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Kamikaze Kitchen: Eddie Lin, Val Herrera, Chef Ben Ford A Smoked Beaver Tail

One of our new favorite web series these days is Kamikaze Kitchen, a collaboration between Good Food and sometimes L.A. Weekly contributor Eddie Lin (DeepEndDining) and Trippy Food blog author Valentino Herrera. The comedic duo just dropped their first episode on YouTube back in September and have p ... More >>

Happy Star Wars Day: Use the Force to Make R2-D2 Ice Cubes, Stormtrooper Bento Boxes Other Ideas

If you want to amuse yourself, try calling Williams-Sonoma to ask what they're doing for Star Wars Day. You can imagine a nicely coiffed salesperson on the other end of the line, not completely understanding the question: "Star Wars what?" Or they'll laugh and ask if your kid put you up to this, t ... More >>

Guac Bowl 2012 Winners Announced

The most brutal sporting event this past weekend wasn't the Super Bowl (suck it, Pats), the Lingerie Bowl (sexy won; dignity lost), the Puppy Bowl (they're all winners) or even the Wing Bowl (again, dignity lost but go Kobayashi!). It was the Guac Bowl, an annual ode to the creative challenges of sc ... More >>

'Bark Side' Super Bowl Ad, With Star Wars' Imperial March Sung by Dogs: Director Keith Schofield Explains How He Did It

Have you seen that video of the dogs barking the Darth Vader song? Chances are, if you have a pulse and an Internet connection, you have. The viral video is a teaser for a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, so yes, that makes it a commercial for a commercial. It's bold new territory for advertising ... More >>

Star Tours Revamp at Disneyland, the LA Weekly Review: The Force is Strong with This Ride

©2011 Disney Enterprises, Inc./Lucasfilm Ltd.Make sure all tray tables are in the upright and locked position.​ The crowds were thick on the opening weekend of Disneyland's newest offering Star Tours -- The Adventures Continue, with throngs of fans sporting prehensile Yoda backpacks plopping ... More >>

Star Wars Day: May the Fourth ( A Thematically Appropriate Cake) Be With You

pixelbitesHan Solo Frozen in Carbonite (and Cake)​ Being an avid reader of Wookiepedia, the proud owner of a plastic light-saber you keep holstered next to your cell phone, and a fan of the much-maligned 1978 Christmas special, you probably know this already: Today, May 4th, is Star Wars Day. ... More >>

Nightmares on Wax: Top Ten Creepy Musician Wax Figures (which You Can Buy for Your Home)

Nightmares on Wax: 11 Creepy Musician Wax Figures

We Met Outside The Mummy Ride: The Best Of Halloween Weekend's 'Missed Connections'

PHOTO BY NICHOLE O'CONNORDon't be fooled -- he's as lonely as Mark Zuckerberg​The only thing harder than making a lasting connection in L.A. is making a lasting connection when you can't recognize the person the next day. In the tradition of our sister news blog at the Village Voice, we've be ... More >>

Nightranger: Star Bright

Victorian Star Wars Paintings: Greg Peltz Imagines Vader as Civil War Officer, Jabba as Robber Baron

​These gorgeous Victorian-styled paintings of Star Wars characters--hello! Jabba the Hutt as a 19th century robber baron!--were done by 23-year-old Alameda resident Greg Peltz. Peltz is technical director at Pixar. I like that Civil War painting of Vader. Do you think Vader would have fought ... More >>

Top 10 Star Wars Cakes: Let The Force (of Frosting & Fondant) Be With You

WasabimonStorm Troopers Like Cake, Too​ Cake is one confection that will never, ever go out of style. Witness shows like Duff Goldman's Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, Amazing Wedding Cakes and now, Cupcake Wars, which not only engineer cakes, but make them, as Goldman says, "Bigger, badder, awesome! ... More >>

