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Henry Rollins: No More Talk About Shooting Americans, Please

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: Tragedy, and How to Carry On I spent a large part of the afternoon at ... More >>

How Drunk Would You Be If You Actually Followed the Presidential Debate Drinking Game?

Did you play the presidential drinking game on Wednesday night? Well, even if you think you did, you probably didn't -- mainly because if you're reading this then chances are you're still alive and not the victim of massive, massive case of alcohol poisoning. I mean, we get it, no one really plays ... More >>

The Zipper on a Pants Suit: Harmony Gold Theater & Offices, 7655 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood

7655 Sunset Boulevard stands as a dated throwback to Hollywood's swinging mid-to-late century heydey, and just like exposed chest hair and copious gold chains, the "Harmony GOLD" signage out front really completes the look on this groovy geezer. (Blink too fast and you might mistake the sign for the ... More >>

You've Been Trumped Review: A New Doc on How Donald Trump Pissed Off Scotland

Victoria Jackson Joins the Tea Party: Five Saturday Night Live Alums Who Have Taken Career 180s

Flickr/89AKurtNot so funny anymore: former SNLer Victoria Jackson joined the Tea Party because she enjoys Snapple.​ Careers after Saturday Night Live aren't as easy as you think. For those alums who haven't reached Adam Sandler-level box office heights or thrived in sitcom character roles -- ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Boycott: It's On

America, the strange. As the middle class shrinks like wet sand under a hot sun, we continue to be fascinated by the good life. Are we living vicariously or holding on to that '80s pipe dream of upward mobility? Last month the Census Bureau reported that, by new measures, including spending power, ... More >>

Wendy Doulton's The Headhuntress and Carrie McCully's Chef Hunter: Is Getting a Real Job Reality TV's New Fantasy?

Via NBCUniversalThe Headhuntress Wendy Doulton, right, coaches a job seeker.​I watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills every week. I watch New York and Orange County, too. (Though we all agree DC was whack, right?) I watch these shows partly for the ability to laugh at the dippy one-liners ... More >>

Freeway Ricky Ross Defends His Crack-Dealing Past, Takes A Swipe At Rozay

Sam Slovick​See also: Freeway Rick Ross: From drug-trafficking and CIA connections, to a biopic directed by Nick Cassavetes, the former 'Donald Trump of crack' becomes the patron saint of South Central While Freeway Ricky Ross was spending 20 years in jail for dealing drugs, two rappers, Free ... More >>

Donald Trump is Almost a 99 Percenter Now That He's Sold His Rancho Palos Verdes Mansion at a Loss

RedfinCasa Trump.​Occupiers, you have no heart. The 1 percent are suffering through this economy too. Take Donald Trump, who just sold his house overlooking his Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes for a measly $7.15 million. Hod on while we wipe the tears from our eyes and play ... More >>

Miss USA 2011: L.A.'s Own Alyssa Campanella? Vegas Oddsmakers Say Miss California Redhead Will Win (PHOTOS)

Duh, boys!​Update: Alyssa Campanella wins Miss USA 2011, as predicted! Makin' L.A. -- and a roomful of buzzed Vegas oddsmakers -- very proud tonight. (Aside from her diss on the "Legalize It" movement. So un-Californian.) Watch her flash the devil horns, after the jump. Originally posted June ... More >>

Hollywood Fringe Festival

Bill Moyers Says Sorry to Whittier College Grads For Leaving Them a Crap World

Whittier CollegeBill Moyers in SoCal.​Longtime TV journalist Bill Moyers, now of PBS, addressed the kids at Whittier College over the weekend. And while other commencement speakers have scolded the class of 2011 for being spoiled or lacking that ever-necessary sub-gluteal fire, Moyers just sai ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden: Los Angeles Police Vigilant Despite Death of World's Most Reviled Terrorist

Gone.​Updated after the jump with a pat on the back from the LAFD. The LAPD is keeping its guard up despite President Obama's world-shaking announcement that terrorist Osama Bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan. Assistant Commanding Officer Blake Chow, the department's counterterrorism comm ... More >>

Birther Movement Refuses to Die: In Appeals Court, SoCal Lawyers Orly Taitz, Gary Kreep Question Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate

Dr. Orly Taitz EsquireThe questionably sane postergirl of the birther movement just won't quit​Did birther diehards Gary Kreep and Orly Taitz learn nothing from Donald Trump's humiliating roast at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner this weekend? Outlook not so good.

Osama Bin Laden: Donald Trump Sucks it Up, Gives Props to President Obama

Trump and Dennis Rodman.​Props to Donald Trump for being man enough to congratulate President Obama following his administration's takedown of Osama Bin Laden. The man who repeatedly suggested our president wasn't born in the United States (until Obama produced a "long-form" birth certificate ... More >>

Donald Trump Calls Out Obama For His Stoner, Underachieving Days at Occidental College in L.A.

