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Wherein We Predict the Debauchery Justin Bieber Will Get Up to in 2014

By David Thorpe This has been a perilous year for Justin Bieber, our favorite swaggy little shit. He was snapped sipping some alleged lean; he took heat for tone-deaf comments in the Anne Frank house; he scuffled with the paparazzi; his friends keep getting his car in trouble; he peed in a mop buck ... More >>

Valley Ho! Three New Restaurants in the SFV Show Some Weaknesses, a Few Surprising Strengths

How Medicare Fraud Became the Nation's Most Lucrative Crime

It costs taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. But the feds say they're finally trying to crack down

Chris Guerra: Justin Bieber Ferrari Tragedy On Sepulveda As Photographer Killed

Updated at the bottom more details from cops. Headline has changed. First posted at 10:19 p.m. Tuesday. A young photographer reportedly shooting Justin Bieber's Ferrari during a traffic stop was killed when he was struck by a car in the Sepulveda Pass. Bieber was not in the white Ferrari 458 Italia ... More >>

Sweet! Hollywood Sweets for my Suite at the Loews Hotel

The holidays are the ideal -- and perfectly acceptable -- time for kids of all ages to chow down on chocolate, crunch candy and basically indulge your sweet teeth. At the new Sweet! Hollywood candy emporium at Hollywood & Highland, which soft-opened in November, you can literally do this; there's a ... More >>

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Jason Steigerwald Casually Drove Maserati From DTLA Dealer, Cops Say

Authorities today said the guy who casually drove away with a $75,000 Maserati as a downtown L.A. salesman stood-by stunned has been identified as recent parolee Jason Steigerwald, 34. We looked him up on Facebook and it appears he fancies himself a playboy, at least by the photos he posts of himse ... More >>

Maserati Thief Casually Drives Away From Downtown L.A. Dealer

It was a theft that will go down in history among criminals as a textbook case of how to do this with the utmost ease. Authorities say a man with a shaved head walked up to a salesman at a downtown area dealership, asked for a key so he could listen to a 2008 Maserati Gran Turismo's engine, and dro ... More >>

NFL Failures, EDM Greed and Massive Corruption: The Inside Story of the L.A. Coliseum Scandal

Richest Cities in California Slum For Rides, Prefer The Prius

California has more billionaires than just about anywhere in the world except the United States itself, China and Russia. Really. So, if you were to survey a couple of the Golden State's wealthiest communities, what car make do you think would enjoy top rates of ownership? Maybach? Maybe Ferrari? A ... More >>

VIDEO: Stephanie Pratt's BF Julien Chabbott Runs Over Cop's Foot

New Yorkers say L.A. is the home of the shallow, vacant, star-struck millionaire. Well, Manhattan is starting to look a lot like Beverly Hills. Over the weekend the boyfriend of The Hills star Stephanie Pratt was videotaped making a douche fool of himself as he ran over the foot of a New York City ... More >>

Scott Aukerman Talks Taking Comedy Bang! Bang! on Tour

See also: *Scott Aukerman Asks: Can an Intelligent Person Can Like Phish? *10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012 While most fans know Scott Aukerman's Comedy Bang! Bang! from his loopily inspired weekly podcast or aggressively absurd IFC faux-talk show, the franchise formerly known as Comedy Death Ray ac ... More >>

Life of Pie: L.A. Celebrates Its Pizza Moment

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. On a Wednesday evening, 10 students sit along the counter at the Scuola di Pizza, the, yes, "School of Pizza" at L.A.'s premier pizza joint, Mozza. I'd like to say we're a varied lot, but that wouldn't be true -- we're uniformly w ... More >>

I Had Zero Interest in Celebrity Home Tours...Until I Went on One

When I moved to Los Angeles a year ago, I swore that I would never be caught dead on a celebrity-homes tour. I couldn't care less whether the Kardashians lived in a mansion with an infinity pool or a gingerbread house constructed by sugarplum fairies. The buses cruising the streets reminded me o ... More >>

Lincoln Town Car Crashes Into Luxury L.A. Car Shop, Hits Ferrari Identical to Kobe Bryant's

A Lincoln Town Car reportedly being used as a fancy taxi smashed into the Specialty Car Craft customization and parts shop on South La Cienega (a low-profile go-to for L.A. celebrities) around 3:30 a.m. The impact shattered the shop's entire glass front -- causing a window frame and hundreds of sha ... More >>

