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March 14, 2013
Forever 21 Compelled By Federal Judge To Comply with 'Sweatshop' Investigation
Read L.A. Weekly's feature story, "Sweatshops Are Fashion's Dirty Little Secret. But They Don't Exist in L.A. -- Do They?" Forever 21 founders and husband-and-wife team Do Won Chang and Jin Sook can't duck the federal government anymore. On March 7, U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow ordere ... More >>
Art+Books
December 27, 2012
The Future: The L.A. Weekly's 2012 Comics Issue
Read L.A. Weekly's feature story, "Sweatshops Are Fashion's Dirty Little Secret. But They Don't Exist in L.A. -- Do They?" Forever 21 founders and husband-and-wife team Do Won Chang and Jin Sook can't duck the federal government anymore. On March 7, U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow ordere ... More >>
News
November 15, 2012
The Right to Smell? Readers Respond to Our Cover Story
Read L.A. Weekly's feature story, "Sweatshops Are Fashion's Dirty Little Secret. But They Don't Exist in L.A. -- Do They?" Forever 21 founders and husband-and-wife team Do Won Chang and Jin Sook can't duck the federal government anymore. On March 7, U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow ordere ... More >>
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July 25, 2012
L.A. Weekly Fashion Issue 2012: Dressing Ethically
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
News
July 5, 2012
Comments: Blood in the Streets
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
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May 24, 2012
Comment: People Like Us
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Comment: Darling Dita
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
News
April 19, 2012
We Lost It at the Movies
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
The Fan Who Would Be King
We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
LA Weekly Writers Win Big at L.A. Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards
Last night at the Biltmore Hotel, the Los Angeles Press Club handed out glass stars for the National Entertainment Journalism Awards, and LA Weekly walked away with quite a few. Steven Leigh Morris won Print Critic of the Year for his theater reviews. Gendy Alimurung nabbed second place in ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
10 Cats Who Eat Better Than You: At The Santa Monica Cat Show
Gendy AlimurungWhat did your cat eat today? Does your cat eat better than you do? Some of these kitties at the recent Santa Monica Cat Show do. I asked their respective humans what is the fanciest, tastiest, nommiest thing they feed their cats. Keep reading to learn what they said, or 10 Cats ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
SoCal Zombie Walk this Saturday: Some Dos and Don'ts
Gendy Alimurung Feeling zombified? Walk it out. On Saturday, people will be gathering on Hollywood Blvd for the latest SoCal Zombie Walk. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at 1718 N.Cherokee Ave in the courtyard of the parking structure located one building up from Geisha House restaurant. Walking starts a ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Harry Potter Art at Nucleus Gallery
Gendy AlimurungJ. Shea: ThestralIf you couldn't handle waiting in line for two hours to get into Nucleus Gallery's recent extremely packed Harry Potter-themed art show, this is the sort of thing you missed. That's a hanging sculpture of a thestral in the photo above. Awesome, right? The rest ... More >>
News
June 23, 2011
Lousy School Lunches
Gendy AlimurungJ. Shea: ThestralIf you couldn't handle waiting in line for two hours to get into Nucleus Gallery's recent extremely packed Harry Potter-themed art show, this is the sort of thing you missed. That's a hanging sculpture of a thestral in the photo above. Awesome, right? The rest ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
House Tour: Audrey Kawasaki's Creepy Cute Art Studio
Painter Audrey Kawasaki works in a cozy two-story Los Angeles apartment that also serves as her home. The place is filled with light, books, art, and a cornucopia of creepy, cute collectibles. Photos by Gendy Alimurung
Blogs
April 29, 2011
People Read Books! 80 Percent of Californians Have Read One in the Last Month
Flickr/GoodSquadSarah This just in from the "humanity isn't as screwed as we think" department: people read books. A new USC Dornsife College/Los Angeles Times Poll says 80 percent of Californians surveyed have read at least one book in the last month, and 40 percent have read three. Here at ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Kobe Bryant Bangs The Drum For Turkish Airlines: Et Tu, Kobe?
