Ernest Hemingway

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Makes 'em Laugh at Paley Center Premiere

Mel Brooks doesn't think he's an American master. That's someone like Mark Twain or Ernest Hemingway, says the creator of the funniest farting scene in the history of film. But Susan Lacy, executive producer of PBS' American Masters series, thought differently, and convinced Brooks to dispense wi ... More >>

Jerry Stahl Discusses His New Book About Heroin, the Drug That Nearly Destroyed Him

Jerry Stahl knows heroin — the good, the bad and the literary. That's why Stahl was the perfect choice to be editor of The Heroin Chronicles, an anthology of 13 chasing-the-dragon stories by junkies and ex-junkies. Released Jan. 1, the third entry in the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series (after T ... More >>

Silver Linings Playbook Review: Where Is the David O. Russell in This David O. Russell Movie?

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Los Angeles Film Festival 2012: The Breaking Point

The Veggie and Fruit Platter at Le Comptoir

You've probably heard some rumblings of the stellar work chef Gary Menes has been putting in after-hours at downtown's Tiara Café -- the former Patina, Palate, and French Laundry alum has quietly been reviving the art of counter-side dining at his pop-up restaurant, which has been running weekend d ... More >>

Brooklyn's First Food Book Fair: Books Authors Eats

The food intellectual is not a new phenomenon, but it is a new cliche. The glut of rant-prone gonzo restaurant critic bloggers, armchair sustainability experts, and urban chicken farming gurus reminds us that the importance of caring about food, where it comes from, and who makes it has soaked deep ... More >>

Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A.

Quantifying the best of anything is a dicey endeavor. Whether it be dive bars or gay bars or strip clubs, the best places for you will of course depend on your taste. (Many of these lists will be available via the Weekly's new "best of" mobile app, by the way). When we wrote about the "10 Bars Most ... More >>

Jeremiah Tower's Cookbook Collection

JeremiahTower.comJeremiah Tower on the beach​Cookbook collectors, get moving. Speed is necessary if you're going to snag a choice book from the collection that celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower has sold to Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco. "They've gone fairly quickly," says rare book exp ... More >>

Midnight in Paris vs. The Moderns

Alan Rudolph did Paris in the 20s over 20 years before Woody Allen

Is Musso & Frank the True Crossroads of Hollywood and Literature? Richard Schave Wants to Find Out

Simone PazRichard Schave with wife Kim Cooper at Musso & Frank​At Hollywood's Musso & Frank Grill, legend has it, giants of American literature -- Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, William Saroyan, Dorothy Parker, Nathanael West, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Charles ... More >>

Reviews of The Leopard and Don't Hug Me, I'm Pregnant, and more . . .

​John Leguizamo opened his one-man show, "Ghetto Klown" on Sunday. See review later this week, along with the extended feature on Bayside High School Musical, at Victory Theatre Center -- one of two new local productions now playing based on popular TV series.(I Love Lucy, Live on Stage opened at ... More >>

The Leopard

Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour

Michael LamontThe Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity​Kristoffer Diaz's comedy about television wrestling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, just opened at the Geffen Playhouse. Check back on Tuesday for the review, and for capsule reviews for all other shows seen over the weekend. Check back thi ... More >>

'Stop SB 48' Doesn't Want California Students to Know About Gertrude Stein?

​​Carl Van VechtenWriter and art collector Gertrude Stein​​​In the history of the world, gays and lesbians have always contributed to advances in many different societies. One such person is Gertrude Stein, influential writer and art collector who grew up for a period of her life in Oa ... More >>

Top Five '80s Metallica Songs That Deserved Kick Ass Music Videos

​Metallica announced last week that, in celebration of their 30th anniversary, they are playing four fan-club exclusive shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco in December. Rolling back prices to 1981 levels, Met Club members can buy tickets to each show for six bucks, or to all four for the ev ... More >>

Midnight in Paris Review

Owen Wilson's surreal adventure in Woody Allen's latest

Woody Allen Interview

The Midnight in Paris director on the dangers of "Golden Age" thinking, "that thing with Mia" and his latest film

Moleskine's New Recipe Journals: An Antidote to Kitchen Chaos, at Least in Theory

Moleskine's new recipe journals​ Most writers carry around little notepads to scribble down stuff, and if they're food people too, they'll write while they cook, a sometimes difficult task. Some of us have been known to use the insides of whatever cookbook is handy to write recipes or notes o ... More >>

Meat in a Glass: The Carnivore Cocktail

Rivera The Donaji ​Lately, mixologists have taken to using protein as an ingredient, and we're not talking about the shrimp cocktail. Whether they're made with crickets, bacon-infused bourbon or pickled octopus, carnivore cocktails have been making the rounds in bars and restaurants across the ... More >>

Happy National Margarita Day Two Border Grill Margarita Recipes

Border GrillBorder Grill Añejo Margarita​Today is National Margarita Day. Of course it's a ridiculous and completely fabricated holiday, probably invented by the makers of some brand of tequila or powdered margarita mix. But if you like margaritas, you should ignore that crass reality and jus ... More >>

Dâm-Funk: Keytar Hero

“I’m not doing the neo-soul thing. I’m a funkster. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid”

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN . . . LIZZIE BORDEN!

Los Angeles Public Library Cookery Ephemera Collection

Los Angeles Public LibraryWonder Sandwich Suggestions​Food is as much about history as it is about taste, and digging into that history offers often mouth-watering illumination about who we are and where we came from. Angelenos are fortunate to have a renowned culinary treasure available to th ... More >>

The Jazz Age

Theater Reviews: Divorce! The Musical, Grand Motel, The Jazz Age

Also, Call Me Mister Fry, Blues for Central Avenue and more

Latin Terms of Endearment

Getting lost in translation

Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost

The Faulkner way out

Reviews of Paradise Lost, Bob & Ed's Discount Enlightenment Warehouse

Also this week's pick, Limonade Tous les Jours

the Kids in the Hall

The Skylight Gang

LA Theater 2007: To Play, or Not to Play, That Is the Question

Moments of truth in local theater

Loose Prose

The Verdict on Writers: All Bloody Nuts (Phew)

Dorothy Parker once bought a new typewriter because she couldn't change the ribbon on the old one. Ernest Hemingway used to write standing up. Truman Capote wrote lying down, and could not tolerate the presence of yellow roses - although they were his favorite flower. These are just a few facts I'v ... More >>

15 Writers Share Their Must-Reads

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For February 10 -16, 2006

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For February 3 - 9, 2006

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For January 27 - February 2, 2006

Some Very Excellent Books

15 writers share their must-reads

Blue Skies Are Here Again

After a decade in the Hollywood cooler, Steve Conrad is a hot property once more

Burial in the Sky

Hunter S. Thompson goes up in smoke

Hollywood Lived Here

The semi-glorious and sometimes gory history of Hollywood apartment living. (Part of LA Weekly's special apartment-living package.)

This Boy’s Writing Life

Youth and literature in Tobias Wolff’s first novel

Life Studies

Legends urbane and urban

There Is a Heppy Book

Ghost Writer

Raymond carved

Dick

(Not the movie)

The Old Man and the Marlin