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May 9, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Phil Rosenthal on the L.A. Restaurant Scene, Eating Sushi with James Brooks Grilling Thomas Keller
In this week's feature food story, arts editor Zachary Pincus-Roth talks to Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond about what he's done with all his money. Really. Because the producer, writer and director hasn't just been resting on his Emmys, but has put a lot of that money into local ... More >>
Music
April 19, 2012
Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday
Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others
Calendar
April 19, 2012
Lorraine Feather
Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others
Calendar
April 19, 2012
Classical Music on Film
Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Two and a Half Men vs. Mad Men at PaleyFest: Is it Better to Have Ratings or Emmys?
Sometimes on the red carpet, you overhear things. Such was the case on Monday night during the arrivals for PaleyFest's Two and Half Men event, for which the show's stars (sans the glaringly absent Ashton Kutcher, who participated only in the panel) along with its creators walked the red carpet, pra ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Hires Two Former Journos Onto His Huge PR Team
We just lost two soldiers to L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bulging press office. Whoever predicted that L.A.'s best journalists might all soon be working for the enemy, tempted by a secure job and cush benefits amid this Great Recession and death o' journalism: You were right. "Two new communi ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Top Chef Casting Call at The Foundry
Top Chef is turning 10! Are you surprised? Unlikely. They only win Emmys and James Beard awards out the wazoo. If we were Bravo, we'd keep milking that cash cow as well. But of course, one needs new talent to keep those Quickfires hot, which means it's casting call time.
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Golden Globe Guests Will Feast On, Among Other Things, Gold Shavings
Sunday night's Golden Globe ceremony figures to be an entertaining few hours -- too bad the cameras never zoom in on our favorite (or least favorite) celebrities while they eat dinner. Unlike at the Oscars or Emmys, Golden Globe guests feast on a gourmet meal and can indulge by drinking endless amou ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Do You Schmear What I Schmear?
Sunday night's Golden Globe ceremony figures to be an entertaining few hours -- too bad the cameras never zoom in on our favorite (or least favorite) celebrities while they eat dinner. Unlike at the Oscars or Emmys, Golden Globe guests feast on a gourmet meal and can indulge by drinking endless amou ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Academy Awards in Trouble? Oscar Statuette Makers Issue Ominous Statement About Labor Woes at Their Factory
Bring it on down to Oscarville.The 84th Academy Awards, set for February, has had a dark cloud hanging over it, and the weather doesn't seem to be clearing. After Brett Ratner pulled out of his production gig following his utterance of an anti-gay slur (and Eddie Murphy then exited as host), ... More >>
Stage
November 3, 2011
Ovation Awards
What do all the glittering prizes mean?
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Ken Burns' Prohibition: Bootleggers, Organized Crime The Glamorization of Getting Blitzed
We all know that Prohibition was a brief, controversial, Jazz Age constitutional amendment that made drinking a big, jail-worthy offense, and turned on a spigot of organized crime instead. But did you know about the saga of how criminalizing the sale, manufacture and transporting of all things firew ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Further Proof That an L.A. Weekly Theater Award Can Lead to a Successful Career
We all know that Prohibition was a brief, controversial, Jazz Age constitutional amendment that made drinking a big, jail-worthy offense, and turned on a spigot of organized crime instead. But did you know about the saga of how criminalizing the sale, manufacture and transporting of all things firew ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Who's Your Zombie?
We all know that Prohibition was a brief, controversial, Jazz Age constitutional amendment that made drinking a big, jail-worthy offense, and turned on a spigot of organized crime instead. But did you know about the saga of how criminalizing the sale, manufacture and transporting of all things firew ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Emmy Nominations Day: 10 Standard Types of Reactions From Award Show Nominees
Tina Fey got nominated this year! (Or at least we assume -- we haven't checked yet) Guess what? HBO dominated the Emmys again. Another way the Emmys are predictable: the nominees' reactions. Or at least how they convey their reactions. We don't really know people's real reactions -- we know ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Peter Falk Dies of Alzheimer's: Remember His Hilarious 'Columbo' Roast of Frank Sinatra
In his heyday, Hollywood legend Peter Falk was sharp as hell -- parading through "Colombo" with a Bogart lisp, red coat and dashing curl, pulling Emmys like they were weeds. Sadly, though, he was overtaken by dementia in the last years of his life (some speculated it was caused by an anesthesia OD a ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Rad Dads: Five of the Best Fathers In Musical History
Emperor penguin fathers incubate eggs till they finally hatch. Yesterday we brought you a fairly depressing post on dads and how they had screwed up (or alternatively inspired) some of the best known musicians in the world. Today we bring you lighter, more pleasant fare: rad dads! Dads who ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
The Creative Pros
Emperor penguin fathers incubate eggs till they finally hatch. Yesterday we brought you a fairly depressing post on dads and how they had screwed up (or alternatively inspired) some of the best known musicians in the world. Today we bring you lighter, more pleasant fare: rad dads! Dads who ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Ethics Fines For L.A. Council Members Garcetti, Huizar, Wesson, Cardenas
Ethics fines for city leaders.Looks like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wasn't the only leader in City Hall invited to this here party. But, unlike other events officials have attended, this one will cost you. Yeah, four City Council members got caught up in ticketgate and will also have to pay ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Stage Raw: John Ferraro (1946-2010)
The COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS feature will return next weekNEW THEATER REVIEWS and OPENINGS THIS WEEKSTAGE FEATURE on Helen Hunt and Tom Irwin in Much AdoJOHN FERRAROIf you've been lucky enough to see Two Headed Dog's grimy, Beckettian clown show (Clowntown City Limits) -- about a trio of un ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Top 10 Women With Fruit Names
We've brought you the Top 10 Men With Meat Names and the Top 10 Men With Salad Names. But what about women? And what about fruit? Well, now is the moment for both, as pomiculture and nomenclature come together for the debut female-themed edition of our "People with Food Names" series. Of course, the ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Top Chef All-Stars Officially Announced With 18 Runner-Up Contestants