A Day In the Life of Hall H: Mostly Awesome, Briefly Chaotic

Nicole CamposThe Avengers, together at last! A genius ending to an insane day...​ The largest exhibition room at the San Diego Convention Center is Hall H, a huge 6,000-plus seater situated at the complex's south end that every year during Comic-Con International hosts the biggest, baddest, an ... More >>

The Empire Gives Back: Red Carpet 30th Anniversary Screening of 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Erin BroadleyHarrison Ford (Han Solo) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) together again​ Last night, stars and fans of The Empire Strikes Back gathered at Hollywood's Arclight Theater for a one-night-only screening of the classic film. The Empire Gives Back, a benefit for St. Jude's Children's Hospi ... More >>

Mash-Up: Star Wars vs. The Big Lebowski

Have you ever wondered what Mos Eisley Cantina might be like if it were Lebowski-fied? We haven't, but YouTube user mrdreamisasleep did. ​

Found on Facebook: Steampunk Star Wars Cosplay

Dim Horizon StudioSteampunk Boba Fett by Outland Armour​ Outland Armour is a multi-talented costume and production company in Atlanta. They travel to anime and science-fiction conventions across the country and frequently sit on steampunk and costuming panels. Check out more photos of their a ... More >>

FAKE OUT WITH YOUR MOCK OUT

MIMOBOT's New Star Wars Flash Drives Feature Jawa and Obi-Wan

One of the first things L.A. Weekly spotted at San Diego Comic-Con last summer was a tiny, limited edition MIMOBOT flash drive that looked like Darth Vader, but revealed itself to be Luke Skywalker. Like most MIMOBOT flash drives, it was cute, reminiscent of chibi anime characters. I almost had a ge ... More >>

Star Warz Burlesque Returns with New Characters R2-D2, Chewbacca and Death Star

See more photos in Josh "CuriousJosh" Reiss' gallery. Check out our coverage of Devil's Playground's first Star Warz Burlesque show. It's only been two months since L.A. burlesque troupe Devil's Playground first took on the characters of Star Wars (Episodes IV-VI), but since then, a lot has happen ... More >>

Lady Vader: What if Darth Was a Woman?

​ Why couldn't the most powerful, most feared Jedi in the universe have been a woman? Yes, we've been on a Star Wars kick here on Style Council lately. It got me thinking about that world and about how Darth Vader, a.k.a. Anakin Skywalker, spawned two children and one was a girl. Of course sex ... More >>

Don't Joke About Tauntaun Sleeping Bags: Star Wars Fanatics Get Pissed

Remember that Tauntaun sleeping bag that was supposedly for sale on Think Geek but wasn't, because it was April Fools and they were only kidding? So many people wanted it and got angry that it wasn't available. The company has now decided to try to bring it to life for real--if the suits at Lucasfil ... More >>

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Movie Reviews: Fanboys, The Pink Panther 2, Push

Also, Crips and Bloods, Luck by Chance and the 2008 Academy Award-Nominated Shorts

Heroes of the Final Frontier: Top 5 Space Cowboys from TV and Film

William Shatner said it best at the beginning of every Star Trek episode, "Space, the final frontier." For decades since, life amongst the stars has unfolded on screens big and small like western epics, with bounty hunters, gunslingers and the losers of grand wars wandering through lawless lands, th ... More >>

Vegas, Baby! Vegas! An Incomplete Guide to Lounge Music

I watched a lot of movies when I was a kid, frequently imagining myself in some of my favorites. In 1977, the movie was Star Wars and I was Han Solo (like most geeks, I was really Luke Skywalker, but he was so whiny and Han was so cool!) In 1982, the movie was Tron, and I was Flynn, using my supreme ... More >>

Movie Reviews: High School Musical 3, Passengers, Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

Also, The Tree of Life, Frontrunners and more

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

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Hey There, Lobster Girl!

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Station Identification

Portals to Other Worlds

L.A.’s comic book stores: A driving guide

Repo Men

Silent Bob and the Woodster

Star Whores

Why Lucas, Spielberg and Disney won’t give us our DVDs

Episode Zero

Geek Love

Star Wars and me