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May 10, 2011
Food News Roundup: Sriracha Chicken, Movie Sandwiches More Fun Listening to Bourdain Talk
-- Saveur #127, the Los Angeles Edition. (Congrats, Javier! Street food! And yes, James Oseland used to be a proofreader at LA Weekly.) [Saveur] -- Allergies explained using cookies and candy. [Boing Boing] -- 5 Questions for Walter Manzke, or the joy of immersion circulators. [Daily Dish] -- ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Osama's Marijuana Garden Found at Pakistani Compound? Bin Laden Been Blazin'?
Osama Bin Blazin.'This could maybe explain Osama Bin Laden's pipe dreams of taking down the might United States: Turns out there was a marijuana garden growing next to his compound in Pakistan. CNN's Nic Robertson (via Huffington Post) came across it while touring the residential grounds wi ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
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 WatsonChristwire.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 >>
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April 11, 2011
Food News Roundup: Street Food, Is Donald Trump Drinking Too Much Willy Wonka, Molecular Gastronomist
-- Time to Boycott French Toast, French Fries Again. (See: burqa laws.) [The Awl] -- Gordon Ramsay moves to Bel Air ("12 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a summerhouse"). [Digital Spy, via Eater] -- New Farmworker Report Paints a Big, Grim Picture. [Civil Eats via @SlowFoodUSA] -- The wonderful world o ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Enedine Vigil, L.A. Homicide No. 3: Hollywood Makeup Artist Reportedly Shot Dead by 'Deranged' Fiance Paul Allee
Diary of a Hollywood Street KingEnedine Vigil and her alleged fiance/killerIn the wee hours of January 4, 33-year-old white woman and well-known Hollywood makeup artist Enedine Vigil was allegedly shot six times in the back by her own fiance in her own apartment building. Read the Weekly's or ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Even in Spring, Flip-Flops Are a Bad Habit For Your Feet, Doc John Whyte Says
Da Reel P3Miley Cyrus wears thongs.Ah, flip-flops. Them's formal wear in L.A., where the most under-dressed person in the room is usually the most powerful. (It says you have gravitas when you show up to a high-power meeting riding a beach cruiser in your jammies). Spring is upon us, so ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Morning News Roundup: Taco Madness, German Bars, Freakiest NYC Sublet Story EVER
Gustavo Arellano/OC WeeklyMore news you definitely cannot use but need to read: --Tapatio-flavored Fritos debuting in 2 weeks! [Stick A Fork In It] --Bill Buford's Heat, about his year as Mario Batali's kitchen slave, got a film deal. [DHD] --Tap rooms, bars, lives bands -- the grocery store ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
USC Frat House Kappa Sigma Sends Out Email That Paints Sorority Women as Prostitutes, 'Targets'
Kappa SigmaLeave it to a frat house to remind us how utterly retarded and immature men are. Because nothing says enlightened like a 21st century white boy in a college club for dorks who can't get laid. USC fraternity Kappa Sigma is getting national heat for an email sent out to members abou ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON IS A BLOODY GENIUS
Kappa SigmaLeave it to a frat house to remind us how utterly retarded and immature men are. Because nothing says enlightened like a 21st century white boy in a college club for dorks who can't get laid. USC fraternity Kappa Sigma is getting national heat for an email sent out to members abou ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Hydraulic 'Fracking' -- New Oil-Drilling Technique -- Could Create Jobs, Poison Tap Water in California
What's a little contamination in the name of the drill?The nation was abuzz yesterday with highly unsustainable news of a fresh way to squeeze millions more barrels of oil from the deepest Earthstuffs of America the Beautiful: It's called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" among Big Oil exec ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Food News Roundup: Nutella Cakes, Desert Food, Papa Cristo's New Look Pot Soda
-- Papa Cristo's finally renovating their old (and beloved) space. [Eater LA] -- Pot meets pop: Soquel entrepreneur plans medical-marijuana soft drinks. [Mercury News] -- Molten Chocolate-Nutella Pudding Cakes. Nutella. Need we say more? [Noble Pig] -- Palm Springs eats: What's new in the desert. ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
National Food News Roundup: Kwanzaa Cake Creator Speaks Out, 20 Worst Foods In America
--House expected to approve food safety bill today. FSN --Seventh-grader dies of food allergy at Chicago school. ChiTrib --The terrorists not only hate our freedom, they hate our salad bars. NTI --Infamous Kwanzaa cake creator speaks out: "[Sandra] Lee had nothing against African Americans or Jews. ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Year in Review: Top Food and Pot Stories of 2010
