he called the late Anna Nicole Smith's former companion, Howard K. Stern, her "principal enabler," the Attorney General sounded very much like a man making a campaign speech. As in, the 2010 governor's race. His rambling, 17-minute talk denounced ... More >>

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The fine art of doing without

Are You a Map?

Top 10 signs you are a budding Mexican American Prince

Chest of Lies

Identity theft, self-promotion and the search for laminates at Sundance

Viva Stilettos

Postcard from Mexico

Where to Eat Now

In the Land of the Brother Leader

Vacation in Libya? Totalitarian tourism and the search for truth... and a good meal

Yes, Deer

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

From A.O.C. to Zankou

Fluff, Glorious Fluff

Love Actually, Elf and the simple pleasures of pre-holiday moviegoing

The Well Isn’t Dry

A luv-fest with REM

Welcome to the Concrete Jungle

John Powers in the land of no culture, surreal Cancún

A Small Universe of People

Load Warriors

The A-Team meets Boogie Nights on the Colorado River

A Guide to Our Advertisers: Part 1

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A Lagoon and Two Rivers

Man vs. water vs. crocodile vs. music

Spin Doctors

Los Zapatos de Yucatán