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Is Britney Spears a Next Level Gay Icon?

By Brittany Spanos Britney Spears' new song "Work Bitch" debuted recently, and she also announced her upcoming two year residency in Las Vegas. The single, helmed by an EDM heavyweight, is in the vein of her will.i.am collaboration "Scream & Shout," but not what we once expected from the pop star ... More >>

James Franco's Comedy Central Roast: The Highlights

Last night, James Franco was the guest of dishonor at the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (airing Labor Day) at Culver Studios in Culver City. The network normally roasts celebs who've become pop culture punch lines, like Charlie Sheen, Joan Rivers, Donald Trump and David Hasselhoff. Sure, Fran ... More >>

Jay Z and Justin Timberlake - Rose Bowl - July 28, 2013

Jay Z and Justin Timberlake Rose Bowl July 28, 2013 When Jay Z last performed here, in December 2011 with Kanye West, it was a very serious show, with sharks and wild animal visuals, Kanye daring anyone to say anything about his skirt, and lots of talks of "thrones" and "watching them." Last night ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Week

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, June 24 Justin Bieber STAPLES CENTER Can millions of Justin Bieber fans be wrong? Yes! But the point is, those panting hordes exist; they're not going away (not just yet, anyway), and neither is The, uh, Man himself: ... More >>

To Actresses on the Brink of 40: Go Bad or Go Home

Playing evil is more fun than playing good anyway, right?

Jay-Z's Great Gatsby Soundtrack Is a Failure

When the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby was released a year ago, it was set to the music of Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild," from the sometimes duo's incredibly self-important Watch the Throne album. On the surface it made sense. Jay-Z -- who retired as a rapper i ... More >>

The Big Wedding is Vile, Racist, and Embarrassing

Gibson Amphitheatre To Shut Down

Gibson Amphitheatre, the mainstay mid-size concert venue at Universal City, will close its doors in September, according to its operator Live Nation Entertainment. As announced in December 2011, the 6,200-capacity amphitheatre is expected to be demolished to make way for The Wizarding World of Har ... More >>

Rihanna - Staples Center - 4/8/13

Rihanna Staples Center 4/8/13 It was a lot of sequins and gyrating last night as pop-star, media provocateur and good girl gone bad Rihanna hit the Staples Center as part of her Diamonds World Tour. RiRi was all hair, lips and hips as she brought an unabashedly sexual swagger. Although a lot of cri ... More >>

Lohan Gets 90 Days In Locked Rehab; Courthouse Glitter Bombing Caught On Video

Lindsay Lohan today pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges as part of a plea deal that will put her in a locked-up rehab facility. But the big news is that she was glitter bombed as she entered the LAX courthouse in Del Aire this morning. And it was all captured on video:

Quit Disrespecting the Taste of Teenage Girls and Start Appreciating Justin Bieber

By Brittany Spanos At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? "Serious" music fans have little patience for any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market. It's why we non-teen-girls only divulge our love for Justin Bieber and One Direction with a "self-aware" laugh. Se ... More >>

Deadmau5, Kylie Minogue, and Timbaland - House of Blues - 2/10/13

Nero, Deadmau5, Kylie Minogue, and Timbaland House of Blues 2/10/13 A crew of electronic artists and pop stars performed last night as part of a Grammy afterparty that was also a benefit for Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Orthopedic Center. (Tickets started at $250.) But the cost didn't deter ... More >>

$ellebrity: Photographer Kevin Mazur Discusses His New Film About Gossip, Paparazzi and the Cost of Fame

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage It's possible that the price of fame has never been higher -- and not just in the tried-and-true Hollywood storylines of fame, fortune and the tragic falls from grace. In his new documentary $ellebrity, seasoned celebrity and event photographer Kevin Mazur ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Clothes Will Hang Next to Lady Gaga's Meat Dress and Lobster Hat

The King of Pop's personal items have found a new home thanks to the Queen-of-Pop-in-Waiting (at least until Madonna sends a cease-and-desist), Lady Gaga. Last Sunday, Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills raised more than $5 million (with some of the proceeds benefiting charity) during its auction of ... More >>

Madonna Impersonator Nadya Ginsburg Chats With Us (as Madonna)

Actress, writer for E!'s Fashion Police and Madonna impersonator Nadya Ginsburg (she does a hilarious, spot-on Cher, too) will be doing her one-woman show, Madonnalogues, at the Cavern Club tonight and Oct. 23. Ginsberg, in perfect character as Madonna, sat down to talk with us about the pop diva's ... More >>

