Danny Trejo

Tattoo Nation Chronicles the History of the SoCal Ink Scene, From Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy

Paul Scheer is Everywhere!

Annoying Orange Creator Dane Boedigheimer Tells Us How His YouTube Series Made the Jump to Cartoon Network

Annoying Orange is one of the biggest successes of YouTube, as the series that started as a lying-in-bed revelation from creator Dane Boedigheimer eventually found 2.4 million subscribers and more than 1.2 billion views online. The series follows its title character as he interacts with other food i ... More >>

10 Awesome Tattoo Artists in L.A.

When it comes to tattooing, we are fortunate to have an enormous wealth of talent in Los Angeles. Though tattoo culture erupted in mainstream popularity several years ago it was a vital part of L.A. long before that and remains so today. There are artists in every corner of the city, with faithful c ... More >>

It's Here! The Worst Video of the Year

Big news: Birmingham, Alabama hard rock outfit Maylene and the Sons of Disaster have a new music video out, and it's also a disaster! The press release says the work, for the song "Open Your Eyes," is akin to a short film. But it's actually torture porn. Even worse: the plot is ridonkulous, and it m ... More >>

David Morales: Sawtelle Shooting Takes Life, Injures Another in West L.A.

Updated at the bottom with the victim's name and more details. First posted at 11:46 p.m. Tuesday. A normally sedate corner of the Westside known for its college-student-friendly apartments and street-dwelling undocumented immigrants looking for work was rocked by a homicide tonight. Gunfire erupt ... More >>

All-Star Game Boycott Over Arizona's Immigration Law? Maybe Not ...

MLBHey now, you're All-Star.​Update: We told you so. Latinos are really great at boycotts. As long as they don't involve beer (we're looking at you, Coors), strip clubs or sports. (But grapes -- absolutely). Therefore we don't have high hopes for the great All-Star game boycott of 2011. The ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List: Take the Cutoff

A Mug's Life

Machete's Danny Trejo: From Inmate to Icon

Danny Trejo: Who's Your Badass

LA Weekly's 'Best of L.A. People' Issue in Your Face, Online, Right Now

Pilar Alessandra.​Who are the best people in L.A? We are, of course. (We kid). But seriously, it's that time of year for LA Weekly's "Best of L.A. People" issue and if you're not a people person, it's not for you. While in years past you might have had to wait for the print edition on Thursd ... More >>

The Gizmo Matrix

The Gizmo Matrix: A Barrio Banger's Journey, from Packing Plant Pentaro to Aspiring MMA Superstar

Sam SlovickGizmo​"They call me Gizmo, I'm trying to go fuck somebody up," the man says with the manufactured intensity of someone who has been locked up 10 of his 27 years. He is 5 feet 6, 170 pounds, bald, buff and gangster-tense. "The devil tickled my feet," he says, considering his journey ... More >>

Food Trucks Still Jumping The Shark, Advertising Everything

Every time I think the luxe lonchero trend has hit full cultural penetration, I find food trucks and food truck culture (yes, there is such a thing) cropping up somewhere I'd never expect. If food trucks jumped the shark with those B of A billboards, no one told Madison Avenue. According to The ... More >>

Movie Review: El Superstar

Movie Review: El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances

Machete: Blades of Gory

When it's not LOL-funny, Robert Rodriguez's latest is downright dull

Another Happy Cinco De Mayo, This One From L.A.'s Danny Trejo

"This is Machete, with special Cinco de Mayo message ... to Arizona," says Los Angeles-based actor Danny Trejo, in character as "Machete," the antihero in the Robert Rodriguez film of the same name. The movie, with shades of the Arizona immigration-law battle, also stars Robert De Niro (as a Sherif ... More >>

FILMS WITH A LATIN BEAT

The Maya Independent Film Series spotlights new work from south of the border.

The Audience Is Baking

Smiley Face — filmed in THC

Film Reviews: Smiley Face, Beowulf, Confessions of a Superhero, Om Shanti Om

Love in the Time of Cholera, How to Cook Your Life, Salvador Allende

Film Reviews: Delta Farce, Hollywood Dreams, Fay Grim and more

Also reviews of Even Money, In Search of Mozart and Paris Je T’aime

Film Reviews: Chalk, The Ex, 28 Weeks Later and Delta Farce

City of Gods

L.A.’s Omar Cruz: Could he become the first Mexican-American rap star?

Film Reviews

Reviews of Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, The Bridesmaid, this week's pick, Mutual Appreciation and more

From the Depths of Hell to Hollywood

A new documentary charts the remarkable rise of actor Danny Trejo

Willie Nelson & Friends

The Real Deal

Freddie Roach, baby-faced trainer