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Best of L.A. 2013: The Readers Poll Winners

For only the second year ever, we asked you to nominate your favorite places in Los Angeles -- and then vote on the finalists. Here are your picks, along with a link to the staff winner in each category. Best Adult Store The Pleasure Chest 7733 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. (323) 650-1022, thepleasu ... More >>

Happy Birthday Dorothy Parker A Recipe From Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide

Today is Dorothy Parker's 120th birthday. Apart from being a brilliant writer and Wisecracker, Parker is also one of the true icons of drinking culture, a famous lover of cocktails. Many of her most famous quotes are about the pleasures and pitfalls of drinking. Kevin Fitzpatrick, who runs the Doro ... More >>

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

What if Jeffrey Deitch and MOCA Had Made it Work?

The official announcement that the Museum of Contemporary Art's director Jeffrey Deitch would step down only arrived at 3:30 p.m. yesterday, nearly two days after L.A. Weekly's Dennis Romero reported the resignation's imminence and one day after editorials on Deitch's tenure began appearing on arts ... More >>

3 Great L.A. Restaurants For Oysters on the Cheap

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and dan dan mien, cups of boba and glasses of booze. Read on. Oysters are o ... More >>

June Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closings

It's 90°. The whir of air-conditioning units echoes through the streets. The sweet allure of ice cream beckons. Here to help is Quenelle, opening soon in Burbank with gelato, ice cream sandwiches, bonbons and more. Also opening is Little Beast in Eagle Rock, from husband-and-wife duo Deborah Schw ... More >>

10 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles for Outdoor Dining

Summer living -- and eating -- in Los Angeles is sweet. From sweeping seaside and rooftop views to Spanish-style patios and glamorous Hollywood hangs, Los Angeles offers an amazing selection of restaurants where you can take in the sights on your plate and the natural ones around you at the same tim ... More >>

6 Lessons From "Guts and Glory": Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi on Paula Deen, The Taste Authentic Food

Anthony Bourdain greeted a packed house at the Pantages last night. The Los Angeles installment of Bourdain's "Guts and Glory" tour took place in the opulent 1930 theatre with a crowd that was more academic than hip, and fiercely local as demonstrated by any reference to L.A. -- and especially durin ... More >>

Q & A With Nigella Lawson: On Her New Cookbook Nigellissima, The Taste, And Whether There's Too Much Food on TV

As always, Nigella Lawson has a lot of balls in the air. Her new show The Taste with Anthony Bourdain, Ludu LeFebre and Brian Malarky, has turned out to be quite a hit. At the same time, she's just released her 9th cookbook, Nigellissima, which celebrates the flavors of Italy. We sat down with her o ... 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 >>

Why Artists Are Blurring the Line Between Real History and Pretend

Diana Lado Gets Paid to Simply Be Cool

As Diana Lado takes a shallow drag from the cigarette she bummed outside Palihouse in West Hollywood, I ask her why Lindsay Lohan doesn't just get her own apartment. Lohan has recently been kicked out of the Chateau Marmont, and when I met Lado at the Chateau a few days prior, she'd called the p ... More >>

The Best Musicians in L.A., 2012

Our Best Of issue just hit stands! We found our fairy tale, and now we present it to you: 435 of the most fabulous things in all of Los Angeles. From the city's most amazing restaurants to its tawdriest dive bars, from its edgiest art exhibits to the top spots for live music, we've got it all covere ... 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 >>

Chateau Marmont to Lindsay Lohan: Be Out by Noon, Never Come Back

On July 31, Lindsay Lohan was given until noon the next day to gather up all her crap from Suite 33 at West Hollywood's luxurious Chateau Marmont -- the Elizabeth Taylor jewels, the Sam Magid jewels, the steaming pile of cigarette butts -- and find someplace else to crash pro-bono. A stern letter f ... More >>

Helmut Newton: The Surprisingly Sunny L.A. Legacy of the 'Porno Chic' Photographer

Writer Eve Babitz, who knows art and Hollywood better than most, says that when hotelier Andre Balazs bought the Chateau Marmont circa 1990 and wanted to redo the rooms, he consulted Helmut Newton. Or perhaps Newton insisted on being consulted. The German photographer, known for his overtly sexual a ... More >>

