Howard Stern

Howard Stern's Prank Call about Dorner Shootout on CBS2/KCAL 9 Newscaster

Who is Ronnie the Limo Driver? The part of the country that doesn't listen to Howard Stern and his pranksters learned the answer to that question when an unidentified Stern fan tricked CBS2/KCAL 9 Los Angeles into putting him live on the air as a "spokesman" for California Department of Fish and G ... More >>

'The Only Thing Holding Me Back Is the Cost of Color Copies' and Other Bizarre Things Overheard at L.A. Art Book Fair

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Last weekend's first annual L.A. Art Book Fair brought more than 200 independent publishers, galleries and booksellers from more than 20 countries to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA to talk art, hock prints and ... More >>

William Close's "Earth Harp" Is Pretty Neat

Five years ago, William Close's house in Malibu caught fire and burned to the ground. This was even more devastating because his life's work -- a collection of giant, almost sculptural instruments, including something he calls his Earth Harp, painstakingly constructed over the past decade -- acted a ... More >>

Ready For Carmageddon II? Here's Some Soothing Music For Your Drive

Venice-based, classically-trained pianist Ken Elkinson has often become outraged on the road, such as while witnessing other drivers reading, changing clothes, or putting on makeup while behind the wheel. He even once saw a man smash the window of another man's sedan with a baseball bat. See also: ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY!

GREG FITZSIMMONS

Video: Porn Star's Skydive Sex Stunt North of L.A. Gets Authorities Interested

KGET​The mile high club was taken to a new high recently when a couple north of L.A. had sex while skydiving and apparently videotaped it. The cops in Taft, California were investigating the stunt, reportedly conducted to get the attention of radio shock-jock Howard Stern, and the FAA was awa ... More >>

Justin Bieber Tickets Sell Out in Monterrey, Mexico; World Ends (VIDEO)

YouTubeLo queria verrrrr​When Justin Bieber plays Los Angeles, it's teen-spirit mayhem, no doubt. And when Justin Bieber plays New York, things get way totally out of hand, for sure. (To the chaotic tune of possible assault. Though to the shrieking tween hordes, it might as well have been an a ... More >>

Page Two: 7 Fun Facts About Shilpa Ray

Nick Cave is a fan. What are you waiting for?

The Good, The Bad, The Bizarre: Venice's Inaugural Spring Fling

Andrea DomanickTracii Guns​Saturday marked the first Venice Beach Spring Fling Festival, a new seasonal counterpart to its Summer Music Festival showcasing local bands and artists. The locally sponsored Fling is only the most recent effort from the community to prove that there's more to the b ... More >>

Delivery Boys

Everyone Loves a Troll: How Christwire Fooled Rachel Maddow, Howard Stern, 3 Million Coachella Heads and Counting

ChristwireThe mega-trollers, in costume as Bryan Blake and Mike Watson​Christwire.org is a joke. IT'S NOT REAL. Not a genuine bone in its blogroll. (Except for when they also fool their Christian freelancers.) Every day, the two dudes who run Christwire read hundreds of your angry comments a ... More >>

R.I.P Singer and Songwriter Phoebe Snow

Phoebe Snow​Phoebe Snow, singer of the 1970s hit "Poetry Man," died Tuesday in Edison, NJ. She was 60 years old. After being discovered at New York City's The Bitter End in 1972, the singer rose to fame with her Grammy-nominated 1974 self-titled album. She had suffered a brain hemorrhage in ... More >>

Play Dates

Nightranger: Bringing Sounds to the Sea

GO LA: Let's Play Fuck, Marry, Kill With Morrissey, Molly Prather and Christoph Eschenbach

And other reasons to not go straight home after work, May 22-28

That Girl Gets Raunchy!

SAM TRIPOLI'S NAUGHTY SHOW: HOW LOW CAN YOU BROW?

GO LA: Fringe Artists, Porno Films and Lisa Lampanelli

Plus some high-brow stuff to do, February 27-March 5

Hail the Queen -- And That's an Order!

The Worst Hoopla Ever!

What to do in L.A., January 2-8

Last Night: Denis Leary Reveals New 'Rescue Me' Plot and Reminds us 'Why We Suck' @ Book Soup

All photos by Shannon CottrellLet's get something straight -- Denis Leary is not one for conspiracy theories. However, last night at Book Soup to sign copies of his new book Why We Suck, the actor dropped plot details about the upcoming season of his hit series Rescue Me. Possibly an exclusive, what ... More >>

Hoopla: How to Be Happy

What to do for the next seven days

Diary of a Gay, Traffic-Snarling Sore Loser

A married man's protest

Jersey Boy Makes Good, Then Bad, Then Good Again, Writes Book, Never Shuts Up

Ladies and Gentlemen, Canada's Perv Griffin!

¡Ask a Mexican! Special Sexy Edition

¡Ask a Mexican the Fast and the Curious

"Is Speedy Gonzalez a disliked character by Mexicans?"

Perez Hilton

The queen of all media

The Imus Factor

A Dance Craze, a Safety Ape, and Dan Rather

The Voices in His Head

From guitar slinging to Ren & Stimpy, Billy West has found a blueprint for living

The Children's Hour

Danger-Humor

The sick, cathartic pleasures of the put-on kid show Wonder Showzen, plus the closet-anarchist boys of Stella

Despiertese, Despiertese!

Starting the day with Piolín

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Monkeys and Marionettes

Stewart vs. Crossfire and other comic battles

Radio Provocateur

Phil Hendrie conquers the AM dial one deluded caller at a time. So why can't he get his mug on TV?

They Can’t Handle the Truth

Lies and the lying moguls who tell them

Letters

The Nipple Effect

KPCC yanks The Play’s the Thing

Moore Is Less

One stupid white man’s problem with the man in the ball cap

Really Hot Air

Viacom sucks up to FCC over Howard Stern’s indecent exposure

Miller's Crossing

Can a pro-Bush comedian get laughs?

The Talented Mr. Ridley

The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready

The Merry Prankster

How a performance terrorist found his calling

Smut Factory

The corruption of the American television critic

The Lime Barty Story

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The Lime Barty Story

Inside Orgasmatron

A closer look at the motor of joy