Photos by Gendy Alimurung Why is Kobe Bryant banging on this drum? He's the "global brand ambassador" for Turkish Airlines now. He was at the inaugural flight ceremony launch not too long ago. He appeared onstage at the Paramount Studios lot. He shook hands with the chairman of the airlines ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
Strapping Lasses: Jenette Bras, Marlies Dekkers, Big Bosoms and Modern Dance
all photos by Gendy AlimurungJenette Goldstein, proprietress of Jenette Bras--bras for "the overdeveloped and underserved"--hosted an artsy modern dance bra event at her store recently. If you'd driven by the store on Melrose Avenue last week you'd have seen scantily clad women dancing in the ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
16 Awesome Costumed Couples at LACMA's Muse Ball (And Some Who Should Have Been Couples, But Sadly, Were Not)
Are you sick of Halloween yet? Me neither! It should be Halloween everyday. (And here at the LA Weekly's Style Council, it often feels like it is.) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's annual Muse Costume Ball is one of the best places to people-watch. This year, couples stole the show. Here are t ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Emily Strange at Royal/T: 10 Best Items To Spend Your Money On At Her Pop-Up Store
Photo by Gendy AlimurungDo you like Emily Strange? From now until November 11, that cute little goth girl will be lurking about at Royal/T Cafe in Culver City. She has a pop-up shop there (see photos below). She's got merchandise like there's no tomorrow. If you go on October 26, there will b ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2010
Pikachu Girls: Dressing Up Like Pokemon, The Cute, The Bad, The Slutty
Why do cute girls like to dress up as Pikachu? It's a question for the ages. Pikachu is Nintendo's small, chubby, ground-dwelling rodent whose main powers are electricity and getting cute girls to wear short yellow skirts. You'll see them at every anime or comic book convention, rain or shine. I'd p ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Randall Roberts' LA Weekly Feature Following Ozomatli into Burma Wins Prestigious AltWeekly Award
An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>
Art+Books
July 15, 2010
Tragic in Their Not-Ness
An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>
News
April 22, 2010
The Vagina Dialogues
An LA Weekly piece by our former Music Editor (and current LA Times Music Editor) Randall Roberts about LA band Ozomatli's tour of South East Asia has just been chosen as the best Arts feature of 2009 at the 2010 edition of the AltWeekly Awards. Another LA Weekly piece, about the fascinating ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Today in Awkward Dates: When Weezer Bassist Met Orientalist Hooker
Jillian Lauren is this week's LA Weekly cover girl. She worked (worked?) in the Sultan of Brunei's harem when she was younger. Now she's married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and lives in Eagle Rock. From our own Gendy Alimurung's interview with the former harem girl/current rock wife: Six years ... More >>
News
March 18, 2010
Manny Mania
Jillian Lauren is this week's LA Weekly cover girl. She worked (worked?) in the Sultan of Brunei's harem when she was younger. Now she's married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and lives in Eagle Rock. From our own Gendy Alimurung's interview with the former harem girl/current rock wife: Six years ... More >>
News
December 24, 2009
Let’s Get Something Straight Between Us Straight Between Us
Jillian Lauren is this week's LA Weekly cover girl. She worked (worked?) in the Sultan of Brunei's harem when she was younger. Now she's married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and lives in Eagle Rock. From our own Gendy Alimurung's interview with the former harem girl/current rock wife: Six years ... More >>
Art+Books
December 17, 2009
Pen Names and Prejudice
Jillian Lauren is this week's LA Weekly cover girl. She worked (worked?) in the Sultan of Brunei's harem when she was younger. Now she's married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and lives in Eagle Rock. From our own Gendy Alimurung's interview with the former harem girl/current rock wife: Six years ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
Zombie Walk Saturday Night: Evening Stroll With the Undead in Pasadena
If you're looking for something weird to do this Saturday night, how about walking with the undead? Anthony Dalbis, who runs SoCal Zombie Walk, has organized another one, in Pasadena this time. It's holiday themed. Costume possibilities include: zombie elves, zombie reindeer, zombie Christmas ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2009
Over the Weekend: Girls, The Airborne Toxic Event, Origami Vinyl's First Art Show and Slayer Bears at Unique LA
It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>
LA Life
October 1, 2009
Best of L.A.: Club Wear
It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>
Eat+Drink
October 1, 2009
Best of L.A.: Food and Drink
It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>
LA Life
October 1, 2009
Best of L.A.: Shopping
It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2009
Disney Freaks in Mouse Heaven: Best of D23 Expo Photos
Disney rolled out its equivalent of San Diego's Comic-Con last weekend, the first time the company has attempted such a move. Tens of thousands of people converged on the D23 Expo in Anaheim to spend four days in mouse heaven and we caught them, on camera. View more photos in the D23 Expo slideshow. ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
You're Late to the Game, Hollywood: A Social Network for Zombies? Movie Promotion '09 Style
Gendy AlimurungThe entertainment business is toughEarlier this morning while driving I heard a radio advertisement actually refer to the Vampire Diaries as "the TV show the Internet is buzzing about." Really. It's positioning like this that underscores how crucial it is to master what industry anal ... More >>
News
June 18, 2009
"Sunset Junction": One-Sided?
