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The Fung Brothers: The O.G.s of the SGV

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Brothers David and Andrew Fung were raised in Seattle but as kids frequently visited their cousins in the San Gabriel Valley. "Those were some of my fondest memories," says And ... More >>

The Tangled Web We Watch: Hell Yeah!, a Bizarre Animated Series About the Underworld

Koreatown: America's Hippest Neighborhood

Reality show K-Town unmasks the liquid rituals fueling Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood

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 >>

Mike Feuer Demands 10 Debates; Carmen Trutanich Raises It To 100

During his campaign for D.A., City Attorney Carmen Trutanich did everything he could to avoid debates. First, he said his invitation got lost. Then he blamed scheduling conflicts.After losing that race, he's taking a much different approach for his re-election campaign. This morning, Assemblyman Mik ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Web Awards 2012: We've Got Some Finalists!

We asked for your help finding the best and brightest online in Los Angeles, and you delivered. After combing through thousands of nominations for the L.A. Weekly Web Awards 2012, we're happy to announce our finalists. But we can't do all of this ourselves. We've got a panel of judges to help us pi ... More >>

Elle and Blair Fowler Make Us Beautiful

Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Remember when you were 13, and all you wanted was a cool, beautiful, older friend to show you how to be cool and beautiful, too? For teen girls everywhere, beauty gurus Elle and Blair Fowler, aka AllThatGlitters21 and juicystar07, are those friends. Each pr ... More >>

Nathan Barnatt Never Grew Up

Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Nathan Barnatt wakes up each morning in Star Wars bedsheets. If the trap door in his bunk bed isn't buried under toys, he pops through that to greet the day. For breakfast, he'll have some candy, then go play video games. Or jump on a trampoline. Or crawl th ... More >>

Top 5 Anime Series You Need to Watch Before Anime Expo

See also: Coverage from Anime Expo 2011 Anime Expo will take over downtown Los Angeles once again beginning on June 29. For four days, anime fans, often dressed in elaborate costumes, will gather at the Los Angeles Convention Center to check out the latest shows from Japan, take in a few concerts a ... More >>

Silicon Beach: 5 People Making L.A. a New Tech Industry Capital

Los Angeles may be 350 miles south of Silicon Valley, but it's making strides to close the distance between the two in terms of sheer brain power and inventiveness (with a little bit of entertainment thrown in for good measure). Here are five people from our People issue helping to make that happen.

VIDEO: Amazing Beer Machine Invented by Cal State Long Beach Students

Bartenders of Los Angeles, be stoked: A team of four students at California State University, Long Beach have mechanically engineered your new best friend. It hasn't really been branded yet, but the team member who uploaded it to YouTube describes it as a "beer machine," which is as accurate a name ... More >>

Sara O'Donnell and the Making of "Average Betty"

"You don't take perfectly awesome Oreo cookies, scrape out the cream filling and refill them with toothpaste," pontificates a well-lit Sara O'Donnell. She's looking into the camera, warning against the stupidity of food-related April Fools' pranks. "Here's a better idea -- why not refill them with c ... More >>

Maker Studios Is Flush With YouTube Cash

In 1981, MTV pushed music videos to the forefront of pop culture. In 1999, Napster made mp3s more popular than porn. Now, in 2012, L.A.-based Maker Studios is revolutionizing YouTube. Created by viral video sensation Danny Zappin, Lisa Donovan and her brother Ben, the crew was frustrated with the H ... More >>

Jason Nash Is Married : Larry David Meets Lucy Ricardo in One of the Best Web Sitcoms You're Not Watching

"It's a funny thing with me. Things seem to go poorly when I am around them." A little bit clueless egoist (think Larry David) with a little Lucy Ricardo thrown in, Jason Nash plays more or less himself in his web series Jason Nash Is Married , soon on the Comedy Central website, in which he's a st ... More >>

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"What What (in the Butt)" Viral Video Inspires L.A. Art, Five Years Later

In 1972 Asco spray-painted their signatures onto the walls of LACMA, asserting themselves as active members of the art community despite the fact that LACMA wasn't yet willing to show their work. Last Wednesday night, Milwaukee-based Special Entertainment, the partnership between artists Andrew Sw ... More >>

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VIDEO: Redondo Beach Kayaker Nearly Overturned by Massive Blue Whale