N. GalutenThe famed KFC dispensary, which even spawned a South Park episodeMarijuana has been in the news a lot this year. Prop 19 brought the legalization debate to the national forefront, even though it never had much of a shot at passing (despite our Governator's well-documented use during ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
L.A. Porn Magnate Larry Flynt Gets Behind WikiLeaks And Julian Assange With $50,000 Donation
Everyday Larry's Hustlin.'Ah Larry Flynt, that maligned champion of First Amendment rights. In case you didn't see the biopic, he's the guy who made America safe for free speech by fighting for his right to to get deeply gynecological in-print. If it weren't for his Hustler magazine and his ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
TSA Scanner 'Opt Out' Day Has Trouble Getting Off The Ground At LAX
Earth Hope NetworkInternet rebels get cold feet in the face of the big bad TSAAll major news sources this morning are clawing at whatever mangled corpse is left of the TSA hype. Today was supposed to be national opt-out day -- and still could be, of course, once the straight-laced early-morni ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond
-- Michael Ruhlman has something to say. [White on Rice Couple] -- The Tap Room, The Royce and the Best Bar Snack Ever. [Chow Balla] -- Consider the dumpling. Of course we will. [The Guardian] -- Restaurants' Best Press: 'Bill Clinton Ate Here.' [The New York Times] -- Top 10 Unique Food-The ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
California Cannabis Association Is Against Proposition 19 Pot Legalization? Really? Yes.
Counterintuitive news of the day: The California Cannabis Association is opposing the Proposition 19 pot legalization initiative on the November ballot. It's not as crazy as you think. This trade group of sorts represents medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and they fear Prop. 19 will make life h ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Mayor Villaraigosa Announces A 'Bike Summit' Following His Own Bicycle Crash
YouTubeLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently reached out to the bicycle community via YouTube and announced -- more than a week after he broke an elbow in a bike accident on Venice Boulevard -- that he would help organize a summit about the future of pedal power in L.A.. 'We're go ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! CHELSEA PERETTI
YouTubeLos Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently reached out to the bicycle community via YouTube and announced -- more than a week after he broke an elbow in a bike accident on Venice Boulevard -- that he would help organize a summit about the future of pedal power in L.A.. 'We're go ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Federal Probe Of County Probation Department Sought By Mark Ridley-Thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas.County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas on Wednesday called for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the county Department of Probation, which was recently scandalized by revelations that some of its employees used county issued credit cards to buy personal items such ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Reports Of Affair With Al Gore Denied By Laurie David
Al Gore with Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson.Laurie David, ex-wife of Hollywood sitcom king Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), denied yesterday's reports that she was having an affair with former Vice President Al Gore -- a relationship said to be the root of Gore's split with ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
No Cookie Left Behind Bake Sale A Recipe for Nutella Cupcakes
In its fourth year, No Cookie Left Behind is holding a bake sale Sunday, June 13th, from 2-5 p.m. at Scoops Gelato to raise money for Share Our Strength, an organization helping to eradicate childhood hunger. And the folks at No Cookie Left Behind have a few tricks up their sleeves. Among them, a ra ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Former Senator Decries Veterans Health Administration Pot Policy
VA's West Los Angeles Healthcare Center.Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, along with Drug Policy Alliance board member Jason Flom, castigated the U.S. Veterans Health Administration this week for recently telling its doctors they could not recommend medical marijuana to patients who had served ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
What Would Arianna Do: Huffington Post Launches Food Section
Today, in fact about an hour ago, The Huffington Post launched their new food page. You knew this one was coming, right? The Atlantic has a food page, as does Tina Brown's The Daily Beast. And I bet Arianna Huffington makes a mean skordalia. HuffPost Food editor Colin Sterling says that the new se ... More >>
News
April 1, 2010
Can Placido Pull It Off?
