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Cheech and Chong Tell Us About Their New Animated Movie, the Duo's First Feature in 29 Years

Darts Update: Dino M. Zaffina Back on the Attack

There are two things that any first-year law student could tell you are essential for courtroom success: don't make stuff up, and don't insult the judge. Perhaps Dino M. Zaffina didn't get the memo. As the Weekly's Chris Vogel first reported in February, Zaffina had become angry that the Southern ... More >>

Alleys Suck? Not Anymore: Hollywood's New East Cahuenga 'EaCa' Alley

Quick, let's play urban planning Jeopardy!. For $100: These places in our cities are most likely to be called "dirty," "dark," and "dangerous." How about for $200: All the bad stuff happens here, from drug deals to prostitution to murders where dismembered arms are found dangling out of dumpsters. I ... More >>

Dastardly Deeds in Darts

One angry man brings Southern California Darts Association to its knees

Extreme Futurist Festival: TED Conference for the Counterculture

Liz OhanesianMichael Anissimov and Rachel Haywire of Extreme Futurist Festival​Dr. Kim Solez is on a mission. The renal pathologist and University of Alberta professor is currently working to make the lectures from his course "Technology and the Future of Medicine" available to the general pub ... More >>

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SCI-Arc's Robot House: Rapidly Making Your Arty Bohemian Lifestyle Obsolete

Paul T. BradleyRobots Live Here.​Robots. They're kicking our asses at Jeopardy, they're taking our jobs, and they're hanging out on Mars while we have to settle for hanging out in fake dive bars with scenesters. Now robots are making our art, so pack up your bags, designers and artists, your c ... More >>

Five Revelations from the Hollywood Bowl's Trippy, Light Stick-Crazy AFI Great American Movie Quiz

Mathew Imaging"If Timothy Leary was here he'd say 'Boy did they give me some real good stuff," quipped AFI Movie Quiz host Alex Trebek about patrons' light sticks.​ There's typically a spot on the September Hollywood Bowl calendar for its revue of classical Hollywood scores, aka The Big Pictu ... More >>

Cambodian Pop Freaks Dengue Fever Sign to Concord, Pick Up 'Jeopardy' and 'True Blood' Nods

Dengue Fever appear (in name) on "Jeopardy!"​The last L.A. indie band to get featured on Jeopardy! wound up going to the Grammys. That was Silversun Pickups last May, of course, and now it seems the Cambodian-Angeleno weird-pop ensemble, Dengue Fever, has earned that rare gameshow designatio ... More >>

Civilized Media for This Modern World: the Dinner Party Download

​ The Great Fire of London. Khrushchev's visit to Cedar Rapids. The origin of computer viruses. Muhammad Ali's skirmishes with the U.S. military. The creation of the peace sign. No, these facts aren't from a Jeopardy! audition drill, but instead trivia you could be learning from the Dinner Pa ... More >>

Silversun Pickups Make Jeopardy! Debut, Return To Morning Becomes Eclectic

File this under "You know you've made it when." On Wednesday, May 6, Silversun Pickups were the subject of a Jeopardy! clue referencing the origin of the band's name. Read it below, preferably aloud and with impeccable posture. Evidence of fame, item #1 Notice the show's writers didn't specify wh ... More >>

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