MrRJCtube via YouTubeA kayak's worst nightmare​Whale-watching enthusiasts have been jizzing their wetsuits over the latest handheld footage of a big California blue off the coast of Redondo Beach. The video was shot by YouTube user MrRJCtube, who happened upon his gorgeous specimen while kaya ... More >>

Justin Bieber's Hot Jumping Beans Video

Justin Bieber loves hot jumping beans. And bacon, pigs' feet, red Kool-Aid and ham. At least he loves them in this spoof of "That Should Be Me," which raises bad lip reading to an art form, transforming the song of heartbreak into an ode to food. Like one wag commented on YouTube, we prefer to bel ... More >>

Spotify: The Honeymoon's Over

L.J. WilliamsonI cain't quit yew.​Last month I posed the question: Which Is Better: Spotify or Grooveshark? Though my comparison of the two music subscription services wasn't entirely conclusive, I reckoned that, in the end, "Grooveshark just has too many glitches, whereas if a track shows up ... More >>

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Breaking News: White People Riot Too

YouTubeWhite-on-car violence in Vancouver.​A sad echo of the Lakers championship riots of 2010: Racists seemed to come out of the woodworks to blame the mayhem on Latinos. Guilty. But here's the thing: One out of every two people in L.A. is Latino. So, yeah, when shit goes down, good or bad, ... More >>

Lasers as Weapons? Yep -- U.S. Navy Blows Up Boat Engine Off California Coast

U.S. NavyBoat afire. Defend with large mirror. (We kid).​If you thought frigging lasers existed as weapons only in Austin Powers films, think again. Because, in a post-nuclear world, the United States had to get its hands on some kind of scare-the-holy-shit-out-of-foreigners firepower. And th ... More >>

Full Warped Tour Lineup Leaked Early (Did Somebody Say Crabcore?)

Full Warped Tour Lineup Leaked Early (Did Somebody Say Crabcore?)

Mayor Villaraigosa Makes Pitch For AEG Corp's Football Stadium Bid Even Before City Has Seen Any Actual Plans

Mayor V. has your best corporate interests in mind.​The mayor of L.A. and its City Council are supposed to be a judge and jury for the people when it comes to development, city services and other issues facing this vast metropolis. But sometimes you wouldn't know it. Mayor Antonio Villaraigos ... More >>

18th Street Gang Graffiti Creates Living Gallery Out Of L.A.'s Pico-Union (Video)

YouTube18th Street has created a living art gallery in Pico-Union.​L.A. is a vast, glorious place. But some neighborhoods you'd just rather tour from the comfort of your own home. Thankfully, someone did the sightseeing for you and brought you this handy, dandy video diary of Pico-Union's gl ... More >>

Ted Williams, Man With The Golden Voice, Detained In Hollywood By LAPD

Columbus Dispatch / YouTubeTed Williams, the man with the golden voice.​Updated with time-and-place details after the jump. The homeless man with the Golden Voice became the YouTube sensation with the steel handcuffs after visiting L.A. this Week. Ted Williams, who became an overnight sensati ... More >>

Top 5 Worst Publicity Stunts of 2010: Nudie Pics, Secret Shows, Kitty Videos and Viral Everything Else

Top 5 Worst Publicity Stunts Including Nudie Pics and Kitty Vids

Countdown To The End, Day Three: Life After Four Loko, Or, Brew It Yourself!

BuzzFeed via YouTubeYou're gonna need the strong stuff, Bud​What's the fun of getting Loked, really, without the thrill of clutching that gorgeous ghetto can -- wrap-around camouflage backdrop, diarrhea font combo smeared down the side -- and the satisfying crack of aluminum tab? But if you'r ... More >>

Deaf Man Choked By Forever 21 Security Guard In Hollywood Threatens Suit

YouTube​Attorneys for a deaf man taken down and choked to blueness by a Forever 21 security guard at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood threatened to sue the fashion retailer if it doesn't come up with a satisfactory settlement offer, according to ABC7. The chain suspended the gua ... More >>

Security Guard Goes UFC On Deaf Guy At Hollywood & Highland Center

YouTube​The latest in what seems like a string of videos capturing security guards behaving badly hit the internet this week: This edition (after the jump) has a guard pretending to be a UFC fighter and choking out a deaf man as his also-deaf friend tries desperately to alert the meathead that ... More >>