Gendy AlimurungThe entertainment business is toughEarlier this morning while driving I heard a radio advertisement actually refer to the Vampire Diaries as "the TV show the Internet is buzzing about." Really. It's positioning like this that underscores how crucial it is to master what industry anal ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
LA Weekly best in Southern California Journalism Awards in news, investigative, column, feature and political reporting
It was a huge, huge night for LA Weekly at the Los Angeles Press Club's awards gala in Universal City a few hours ago. Staff writer Christine Pelisek triple-swept in the Hard News, Investigative and News Feature categories for major newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation, beating the Los Ang ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2009
Over the Weekend: Gay Pride, Kung Fu Femmes, Jay Reatard, Plus Lakers Win but Downtown L.A. Loses
Sunday night was a winning night for L.A. Weekly at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards ceremony at the Universal City Sheraton hotel. Writers Christine Pelisek, Daniel Heimpel, Gendy Alimurung and Nancy Rommelmann all took home first place awards, while Darrick Rainey, Steven Leigh Morris, Patrick Ra ... More >>
News
June 4, 2009
Justice for Luis Santos, and the Prop. 8 Aftermath
Sunday night was a winning night for L.A. Weekly at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards ceremony at the Universal City Sheraton hotel. Writers Christine Pelisek, Daniel Heimpel, Gendy Alimurung and Nancy Rommelmann all took home first place awards, while Darrick Rainey, Steven Leigh Morris, Patrick Ra ... More >>
Film+TV
May 14, 2009
Birth of a Zombie Nation: The Undead in the Movies
From Bela Lugosi's zombie love slave to George Romero's Living Undead through the soulless corporate workers of more recent films
Blogs
May 5, 2009
World Tea Expo Report: The Untouchables -- Mouse Petit Fours. Plus Tea Meanies
Gendy AlimurungMice-a-fours: So fetching to look at ... but how do they taste? They don't just have tea at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas. They have all the stuff that goes around the tea. This means cups, saucers, teapots, tea cozies, scones, pots of honey, and petit fours shaped like cutely ant ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2009
Over the Weekend: Bettie Page Tribute, World Tea Expo, Pablove Foundation Benefit, Exotic Cars & Lolitas at the D1 Grand Prix
While April was a great month for events in Los Angeles (see our April '09 Month in Photos slideshow for proof), we have to admit we're pretty exhausted. After Coachella, exploring Michael Jackson's Neverland, two non-stop days at the L.A. Weekly L.A. Weekend festival and more, we decided to take it ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2009
World Tea Expo Report: Like Tea for Chocolate -- Laurie Nienhaus's Chocolate-and-Tea Workshop Makes Your Tongue Work Harder
Gendy AlimurungYou see, I HAVE to eat all this chocolate and drink this tea -- this is serious work, people! I attended "tea playwright" Laurie Nienhaus's Chocolate & Tea workshop at the World Tea Expo this weekend in Las Vegas. (Watch Squid Ink for more tea dispatches.) "Chocolate and tea," Nien ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2009
Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention
We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
Over the Weekend: Cirque Du So Lame, Burlesque Barbie... and Easter
For those who stayed in town over the holiday weekend and skipped out on feasting with the extended family, hopefully you took Jessica Ritz's advice and enjoyed Easter brunch at one of her recommended restaurants Comme Ca, XIV, The Bazaar or Providence. We did and followed it up with dinner at Littl ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2009
Over the Weekend: Edwardian Ball, Chinatown's Golden Dragon Parade, Killsonic Marching Gang Plays Metro
For some, this weekend was only about one thing: the Super Bowl. For others, it was about live music on the Metro with the Killsonic Marching Gang, ninjas and contortionists on the streets of Chinatown for the Golden Dragon Parade, and Edward Gorey-inspired, turn of the century decadence until dawn ... More >>
News
September 18, 2008
Sarah Palin: Secessionist Regrets?
Also, animal torture and the Weekly's moral compass
Blogs
August 11, 2008
Those Olympic Swimsuits, a.k.a. Drugs on a Hanger?
Now that Michael Phelps finally crushed the 400-meter this past weekend, how about those Olympic swimsuits? You know, those controversial Speedo LZR Racer bodysuits that look like a pair of Spanx pantyhose mated with a scuba suit. The ones that caused tons of world records to be broken? People ... More >>
News
January 2, 2003
The 2nd Annual List Issue
Now that Michael Phelps finally crushed the 400-meter this past weekend, how about those Olympic swimsuits? You know, those controversial Speedo LZR Racer bodysuits that look like a pair of Spanx pantyhose mated with a scuba suit. The ones that caused tons of world records to be broken? People ... More >>
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