With a secretive Domingo convalescing, L.A. Opera faces a high-stakes Ring Festival
Blogs
April 1, 2010
April Fools! A Roundup of Food-Related Fools' Day Materials From Around the Web
Deep End DiningHappy April Fools' Day-- In-N-Out toys with the hearts of New Yorkers. [Huffington Post] -- Reports on a new bathroom truck to keep Kogi and Nom Nom company. [Thrillist] -- Actual roach coach hits the streets. [Deep End Dining] -- Starbucks announces two new drink sizes: Th ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2010
SXSW: From @ Platform to Ad Platform? Twitter Announces @anywhere
Perplexing the business-model hungry pundits with a difference of just one letter, Twitter CEO Ev Williams surprised the crowd today at his SXSWi keynote by announcing not an Ad platform but an @ platform, a way to further integrate Twitter's data into third party platforms without implementing a ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Tea Party Alternative Will Have Coming Out Saturday
The Tea Party has made national waves with its reassertion of conservative, angry-white-people ideals (because, if anyone has gotten the short end of the stick in the last hundred years of civilization, it's white conservatives -- poor things). Well, here come the liberals (chaotic, disorgani ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Will Budget Crisis Play A Role in Deciding LA's Next Mayor?
After reading a recent Huffington Post column by Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, where he writes that "all eyes are on...Los Angeles leaders" as they "grapple" with financial disaster, we couldn't help but wonder how L.A.'s budget crisis will play some kind of role in the 2013 mayo ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
The State of Music Journalism in 2009 (and puppies)
The State of Music Journalism in 2009 (and puppies)
Blogs
January 25, 2010
The Cookie Monster: Lady Gaga Sugar Cookies
When I was a teenager, my sister and I would decorate gingerbread men to resemble Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten and hang them on the Christmas tree. Check out this image--and 2 dozen more--from ohnotheydidnt via The Huffington Post (and Bon Appetit), proving that whether it be The Sex Pistols or Lad ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Dennis Hopper Files For Divorce, Has Been Seen Alive
Hopper in 2008.Actor Dennis Hopper filed for divorce from his wife Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. He cited irreconcilable differences for the split from his wife of 14 years, Victoria Hopper. In a bizarre and arguably sensationalist twist, the Huffington Post reports that the actor ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2009
Here Are The Real Top 10 Reasons Dating In L.A. Sucks
Seth MacFarlane.Huffington Post has gotten a lot of play out of its item about why L.A. is "the toughest town for singles." Author Alex Benzer states that the ratio of women to men is low, the city's distant expanses are difficult to overcome, everyone's social climbing instead of climbing in ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Tweet Rewards: Huffington Post Attempts To Sell Twitter Feed To Advertisers
The Huffington Post's Twitter feed contains a steady stream of news and opinion, but the site founded by Los Angeles resident Arianna Huffington wants to add advertisements and marketing messages to that mix. So far, no firms have bitten to buy ad space on the feed, but if it's successful it ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2009
L.A. Ranks Near Bottom for Jobs
Andres Martinez, late of the L.A. Times and currently at the New America Foundation think tank, opens a piece for Poder 360 with this tart observation about the state:"Californians never tire of pointing out that if their state were a separate country, it would rank among the 10 largest economies of ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2009
Kindle This: Mastering the Art of French Cooking Tops Bestseller List
Amazon.comJulia Child a best-sellerFor those bemoaning the lost art of reading (here's David Ulin's fine piece in the Los Angeles Times) or the lost art of cooking (Michael Pollan in the New York Times), there is good news on both counts: Julia Child's classic cookbook "Mastering the Art of F ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2009
Huffington Post Hiring Editor for New Local L.A. Page