Marilyn Manson Rambles, Makes Jokes About the Dark Knight Killer

See also: *Marilyn Manson's Born Villain Tracks: We Heard Them First *Marilyn Manson Threatens to Kill Buddyhead, LA Weekly, Critics Marilyn Manson headlines this weekend's Sunset Strip Music Festival, which caps a crazy summer for him that included promoting his latest release Born Villain and an ... More >>

Julie Delpy Is Fighting Everything That's Wrong With Movies

Peter Bart-Bill O'Reilly Gay Marriage Prank Hits Inboxes Today

Someone's trying to punk ex-Variety editor Peter Bart and Fox News bloodhound Bill O'Reilly with a fake email invitation to their pre-gay-wedding coming out parties. LOL? Bart was certainly no force for diversity at L.A.-based showbiz publication Variety, but we never understood him to be a gay bas ... More >>

James Franco's Art: A Layperson's Guide

See also: *James Franco's MOCA Show Opening: 'There's Just a Lot of Dicks in There' *James Franco & Alex Israel: Why Their Obsession With Celebrity Doesn't Pay Off Who are we to argue celebrity artistic merit -- or any artistic merit anywhere? It is 2012, after all, and it has kinda all been done. ... More >>

James Franco, Paul McCarthy & Damon McCarthy

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Sculptures of Fax Machines

This week, snarky performance artist Eleanor Antin remembers Stalin, Paul McCarthy pulls a chair out from under a fictional Natalie Wood and sculptor Emily Counts turns a fax machine mystical. 5. What's war got to do with it? In the trailer for their new exhibition and performance series, Arjun Ne ... More >>

James Franco and Alex Israel: Why Their Obsession With Celebrity Doesn't Pay Off

In the span of a week, MOCA has subjected us to not one but two art installations that are heavily dependent on celebrity for their content. James Franco's "Rebel" opened the weekend before last at the JF Chen showroom, and this past Saturday night Alex Israel had a video screening and performance o ... More >>

Phil Pavel: The Ringmaster of the Chateau Marmont

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Phil Pavel's parents begged him not to go to Northwestern University. They feared that, as the son of a gas-meter reader from Chicago's working-class South Side, he'd be uncomf ... More >>

James Franco's MOCA Show Opening Night: 'There's Just a Lot of Dicks in There'

"There's just a lot of dicks in there. A lot of porno," the painter Ty Williams says, shaking his head. "But I get it, though. I understand the prevalence of penises." We're standing in the alleyway behind JF Chen, a collectible furniture showroom and exhibit space, at the opening party for "Rebel ... More >>

Mirabelle Update: Chef Michael Bryant, Designer Thomas Schoos Seafood Charcuterie

In Los Angeles, hitting the 40-year mark usually means it's time for a facelift. So when 41-year-old West Hollywood restaurant announced Mirabelle it would be closing for some updates, customers needn't have been shocked. What could rightfully come as surprise, though, is the culinary direction t ... More >>

Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A.

Quantifying the best of anything is a dicey endeavor. Whether it be dive bars or gay bars or strip clubs, the best places for you will of course depend on your taste. (Many of these lists will be available via the Weekly's new "best of" mobile app, by the way). When we wrote about the "10 Bars Most ... More >>

Magic City on Starz = Mad Men More Sex A Hint of The Sopranos

Perhaps we shouldn't have worn jeans to the premiere of Starz' Magic City, their latest original series set to hit the airwaves April 6. Some event-goers who gathered for the screening at the Director's Guild (and later flowed into the Chateau Marmont after party) had on much more appropriately glam ... More >>

Whit Stillman Interview

Damsels in Distress, and a director in distress

Anthony Bourdain: Now Portable Via Travel Channel's New Layover App

We've all wished we could carry Anthony Bourdain around in our pockets when traveling to a new city, and now, the marketing geniuses over at the Travel Channel have figured out a way to make such a thing possible. In digital form, at least. Today they announced the new "Travel Channel Layover Guide ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover Uses Jonathan Gold as a Guide

The Travel Channel obviously saved the best for last. The season finale of Anthony Bourdain's The Layover airs tonight, in which Tony will enlighten viewers on how to get the most out of the L.A. food scene in a short period of time. Between cocktails at the Chateau Marmont and, we think, a peek in ... More >>

L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

John Hodgman, Author of That is All , on the Trials of Being a Deranged Millionaire and Oprah's Secret Space Ark

