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Diamond Dogs at H'wood; Malediction Society's Blasphemy Ball

Today in Photographs: March 29, 1958

Men hide from cameras at the Hollywood police station. The four had been nabbed during a raid on a party in Hollywood where gambling was going on.Photo: L.A. Examiner/USC Digital ArchiveClick image to englarge.

Hollywood Virgin Megastore to Close This Summer: Get Ready for the Storewide Sale

The Wrap is reporting that beleaguered music retailer Virgin Megastores will close their remaining locations, including the Hollywood & Highland shop, this summer. The West Hollywood location closed last year. Apparently Pussycat Doll in-stores weren't the solution to the death of music retail.

Last Call for S Bar

Curbed L.A. notes the retreat of the hip, schmanzy S Bar from the bottom floor of the Broadway Hollywood Building, thanks to complaints from upstairs tenants at the condo complex located on the southwest corner of Hollywood and Vine. The high-end loft dwellers have complained long, loud and lawyerly ... More >>

Stage Raw: Candida

CANDIDA Candida at the Colony Theatre is this week's Pick. Photo by Michael Lamont. At your fingertips: The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards NOMINEES.Tickets for nominee's guests and for the general public can now be purchased via  http://tinyurl.com/theaterawardsReviewed this we ... More >>

Stage Raw: Edward Albee at UCLA

Photo courtesy of UCLA Live AN EVENING WITH EDWARD ALBEE The playwright will speak at UCLA, Royce Hall on Saturday night at 8 p.m. He will doubtless have something to say. (310) 825-2101, or click here

Box of Broken Dreams: In Search of a Soul Lost and Found in L.A.

A young photographer's belongings are abandoned on a Hollywood street, leaving our writer to piece together the fragments of his life. Video extra: excerpts from a life on DVD

Featured Video: Box of Broken Dreams - Excerpts from a Life on DVD

In this week's cover story, "Box of Broken Dreams: In Search of a Soul Lost and Found in Los Angeles," a young photographer's belongings are abandoned on a Hollywood street, leaving writer Mark Groubert to piece together the fragments of his life. Here are the video excerpts from a life on DVD.

Oscar's Blood-Red Carpet Beckons

Above: A golden Gary Busey moment at last year's OscarsThis morning's announcement of the Oscar nominations has provided the world press with another excuse to marvel and cringe at Hollywood. In today's Independent UK Guy Adams bemoans the announcement's early media call time ("I hope they provide b ... More >>

New Book and UCLA Film Series Shine Spotlight on the Other Hollywood

If you can make it there ...

Praise Cheeses: Jimmy Shaw's Loteria Grill Spices Up Hollywood

The latest of L.A.'s hip Mexican restaurants, where the food is as good as the scene

Knitting Factory LA Giving Away Free Tickets to Their Upcoming Shows

This just in from the Knitting Factory in Hollywood: This Monday, January 12 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. the Hollywood venue is giving away ten pairs of tickets to each of their upcoming shows. Specific show info below.  JAN 16th - 1969 Tour with Myka Nine / Sole / Ceschi Ramos / Factor JAN ... More >>

Diamonds Are For Never

Forget blood diamonds -- for a limited time you can go straight to the color-wheel source and behold the treacherous countenance of a bloody rock -- or more precisely, a blood-red diamond, courtesy of the L.A. County Museum of Natural History. More storied than the Maltese Falcon (well, okay, smalle ... More >>

A Macro Assault on Hollywood Unions July 2, 2008

The mother of all strikes is yet to come

Deadline Hollywood: Shameful Oscar Overspending

Mo' money, more Hugh, less Jerry

Over the Weekend: Point Break Live, M83 Sells Out Henry Fonda, Goth Party at Ruin Hollywood, Cobrasnake's Animal Instincts

Well, well... Another Thanksgiving come and gone; another family gathering survived. It took all our strength to pry ourselves off the couch and out of our tryptophan-induced food comas but we did and managed to hit the city anyway. Though nothing compares to watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Par ... More >>

Goth is Dead, Long Live Goth: Post-Thanksgiving Darkness At Ruin Hollywood

By Liz Ohanesian It's barely 11 p.m. on the day after Thanksgiving, but the modest, early evening crowd inside Koreatown goth party Ruin Hollywood is already congregating on the dance floor. Underneath the chandeliers inside the Monte Cristo, about two dozen people pirouette and snake their way acr ... More >>

Queer Town: Prop. 8 Outs Hollywood

With the passage of Proposition 8, according to the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood has been suddenly compelled to do some soul searching, with entertainment big shots coming under fire for contributing to the "Yes on 8" campaign. A-list gays have also been dragged into the controversy as they decide w ... More >>

AFI Fest: A to W

Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles

Over the Weekend: "Thriller" Zombie Dance-off, Backstage with Flogging Molly, SuicideGirls Halloween Party Go-Go Dancers

There's a bit of advice I want to share with you readers this fine Monday morning: never drink red wine and whiskey in the same night. Never, ever. Not even if it's free. You see, over the weekend I hightailed it out of L.A. and up to San Louis Obispo for a friend's wedding where I made the aforemen ... More >>

"Thriller" Zombies Descend On Hollywood in Attempt to Hold World Record

Doing the "Thriller" dance at Hollywood & Highland. Click image for entire slideshow. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/Thriller_Zombies_Descend_On_Hollywood_with_video'; Despite a serious lack of dark musty alleyways, overgrown graveyards, smoke-machine fog and Ola Ray, the spirit of funkified ... More >>

WORN OUT: The Hollywood Life Style Awards

Planning outfits for a night on the town can tough, but during Fashion Week in LA, it's especially treacherous. You wanna look good and somewhat "on-trend," but not like you're trying too hard. If you do go for the gold -i.e. glam it out and stand out- ya better make sure you're pulling off whatever ... More >>

Live Nation's Crown Jewel: Hollywood Palladium Reopens This Week

From Blue Eyes to Jay-Z, venue has played host to the history of American music

Best No-Frills Eyebrow Wax and Tint: Simply the Best Nail

Best Tombs With a View: Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Best Hollywood Dive Bar: The Burgundy Room

Hollywood's Double Whammy: SAG's Big Election and DreamWorks' New Deal

Two major shakeups

German Film Series at American Cinematheque Proves Cinema Is a Universal Language

But is it art?

