Gwyneth Paltrow

Which White Entertainers Have a "Hood Pass" to Say the N-Word?

The late aughts saw a debate in the hip-hop community about the use of the n-word, sparked in part by Nas' plan to name his 2008 album Nigger (he ended up calling it Untitled), as well as Russell Simmons' call for industry self-censorship of the word. In 2007 the city of Detroit even hosted a "symbo ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/3 - 9/7

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Take a nut, fill your mouth with its flavors. Take a small sip of sherry and see what happens." Serious Drinking: Sherry Marcona Almonds. "No, Ammo at The Hammer isn't the poorly translated name of a Jean-Claude Van Damn ... More >>

Ruth Bourdain's Comfort Me With Offal: From Twitter to Your Local Bookstore

If you've spent the last two years laughing over the comic genius of Ruth Bourdain, you'll need no reminder that her eagerly (to some) awaited book has just come out from Andrews McMeel Publishing. If you are not among the initiated, here's a thumbnail sketch: In March of 2010, a hilarious Twitter f ... More >>

Please God Don't Let Gwyneth Paltrow Play Gabrielle Hamilton in Blood Bones & Butter

The news broke Wednesday that Gwyneth Paltrow, that golden wounded swan of an actress, is in talks to play chef Gabrielle Hamilton in the film adaptation of Hamilton's memoir Blood Bones & Butter. There is so much wrong with this casting decision I don't even know where to begin.

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/16 - 7/20

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Summer drinking is an endurance sport, after all, requiring stamina to get to sundown without collapsing in a heap on the passenger seat." Summer Drinks, Part II: The Americano. "There is so much wrong with this casting dec ... More >>

La Tienda Launches Spanish Food and Culture Learning Site

Do you ever find yourself having this reccurring nightmare in which you're hanging out with Ferran Adriá in San Sebastián and he starts showing you these crazy ingredients but you can't understand a word of his thick, heavily accented Catalan? Uh, yeah, us neither. But on the off-chance you want ... More >>

The Avengers Review

Superheroes bump superegos in Joss Whedon's all-star movie

Coldplay - Hollywood Bowl - 5/1/12

Coldplay Hollywood Bowl 5/1/12 Chilly Tuesday nights in May isn't exactly what the Hollywood Bowl is all about. But despite the less-than-ideal conditions, Coldplay warmed up the sold out crowd last night with songs off their latest album, Mylo Xyloto, and an assortment of hits. Since the band's ... More >>

'April Fools,' Says L.A. Weekly

If you visited L.A. Weekly's home page yesterday, you might have noticed a few stories that seemed a little off -- our contribution to April Fool's Day. For those of you who want to relive the moment, click on the image above to see it bigger, and links to all the stories are here:

Gwyneth Paltrow's Quick Recipe for Busy Moms: Quail Egg Pasta with Black Truffles Welcome Our New Guest Food Columnist

Editor's note: As many of you have probably noticed, the Weekly is currently searching for a new food critic. This sort of thing takes time. Sometimes a lot of time, right? So in the interim, we've asked (begged, really) noted cookbook author, television personality, foodist, movie star and local mo ... More >>

Read This Now: Julia Moskin The Sussman Brothers on Cookbook Ghostwriting

If you have not already read Julia Moskin's piece "I Was a Cookbook Ghostwriter" in last week's New York Times food section, you really should. And after you finish reading it, go read yesterday's blog post from The Sussman Brothers -- titled "#Cookbookghostgate" -- on the same subject, which is as ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow Launches Goop Mobile App

Gwyneth Paltrow shoots a video for Goop City.​With Goop, her website/newsletter devoted to... everything, Gwyneth Paltrow somehow manages to achieve the rare feat of being simultaneously earnest and sincere yet utterly clueless and risible. Delicious recipes and peppy advice about enjoying th ... More >>

Contagion Review

Steven Soderbergh turns the star-studded disaster flick on its head

Glee: The 3-D Concert Movie Review

Gwyneth Paltrow Invades Twitter and Facebook

Gwyneth Paltrow , thinking of a master plan​The pieces of Gwyneth Paltrow's plan for world domination continue to snap into place: She announced this morning, via a self-made video, that she has joined Twitter and Facebook. "Hi," she says in the video, her only Tweet and FB post so far, "I'm ... More >>