This just in: The Huffington Post has announced to LAWeekly.com that the influential Internet newspaper and media Web site is currently looking to hire an editor to lead its new local Los Angeles branch. HuffPost Local: Los Angeles has yet to set a launch date but is actively looking for the right c ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
Shift Happens: Hollywood and Silicon Valley Bring It OnHollywood
With no relief from the recession coming anytime soon, plus Monday's news that L.A.'s own Tsavo Media founder Mike Jones will now take over as COO of MySpace, it's high time Los Angeles and Silicon Valley broke out the peace pipe. The opportunity presented itself at this week's AlwaysOn OnHollywood ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Love Hounds
With no relief from the recession coming anytime soon, plus Monday's news that L.A.'s own Tsavo Media founder Mike Jones will now take over as COO of MySpace, it's high time Los Angeles and Silicon Valley broke out the peace pipe. The opportunity presented itself at this week's AlwaysOn OnHollywood ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2009
Obama Rapture Cleans Silver Lake Gutters!
Both Huffington Post and a late Associated Press story that was picked up by Salon.com note how the pending inauguration of Barack Obama has galvanized people across the country into performing public service on a grassroots level. The AP piece focuses, at one point, on "hip Silverake [sic]," where ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
ABC's 'Nightline' Picks Up L.A. Weekly Story
If you tune into ABC's Nightline at 11:35 p.m. tonight, and you've been reading L.A. Weekly lately, you'll notice a story that may seem familiar. It's all about how former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a foot-dragging City Council essentially killed pub ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
AP: Madoff Fleeced Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick
An Associated Press story, carried by Huffington Post and several other sources, reports that husband-wife actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick were taken to the cleaners big time by disgraced investment titan Bernard Madoff. The couple are the latest Hollywood figures known to have suffered heavy l ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2008
Shearer Fun
Native Los Angeles satirist Harry Shearer turned 65 last week, giving us an opportunity to appreciate his body of wit that stretches from his days performing with radio's Credibility Gap sketch comedy group to writing for Saturday Night Live, Spy magazine and the Huffington Post. Most of us know him ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2008
Queer Town: Obama Insider Tells Gays to See 'The Big Picture'
Last Friday, Obama insider and spokeswoman Linda Douglass called Frontiers News Editor Karen Ocamb out of the blue, telling the longtime lesbian journalist that gays need to see the "big picture" when it comes to the Rick Warren invitation. Right: Linda Douglass(Photo: HuffingtonPost)Ocamb wro ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2008
Is It Just Me?
. . . or is this frame from Fox News' scary trailer really depicting Barack Obama and Rahm Emmanuel as Othello and Iago? Just askin'.The ad, seen here from YouTube, caused a stir on News Hounds and the Huffington Post last month, with writers noting the commercial's use of dark, Omen-lik ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2008
Hillary's Emoluments Problem
One of the many learning perks of the recent election cycle was watching how political arguments would form in the blogosphere, whirl around a bit and then burst into the mainstream media. Like tropical depressions forming off the coast of Africa before they rolled into the Caribbean as hurricanes, ... More >>
Columns
October 23, 2008
Alter Eco's Eco-MacGyver, Peter Fonda and Anna Getty on the Green Carpet for Josh Tickell's Oil Doc FUEL
Eco and Narcissus
Blogs
September 14, 2008
David Foster Wallace Friend John Seery Remembers the Late Writer
The news of David Foster Wallace's apparent suicide this weekend here in Southern California -- he was found in his Claremont home Friday night by his wife Karen Green -- has prompted tributes all over the web. One of the most unusual and intimate portraits comes from Pomona College political theory ... More >>
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