Over the Weekend: Beck at the Bowl, Man Man Taco Fiesta, and Anniversary of Gram Parsons' Death

I've never welcomed a Monday with more relief. Over the weekend, pre-Emmy parties on Friday and Saturday crowded Hollywood, while the actual ceremony on Sunday at the Nokia made living downtown a pain the ass for anyone like me who wasn't glued to a television. Plus, we got a shock Saturday morning ... More >>

Hollywood: Damaged on Wall Street, Weak in Prime Time and Ignoring Tina Brown

A world of hurt

Thank God It's the End of Summer!

(Annual rant)

Lack of Talent Showcase

Beverly Winwood Presents

Deerhoof, Fallou Dieng and Gnarls Barkley at the Hollywood Bowl, July 27

Deerhoof, Fallou Dieng and Gnarls Barkley, Hollywood Bowl, July 27 Photos by Timothy Norris (Click here for more photos from the show.) Rhythm wrestled with rock last night at the Hollywood Bowl in a perfectly programmed bill that showcased three different notions on the interplay among percussio ... More >>

Hollywood Farmer's Market

It's stone fruit season! Hollywood's Farmer's Market is huge, delicious, pretty easy to get to from many parts of town, and nicely scheduled for Sunday mornings. Still plenty of this season's cherries left. And after you've got your bags of fruit you can check in at Amoeba or join a protes ... More >>

Hollywood Says Good-Bye To Robert Nudelman

At the Music Box Theater on Hollywood Boulevard Thursday evening, the Hollywood community said good-bye to legendary preservationist Robert Nudelman, who died in May at the age of 52. Nudelman was director of preservation issues at Hollywood Heritage, an advocacy group that seeks to maintain and re ... More >>

Hollywood Nightclub Inferno Still Under Investigation

There is still no news on what caused the fire that gutted a popular celebrity hangout in Hollywood according to Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators. The Basque Restaurant & Nightclub, located on the corner of historic Hollywood and Vine, was a hotspot for young celebrities and a regul ... More >>

Cinespia Returns to Hollywood Cemetery

By Guelda Voien Global climate change put the brakes on that celebrated preamble to summer in Los Angeles - the inaugural screening at Hollywood Forever cemetery - on Saturday as only the most loyal moviegoers made it out for the lost Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole. Generally, young Angelenos a ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Responds to "Doomscraper?"

Robert Nudelman: A Tireless Defender

Several hours after I heard Robert Nudelman had died at the age of 52 at his father’s home in Tucson, Arizona, I was driving on El Centro Avenue, heading north towards Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood sign. In front of me, I could see the Palladium and the old CBS TV-and-radio complex—two imp ... More >>

Missing Hollywood

What's great (and not-so-great) about our old hood

Molasky Pacific Leaves Columbia Square

Molasky Pacific, a real estate development firm based in Las Vegas, will no longer take part in the effort to build a 40-story skyscraper on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Instead, the company asked its New York City-based partner, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, to buy them out for an undisclosed sum ... More >>

What I'll Miss About Hollywood

And so begins LA Weekly's last day in Hollywood. Sunny, 72 degrees... 12 minute commute. As of Monday LA Weekly will be run out of offices nestled into the on-ramp of the 405 on the outskirts of Culver City with convenient access to the only store left in America that still sells Murphy Beds. Her ... More >>

RIME / Jersey Joe Pix

Here are a couple sets of photos of work by Jersey Joe/RIME. The first batch is from around town, including Gompers M.S. The second set is of his work on the front of LA Weekly's Hollywood office (RIP). After kids from Hollywood High realized he was there, they kept coming by asking him t ... More >>

Trance-a-licious at the Shrine; Local Heroes Warehouse Shindig

War Haters, Tastemakers and Kightlingers

What to do in L.A., March 14-20

"And the Award [for Worst Oscars Ever] Goes To ..."

Academy needs a face-lift, not just Botox

Hollywood Hose-Down: Who's All Wet This Week

Pellicano, HD DVD, L.A. Times' Montorio and Carson Daly

Welcome to the Jungle

Speaking of Project Runway (below post), this will come as no surprise to those you’ve read our past posts: we actually kinda liked drag designer Chris’s winning leopard-print number last week. His wrestler diva’s red locks and big cat look is right up our alley. Guess we’re not the only ... More >>

Unwanted Neighbors for Hollywood Sign?

By Casey Henry The Hollywood sign may soon have unexpected neighbors. Today, Teles Realtors held a press conference declaring the 138 acres of hillside land surrounding the iconic Hollywood landmark officially for sale. The Cahuenga Peak acreage, which has long been in private hands and was ... More >>

Will the [Crappy] WGA Deal Go Down?

Don't be surprised if writers revolt over this one