Jamie Foxx

Django Unchained: The Most Moving Scene Quentin Tarantino Has Yet Filmed

Django is Like "Accidental Racist," Except Not Godawful.

How to Spot Hollywood's Nonthreatening Black Man (NTBM)

A Wild Night on the Town With Rapper Problem

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with quickly-emerging, 29-year-old Compton rapper Problem. Also along for a small part of the ride was Jamie Foxx.] 10:21 p. ... More >>

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained Is Both Seriously Thoughtful and Seriously Entertaining

Ashton Kutcher's Claimed F-Buddy Sara Leal Says Real Men Don't Wear Condoms

UsSara Leal.​Aston Kutcher has been a righteous voice in the movement against prostitution. He and wife Demi Moore founded the "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" campaign that has enlisted the likes of Sean Penn, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake for PSAs aga ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher: Do Real Men Cheat on Their Wives?

Following revelations that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore might be splitting up as a result of an alleged rendezvous on the part of the young Two and a Half Men star at a San Diego hotel last weekend, we have to ask, do real men cheat on their wives with a 23-year-old woman? You see, this was bound ... More >>

The Menu from Last Night's $17,900 Obama Dinner

Fig & OliveFig & Olive executive chef Pascal Lorange​ Last night, President Obama arrived at Fig & Olive, where he delivered a speech to 120 guests -- each of whom paid $17,900 to attend the private fundraising dinner (guests who brought a date paid $35,000, saving a whopping $400 per person). ... More >>

Jamie Foxx: Police Racially Profiled Me, Pulled Me Over 'For Being Black And Happy'

If being Jamie Foxx is a crime, we're down to plead guilty​Our other favorite Hollywood blogger (for when we're feeling less politically paranoid) has sniffed out the latest victim of racial profiling in L.A. County. It was aight when the U.S. Department of Justice called out the LAPD for cre ... More >>

Top 5 Hip Hop Guest Appearances Of 2010 (All of Them Involving Gucci Mane)

Gucci Mane loves accessories​Gucci Mane has a knack for making memorable song appearances. Whenever he leaves the studio he gets arrested so it's best he keeps busy at work. See, Gucci Mane is genuine. His real name is Radric, which contains the word "rad" and sounds like an Elizabethan Romanc ... More >>

FAA Halts All Private Los Angeles Air Traffic To Make Space For Obama: Dude, Who Do You Think You Are?

Associated PressTake your time, it's no big deal​Los Angeles drivers aren't the only ones being screwed over by President Obama this Friday afternoon. The president's journey to the USC campus will also be cushioned by a blockade of air traffic within eight miles of LAX and downtown Los Ange ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow Sings!: Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird

​ Gwyneth Paltrow sings! (see #10). In celebration of this amazing revelation, we've compiled this handy list of Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird, starting, of course with: 1. William Shatner. Who can forget Shatner's much-parodied musical career, especially after Rhino Records' inclu ... More >>

Nightranger: Mo BET-ta Booze?

The DJs List: Spinners You Should See This Weekend (And Beyond) -- Steve Lawler, Heidi, John Digweed

​Save up your energy, kids, summer's almost officially here, and the talent is flowing like bubbly at a Jamie Foxx party. We especially like the mix-and-match paring of Steve Lawler and Heidi Saturday at Avalon and the return of John Digweed to his L.A. home, the Mayan, Wednesday. Friday: If ... More >>

DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For DJ Erick Morillo (A Soon-To-Be Angeleno)

​New York's Erick Morillo comes to Avalon Saturday for the first of a four-date residency. The house DJ has been at the forefront of big-room sounds for more than a decade, but his own aesthetic -- diva house vocals paired with massive, tribal drums -- hasn't wavered (and neither have his fans ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa Allegedly Snubs Black Leaders

Rev. Eric P. Lee.​Earlier this month we had a little chuckle over Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's slippage into a form of black-speak during a ceremony kicking off L.A.'s African-American Heritage Month. Mayor V. jived it up and called Jamie Foxx "this brother." Well, it turns out some African-Am ... More >>