Hollywood Boulevard Superheroes Reunite For 'Hall Of Injustice' After LAPD Sweeps Them From The Street

Instigator Chris Dennis.​The mayor of Los Angeles is being grilled for taking free tickets. Police go against the ropes every time a nerd with a Flip uploads a traffic stop to YouTube. The economic "recovery" is sputtering. Your favorite pot shop is closing! What we need now is a hero. A super ... More >>

Fifteen Minutes of Fame, Like It or Not

Grappling with accidental YouTube notoriety in the comedy-documentary Winnebago Man

World Cup (Musical) Madness: 5 Great Vuvuzela YouTube Mashups

​A few weeks back, L.A. Weekly's music editor Gustavo Turner ruminated on the World Cup's unceasing dirge of a soundtrack produced by South Africa's favorite party favor, the vuvuzela. World Cup fans have become familiar with the chorus of skronking that has accompanied every game, but opinio ... More >>

Caught On Tape: A-Hole In Hollywood Tased By LAPD, Falls On Head

Drunk man falling.​The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating an incident in which an apparently belligerent man -- let's just call him an A-hole -- was "tased" by an officer and possibly hit by the baton of another on Hollywood Boulevard Sunday morning. The incident was caught on v ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE Interview: OK Go's Tim Nordwind on Why the Band Left EMI

View more photos of OK Go's LACMA Muse video release party in "CuriousJosh: Burnal Equinox, X Fundraiser, OK Go." Last Wednesday, OK Go announced both their departure from EMI and the creation of their own label, Paracadute. Given that this move comes only two months after the release of their lat ... More >>

Images for the Post-Video Age

Director Keith Schofield Makes Viral Video Stars

LMFAO Rapper Gives His Side Of Run In With Mitt Romney

Sky Blu.​A rapper from the duo LMFAO said he's the one who had a well-publicized run-in with onetime presidential candidate Mitt Romney on a Los Angeles-bound flight as it took off from Vancouver, and that the Republican politician is the one who started it. As the Weekly's West Coast Sound r ... More >>

Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere

CNNAnderson Cooper.​A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>

L.A. Filmmaker John Ireland to Produce Prop. 8 Trial Re-Enact for YouTube

The U.S. Supreme Court probably never saw this coming.John Ireland ProductionsLos Angeles filmmaker John Ireland​Freelance journalist and filmmaker John Ireland, who's based in Los Angeles and regularly examines gay rights issues, will produce a daily re-enactment of the Proposition 8 federal tria ... More >>

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The Gangs Of New Media: Criminals Get Social Too

Assemblyman Alberto Torrico.​Gang members have been spotted on MySpace and YouTube and have now spread to Facebook and Twitter. It's a natural migration: The "sets" rely on technology to communicate like everyone else. But now lawmakers are seeking ways to keep tabs on gangsters online. State ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones to Play Two Halloween Shows at the Echo

We're sick of writing about Dead Man's Bones. We've covered them non-stop over the past few months, at least a post a week on a band that only has one album out. But despite the band's lineage, any budding musician looking for publicity would be wise to study their methods. First, become famous as a ... More >>

Lights, Camera, IKEA! Burbank Store Attracts Filmmakers

Today's L.A. Times' biz section touts a new and improbable addition to Burbank's media studios -- the IKEA store on San Fernando Road. After listing some odd and varied appearances that IKEA made in the news during the past year from China to Scotland, writer Dan Neil looks at the role of IKEA's Bur ... More >>

We’re Jerkin’ (Starring the New Boyz, J-Hawk and Pink Dollaz)

Gangsta rap is over. Clownin’ and Krumpin’ too

Top Five: George W. Bush's YouTube Comedy Threat Levels

With under a week to go until the inauguration of Barack Obama, virtually no-one seems to be mourning the exit of George W. Bush - particularly not the residents of New Orleans, following Monday's bone-headed comments by 43 regarding his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. (Which we feel ... More >>

Seth MacFarlane YouTube: Master of Parody Launches Cavalcade Web Series

Los Angeles premiere parties are full of perks like free cocktails, irreverent celebrity commentary and, if you're lucky, a few laughs and plenty of photo opportunities. Wednesday September 10 marked the debut of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's new Web series, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Car ... More >>

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DIY MTV: Music Videos Struggle to Keep Up With YouTube

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Dot-coms struggle to create new entertainment form