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Prince Gomolvilas: The Only Gay, Thai, Science-Fiction Playwright

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. While researching The Brothers Paranormal, his latest comedy-horror play, about Thai-American brothers who launch a ghost-hunting business, Prince Gomolvilas was invited to go o ... More >>

Sean Z. Maker: Founder of Bent-Con, the LBGT Pop Culture Convention

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. It's a given that Sean Z. Maker would grow up to create comics — he's been drawing them most of his life. That he would also produce one of the most intriguing comic book ... More >>

'Family Guy' Ring in L.A. Area Smuggled Cocaine To Italy, Feds Say

If you thought the Southern California economy was still wobbly following the Great Recession, rejoice. People are actually exporting goods from L.A. to the rest of the world, including Europe. The U.S. Attorney's Office today announced that nine enterprising suspects, including a pair of brothers ... More >>

A New Book About Jonestown, the West Coast Cult That Led to a Massacre

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the infamous Jonestown murder-suicides orchestrated by Reverend Jim Jones in Guyana. More than 900 people lost their lives. While Jones' Peoples Temple is inherently a Bay Area story — that of an Indianapolis preacher who, in 1965, moved his followers to ... More >>

Elvira and Peaches Christ Celebrate Independent Horror Movies at the Vista Last Night

See also: *Elvira's World: Our 2010 cover story *Top 5 Elvira Moments on YouTube A block-full of people descended upon Elvira's Macabre Mobile last night as the Mistress of the Dark pulled up in front of Los Feliz's Vista Theatre with fellow midnight movie authority Peaches Christ in tow. Cameras f ... More >>

Ray Charles Tribute - Hollywood Bowl - 7/11/12

Ray Charles: Genius Soul = Jazz Hollywood Bowl 7-11-12 Better than... hanging out at the Ray Charles Post Office on Washington Boulevard. Last night, a parade of marquee-ready names hit the stage of the Hollywood Bowl in tribute to the "Genius of Soul," Ray Charles. Featuring Babyface, Martina M ... More >>

Rollins Announces "Capitalism" Tour, Will Hit Each State Capital

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday.] Henry Rollins doesn't keep his political opinions quiet; in a column last fall about the Occupy protesters he recounted how senator Rand Paul "made a fool of himself trying to compare them ... More >>

Adam Lambert: Now 50% More Fabulous

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. You do not want to mess with the "Glamberts." Adam Lambert's superfans eat up everything written about the singer, and Lord help a writer if it's not 100 percent positive. They ... More >>

James Beard 2012 Award Winners

The James Beard awards are the food equivalent of the Oscars: prestigious golden whatsits, fancy dress event, silly acceptance speeches, requisite grouching about the whole thing being rigged. Oh, yes, and lots of highly talented people getting much-deserved recognition. This year's awards ceremony ... More >>

Alfonso Ribeiro's 'Carlton Dance' Flash Mob Attempts Record (For Dorkiest Moves): VIDEO

Updated at the bottom with crowd estimates. First posted at 5:30 a.m. Alfonso Ribeiro of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might do the nerdiest, preppiest dance of all time. But that didn't stop hundreds if not thousands of followers from joining him yesterday at Universal CityWalk and other locales in ... More >>

2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>

Super Bowl 2012: No Matter Who Won, Los Angeles Still Loses

Last night's Americana showdown at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis was blaring on the TV sets of 47.8 percent of the nation's households -- Los Angeles very much included. After all, we couldn't bear to be out of the loop on all the Super Bowl tweets and commercials and pop-culture commentary ... More >>

MY BIG FAT SWINGING HORN

This week listen up for Adam Schroeder, Allison Miller and Phil Ranelin

WELCOME TO THE RILEYS

City of Airheads: Villaraigosa Dismantles L.A.'s Vaunted Library System

Mayor mirrors Detroit's disastrous choice

Theater Reviews: Hollywood Fringe Festival

Q & A With Wolfgang Puck: WP24, Life in Indianapolis, Ma Maison & The Invention of Pizza

It might seem odd to someone who does not live in Los Angeles, but we often don't see the permanently blue skies and the palm trees. We forget to go to the beach. We completely forget about Lindsay Lohan. We take Wolfgang Puck for granted, despite the beautiful garden of Spago, the Oscars, the remin ... More >>

Pro-Lifers Target 'Family Guy' Over Terri Schiavo Skit

Fox​The pro-life American Life League on Thursday criticized L.A.-based animated comedy show Family Guy for its recent portrayal of a school play about the late Terri Shiavo, a perpetually vegetative woman who was kept on life support for more than 10 years as courts debated her fate. (See the ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists Announced: The L.A. Edition

James Beard​This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, ... More >>

Blues and Ballads on a Budget

Rock Picks: Doves, Ceci Bastida, Carina Round, New York Dolls

Also, The Detroit Cobras, the Aggrolites, Loney Dear and others

Katy Perry Unpeeled — and Other Signs of Life in the Dead of the Grammys PressRoom

Including the buzz over Rihanna and Chris Brown, and revelations from Natalie Cole on heroin addiction

Behind the Scenes at the Grammys: In the Press Room, A Quiet Night Jolted Alive by Chris Brown/Rihanna Allegations

When you tell an outsider that you're "covering the Grammys," it sounds pretty swank. Before I did it for the first time, I imagined glamor, some rubbing shoulders, and, above all, a lot of music. But the reality is different. Those of us not covering the red carpet are planted in a hotel-confere ... More >>

From Silver Lake to Suicide: One Family's Secret History of the Jonestown Massacre

A cache of letters hidden in the basement brings to life a house, a family and the tragedy that would change everything

Great World of Sound: The Music Men

For these record producers, exploiting the American dream is all in a day’s work

Film Reviews: Diggers, Next and Banished

Also Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace and more

Who's That Girl? Lauren Weedman’s Search for Home

Alternative Comedy 2007

Attention Squared

Zen and the art of Vija Celmins

Murder On the Last Turn

Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

Storm the Arthouse

Some of the year’s best independent movies are still snaking their way toward L.A.; others may not come at all

Letters

Longing for a Reprieve

Luis dreams of a glimpse of freedom. But first he must deal with nightmares.

American Idols: Director Jack Hill, Grindhouse Guru

Adventures in Fabulousness: When Club Kids Come West

American Idol

Letters

Made in the USA, Part III: US Company Listings N-Z

Orgasm for Beginners

The Accidental Witness

Puzzling run-ins with NBC and the FBI

Sound of the Taurus

Vintage soul to please the people

He’s a Bounty Hunter

But not in the image of Clint Eastwood or Steve McQueen

The Statewide Dick

Who'd benefit from a Riordan race for governor?