Brantley Gutierrez, courtesy of DuttonFormer PC, John Hodgman hangs out with his favorite ferret skeleton​ Like a perfectly normal person, John Hodgman prowls the vast data tubes of the internet late at night...in his underwear....stuffing himself with kimchi. He devours factoids ranging from ... More >>

Night Gallery Moves in to Chateau Marmont: Move Over, Lindsay Lohan

Night Gallery, already one of the coolest and most intriguing galleries in Los Angeles, took their practice to another level this past Sunday night by holding a special exhibition and private hosted party at Bar Marmont, the chic little bar at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel. A small lounge and ... More >>

Music Picks: Esperanza Spalding, Elbow, Toro Y Moi, Blink-182

Also, Glen Campbell, the Smashing Pumpkins, Lanie Lane and others

Music Picks: Ravi Shankar, Marilyn Scott, Duran Duran, Burkina Electric

Also, Emmylou Harris & Her Red Dirt Boys, Odd Future, Gillian Welch and others

Q & A With Marco Pierre White: Escoffier, Television, Packaged Soup The French Foreign Legion

marcopierrewhite.orgMarco Pierre White in Afghanistan ​ It's probably safe to say that Marco Pierre White, the English chef who famously earned three Michelin stars at the age of 33 -- at the time the youngest chef ever to do so -- and just as famously gave them up six years later when he reti ... More >>

Looking For Rich Guys to Date? You Found The Right Place: L.A. Spot Tops List of Sugar Daddy Hunting Grounds

chateaumarmont.com​So, the rent is due soon and your prospects of landing a role on Entourage are caput now that the show is wrapping up its last season. Well, consider yourself lucky, really. Because you live in a town where some folks are rolling in it, and we're not just talking about ecs ... More >>

Nicki Minaj Shakes Her Jelly for a Celly, The Kills Te-Kill-Ya

Lina Lecaro Darling Nicki sung for Samsung. ​Nicki Minaj for cell phones, The Kills for tequila ... it was another winning week on the Hollywood party circuit. If you read Nightranger posts regularly you know we rarely miss an opportunity to cover LA's money bags-backed promotional bashes. An ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/18-4/22

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "As Sotto, the new Italian restaurant from Steve Samson and Zack Pollack, who ran David Meyer's Pizza Ortica at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, somebody sprung to fix up the basement, because it is ... More >>

Banned from Chateau Marmont for Tweeting

TV host and former "Apprentice" contestant Jenn Hoffman says she was banned from the Chateau Marmont for tweeting about one of its celebrity guests. According to Hoffman, two weeks ago she was eating dinner at the celeb-friendly hotspot when model Rachel Hunter (you may know her as the ex-Mrs. Rod ... More >>

Chateau Marmont Bans Actress Jenn Hoffman For Using Twitter, Exposing Celebrity Behavior at its Restaurant, She Says

jennhoffman.comJenn Hoffman.​A Hollywood actress and blogger says she was banned from the Chateau Marmont restaurant for, of all things, tweeting. Apparently the hotel known for the rock-star behavior of some of its clients couldn't stomach someone punching out a few characters ... on her sma ... More >>

'Fame is Love': Mark Kostabi Premieres Con Artist, Waxes About Italian Living and Infamy

Having pushed a bevy of buttons back in the late '80s, earning himself fame, fortune and fans, all of which came at a price, the self-proclaimed 'World's Biggest Con Artist' is back and coming to a theater near you, whether you like it or not. Directed by Michael Sladek, Con Artist reveals an intima ... More >>

The Night a Duran Duran Show Got the David Lynch Treatment in LA: Live Review

Lina Lecaro From left: Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor, Simon Lebon and DD's newest member? ​Few bands have placed as much emphasis on the visual package as Duran Duran. Their good looks, sense of style and glossy, often provocative videos made them innovators during MTV's heyday, a time when the be ... More >>

Helmut Newton's Widow Sues Art Dealers for Hawking 'Private' Burlesque Prints on eBay

What part of "Private" don't you understand?​How fitting, that in 1983, when Helmut Newton printed 75 copies of an exclusive burlesque/celebrity photo suite, he named the thing "Private Property Collection." The title packs a punch in an L.A. lawsuit filed yesterday by June Browne Newton. Th ... More >>

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