Chris Rock

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 >>

2 Days in New York Review: Julie Delpy Directs Herself and Chris Rock

Julie Delpy brings the Paris gang to the city, along with Chris Rock

Cooper Black: The Story Behind Louie's Typeface

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride, 20 Years Later: 
An Appreciation

See also: *J-Swift Made Big Hits 
With the Pharcyde 
Before Tragedy and Drugs 
Nearly Took Him Down *Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List To fully appreciate the impact of The Pharcyde's "Ya Mama," you had to be in a junior high lunchroom in the spring of 1993. It w ... More >>

Post-Oscar Bitching, a Chance to Prove How Young and Hip We All Are

Ew, old people. They're so old! Especially that Billy Crystal. What is he, 105? Get off the stage! In your electric walker! If you buy into the prevailing narrative of the post-Oscars Twitterverse, all Academy voters are elderly, with a quirky fondness for nostalgic moving pictures about moving pic ... More >>

Eddie Murphy's 10 Comedy Bits To Avoid as Oscar Host

Flicker/wereswanEddie Murphy's head is about to get bigger as the upcoming Oscar host.​ What a wild idea: Eddie Murphy as Oscar host. On the bright side, it's a relief from James Franco and Anne Hathaway, whose chemistry last February rivaled that of a sasquatch and Kathie Lee Gifford. For t ... More >>

Identity Festival: Steve Aoki, Jessie and the Toy Boys, Chad Hugo and More - Hollywood Palladium - 9/4/11

Roselle ChenJessie And The Toy Boys​Steve Aoki, Booka Shade, Jessie and the Toy Boys, Chad Hugo Identity Festival Hollywood Palladium Sunday, September 4 See also: Identity Festival Preview: We Talk With Steve Aoki, Nervo, Figo, Jessie And The Toy Boys and Others Sunday's Identity Festival a ... More >>

James Franco, Anne Hathaway To Host Oscars?

Movie WebAnne Hathaway and James Franco are rumored to be cast together in a future "Alien" prequel​Access Hollywood and USA Today -- followed by everyone else, now, in a game of scrambly Hollywood telephone -- are reporting that dashing youngsters James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been chos ... More >>

What Does That Say About Eminem?

David Sedaris Live at UCLA's Royce Hall

David Sedaris​Imagine paying the equivalent of your mortgage on a ticket to see the Rolling Stones and in return the seminal British band hits the stage and opens with a bunch of new songs. Then, to make matters worse, instead of making up for the lackluster beginning, Mick, Keith and company ... More >>

Frog of the South

Disney’s song and dance about a black princess croaks

Talking the Pith Out of Kathy Griffin

Talking the Pith Out of Kathy Griffin

Interview: Urb Magazine's Raymond Roker Ditches Print

Raymond Roker started Urb magazine out of his apartment in 1990. He initially distributed the newsprint publication out of the back of his car. It was distributed mostly in clothing and record stores on Melrose. The magazine focused on the crossroads of burgeoning dance music and indie hip-hop. Its ... More >>

Here We Go Again: New Trial for Anthony Pellicano

Yesterday Anthony Pellicano, the former Private Eye to the Stars, was brought out of a prison cell and ordered by Superior Court Judge William Pounders to stand trial with co-defendant Alex Proctor against charges they colluded to intimidate former L.A. Times Hollywood correspondent Anita Busch. Pel ... More >>

Sahl, Folks

GO LA: Mort Sahl, Ziggy Marley and Everything In Between

What to do in L.A., May 1-7

GO LA: Gay Fusion, Jackie Kashian and the Gold Standard Food Festival

Plus, lots more to see, hear and consume in town, March 6-12

Sundance, R.I.P.?

"Will everyone be wearing black?" a friend asked over dinner the other night when the subject arose of my imminent departure for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. "I'm so glad I'm not going to Sundance," confided one longtime film publicist at this week's Los Angeles Film Critics awards dinner, as if ... More >>

Foundas on Film: Sundance, R.I.P.?

"Will everyone be wearing black?" a friend asked over dinner the other night when the subject arose of my imminent departure for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. "I'm so glad I'm not going to Sundance," confided one longtime film publicist at this week's Los Angeles Film Critics awards dinner, as if ... More >>

On Trial: Pellicano, Scat-Porn King Ira Isaacs, Designer Anand Jon

Verdicts are never the last word in court

Deadline Hollywood: Shameful Oscar Overspending

Mo' money, more Hugh, less Jerry

Theater Reviews: Hamlet, Razorback, The Most Mediocre Story Never Told

Also, Earth Sucks, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Politico!

Hollywood Hose-Down: Who's All Wet This Week

Pellicano, HD DVD, L.A. Times' Montorio and Carson Daly

Boyz II Men: A Philadelphia Story

The only thing these guys didn't do was cater

Kathy Griffin's Kodak Moment

A Q&A with the former D-lister

HBO's Don Rickles Doc; Hallmark's Pictures of Hollis Woods

Warm and fuzzy

Rock Picks: Los Lobos, No Age, Los Abandoned, Slayer

For the week of August 23-30

Live In L.A.: Prince — Straight, With Chaser

Prince The Roosevelt Hotel Blossom Room June 29 2007 At his concert Friday night, Prince joked that his L.A. friends had warned him: Ain't nothing goin' on in L.A.! Stage banter aside, the truth is that we live in a remarkable place at a remarkable time — The Kid's decision to perform an e ... More >>

Cool Katt Williams

It’s not so hard out there for this pimp

Dancing On the Moon

Looking for the meaning of “alternative” with a pair of L.A.’s newest comedy impresarios

Matthew's Garage

Hey – Anybody Got Pogues Tickets for Sale?

What to do in LA from October 13 - 19

The Streets, Actually

The U.K.’s notorious grime boy on his tour mate Lady Sov, doing crack with a pop star, and his cocky new LP

Picks for Saturday, February 11

Picks for Sunday, February 12

Sunday, February 12

Life Not Quite Imitating Art

What the prez could learn from his West Wing addiction

Confrontations in a Con-Art World

CTG fallout, and threatening the president

Theater in Exile

What does it mean when we send our theater companies packing?

Trailer of Tears

It’s gonna be a long, not-so-hot summer movie season

Live Short and Prosper

Bush’s devious Social Security pitch to blacks

Straight Shooters

Guerrilla filmmakers PSTOLA declare war on jigabooism

Gotta Ham It to Ya

Edited by Kateri Butler

Repo Men

Silent Bob and the Woodster

Bourgeois Brotherhood

The negatives of being positive

The Divine Child

Naked

D’Angelo: It’s an “I” thing

There She is, Miss Macabre

On the Road Again

Fred Rochlin has some stories to tell

Black Like Who?

Will Smith's disconnect