See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from the Chicano identity movement of the 1960s and '70s, when activists wanted it known that not every suspect ... More >>
More First Person pieces: *I Was Sick of L.A. Traffic. So I Took a Plane to Work *I Rode the Entire L.A. Metro in a Single Day *Why the San Fernando Valley Hate Needs to End Once and For All Last month I was an L.A. Superior Court juror. It was a simple felony robbery trial, with a 20-year-old man a ... More >>
In keeping with years past, we fully expect that about the time we polish off our last turkey sandwich, the online barrage of 2011 best/worst lists involving topics we've already heard entirely too much about this year will begin (holiday cocktail recipes, anyone?). Nothing against Casey Anthony or ... More >>
Patrick Range McDonaldJohn Waters, left, and James EganLast Friday night, legendary film director John Waters sat down with L.A. Weekly for a friendly, often times hilarious, chat, promoting a new book that features his media interviews over the past 46 years: John Waters: Interviews. Univer ... More >>
D. VerdinComics telling the truth, Ruth: (l. to r.) Kenji, Martin Rizo, Flaco Martinez, Reggie Brown and Jimmy Ouyang As the wholesome racial equality message emanated from the new movie The Help over the weekend, a group of stand-ups acutely debunked such propaganda Saturday at Pasadena's Ic ... More >>
Casey Anthony.Ah, Casey Anthony. A woman whose story is so revolting that even porn Valley's biggest video producer, Vivid Entertainment, was inspired to rescind its offer of a high-paid sex gig after a backlash from folks who wouldn't even want to see her in flagrante. But you know there is ... More >>
eBayCasey Anthony mask.Among all the creepy Casey Anthony stuff on eBay (t-shirts and trial tickets) you'll find something truly scary: A Casey Anthony Halloween mask. The seller ("prophunter," appropriately) is based right here in L.A. The listing says "let's never forget poor Caylee." Yea ... More >>
YfrogCasey and friend.Updated after the jump with one local reporter saying Anthony wasn't on the plane to SoCal. First posted at 1:08 p.m. Southern California is home to the celebrity who gets off. And we're not just talking about Charlie Sheen. You know: OJ Simpson. Lindsay Lohan. Phil S ... More >>
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Jose Baez.Hollywood appears to be circling around the Casey Anthony case -- cautiously -- this week following the not-guilty verdict in the alleged murder of her 2-year-old girl Caylee. Former Weekly columnist Nikki Finke reports that the Paradigm agency signed Anthony defense attorney Jose ... More >>
Caylee Anthony was 2 when she went missing.Casey Anthony might have gotten off, OJ-style, but now there's a national movement afoot to create the kind of federal law she might not have been able to tip-toe around. Called "Caylee's Law," the online petition via California-bred change.org is a ... More >>
A photo said to be of Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson posted at Yfrog.She might be (somewhat) innocent, at least according to a Florida jury. But at this point it looks like Casey Anthony couldn't get arrested, even in the porn capital of the world. Vivid Entertainment, the nation's biggest ad ... More >>
This guy (right).Yeah, that whole Casey Anthony thing didn't go so well for you fans of 48 Hours Mystery. But now another seen-on-TV case is just starting up its prosecution phase in L.A. as the man who once reportedly paraded around upper-crust social circles under the guise of Clark Rockef ... More >>
Casey Anthony.Ah, where would we be without our summertime, white-lady crime? In this edition we have not a missing Anglo female, but a woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. And after the not guilty verdict form Florida in the Casey Anthony case, we haven't seen this much publi ... More >>
As a press representative for Union Pacific Railroad, Joann Killeen has plenty of experience with train wrecks, which may explain why she is handling publicity for Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother who gave birth to octuplets last month. You might say Killeen is the 47th member of the maternity tri ... More >>
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