Music Picks: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Esperanza Spalding, Jack White

Also, the Crystelles, Arturo Sandoval, Backbiter and others

The Scandal Roiling the L.A. County Assessor's Office Suggests Your Tax Bill Is All About Who You Know, and How Much You've Donated to Assessor John Noguez

Stolen Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW Headed For Asia Seized at Port of L.A: PHOTOS

A Gone In 60 Seconds-style stolen car ring saw a shipment to Asia disrupted by federal authorities, who seized a near-new Ferrari and other vehicles, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today. The 20-car haul at the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach was worth $1.5 million, according to a CBP ... More >>

Ernest Cline: The Ready Player One Author's 10 Favorite Songs From John Hughes Movies

While in town for SXSW last week, we checked in with Austin native Ernest Cline, the author of 2011 bestseller Ready Player One. It's sci-fi, but totally readable and compelling; the plot concerns a nerdy overweight teen living in a distopian future America where everyone spends all their time in a ... More >>

Groupon Cat: Who Is This Furball and What Is He Talking About?

During the obligatory morning check of my inbox to see which spa was offering a Groupon for a colon cleanse and infrared therapy (what?), I noticed a smug cat atop a stratocumulus cloud giving me the evil eye from underneath the participating spa's details. I scrolled down to see that he was spoutin ... More >>

Music Picks: Coldplay, Estelle, Joss Stone, Lana Del Rey

Also, Enuff Z'Nuff, Gizzelle, Goliath and others

800 Degrees: A Sneak Peek Into Westwood's Newest Pizzeria [Photo Gallery]

If Adam Fleischman is aiming to become the Henry Ford of the pizza world, he's made a good start of it with 800 Degrees, the Westwood pizzeria he officially opens on January 3rd. It features a long counter where diners choose from dozens of toppings in a process more common to Subway or Chipotle tha ... More >>

Michael Jackson Memorabilia Owned by African Royal Teodorin Obiang of Malibu Sought by U.S. Government

MJ's glove.​The U.S. government really wants this guy's Michael Jackson memorabilia. We told you earlier this month how the feds had filed a civil suit seeking the Malibu-based property of African royal Teodorin Obiang -- including the MJ stuff (such as an infamously bejeweled glove), his Gul ... More >>

Basil Max Price III Killed in Ferrari Crash on PCH: Car Split in Half

A Ferrari 360.​The second Ferrari to split in half in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway in the last five years took the life of a man ID'd by cops as 23-year-old Basil Max Price III of Glendora. He was the passenger in the 1999 car that was apparently speeding and went out of control on PCH no ... More >>

Hush Puppy Food Fight: Penguin Fish & Chips vs. Charlie's Fish & Chips

Hush puppies aren't the reason you bought the fried fish platter, but they're maybe what you enjoy most. Once you irrigate your breaded whiting pieces with liberal splashes of hot sauce and tuck them between a few porous slices of tartar-laden bread, these humble balls of fryer-blasted cornmeal dou ... More >>

Green Electricity From Freeway Vibrations? L.A. State Assemblyman Mike Gatto Wants to Make it Happen

Mean and green? Magnum P.I.​Sorry Ed Begley Jr. and Al Gore (also junior). You're going be bummed when we pass your girly man Priuses in our 15-miles-per-gallon sports car, all the while smug knowing that we're green too. (We're going to design a piss-on-Priuses bumper sticker just to rub it i ... More >>

Music Picks: The Psychedelic Furs, Orgone, Raekwon, Beach Fossils, The Raveonettes

Also, Thao & Mirah, Sun Araw, Cass McCombs, Trinket and others

Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello: The Swedish Godfather

Despite the rumors, Coachella may have not lost its edge — it just relocated to the dance tent

Eatalian Café West: Now Reopened

D. GonzalezThe 46 slice at Eatalian Cafe West​ Many of us who write about food hear the plea: "Please don't write about [insert favorite restaurant/bakery/seller of obscure charcuterie here]. They are crowded enough." They point to places like Eatalian Café, in the Harbor Gateway area of Ga ... More >>

The 10 Most Embarrassingly Named L.A. Bandits

Just don't call her Snowflake Bandit​It's got to be rough, naming a bandit. In one short, catchy phrase, you've got to embody a criminal's entire countenance and M.O., so that he (or she -- can't forget the Bonnies of the world) will be instantly recognizable to all who come in contact. Of t ... More >>

