Diet Coke

California Takes Up Soda Tax Idea

California lawmakers are considering a bill this week that would tax sugary drinks to the tune of one cent per fluid ounce. That would add 12 cents to your typical can of Coke -- but not Diet Coke. It would also affect the price of sweet tea, but not tea that you add sugar to yourself. Yes, this is ... More >>

Salt Linked to 2.3 Million Deaths Annually

It's the ultimate salt vs. sugar smackdown! On Monday we reported that sugary drinks have been linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide annually. Now a new report presented at a conference yesterday says that eating too much salt kills 2.3 million people every year, CBS News reports. Researchers looked ... More >>

The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 10-1

The 20 Worst Albums Of The '90s: 20-11 Sure, you had the Bill Clinton blowjob scandal, OJ, Pakistan and India going nuclear, mad cow disease, the Rodney King decision, and Titanic. But what made the '90s truly awful was its music. That's not to say that there weren't bright spots -- early Beck, say ... More >>

Top 5 Menu Modification Nightmares: As Told By L.A. Chefs

You've ordered salad dressing on the side, extra veggies, no veggies, extra crispy fries, non-fat instead of low-fat milk, mozzarella instead of Swiss, tofu instead of chicken. The list goes on. But some people take it to another level. You know who you are. "It was a tall, half decaf-half regular ... More >>

Best L.A. Novel Ever: T. C. Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain vs. Hector Tobar's The Tattooed Soldier, Round 1

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups Set in Topanga Canyon ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Campanile News, How to Quit Your Diet Coke Habit A Guide to Obama's Ale

Daily Dish: In which Bill Chait and Walter Manzke probably take over the Campanile space for Republique. Tasting Table: Café Dulcé pops up with coffee and street art in downtown L.A. The New York Times Diner's Blog: Brewing President Obama's ale, step-by-step. Zester Daily: Cruise food! (And we ... More >>

Water Enhancers Make Water Better: By Reminding You What it Shouldn't Taste Like

The lounge. The smell of chalky beans in a microwaved burrito. Cold Chinese leftovers. A squashed tuna sandwich. Most of your co-workers wash their food down with water from the cooler or a diet Coke. However, one guy pulls a plastic vial from his pocket and waves it over his cup of water. Red ... More >>

Pepsi Is Tweaking Its Diet Soda Formula

PepsiCo Inc. is trying out new artificial sweeteners that would let its diet soda keep its sweet taste for a longer period of time, The Washington Post reports. The current sweetener used in Diet Pepsi -- aspartame -- loses its potency faster than high fructose corn syrup, the sweetener that's used ... More >>

Latter-Day Sodas: Mormon Church Approves Pepsi Coke

Well, it's official -- after an announcement by the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday, one mystery surrounding the Mormon faith has been dispelled for good: Caffeinated sodas are now fair game for thirsty church members. A statement on the LDS website states that ... More >>

L.A. Startup Club, Offering Cousel and Commiseration For the Silicon Beach Set

Would you contribute ten bucks to get an adult webcomix series featuring voiceovers from real porn stars off the ground? How about five for a stainless steel butt plug project? Ben Tao and Eric Lai, founders of Offbeatr, an adult version of crowd-funding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, seem to ... More >>

Q & A With MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Pastry-Gate, Eating Live on TV Who Eats Better, Dems or Republicans?

What is it that fascinates about Up w/ Chris Hayes, MSNBC's almost one-year-old alternative to weekend talking-points pitstops Face The Nation and Meet The Press? Is it that the bespectacled former go-to stand-in for Rachel Maddow with the enviably dewy complexion seems to genuinely care about drawi ... More >>

Arcana Books Moves From Santa Monica to Helms Bakery. But How Can It Afford a Bigger Space?

If you're one of those shoppers who struts into bookstores, clutching a latte in one hand and wrangling a book off the shelf with the other, Lee Kaplan thinks you should be a little ashamed of yourself. Lee and his wife Whitney own Arcana Books on the Arts, one of the best bookstores around for new ... More >>

Shifty Shellshock Is Out of His Coma! Here's Everything You Need To Know About Him

We were saddened by word that Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock fell into a coma last week. According to TMZ, the 37-year-old Los Angeles native (real name Seth Binzer) is now conscious, though he remains in an intensive care unit at a local hospital. We love the guy, and figured this was as goo ... More >>

Jean Paul Gaultier Stars in Bizarre Videos as Diet Coke's New Creative Director

Jean Paul Gaultier, designer of Madonna's epic cone bra, now is set to style another icon: Diet Coke. The fashion designer was just named Diet Coke's new Creative Director for Europe and, as part of his creative duties, will create limited edition Diet Coke bottles and cans. According to his state ... More >>

Reality Bites: The Ultimate Sellout?