Bravo Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2010
Villaraigosa Spotted Outside Emmy Awards, Reminds World Of 'Ticketgate'
The city's keeping together a fragile budget these days, libraries are taking days off, and police are learning to do without the kind of civilian support personnel they enjoyed in the past. The mayor has been in hot water, too, for his acceptance of high-dollar tickets to Lakers games and en ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2010
Online Emmy Searches Leading To Malicious Websites
And the winner is ... not you. At least not if you searched online for Emmy victors and came up with a computer virus instead. Security virus firm Symantec warned on Monday that as much as 57 percent of certain Emmy-related search results online will lead users to malicious sites that will at ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Catch a Risen Star
And the winner is ... not you. At least not if you searched online for Emmy victors and came up with a computer virus instead. Security virus firm Symantec warned on Monday that as much as 57 percent of certain Emmy-related search results online will lead users to malicious sites that will at ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Groundbreaker: Remembering Gertrude Berg
And the winner is ... not you. At least not if you searched online for Emmy victors and came up with a computer virus instead. Security virus firm Symantec warned on Monday that as much as 57 percent of certain Emmy-related search results online will lead users to malicious sites that will at ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Signs, Seals, Delivers On Hype At Comic-Con 2010
With Emmy-winning powerhouses Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC is at the forefront of cable TV drama. What fans and geeks have hoped for, this year's Comic-Con audience can attest to, and the rest of the world is about to find out is that the network is poised to break all-new ground in October ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2010
Patina Caters the Emmy Awards Governor's Ball: 180 Cooks, 4,416 Bottles of Wine, 3000 Lbs. of Chickpeas An Elaborate Brownie Recipe
Patina Restaurant GroupChocolate decadence Going to 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards Governor's Ball? Well, even if you're not either, about 3,500 elaborately overdressed people will be. This year's Emmy Awards will be held August 29th, and following the event, Joachim Splichal's Patina Restaurant ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
FOURTH UPDATE Exclusive: Antonio Villaraigosa free tickets are worth $50,000 to $100,000. Full list here of 80 free events; corruption laws ignored
By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT (THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT IS)
By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
A Toast to Mad Men
By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
FOR LOVE AND HOOFING
By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CHIHUAHUAS
By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>
News
September 24, 2009
61st Emmys: Deja Vu All Over Again
Winner-watching with cynicism and subversion
Music
September 24, 2009
Moving Up
Winner-watching with cynicism and subversion
Blogs
September 14, 2009
Cooking With Werner: Werner Herzog and Jim Jarmusch Make A Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Ever wonder what it would be like if the Food Network or PBS or whomever gave a cooking show to somebody completely unlikely? Not Bobby Flay or Mario Batali or even Brian Boitano (yes, this month), but Werner Herzog? Imagine the German filmmaker, director of Fitzcarraldo and Nosferatu (and writer of ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2009
Today in Photographs: September 1, 1949
Dead as Vaudeville: The Orpheum theater's marquee during its twilight. The South Broadway theater would close as a vaudeville venue in 1951. This past Sunday it was the scene of the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards show.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
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August 13, 2009
A thirtysomething Celebration
Dead as Vaudeville: The Orpheum theater's marquee during its twilight. The South Broadway theater would close as a vaudeville venue in 1951. This past Sunday it was the scene of the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards show.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
Blogs
July 17, 2009
Queer Town: Blow-by-Blow Details of Todd Holland's Remark at Outfest
Queer Town has noticed a number of comments, on this blog and others, where people are assuming how things went down on July 12 at the Outfest panel titled "Taking It to the Street: LGBT Directors Get Political," where openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland said he advises young, gay actors ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2009
Queer Town: Outfest's Kirsten Schaffer Issues Statement, Robin McGehee Speaks Out
While openly gay and Emmy-winning director Todd Holland released an apology yesterday afternoon for telling an Outfest panel on July 12 that he advises up-and-coming, gay male actors to "stay in the closet," Queer Town asked Outfest Executive Director Kirsten Schaffer what she thought of the directo ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2009
Queer Town: GLAAD Hesitant to Criticize Director Todd Holland
On Monday morning, L.A. Weekly broke the story that openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland told an audience at Outfest on Sunday afternoon that he advises young, gay male actors to "stay in the closet" if they want to succeed in Hollywood. By Monday afternoon, gay bloggers and their readers ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2009
Queer Town: Director Todd Holland Apologizes for Outfest Remarks, Not Advice
At 2:50 p.m., in Los Angeles, Queer Town received a statement from openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland, which was distributed by the gay, media watchdog group GLAAD. Director Todd HollandIn the statement, Holland apologizes for his "poorly chosen" remarks made at Outfest, one of the premi ... More >>
Columns
July 9, 2009
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY AUCTIONS
Let the bidding begin
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March 19, 2009
Karen Kilgariff: Comedy Pick of the Week
Let the bidding begin
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February 5, 2009
Leslie Uggams Speaks!
Let the bidding begin
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December 11, 2008
My Trip Down the Pink Carpet
Let the bidding begin
News
December 11, 2008
Shutting Down Public-Access TV
AT&T and L.A. City Hall quietly lead a national push to silence the little guy
Calendar
November 6, 2008
If You're Looking for Camryn Manheim, Look No Further
AT&T and L.A. City Hall quietly lead a national push to silence the little guy
Film+TV
April 17, 2008
Sweet Nothing in My Ear: Jeff Daniels and Marlee Matlin play out the sound and fury
AT&T and L.A. City Hall quietly lead a national push to silence the little guy
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