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10 People Who Are Transforming Hollywood

This year's People issue celebrates the 56 Angelenos we find most intriguing. Among those 56 are fashionistas, musicians and novelists -- and, of course, the movers-and-shakers in Hollywood. Check out all of our People 2013 profiles Their influence can be felt on both the screen and behind the ... More >>

Crazy, '80s Scandalfest The Morton Downey, Jr. Show Chronicled in New Documentary

Years before reality TV and today's conservative political pundits, we had Morton Downey, Jr., whose The Morton Downey, Jr. Show in the late '80s was Jerry Springer, Geraldo, The O'Reilly Factor and Jersey Shore all wrapped up into one, giant hoagie. On May 21, Cinefamily screens a montage of the s ... More >>

Doron Ofir: The King of Reality TV Casting

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. "I'm a collector of characters. We're a very interesting breed." Doron Ofir, 41 — original casting director of more than 100 reality productions, from RuPaul's Drag Race t ... More >>

Why Is Everyone So Pissed About the EDM Reality Show?

As the Hollywood-based casting guru behind Jersey Shore and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Doron Ofir knows how the lowbrow culture game is played. But even the man who gave the world Snooki might have been caught off-guard by the outrage over one of his latest projects: a competitive EDM reality ... More >>

Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera Arrives in L.A., Co-Written by Danny Franzese (aka the Gay Friend in Mean Girls)

You probably know him as Damian, the flamboyant scene stealer from the 2004 film Mean Girls, where various quips ("I want my pink shirt back") earned Danny Franzese a modest cult following consisting primarily of tweens and queens. While his film cohorts Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan graduated to 30 Ro ... More >>

Is This the Golden Age of Television? A Zocalo Event Asks the Question

Considering the airwaves are cluttered with dejected bachelorettes, fist-pumping and wars over things as trivial as cupcakes, it's difficult to imagine this as a time when television should be revered. Or is it? That was the prompt at hand during last night's Zocalo Public Square event: "Is This t ... More >>

The 10 Most Controversial Laws That California Governor Jerry Brown Just Signed or Vetoed

Like a good procrastinating California politician, Governor Jerry Brown waited until the last possible second to sign over 100 bills still waiting on his desk this weekend. So, as of Columbus Day morning, we have a whole controversy-load of new laws to make sense of. And being the stragglers of the ... More >>

Italian Food Fest Feast of St. Gennaro This Weekend

San Gennaro FoundationAunt Chippy, Guillermo, Cousin Sal and Uncle Frank from "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in a cannoli-eating contest during the annual feast.​ Hollywood is preparing to paint the town red, white and green this weekend when the 10th annual Precious Cheese Italian Feast of San Gennaro ... More >>

Abercrombie & Fitch Asks The Situation to Stop Wearing its Clothes (Sure, if it Stops Selling Faux SoCal Surfwear)

Not WASPy enough for Abercrombie.​Does anyone find it a little ironic that Abercrombie & Fitch is putting the 10-foot poll to Jersey Shore's The Situation? Sure, The Situation is the epitome of spiky-haired sleeze, almost to the point of self-parody. And we wouldn't blame almost any clothier ... More >>

Beavis and Butt-Head Returns to MTV October 27: Here's Our Top Ten Music Video Moments From the Old Show

Get More: Beavis and Butt-Head, MTV Shows It's official: The Beavis and Butt-Head re-boot now has a premiere date on MTV: Thursday, October 27th at 10PM. Exciting for fans, but will it be as edgy as it once was? When it debuted in 1993 Beavis and Butt-Head displayed a pathological lack of compass ... More >>

Chick Pees in Urinal at Dodger Stadium, Makes Guy Hold Her Beer (NSFW Video)

Gender equality at the Dodger Stadium urinal.​Just when we thought the hemorrhaging Dodgers legacy couldn't get any trashier, it looks like we may have found a more dogged Dodger dog than team owner Frank McCourt. Forget parking-lot supervillains: This is the chick who peed in the boys' bathro ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/23-5/27

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The words 'authentic,' 'New York' and 'pizza' in conjunction mean nothing but trouble around here." Ask Mr. Gold: Filling the New York-style Pizza Vacuum. "Instead of the usual long, dry, and oft ... More >>

Arno Shore: Jersey Shore Kids Work a Pizzeria in Italy

A. Scattergoodgood pizza​ In case the world needed another reason to hate us, the Jersey Shore kids have been deported (okay, not exactly, but we wish) to Italy to film the fourth season of their hit MTV reality show. The Guidos and Guidettes, some of whom aren't even Italian, will be roaming ... More >>

'Dog Wars' Android App Lets You 'Juice' Your Dog, Shoot Police; Real-Life Police Not Amused

androidsoftware.us​Much in the same way the iPhone "Smuggle Truck" app set immigrant-rights groups into a tither, L.A. police (along with the nation's top animal-rights activists) are now fuming over a dogfighting app for Android called "Dog Wars." It's just a game, sure...

