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Want to Feel Like a Celebrity? For $3,000, You Can Hire Adoring Fans

Nothing is what it seems on Rodeo Drive. On a spring day with a crisp breeze and a blue sky and clouds so perfectly fluffy they seem Photo­shopped, the famous British royal walking down the street isn't famous, or British, or royal. The beautiful girl on his arm isn't his lover. And the people b ... More >>

Video Gamers Have Fast Hands, Sharp Eyes, Study Says

As the E3 Expo opened at the Convention Center this week, bringing geeks far and wide to see the latest in video games and gaming hardware, a new study says players have skills other than eating Cheetos and repelling real-life love interests. According to a summary of research from Duke University' ... More >>

Clark Gregg, the New King of the Whedonverse

Mad Men: Five Academic Theories Explaining Life at SCDP

Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?

Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?

Nutrition Science Initiative: Scientists Create 'Manhattan Project' to Take On Obesity in U.S.

Why are Americans so damn fat, and what can be done about it? A newly launched nonprofit organization, the Nutrition Science Initiative, is trying to find the answer to that mind-boggler. NuSI's goal is to "create a Manhattan Project-like effort" to solve the problem of obesity in the U.S. by focusi ... More >>

Dylan's Candy Bar to Open First Shop in L.A.

If you were only one of the special people, you could join Janet Jackson, Kris Jenner and Apolo Ohno at the grand opening of Dylan's Candy Bar's first West Coast store on Sat., Sept. 8 at the Original Farmers Market, across from the Grove on the corner of Third and Fairfax. The candy emporium will ... More >>

Marijuana Use Robs Teens of 8 IQ Points, Says New Study

Insane in the membrane? Maybe. While we here in the marijuana dispensary capital of America know that cannabis can cure what ails us, for teenagers it might do more harm than good. A new study by researchers holding dual roles at Duke University and the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College Lo ... More >>

Study: Customers Prefer Half-Sizes of That Giant Side of Chow Mein

If given the choice, would you opt for a half-sized portion of chow mein to accompany your orange chicken? Research by Tulane University marketing professor Janet Schwartz and Duke University behavioral economist Dan Ariely suggests that not only would a significant number of diners prefer smaller ... More >>

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

Stage Raw: Theatrification and Broadway 100

COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>

Stage Raw: Camino Real

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS ​CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL  (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>

Baths Invades the Nation on First Headlining Tour

Baths Invades the Nation on First Headlining Tour

Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

Our Favorite Undernourished Books of the Year

Unsung heroes

Phil Noir: Killing Time

Hanging a jury, listening to Phil Spector’s basement tapes

Freedom of Information

Copyright and its discontents

The Coffee Table

All things bright and beautiful

Deconstructing Prophets

University of Fear

How the Department of Homeland Security is becoming a big man on campus

Grief’s Gravity

When Jesica Santillan died of a botched heart-lung transplant, Nancy Rommelmann was nearly swallowed by the story.

Ill-Suited for War

If the Bush administration is right about Iraq’s chemical and biological weapons, why is it sending American troops into battle so unprepared?

Berlin Journal

Bomb the Love Republik

The Experts

Belmont opponents have relied on the science of these two men

A Choice Experiment

Charter schools’ hype outpaces results

Cherry Street

A music giant remembered on the anniversary of his death

Cinema Tech

Thom Mount and the Los Angeles Film School

Sleeping With the Enemy

An inside look at the record industry's digital-download security plan

Aging to Perfection

A Guide to Our Advertisers Part One

The Science Wars

Alan Sokal’s dissection of idiocy in academia