Irony behind celebrating the movie as an indie classic

Lana Del Rey - The Troubadour - 12/7/11

Timothy Norris​Lana Del Rey The Troubadour December 7, 2011 See also: The Problem With Lana Del Rey (Is You) Better than...I ever even knew. Then again, what do I know? "I have my fingers crossed that LDR lives up to all this hype. Girl's got talent," said my friend after I told her I was s ... More >>

7 Ridiculously Tacky Commercialized Christmas Tree Ornaments

You know that complaints about the commercialization of Christmas are as unfashionable as figgy pudding when "Your Ad Here"-equivalent Christmas ornaments are popular store items. Companies like Coca-Cola pay big bucks to buy advertising space on billboards and bus stops, but they've cleverly figu ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! Maria Bamford

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Community Gathering: Interview With Show's Creator Dan Harmon

Gillian Jacobs and Joel McHale in Community​ Do you watch Community? You should, if you like funny, ensemble-based shows like 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation. Or even if you enjoy Two and a Half Men. Community creator Dan Harmon and the Nerdist folks invite fans and would-be fans to Meltdown C ... More >>

Did Lady Gaga Sell Out in 2010?

Markus Klinko & Indrani for Hello Kitty!Did Gaga sell out her progressive causes?​ By Liz Brown Theatrical dance-pop performer Lady Gaga skyrocketed to international relevance upon release of 2008's "Just Dance"; the record from which it came, The Fame, broke a record for the number of conse ... More >>

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HEARTLESS

Skinny Shirataki: Are Zero-Calorie Noodles Too Good to be True?

Nichole O'Connor​At first we were repulsed by the bizarre feed bags that arrived in LA Weekly's mail bin, addressed to no one in particular, looking like they were ready to board a spaceship in some astronaut's lunchbox. We weren't really in the market for zero calorie, low-carb, low sodium, ... More >>

Maria Bamford -- Do Not Give This Woman Another Pug!

Seven John Smiths, a Bob and a Bamford

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West Coast Sound: Burger, Fries and a Prince Remix CD

Music ed takes Weekly readers for a ride

Prince Apologizes to L.A. Fans, Will Issue a Limited Edition Remix CD Through In-N-Out Burger

Who knew Prince liked his burgers animal style? In the wake of Prince's much decried three-show evening at L.A. Live on Saturday, which was plagued with sound problems and saw many fans still waiting in line for the Club Nokia show while he was inside performing, the musician last night issued a fo ... More >>

Marie Antoinettes and Other Rococo Craziness at Royal/T

Click on the photos for the Rococo Rendezvous slideshow. So I went to Rococo Rendezvous at the maid cafe Royal/T in Culver City a couple nights ago. There was a lot of this action going on. The whole Rococo thing is a subset of the multi-faceted Japanese cosplay subculture, in which girls and girly ... More >>

Election '08: The Night Before Christmas

I have a special guest blogger today. His name is Justin Warfield. You may know him as the frontman and songwriter for the great band She Wants Revenge. He's a very cool guy who has an interesting and emotional take on this election. His post is below. Also, here's a link to my piece on socialism, o ... More >>

Time Warp's Cool Science: What Mentos Wrought

Discovery Channel gives dude-friendly experiments the slo-mo treatment

Former UN Weapons Inspector Takes the L.A. Stage

Scott Ritter, peace monger

Rant of the Hulk Hater

“Lou Ferrigno is a fucking asshole”

That Seventies Cop

Life on Mars, sideburns required

Magic Beans

Final Destination

Getty Up or Bagg It

Beyond Bubbly

The Style Council’s New Year’s Eve party mixes

Will You Marinade Me?

Hot spots for barbecuing

Party of Five

Girl Against Boys

Salty comedian Sarah Silverman slays the men . . . and the men are grateful

Cabaret Tammy Faye

Is the fallen but always camera-ready icon the original reality-show pioneer?

Golden Girls

Thinking Pink

Popovers and Panties

The real deal on retail morsels

Mr. Happy Does the Dew

How Good is Olestra?

Depends

The Economics Lesson

Or, an evening of topless bowling