Yo Yo Yo: Villaraigosa Gets In Touch With His Inner Black Man

​Mayor Villaraigosa is getting razzed for slipping into a form of black-speak during an African-American Heritage Month presentation at City Hall over the weekend. The mayor was honoring Chaka Khan and Jamie Foxx in a ceremony launching the month-long festivities to recognize black culture and ... More >>

Gang-Turf Tour Of L.A. To Offer Safe View Of "Top Crime Scene Locations"

Alfred Lomas.​Los Angeles has its star maps, Starline Tours of actors' homes, even "The Real Black Dahlia" bus tour. Now our fine city has L.A. Gang Tours, a journey that promises "a true first-hand encounter of the history and origin of high profile gang areas and the top crime scene location ... More >>

Rock Picks: Grizzly Bear, Michigan and Smiley, Meshell Ndegeocello, Aztlan Underground

Also, Ghostface Killah, Pi, Brother Ali and others

Thursday Night Author Events

​​A sample of readings and signings around town tonight:Teen-fiction author Adriana Trigiani appears at an author event for her latest work, Viola in Reel Life. Barnes & Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market, L.A.; 7 p.m. (323) 525-0270. David Henry Sterry and R.J. Martin Jr., editors of Hos, ... More >>

Soloist Nathanial Ayers: Still Playing Cello on Skid Row?

According to this recently uploaded YouTube clip, Nathanial Ayers, who was portrayed by Jamie Foxx in The Soloist, is still living on Skid Row. The film, which opened in the spring after much publicized delays, bombed at the box office, which obviously didn't help Ayers' cause -- through no fault ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Big Man Japan, Management, Not Forgetten

Also, Brothers at War, The New Twenty, The Skeptic, The Brothers Bloom and Next Day Air

Cinc It Down

Movie Reviews: Earth, The Garden, Obsessed

Also, The Informers, The Mutant Chronicles and more

L.A Times' Slippery Slope: Front Page Ad Draws Fire

If Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur had written The Front Page today they'd have to make sure their audiences understood they were talking about editorial copy and not a front-page ad. Or at least that's a difference they'd have to make clear to L.A. Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein, who seems to hav ... More >>

AFI Fest Grows Up - Finally!

No, Er, Yes, Doubt

MTV Video Music Awards: Keeping Up With the Vamps

VIP = Very Irate People

The Kingdom: Shoot 'Em Up

Peter Berg sends Jamie Foxx to fight the enemy

Dark-Skinned Good Guy

Arab-Israeli Ashraf Barhom charts new territory in The Kingdom

Rock Picks

For the week of April 19–27

Mercy, Mercy Me

Smokey Robinson steams about Dreamgirls' revisionist history of Motown

Brad Grey's Performance Less Than Golden

Mogul earns scorn, not envy at Globes

Dreamgirls and Inland Empire: Performance Art

Condon’s Dream works; Lynch’s Empire enthralls

Undercover Blues

Violent shootouts and dangerous love in Mann’s visceral cop series update

’Fros Vs. ’Staches

Wicked Games

Risin' Up, Straight to the Top!

    Not one but three people I went to high school with were nominated for Oscars last night (Matt Dillon, Dan Futterman, and Bennett Miller) so I was kinda jazzed for the whole whoop-de-doo; I had my spiritual "Go Tigers" pom-poms out (our Mamaroneck High School theme song was Survivor's ... More >>

Rocking Ladies and Gold Diggin'

Schmooze Operator

or, When Foxxes Attack

Nightranger

Hardcore Middle Class

Kanye West is no savior, but his refusal to be anything but himself just might set hip-hop straight

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77

A Considerable Town
Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77 — film . . . fashion . . . warm bodies

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77

2004 in Film

Notable Scene Stealers

(In a Good Way)

Pose and Mean It

Night Cruise

Michael Mann’s nerve-rattling Collateral

Sundance and the New Negro Cinema

It’s good for you

First Lady

The queen of comedy gets big laughs

Offer They Can Refuse