10 Best Lindsay Lohan Artworks

See also: *Marilyn Monroe's Seven Rare Mostly Nude Photos *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Top 10 Artworks Inspired by Cult Movies Using celebrities as artistic inspiration is certainly nothing new -- just ask anyone who ever tacked up an Andy Warhol poster in a dorm room. Yet, there is ce ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Forsakes Legal Troubles in L.A. for New York ... Where She's Arrested

So after years of run-ins with the po-po in Los Angeles, including two drunk-driving convictions, hit-and-run allegations and a jewelry-theft conviction, Lindsay Lohan decided to hightail it to New York City. There she could make a fresh start away from the paparazzi and, theoretically, at least, g ... More >>

Ten Rap Songs More Republican Than Nicki Minaj

Earlier this week Nicki Minaj stepped in a fresh pile of political shit when she, in an attempt to stir the pot on a "Mercy" freestyle remix, rapped that she is voting for Mitt Romney. People stupid enough to think anything Minaj does or says matters were outraged, and some even sent her death threa ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Leaving Los Angeles For New York? Yay!

See also: *Chateau Marmont to Lindsay Lohan: Be Out by Noon, Never Come Back. Two years ago when Lindsay Lohan threatened to leave Los Angeles, she was already in a world of hurt following two DUI arrests. In the two years since she's hardly remade herself, getting in hot water for allegedly steal ... More >>

How's That "Millennium of Aftermath" Going?

See also: *Here Are Pictures of Dr. Dre's New $13 Million House *The Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012 Thus Far It was November of 1999 and we were on the cusp of the millennium when Dr. Dre famously proclaimed that the next one thousand years would be "the millennium of Aftermath," on the song "Forgot A ... More >>

As Cirque du Soleil Show Michael Jackson The Immortal Returns to L.A., Choreographer Travis Payne Reflects on the King of Pop

It seems a shame to be talking to Travis Payne on the telephone, where he's a disembodied voice. Payne is a storied dancer, choreographer, producer and director who twice danced on tour with Michael Jackson, so it would have been great to see him, watch him move, even. See, maybe I could have talk ... More >>

Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

If You Don't Buy Katy Perry's Songs, You'll Get More Katy Perry Movies

By Dan Moore *Wherein We Hilariously Predict Katy Perry's 2012 *Reviewed: Katy Perry at the Staples Center, 11-22-11 *Katy Perry Ties Michael Jackson; Sign of the Apocalypse? Not So Much Katy Perry: Part of Me came out last weekend, and early returns are not great. Friday-to-Sunday it made $7.1 mi ... More >>

Train Kept a-Soulin'

Adrian Grenier Defends Paparazzi as Storytellers, and Other Revelations From Getty Panel

I just emailed my photo to Adrian Grenier. He asked me to. Me, and about 200 others in the audience last night at Zócalo Public Square's event, "Are We All Paparazzi Now?" at the Getty Center. It was an experiment, so he said. More like a little trick. Per his instruction, we all had our phones ou ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #5-1

*Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #15-11 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List 5. Avril Lavigne Combining ... More >>

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Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Hair Metal Albums of All Time: The Complete List Physical appearance actually has little to do with sexiness. Sure, we've all been known to stare at a shirtle ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #5-1

See also: *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #15-11 *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: #10-6 5. Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen is the only man, of any age, who can pull off tight-ass jeans and a bandana. Those broad shoulders ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Hit-and-Run? 'Reformed' Party Girl Might Have Just Grazed the Wrong A-Hole

Though her sex life is getting stranger and her face is bloating out of control (so much so that the paparazzi recently mistook her for Debbie Harry), Lindsay Lohan has avoided any major missteps with Los Angeles law enforcement these last few months. At her last court appearance for the DUI/neckla ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

The White-Glove Treatment

10 Movie Womanizers, From Shame to Shampoo

The movies are full of bed-hopping men -- think of Humphrey Bogart's serial flirtations in The Big Sleep (1946), and Richard Roundtree laying his way uptown and down in Shaft (1971). But in Steve McQueen's Shame, womanizing is not just an outgrowth of the plot -- it is the plot. And it's just the la ... More >>

[Updated] Alcohol-Free Whisky Debuts

Update: 11/21, 1:35 p.m. Arkay's November 1 press release claiming it received halal-certification from the Islamic Food & Nutrition Council of America was strongly refuted by that certifying organization. IFANCA issued its own release and warns "all halal consumers, retailers and distributors. As ... More >>

Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others

Lindsay Lohan Court Sentence: 1 Month in Jail, 2 Months at Morgue (and Please, Stop Tweeting)

ABC7 screenshotHappy lawyer, confused Lohan.​And Lindsay Lohan's love affair with the L.A. County morgue rages on. Judge Stephanie Saunter waxed somewhat soft at the young blonde train wreck's much-anticipated sentencing today, demanding she serve about two more months of community service at ... More >>

The Hip-Hop World's Bizarre Co-Sign Of Justin Bieber

Hip-hop fanatic Justin Bieber​See also: What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty? Rivaling his teenie fans' feelings for him, Justin Bieber has a big case of hip-hop fever. Despite being known for unabashedly poppy tunes, the Bi ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Dead Within in a Year, Dr Drew Predicts

Ted Soqui for LA WeeklyLohan's day club.​Lindsay Lohan's spiral of chaos continued today when she showed up late to the L.A. County morgue to perform community service. This a day after she was jailed for failing to abide by the terms of her probation, specifically for failing to perform commu ... More >>

Conrad Murray Trial: Six Characters You'll Find Outside the Trial of Michael Jackson's Doctor

Yesterday was the second day of Dr. Conrad Murray's manslaughter trial for administering the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson, and it proceeded without sad revelations like Day One's audio of MJ talking, very slowly, about future concert plans. This didn't stop the characters from hanging ou ... More >>

Do Blondies Really Have More Fun?

"So many people come up to me and say, `There's no good music today, it's all downhill!' But I don't feel that way at all. I think there's great music, great bands. It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound."

Five Pop Songs Ruined By Glee

Glee's GQ shoot​You've got to hand it to Lea Michelle, Matthew Morrison, and the rest of the cast of the TV show Glee -- they certainly have a special talent for taking a once awesome pop song and turning it into an insufferable case of over-singing and unnecessary theatricality. The third sea ... More >>

Adele - Greek Theatre - 8/15/11

Timothy Norris​Better than... wallowing in your post-breakup remedy of whiskey, cigarettes and ice cream cake. Adele is chatty, which is a welcome change from bands that will play their songs and awkwardly leave without saying a word. With her thick cockney accent and distinct cackle, she e ... More >>

Interview With The Guy Who Ranks Rich Rappers For Forbes; Dre and Snoop Are On The New List, But What About Black Eyed Peas?

​Zack O'Malley Greenburg is the Forbes writer who puts together the magazine's annual "Cash Kings" list, which estimates the earnings of the wealthiest rappers of the past year and ranks the top 20. Their newest version came out yesterday; Jay-Z topped the list with $37 million, and L.A. is ... More >>

Katy Perry - Nokia Theatre - 8/6/2011

Timothy Norris​Katy Perry Nokia Theatre 8/6/2011 Better than . . . another Law and Order rerun. Katy Perry likes to think of herself as one of us, a regular girl with some spirit who worked hard or got lucky, and isn't so far removed from her days as an unknown singer-songwriter at the Hote ... More >>

Hustler's Lady Gaga and Beyonce Porn Movie: A Review

​Hustler's latest celebrity-impersonating porn parody, This Ain't Lady Gaga, ranks up there with Edward Penishands, Who's Nailin' Palin? and Untrue Hollywood Stories: Miley Cyrus' 18th Birthday. Er, it probably does, anyway. We haven't seen them. In fact, who watches these things? Someone must, ... More >>

Top Five Greatest Rap Hook Singers

Frank Ocean​Last week we were supposed to get the major label release of Odd Future cohort Frank Ocean's debut project, nostalgia, ULTRA, previously a mixtape. Unfortunately, the suits at Def Jam have apparently stricken it from the upcoming-release schedule, with Ocean reacting by releasing t ... More >>

Top Ten Greatest Videos from TRL's Heyday

​MTV turns 30 this week, and on Monday we spotlighted the five '90s shows the channel should bring back. The end of that decade, of course, saw the rise of Total Request Live, which kicked off in 1998, by which point MTV had long succumbed to the domination of reality shows. Part of TRL's appe ... More >>

Brian Lichtenberg: Diva Duds

'Beauty Culture' Exhibit Is Full of Hot Women. That's the Problem

© Walter IoossDoes this challenge our traditional notions of beauty? Be quiet, you're distracting me.​ The Annenberg Space for Photography has been pulling out all the stops to promote its latest exhibit, "Beauty Culture" -- a collection of images that aims to explore "how feminine beauty is ... More >>