Cookbook Review: My Father's Daughter, or Gwyneth Paltrow's Cookbook is Good, In Spite of Herself

​Depending on whether you read Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter because you appreciate her recommendations or because you have a sadomasochistic curiosity to see how That Other Half lives, you either will love her cookbook, My Father's Daughter, or you will loathe its existence. Even Paltrow ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow Rapping: Please Make It Stop

The rapper formerly known as Gwyneth Paltrow​No need to express our feelings about Gwyenth Paltrow again; nothing's changed in two months. But for those of you who still disagree with us (even after she defiled Prince on Glee!?), we offer up this video of Gwyneth Paltrow rapping Ice Cube's v ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow in Talks with Atlantic, Ruins Yet Another Song (Watch)

You poor mortals​Singer (*cough*) Gwyneth Paltrow is in talks with Atlantic Records. Her deal, Page Six reports, is worth $900,000. Well, that's not true ... yet. She apparently hasn't signed, so the figures aren't confirmed. We love/hate this rumor. In addition to winning an Oscar almost ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/7-2/11

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The fetish object of the week? My money's on the uni goma tofu at the new Aburiya Toranoko in Little Tokyo, which is to say a smallish cube of firm, blackish tofu made from ground, toasted sesame ... More >>

COUNTRY STRONG

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 >>

Gwyneth Paltrow Sings!: Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird

​ Gwyneth Paltrow sings! (see #10). In celebration of this amazing revelation, we've compiled this handy list of Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird, starting, of course with: 1. William Shatner. Who can forget Shatner's much-parodied musical career, especially after Rhino Records' inclu ... More >>

Lunch in a Jar: Jennifer Aniston Goes On Baby Food Diet

GerberHere comes the airplane, and it's coming to take your dignity​It turns out that you don't have to starve yourself or go on a juice fast in order to become movie star thin. You just need to run your lunch through a food mill, remove all texture and enjoyability, and treat yourself like a ... More >>

THERE’S A SKIPPER BORN EVERY MINUTE

THE LAND OF GIANTS: PMK-HBH AND BNC

A new Hollywood PR merger and best-ever box office

Talking Hip Hop (and Phil Collins) With At the Movies' Ben Lyons

By Brandon Perkins Perhaps if Ben Lyons' movie chops were as obvious as his hip-hop track record, then sites like StopBenLyons.com wouldn't exist. Ever since the E! personality took the helm of the Siskel, Roper and Ebert's beloved At the Movies, Lyons has been berated with more thumbs down than ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Friday the 13th, Gomorrah

Also, Fuel, Polanski: Unauthorized, and more

Shades of Gray: Two Lovers Director on Ford and Fellini, Phoenix and Paltrow

... and that "Gallic fetish" thing

AFI Fest: A to W

Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

A Night with the Glamour Girls

Some Alternative Cannes Awards

Che wins the only Cannes prize that really matters: ours

And I'm Telling You...

The Style Council's Oscar winners and losers

Bearing the Scars of Oscars

For chrissake, somebody free the frigging show . . . and the Benjamin Franklins too

Running With Scissors

Quest for Fire: Out of the Flames

L.A.'s best roasted, grilled sizzled and wood-baked cooking

Sex and the Steak House

Hail Seitan

The Psychic Hipster’s Pop 10

Jean Genie

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

From Rags to Ritchie

The man taking over for Gordon Davidson

Girl Talk

Isn't It Romantic?

LaBute's Possession may be; Chabrol's Merci Pour Le Chocolat's anything but

It Ain’t Cool

Under the Influence

Spellbound in Shallow Hal and A Matter of Taste

Who’s Afraid of Jennifer Jason Leigh?

Anniversary Party

The Femme Mystique

French actresses at the American Cinematheque

Female Trouble

From Paltrow to Pickford

Parallel Lives

Toback’s lovers, Howitt’s lumps