Gendy Alimurung

10 People Who Are Transforming Hollywood

This year's People issue celebrates the 56 Angelenos we find most intriguing. Among those 56 are fashionistas, musicians and novelists -- and, of course, the movers-and-shakers in Hollywood. Check out all of our People 2013 profiles Their influence can be felt on both the screen and behind the ... More >>

Santa Monica Joggers Pay Tribute to Boston Marathon Victims

See also: *A Celebration of Boston, in a Santa Monica Bar To the young men who bombed the Boston Marathon: You picked the wrong people to fuck with. Or so say the members of the Los Angeles Speed Project runners group. It's the crack of dawn two days after the April 15 bombing, and they and about a ... More >>

Comments: Wendy Greuel's Union Problem: Readers Discuss

Bad Teachers, Bad Weapons and Bad Smells: Readers Weigh In

10 Best Sweet Treats in Los Angeles

As you may have noticed, this year's Best Of issue dropped on your doorstep, metaphorically if not actually, last week. There are hundreds (yes, hundreds) of listings, of spas and hikes and cocktails and grottos (yes, grottos), so many that you might get lost -- so many that we thought we'd pull out ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Wins Big With 6 SoCal Journalism Awards, 3 AltWeeklies Awards

Last night's SoCal Journalism Awards -- an annual affair put on by the L.A. Press Club -- were more star-spangled than usual. Among the presenters and honorees were Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman (so much shorter in person, but with an even bigger voice), Daniel Pearl's extended family and every journal ... More >>

Comments: Race to the Finish

LA Weekly Nominated for Over 20 National, Regional Journalism Awards: Read the Stories That Got Us Here

It's award season again for America's journalists, and LA Weekly is racking up the noms like a fat chick on Pinterest. On a national scale, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia just released its list of finalists for the annual AltWeeklies Awards, the most coveted alt-plaques around. At that Ju ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's People 2012 Issue

Top Books We Read in 2011, by L.A. Weekly Writers

Yes, bookstores are closing all around us, from the giant Borders to the tiny Village Books. But Angelenos still read, and to prove it, we asked LA Weekly's staff writers, editors and freelance contributors to tell us their favorite book they read this year, and why. Answers after the jump. What's ... More >>

L.A. Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards Names 14 Finalists From LA Weekly, More Than All Other Publications

Photo from Gustavo Turner's interview with Insane Clown Posse, a finalist for L.A. Pres Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards

Patrick Range McDonald Named Best Print Journalist of the Year by L.A. Press Club; LA Weekly Takes Home 5 More Awards

Patrick Range McDonald: awesome, officially.​In case you're wondering why the L.A. blogroll looks kind of groggy this morning: A couple hundred Los Angeles journalists took last night off, putting on their Sunday best for the Press Club Awards, a schmancy round of self-congratulations and free ... More >>

LAUSD Bans Chocolate Milk: Thanks To Parents, Jamie Oliver & Jimmy Kimmel

photos by Gendy Alimurung​ Say goodbye to chocolate and strawberry milk at Los Angeles public schools beginning July 1. The LAUSD Board of Education voted 5-2 to remove flavored milk with added sugar. A new dairy contract will exclude the chocolate and strawberry milk as part of the district's ... More >>

LA Press Club Awards Finalists Announced: LA Weekly Receives Several Nods

Journalist of the Year nominee Patrick Range McDonald.​LA Weekly dominated the design category of the Los Angeles Press Club's 53rd SoCal Journalism Awards Finalists, announced today. Staff writer Patrick Range McDonald was named as a Journalist of the Year finalist and saw his piece on parent ... More >>

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UCLA Sex Survey Results: Threesomes, Celebrity Affairs, Masturbation, and How to Prevent Nude Photos of You Turning Up on Facebook

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Street Art, Travel Posters and Burlesque: Our Favorite Star Wars Finds of 2010

If the fact that we have a Style Council category devoted specifically to Star Wars weren't already an indication, we have a confession to make. A few of us on this arts/pop culture blog team are Star Wars fans. We've been known to spend hours looking at fan art online and chasing down cosplayers at ... More >>

Dita Von Teese's Private Cointreau Coffret: Fancier Than Wine In A Box

photos by Gendy Alimurung​Dita Von Teese launched her "My Private Cointreau Coffret" this past weekend. It's basically a pretty box with a couple of glasses, a pink shaker, and a bottle of Cointreau. After you drink the alcohol, you can use it as a jewelry box. It's super limited edition (500 ... More >>

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 >>

Feline Fun and School Girl Rock at Royal T's Emily the Strange Masquerade

Lina Lecaro Kittens come out for Emily the Strange​ According to her creators, Emily the Strange has become "an internationally known icon for individualism, empowerment and do-it-yourself style," but for many, particularly teen girls, she just looks really cool and dark and different, how ma ... More >>