Alexandra Wallace: Was UCLA 'Asians in the Library' Video One Big Publicity Stunt?

Co-Ed MagazineThe infamous Alexandra Wallace​Update: Wallace drops out of UCLA, right after school officials announce she will not be punished for her racist rant. Details after the jump. Alexandra Wallace may not be as dumb as she acts. For a UCLA pity admit whose poli-sci career is obviousl ... More >>

Make Saint Motel's a Scotch, Splash of Tiger Blood (Plus Download New Song, "Puzzle Pieces")

​Los Angeles-based indie-pop rockers and hipster darlings Saint Motel are going to Vegas, baby! The band's taking its theatrics to a select group of co-eds at the Palms--the kind of select group that migrates to MTV's Spring Break. In a town where there are no guarantees, the closest thing to ... More >>

Jersey Grub Truck Hits L.A. Streets This Weekend

Jersey Grub Truck​ Some say the only good things to come out of New Jersey have been Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, and more recently, the MTV-driven trainwreck/cultural phenomenon that is Jersey Shore. But come this weekend, another East Cost transplant -- The Jersey Grub Truck -- plans t ... More >>

California Has More Ultra-Rich People Than Any Other State

We're rich -- in a statistic-skewing, ratio-dismissing kinda way -- bitch!​Recession be damned. Of 55,000 Americans worth over $30 million, almost 20 percent live in California -- more than any other state. Wealth-X, the self-proclaimed world leader in "wealth intelligence," reports that 9,80 ... More >>

Surprise: Six Of 10 Highest-Earning Reality-TV Stars Are Based In Los Angeles

The $6 million talent​Not that we didn't know this already. Or that we're very proud of it, in the end. But for better or worse, the Daily Beast has compiled a list the top 10 reality-TV earners, and over half are living (at least part-time) right here in the entertainment capital of the worl ... More >>

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East Meets West: Jersey Shore's Snooki Tours with Best Coast, Parties with Wavves

This just in: Last night via Twitter, Best Coast's So. Cal surf-pop queen Bethany Cosentino revealed that the band has an unexpected fan (stalker, more like it) in Jersey Shore, erm, icon Snooki, a.k.a. Nicole Polizzi. Unlikely, sure, but it's hard to argue with the evidence: photos of Snooki with ... More >>

Snooki Goes Kawaii: Jerrod Maruyama's Cute Interpretations of Pop Culture

Jerrod Maruyama is an illustrator from Northern California. He has worked on educational books, company logos, tattoo art and more. He designed Toy Story t-shirts that were sold at the Pixar Studio Store in Emeryville, CA and recently participated in the show "STRIPPED! Art Inspired By The Creativit ... More >>

Celebrate the Return of "Jersey Shore" with DJ Pauly D's Cheesetastic Dance Jam "Beat Dat Beat"

Hey Pauly--is that a glowing pink 12" in your super gay-friendly beefcake shot, or are you just happy to see us?​Tonight is the premiere of the second season of a little summer entertainment that goes by the name of Jersey Shore. The MTV "reality" show has become one of America's favorite guil ... More >>

Fun and Games. Then, the Monster

Why neither the ignorance nor the bliss could last

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Over The Weekend: Juan Maclean @ A Club Called Rhonda

Spencer Chow​This weekend, the annual Gay Pride festival was celebrated in the heart of West Hollywood, shutting down San Monica and San Vicente for 48 hours of un-closetted (and often unclothed) good times. But while rainbow flags and strutting in the streets might be a very visible display o ... More >>

Ronnie James Dio, Dead at 67

RJD, RIP​ Breaking: Heavy-metal icon Ronnie James Dio died today. He was 67 years old. After rumors started leaking last night of bad news concerning Dio's latest struggle with stomach (some sources say throat) cancer, his wife and manager Wendy released the following statement today: Today ... More >>

Reality Show About Koreatown Seeks Asian Guidos, Nicolas Cage-Types

richdad.comRobert Kiyosaki, the original Asian guido.​You might not be The Situation, but we know you're out there: Spikey hair, Orange Crush tan, low-riding BMW M3, chiseled arms (24 Hour Fitness on Wilshire), A/X sleeveless t-shirt, fake Panerai. And you can rap. You're an Asian-American gui ... More >>

5 Best Line Readings in The Hills Final Season Trailer

As you may have heard, The Hills, the glossy MTV "reality" series set in an alternate universe version of LA, that spawned the "careers" of celebusomethings Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Lauren Conrad and Brody Jenner, will come to an end at the end of its upcoming season. MTV has just released a tra ... More >>

Tinariwen Unleashes a Saharan Dance Party

Tinariwen Unleashes a Saharan Dance Party

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The 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s

From Beck and Dilla to Fiona, Jenny and Quasimoto, a mishmash decade of Southern California sounds