Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges and His Abiders Sang Lebowski and Crazy Heart Hits Last Night

Jeff Bridges & The Abiders El Rey Theatre 4/25/13 Jeff Bridges wasn't always The Dude. In fact, we first got into him when he was a fabulous Baker boy. But nowadays he's the Dude through and through, and in concert last night at the El Rey he channeled Jeffrey Lebowski in numerous ways. Of course, ... More >>

Lebowski Fest - Saban Theatre - 03-22-13 (With Video!)

Lebowski Fest, Night One Saban Theatre 03-22-13 Beverly Hills was full of far more "achievers" on Friday -- the handle Lebowski Fest co-founder Will Russell has applied to the hardcore fans of the Coen brothers' 1998 film. Lebowski Fest, held here in Los Angeles since 2002, brought about a thousa ... More >>

Exclusive: How Glenn Frey Reacted When He Learned The Eagles Were Trashed in The Big Lebowski

As we noted in our Definitive Guide to the Music of The Big Lebowski, Glenn Fry was not pleased to learn that the Dude hates the fucking Eagles, and had strong words for Jeff Bridges about it. Now, for the first time, a secret source close to Frey reveals what happened when the Eagles co-founder lea ... More >>

Top Five Most Exciting Lebowski Fest Moments

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. I saw The Big Lebowski when it came out in early 1998 and left feeling fairly indifferent. I didn't dislike it, but I d ... More >>

The Definitive Guide to the Music of The Big Lebowski

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. The Dude's identity is strongly informed by music. As a former Metallica roadie and free love-era denizen still trying ... More >>

5 Reasons to Drive to Santa Barbara for Film Feast

This week, movie folk -- both celebrities and cinephiles -- will flock 95 miles north to the 28th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Running in conjunction with the festival is Film Feast. In its third year, Film Feast is not your ordinary restaurant week. There's a catch: All of th ... More >>

Actor Edward Furlong Arrested in West Hollywood After Domestic Dispute

Actor Edward Furlong, who long ago played Arnold Schwarzenegger's side kick in Terminator 2, was arrested in West Hollywood early Sunday morning and charged with a misdemeanor count of battery, City News Service reports. Furlong was arrested on November 21 for a similar domestic violence case invol ... More >>

The Dude and the Zen Master

Why Matthew McConaughey in Magic Mike and Besedka Johnson in Starlet Should Be Nominated for Supporting Actor/Actress Oscars

We'd Like to Help the Academy is our Oscar column highlighting the outliers that should be nominated (but probably won't be). For a long time I thought of Matthew McConaughey as an actor whom I liked more than he deserved. He built some good faith with Dazed and Confused and other early roles, yes ... More >>

Stagecoach 2013 Lineup Announced

The lineup for Stagecoach 2013 has been announced. It will be held April 26-28, 2013 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. See also: *Stagecoach Festival: The Fashion Report *Stagecoach Festival: The Music *Johnny Cash's Anti-Semitism Touched On In New Documentary The headliners are Toby Keith on F ... More >>

French Stewart as Buster Keaton, Back in L.A. in Vanessa Claire Stewart's Stoneface, Plus All Latest New Theater Reviews

Tony Abatemarco's family drama Beautified, at Hollywood's Skylight Theatre, is our Pick of the Week. Recommendations include Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw at Hollywood's Underground Theatre; and Catherine Butterfield's The Sleeper at North Hollywood's Theatre T ... More >>

Blue Note Records' Troubling New Direction

Few genres are as protective of their past as jazz. Some might say it's all they've got. The discipline is largely defined by the classic record labels that brought the sounds to the masses. Jazz nerds will argue the superiority of one golden recording era versus another just as stubbornly as baske ... More >>

The Dude's Abode: The Big Lebowski's Venice Bungalow Up For Sale

606-608 Venezia ​ Are you one of the (many, many) people who can't engage in conversation without dropping a line from the Coen Brothers' seventh movie? Are you also looking to move? Well, we found you a place! You're welcome. Yep, the Dude's one-bedroom bungalow is on the market, just waiti ... More >>

Five Noir Films To Remind You Why You Heart L.A.

