See also: *Marilyn Monroe's Seven Rare Mostly Nude Photos *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Top 10 Artworks Inspired by Cult Movies Using celebrities as artistic inspiration is certainly nothing new -- just ask anyone who ever tacked up an Andy Warhol poster in a dorm room. Yet, there is ce ... More >>
The Hammer's Mohn Award is a grand experiment in art-world democracy
Check out our entire YouTube issue here. "Let's make a sketch and put it on YouTube!" Elena Crevello says excitedly to Heidi Niedermeyer, as they walk down a Los Angeles street. Cut. "I can't, I have improv," Niedermeyer, sitting alone on a ledge, says into a cellphone. Cut. These bits of dialogue ... More >>
Ice-T talks about his star-studded directorial debut, his famous affiliates and his life with Coco in New York
Like most news bloggers, we probably spend too much time on Twitter. Tips arrive in real time -- quicker than on news television, or over the wire -- and Twitpics open us up to a world of witnesses. In effect, we might also talk about it too much. (Online celebrity rags are guiltiest of all: ... More >>
Via taylorarmstrong.com.Local venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, estranged husband of Bravo TV star Taylor Armstrong of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was found dead Monday, having hanged himself in the Mulholland Drive home of a friend. Immediately several members of the Bravo fami ... More >>
E! OnlineHutchinson and Stodden.In the Creep File comes the story of 51-year-old Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison, who reportedly married his 16-year-old victim sweetheart, beauty contestant and aspiring country singer Courtney Stodden. We were double checking the calendar to make sure it was ... More >>
MySpace50-year-old Mildred Patricia BaenaUpdated after the jump: Photos of the snazzy $268,000 Bakersfield spread, rumored to have been purchased for Baena by her loving baby daddy. Do we smell a buy-off? Also, a photo of the "couple" in 1994 confirms: She's got nothing on Maria Shriver. Upd ... More >>
New York PostWills and Kate to do L.A.?It's official! Updated after the jump with the royal couple's dates of stay. Paparazzi alert! Y'all can take a break from heckling Paris Hilton and her belligerent stalkers for a couple days this summer, because brand-spankin'-new royal couple Prince Wi ... More >>
officialroyalwedding2011.orgStrategically flashing the sapphire.The Royal Wedding is here! The Royal Wedding is here! Well, not quite. April 29 is the big day, as you're well aware. But the next best thing is here: The complete schedule of the Royal Wedding, down to the last rose petal and g ... More >>
babble.comCharlie Sheen's other tummy problemUpdated after the jump: Might Charlie's stomach pains have had something to do with a TMZ-touted "briefcase of cocaine"? Or did he just... wait for it... laugh too hard? Not sure why we care, but Charlie Sheen's been in the emergency room at Cedar ... More >>
Don't tell Seacrest -- Larry shops JuicyLarry King was looking all kinds of fly in three different shades of purple last night on the freshly revived "Conan." But for once, we looked past the suspender/tie/button-up combo to a whole new side of Larry: his bottom half. Before you go calling u ... More >>
A teen celeb, burglary and heroin? Say it ain't so.Updated after the jump with details from the L.A. County Probation Department. First posted at 10:10 a.m. It's always the innocent-looking ones. Alexis Neiers, convicted as part of the "bling ring" string of robberies that targeted the home ... More >>
Lee's got the "Talk to my lawyer" princess glare downThe young Calabassas hoodlums known as the Bling Ring -- who glamorously raided the homes of equally young, unequally loaded celebrities for whatever their hearts desired in 2008 and 2009 -- just saw their ringleader skip off scot-free. As ... More >>
Alexis Christine Neiers, who had previously said she was innocent in connection with the "bling ring" series of celebrity-home break-ins in the Hollywood Hills and beyond, surrendered to authorities Thursday and was scheduled to begin an six-month sentence for her role in one break-in. Neier ... More >>
For the second time this spring Lindsay Lohan as reportedly dissed Los Angeles. This time she told a source of E! Online that the people in L.A. are "disgusting." The latest distaste for our fair city comes after the actress was ordered to wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet as part of her te ... More >>
According to E! Online, tabloid staple Lindsay Lohan--these days best known for getting denied entry from both nightclubs and movie sets--is set to star in Inferno, a biopic of Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace. I'll believe it when I see her swallow it.
Justin Bieber.The manager of teen pop sensation Justin Bieber turned himself in to authorities Wednesday after he was arrested for refusing a cop's order to tweet that an out-of-control appearance in Long Island, New York by the singer was called off. Scott "Scooter" Braun pleaded not guilty ... More >>
CNNAnderson Cooper.A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>
Casey Johnson.Thirty-year-old Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson was found dead in her home near West Hollywood, and police have reportedly opened a death investigation. After a maid reportedly came out of the home screaming "she's dead," Los Angeles police officers responded to 910 N. ... More >>
The Los Angeles Coroner's office completed its autopsy of Casey Johnson, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 30 Monday morning, but it deferred any conclusions until toxicology tests, which usually take six to eight weeks, are completed. The coroner's office reported that Johnson's body showed no ... More >>
One four teenagers arrested in connection with a string of burglaries that breached the homes of local celebrities was working on a pilot for the E! network, according to the channel's news site. Alexis Neirs, 18, says she didn't do anything wrong besides choosing the wrong crowd with which to run. ... More >>
How Howard Bragman, Hollywoods coming-out guru, helps gay actors tell the truth
Laurie ScavoI don't need to explain the Playboy Mansion. You've probably seen Girls Next Door, the E! Entertainment show that managed to successfully de-mystify the estate like the channel did Saved by the Bell, Puff Daddy, and Fabio. But despite the camera's depiction of Heff as goofy and groping g ... More >>
From Greta Van Susteren's boasts to the Vegas sentencing
It doesn't exactly seem like yesterday afternoon, but pretty close to it, that I stood in an LAX cocktail lounge that erupted in cheers when jurors in O.J.Simpson's murder trial announced they'd found him not guilty of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. That was October, 1995. This mor ... More >>
Tristan's annual roundup of toothbrush vibrators, anti-porn ribbons, and a kinky kingdom
(Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party for Frontiers magazine to celebrate the gay bi-weekly’s newest issue: “L.A.’s most eligible” singles. It was a theme that instantly alarm ... More >>
For chrissake, somebody free the frigging show . . . and the Benjamin Franklins too
Last weekend was all about Coachella (see this week's paper), but there is much that I didnt have room for and you, the lucky SC reader get extra scoop...and pics! But first, let me digress a bit and tell ya about this insane party I went to the night before heading out to the desert. You've probabl ... More >>
Rating E!'s new red-carpet team
The Apprentices host, like so many big-shot CEOs, is a big, fat fraud
An ever-evolving list of L.A. Weekly alumni
The Best of Sitegeist
And the crossing of cultural borders
Find everything you're looking for in your city
Find the best happy hour deals in your city
Get today's exclusive deals at savings of anywhere from 50-90%
Check out the hottest list of places and things to do around your city