Obama in L.A.​We've seen the photos of President Obama during his L.A. college years. He's got some hair. And his pants had flair. And, well, he even admitted to smoking "reefer" in his 1995 memoir. Yeah, we even imagine a "bow-chica-bow-wow" soundtrack following the future president named Ba ... More >>

Obama Welcomed to SoCal This Week With Racist Email From O.C. Republican Marilyn Davenport

A racist vision of our president, straight out of the O.C.​Updated after the jump: Davenport gives an exclusive interview to OC Weekly; plus, she reportedly receives death threats. President Obama is coming to Southern California this week. How did some of us welcome him? By depicting him as ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Street Food, Is Donald Trump Drinking Too Much Willy Wonka, Molecular Gastronomist

-- Time to Boycott French Toast, French Fries Again. (See: burqa laws.) [The Awl] -- Gordon Ramsay moves to Bel Air ("12 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a summerhouse"). [Digital Spy, via Eater] -- New Farmworker Report Paints a Big, Grim Picture. [Civil Eats via @SlowFoodUSA] -- The wonderful world o ... More >>

Donald Trump Gives Finger to Liberal Hollywood, Says He's Against Gay Marriage

Donald Trump says no to same-sex marriage.​Donald Trump hasn't been shy when courted by gay-friendly Hollywood (The Apprentice, et. al.), and he certainly has more fake hair than Ru Paul, but that doesn't mean he can't make a stand that defies logic. The day after same-sex couples descended o ... More >>

Gordon Ramsay's F World: The Stack of Unpaid Bills Grows

Flickr/The Consumerist​ Paying your bills is not always a pleasant task, granted. But you kind of have to. Gordon Ramsay, it seems, has not been paying his. According to The New York Post, two wine suppliers have filed suit against the Kitchen Nightmares star for unpaid bills. Today comes a re ... More >>

Want To Eat Spanish Food and Try To Get On The Apprentice?

Getting a job these days is hard. Getting one on a television show can be even harder. But tomorrow at Bar Celona in Pasadena, Pink Slip Mixers will try to help some people do both. The organization has been getting groups of unemployed folk together for social networking events around the country, ... More >>

Clutterazzi: Jason Mercier's "Celebrity Junk Drawer" Opens Tonight at Ghetto Gloss

​Lady Gaga's portrait includes poker chips, Kermit the Frog parts, Hello Kitty stuff (from one of her photo shoots), pieces of sunglasses. Messy or organized, packed with useless crap or can't-live-without-'em necessities, the personal junk drawer is undeniably a window to the soul. For exam ... More >>

Red, White and Glute

HOOCHIEWOOD

Heidi Montag may be the most annoying person on television (and that includes Donald Trump, Dr. Phil and the entire cast of every dating/singing/dancing/cooking "reality"/contest on the tube right now). Still, we were willing to give her new clothing line for Anchor Blue a chance. After all, we wer ... More >>

Stars of the Lid interview outtake. ALSO, Donald Trump makes a pass at Rudy Giuliani.

Brian McBride: "I discovered the less that was involved kinetically speaking, the more I was interested. I used to describe it as islands of song, and everything else building up to the melody."

Who's the "Boss?": The True Definition of Boss According to Rick Ross

If there are any aspiring young rappers out there reading this, now is the time to rejoice. With his second album, Trilla, Rick Ross has proven that all you need to do to have a viable rap career is the foresight to rhyme "Ross" with "Boss." For those keeping score, that's two albums on Def Jam, t ... More >>

Big Gives

Some philanthr-Oprah

How She Move, Santouri (The Music Man)

Also: Undoing, Alice's House, The Air I Breathe

Fall Harvest

While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

Music

Fall Harvest While the media was examining a fake beef, a bounty of music dropped

Who Are You?

Auditioning for The Next Best Thing

Press Here

Microediting to perfection at your Los Angeles Daily Benign-Gazette

Savage TV

From freak shows to freak accidents to freakin’ mayhem. Reality goes wild

Backyard Sex

Women We Love

The smart, odd and sexy women of Green Wing, Grey’s Anatomy and The L Word

Downsized

American and European movies go to work

Bone Deep

Patriotism demands marrow to thrive

Letters

Hey, Donald, You Should Be Fired

The Apprentice’s host, like so many big-shot CEOs, is a big, fat fraud

Martha and Barry’s Big Britches

Supersized Celebrity Crimes

Brat Brawl

Disney and Comcast fortunate sons need therapy more than this takeover

Luxe and the City

Eight men and eight women vie to be Donald Trump’s apprentice

What If . . .

the Ambassador Hotel could be saved as a school

Hunger Pains

Ja Rule, Krayzie Bone: Inside the New Sensitive Thug

Hogwarts’ Webmistress

No Vacancy

The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

Spacing Schools

Uh-oh! L.A.’s grand plan for creating classrooms won’t work

Who Poisoned the Well?

Toxic truth haunts LAUSD at Belmont

Trump's Ambassador Gambit

Mired on Wilshire, tycoon scrambles to dodge school deal

Feeding Frenzy

Meet the team behind the Belmont Learning Complex, California's most expensive high school