Jean Maxime Perramon -- Big-Time Hollywood Animator, 'Bionic Six' Artist -- Killed on Shoulder of 101 Freeway in Thousand Oaks

Pepper Films Inc​Updated after the jump: Jean's friends and neighbors provide more details about his life and death. Jean Perramon pulled over to the side of the 101 North at about 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, stepping out of his Ferrari momentarily to check its tire for a piece of metal he though ... More >>

Somewhere Movie Review

Sofia Coppola takes Stephen Dorff to the dark side of the Chateau Marmont

Sofia Coppola: Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, a journey to the stripped-down Somewhere

Hey Santa Monica College, LACC, Pierce College, Pasadena City College: Students Can Transfer To Cal State Without Getting Screwed On Credits Under New Law By Sen. Padilla

Santa Monica College​Besides the cost of car insurance, realizing you're probably not going to get that Ferrari by age 30, and having to wait in line to get into clubs, you know what really sucks about being young? Going to a California community college for a couple years only to have to start ov ... More >>

Meat as Sculpture

Introducing the Maillol burger

Kosher Yogurt Shop Opens Three LA Locations: Yogo Self-Serve

Celia Soudry​ Located in the Melrose District, on the corner of Fuller and Melrose Avenue, Yogo self-serve frozen yogurt is the only Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) certified, Cholov Yisroel kosher yogurt shop in Los Angeles. And judging by the little kids wearing yarmulkes, jumping ar ... More >>

Sweet Rose Creamery Opening Preview: What You Get From That $65K Ice Cream Maker

Jenn GarbeeSweet Rose's Chocolate Ice Cream Pie ​ It's almost summer. Pinkberry stores are closing at an alarming rate. We need ice cream reinforcements. Now. (Wednesday would work fine, too). Enter Sweet Rose Creamery. On Friday, Squid Ink swiped a few sneak preview tastes from the much-an ... More >>

Phoenix captures LA sound for new Sofia Coppola movie

​International hipster supercouple Sofia Coppola (daughter of Francis Ford, ex-wife of Spike Jonze, Oscar winner for Lost in Translation) and Thomas Mars (lead singer of Phoenix, ie that French band you sort of care about who are not Daft Punk or Air) are in the process of making both a baby a ... More >>

A Water Menu? Now That's Bazaar

Last Friday, Forbes included The Bazaar by José Andrés as one of the Best New Restaurants in the Country. Located inside the SLS Hotel, that restaurant is famous for its over-the-top decor -- courtesy of designer Philippe Starck -- and extraordinary culinary experience. Now The Bazaar has taken i ... More >>

Phoenix Frontman Scores Sweetie Sofia Coppola's New 'Ferraris and Los Angeles' Flick

The Freewheelin' Thomas & Sofia​Phoenix's frontman Thomas Mars is domestic-partnered to OG hipster director Sofia Coppola. Sofia is about to release a new movie, Somewhere, where she most certainly downscaled the period-piece ambitions of Marie Antoinette. Mars, riding high on a wave of critic ... More >>

Home Invaders Flee In Porsche

2001 Porsche 911 Turbo.​For nearly 45 years the Porsche 911 has been everyman's object of desire in the U.S., an exotic and sometimes super car for a fraction of the cost of a Ferrari. Despite its quirky, rear-engined configuration and back seats that could only comfortably accommodate Oompa-L ... More >>

John Hughes Remembered at Little Cave Tonight

​ It wasn't just the quirky teens and funny, sincere one-liners that made us love John Hughes' teen movies, it was the music. Whether we were introduced to The Smiths through Pretty in Pink or The March Violets through Some Kind of Wonderful, the soundtracks for Hughes' movies were, in many w ... More >>

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Also In the Land of Women and the documentary, Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea

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A Christmas Miracle, Times Two

It's Baroque: Why Fix It?

The Coronation of Poppea and Triumph of Beauty and Deceit

What is Not Sexy

Victoria's Secret launched its first "What is Sexy" list. (why? your guess is as good as mine) But it leaves me seriously wondering if Victoria has any real secrets at all. I won't argue with their choice to make St. Tropez the sexiest international city, I've never been there, but I hear the chicks ... More >>