Sexy Girl Dressed Up Like a Slutty Pikachu: The "Music" Video

Poke 'her m..., nah too easy.​Ah, "synergy"... The LA Weekly's Style Council blog has a new post by our friend, the amazing and talented Gendy Alimurung, about sexxxy girls who enjoy dressing up like Pikachu from Pokemon. It's about time that this neglected and misunderstood segment of the p ... More >>

The Warner Brothers Gate Crasher's 5 Real Reasons For Plowing Through Gate With Camaro And Flammable Liquid

Not the actual camaro, but a great camaro regardless.​A guy crashed his Camaro through Gate 5 at the Warner Brothers lot last week and got charged Tuesday with attempted arson because of all the flammable liquids found and igniton device found stuffed inside, the Daily News reported. As if drivin ... More >>

Grim and Grimmer

Fun and Games. Then, the Monster

Why neither the ignorance nor the bliss could last

LA Weekly Journalists Recognized At Southern California Journalism Awards In Downtown Los Angeles

Anderson Cooper.​LA Weekly took home several awards, including Best Website for a News Organization, at the Los Angeles Press Club's 52nd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards gala, held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel downtown Sunday night. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a speech a ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Writes Fiction?

Two LA Weekly Reporters Up For 'Journalists Of The Year' At L.A. Press Club Awards

Patrick Range McDonald.​Finalists for the Los Angeles Press Club's 52nd SoCal Journalism Awards were announced Friday, and they included LA Weekly staff writers Patrick Range McDonald and Christine Pelisek for "journalists of the year" in the over-50,000-circulation category. R. Scott Moxley o ... More >>

Nightranger: We Wear It Well

Hot Off the Press: a Gay-Romance Sampler

Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ...

... written by and for straight women

For The Record: Setting Things Straight Regarding Neon Tommy Report On LA Weekly

​Neon Tommy, the publication of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, this week takes a look at the Weekly and some of the changes that have taken place at the paper in recent months, including the hiring of Editor-in-Chief Drex Heikes, a well-respected journalist who has ed ... More >>

Gold’s 99: Where’s the Fire?

Some [Gay] Marriage Semantics

This Zombie Moment: Hunting for What Lies Beneath the Undead Zeitgeist

"Zombies are always the monster for fear of something larger than yourself, whether it's the recession, or going on boats without pirates attacking, or countries far, far away plotting our doom. Zombies make sense right now."

LA Weekly has huge L.A. Press Club finalist showing against L.A. Times

I haven't had time to count, but it's a huge year for LA Weekly in earning just-announced "finalist" nods from the Los Angeles Press Club's annual competition, The Southern California Journalism Awards. In many categories of the competition, we are vastly surpassing the Los Angeles Times. Our great ... More >>

Over the Weekend: SXSW, Absinthe Tasting, L.A. Fashion Week, Comedy is Dead

Whether you were in Austin, Texas for the kick off of the SXSW Film and Interactive Festival and Conferences or in Los Angeles for the madness that is Fashion Week, it is safe to assume you didn't get much shuteye over the weekend. L.A. Weekly worked overtime in both cities Thursday through Sunday t ... More >>

Over the Weekend: 99-Cent Calendar Girls, Indie 103.1's First Fridays, Reindeers & Spheres at Gagosian

If you're like me, one of the many Angelenos still fighting this cold that won't quit, this past weekend proved overwhelming with the amount of events to busy ourselves with. Who needs to stay in and do laundry when you can go watch Lenora Claire chew glass at Bordello? L.A. Weekly hit the town hard ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Candy Cane Lane Light Riot, Downtown on Ice, Automatico Party Cultivates Spanglish Underground, Boxing Fans Party for PacMan

If you're reading this, congratulations. It can only mean one thing -- you survived another holiday season of over-eating, over-imbibing and (probably) over-spending. So, welcome home, double-up on that espresso and let's get back to work. Somehow in the midst of our holiday haze, L.A. Weekly found ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Plushies & Furries, The Cure's Secret Show, Ugly Christmas Sweater Party, Idealist Propaganda and Unique L.A.

For those of you who barricaded yourselves indoors with Netflix because of this weekend's "storm watch," let me just say -- damn, you missed out on some amazing events. Here at the L.A. Weekly, we tossed our umbrellas in the back seat, took our chances with the drizzle and hit up everything from Ric ... More >>

Feb. 16, 2007

Choc Nitty’s All-Star Ghetto Mixtape Tour by Sam Slovick and Glow: photographs and text by Matthew Pillsbury

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