"You seen my cat?"​ Yes, we love this place, but that doesn't mean it doesn't get exhausting explaining to everybody else what it is, exactly, that we're doing here. Particularly in summer when the fake tans, overpriced cocktails and newsboy caps worn by people who don't deliver newspapers for ... More >>

The Top 5 Hollywood Bowl Classical Concerts to Enjoy While Stoned: Smoke a Bowl Before The Bowl

Look at all those trees, dude. ​By Christian Hertzog Marijuana has a well-deserved reputation for being a recreational substance enjoyed at live concerts of rock, rap, and--especially--reggae. Should anyone be surprised that some folks enjoy a righteous hit of cheeba before attending a classi ... More >>

Jeff Bridges Moonlights at the Troubadour (And Actually Can Sing)

Dan HymanJeff Bridges​Review by Dan Hyman During his half-century residence on the silver screen, Jeff Bridges has inhabited many personas. His most memorable? "The Dude," the schlubby, perpetually stoned beatnik from 1998's The Big Lebowski. Until 2009, that is. Two years ago, Bridges turned ... More >>

10 Geeky Hollywood Artifacts Sold at Auction Over the Weekend, from Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, Willy Wonka, Walt Disney and Others

Courtesy of Profiles in HistoryCar from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang​ An auction of big-name Hollywood geek porn organized by Profiles in History at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills this past weekend grossed more than $5.8 million. We bring you the highlights: 10. An original film cel from the c ... More >>

Bob Dylan Turns 70

An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

Jane Fonda at LACMA: Barbarella Barbie

Series spotlights the many costumes of a single search for meaning

True Grit Movie Review

Jeff Bridges stars in the Coen brothers' remake of the classic Western

Tron: Legacy Review

Tron returns, as a 3-D, CGI'd, blissed-out empty head trip

Tonight: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, Norah Jones, Tokimonsta, Jason Falkner, Jimmy Webb, the Morlocks

Anna AxsterRyan Bingham​Ryan Bingham ought to be a lot more famous than he is. The 29-year-old roots rocker has already won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)," as well as come up big in the scene he had in the Jeff Bridges movie. He's played Coac ... More >>

Emperor of the Air

Stranger Than Fiction: The Hurt Locker's Many Surprises

Jeff Bridges' Voice Removed From Oscar Telecast

​Expect to see frequent cutaways to Best Actor Oscar favorite and frequent corporate pitchman Jeff Bridges on Sunday night's telecast, but be prepared to hear less of him than usual for prime time TV. Hyundai has announced that they're pulling their Bridges-narrated commercials from the program, i ... More >>

WTF Is Vince Vaughn Doing in the 'We Are The World II' Video?

The new version of "We Are the World" recorded by Quincy Jones and a galaxy of stars will be unveiled tonight during that big Olympics brouhaha on NBC, but MTV News has already been offering up a torrent of videos, photos, and tasty news morsels. For example, look at this picture here: Photo by Ke ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Iron Cross, The Young Victoria

Also, The Lightkeepers, My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done and more

Crazy Heart: Misery and Gin ...

... country music, faded stardom, liquor and age

Jeff Bridges: One From the Heart

The actor shines as a country music has-been. Will the elusive Oscar finally be his?

Movie Reviews: Amreeka, Gamer, The Headless Woman

Also, Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha and more

Last Night: Nihilists in Koreatown! Lebowski Fest 2009, Night 1, Hits The Wiltern

View more photos in the Lebowski Fest '09 slideshow. Timothy NorrisA Walter and Jeff Dowd, who character of the Dude was based on, at the Lebowski Fest Day 1The Dude abides. And so does that Dude over there.... and that Dude, with the really natty bathrobe... and that Dude, who looks a lot more D ... More >>

The Dude Abides: Lebowski Fest Bowls Over Los Angeles May 7 and 8

Dan MordacPinheadsLast November at the VH1 Classic Rock Autism Celeb Bowl-Off at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood, I had only one question for the rockers and celebs I snagged time with on the red carpet: When it comes to bowling movies, which is better and why: The Big Lebowski or Kingpin? Kingpin ... More >>

Jon Favreau's Iron Man Has a Heart

Director and Robert Downey Jr. bring soul to the superhero movie

Movie Reviews: Secret Sunshine, Awake, The Amateurs

Also Paul Schrader’s The Walker, Timber Falls, Oswald's Ghost and more

Film Reviews: Surf's Up, Memories of Tomorrrow, Flanders

Director's Cut Series: Heaven's Gate

Take the Long Way Home

16 Blocks delivers a more lethal Donner

King Kong's Monkey Love

Intimacy on the primate family tree

2004 in Film

Freaks, Geeks and Entrepreneurs

There’s more than one way to dance in Park City

Horse Balm and Bull Pucky

Seabiscuit, that is, and Buffalo Soldiers

Too Much i' the Sun

The festival regurgitated

Kampf und Circumstance

The Führer’s girl Friday; Gilliam’s folly

From There to Here: Starman Envy

Letters

That Championship Season

The Contender rocks, Billy Elliot jetés

Too Simple

Filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen

The Dead Zone

Mark Pellington's suburban nightmare

When Bobby Met Billy

De Niro, Crystal and Two Smoking Barrels

The Brothers Freak

In which the Coens sing the praises of dope, bowling, loyalty and sloth