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TCM Classic Film Festival: Watching Hollywood's Greatest Films on Its Most Annoying Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard during the TCM Classic Film Festival is mostly business as usual: Captain Jack Sparrow and Marilyn Monroe walk up and down the street to the delight of camera-wielding tourists, Jimmy Kimmel Live staffers give away free tickets, aspiring rappers hand out CDs before not-so-subtly ... More >>

Laughing for a Good Cause

5 Awesome Album Covers Inspired By Arrested Development

The dishy media blitz for the new, fourth season of Arrested Development has begun, kicking off with Bateman's recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel. He said the timing will be unconventional, playing out in divided unison. Each episode will follow a different character through the same segment of time, ... More >>

A Three-Stage Comedy Circus

Morrissey - Staples Center - 3/1/13

Morrissey Staples Center 3/1/13 Better than... bacon-wrapped hot dogs. There was the requisite Morrissey drama, for that's who he is, who we want him to be: the postponement last year of the Staples Center gig with Iggy Pop & The Stooges because of his mother's health; the postponement of earlier ... More >>

Think Morrissey Is a Douche? Go Join the NRA

The Staples Center will be meatless for Morrissey's show tomorrow, says Morrissey. Um, well, not exactly, says the Staples Center. Um, yeah, counters Morrissey. His declaration that the place will be meat-free "was not reviewed by anyone in the building," adds Cara Vanderhook, flack for the Stapl ... More >>

For Anthony Jeselnik, Writing for Kimmel and Fallon Didn't Work. So He Created a Show for Himself

Onstage, Anthony Jeselnik is unlikeable, dirty and downright disturbing. And that's just the way he prefers it. Known for teaching the old-timers a trick or two on the Comedy Central Roasts of Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr, his new TV show with the cable channel, The Jeselnik Offensi ... More >>

Jimmy Kimmel: Folks Describe Watching Presidential Debate Before It Aired (VIDEO)

We gloated a little when, earlier this month, the latest World University Rankings out of the U.K. said Caltech is the best school on the planet and UCLA is No. 13. L.A. is a smart place, innit? Well, not exactly. Last night Jimmy Kimmel Live aired a segment on street reaction to the presidential ... More >>

Musicians' Union Protests Outside of Tonight Show, Kimmel

Yesterday, the American Federation of Musicians staged a protest aimed at TV shows with live bands, here and in New York. In the Los Angeles area they picketed outside of The Tonight Show, Dancing With the Stars and Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 116 year old organization claims its performers haven't been ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Feast of San Gennaro, Chinese Moon Festival, L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade, Beer Float Showdown L.A Beer Week Festival

Italian Feast of San Gennaro Jimmy Kimmel and pal Adam Carolla kick off this three-day feast of Italian cuisine and culture on Thursday night (Prima Notte) with all-day festivities through Sunday. Expect lots of sausage, lasagna and cannoli. WHAT: Italian Feast of San Gennaro WHEN: Thursday-Sunday, ... More >>

Obama's Marijuana Stance Skewered by Jimmy Kimmel: VIDEO

Last week President Obama officially flip-flopped on medical marijuana, saying that, despite earlier promises not to use feds to "circumvent state laws about medical marijuana," big cannabis businesses would still be fair game for prosecution in places like California. Of course, many a West Coast ... More >>

Vintage Trouble's Soulful Homecoming

The hills of Laurel Canyon might not be the first place you'd think to look for a gritty soul band like Vintage Trouble. But one thing that gives the band's rollicking, old-school flavor some authenticity is their decision to rehearse at their drummer Richard Danielson's house there, pitted inside a ... More >>

A NIght of Comedy for Project ALS

Bobcat Goldthwait Interview

On stand-up, leaving Hollywood, and his version of 21 Jump Street

Bert Sugar, RIP

Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Eric Garcetti at City Hall: Gay Jokes Abound

Garcetti is so not gay people joke about it.​Gotta love the L.A. City Council. Not only does it not get anything done, pass silly laws like a cat declawing ban as our streets fester with potholes, and take years to get a grip on issues like marijuana dispensaries (fruitlessly, of course), but ... 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 >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: The Big Lebrewski, Whole Beast Feast, Septemberfest, Pesto Madness, Social Sundays

The Big Lebowski, where the White Russians never stop flowing.​We've already mentioned the three-day Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro (think: Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, food and carnival games), and in case we forget, Jar is also celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special dinner bene ... More >>

Zounds - The Echoplex - 9-18-11

Ron GarmonZounds​By Ron Garmon Zounds, Resist and Exist, Gestapo Khazi The Echoplex 9-18-11 Better than...standing in a hot shower and ripping your own clothes off. When I arrived at the Echoplex lines were snaking in both directions on Glendale Ave. Everywhere were punks and punkettes in w ... More >>

Behind the Scenes: Lady Gaga on Jimmy Kimmel Live

ABC Media/Getty Images​After Wednesday night's disastrous Electric Daisy Carnival screening event in Hollywood, it was clear the cops were on heightened and maximized alert for Lady Gaga's "block party" for Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Alas there was no need. Yes, there were a lot of people m ... More >>

We'll Be Right Back After These Snacks: Food In 5 Talk Show Green Rooms

Flickr/lauren ashleyJimmy Kimmel's green room​ What is a talk show green room? It is the TV-bedecked comfy-couched middle earth between dressing room and stage. It is sometimes (but not always) actually green in color. It is the place where its inhabitants can actually tell if the person who j ... More >>

Carl Kozlowski, Narcoleptic Comedian, Crashed his Car While Asleep at the Wheel: Hilarious!

​ Carl Kozlowski's not about to let narcolepsy keep him from pursuing a career in comedy. Although he's forced to take buses and trains all over L.A. since crashing his car after falling asleep at the wheel in 2003, he keeps busy as co-host -- with Jake Belcher and Brant Thoman -- of the onlin ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/13-6/17

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I sleep better knowing that there is still fried pork leg with onions like this in the world." Ask Mr. Gold: Top 10 Pico Boulevard Eats. "Aside from Sun Chips and soda, Rite Aid's most noteworthy ... More >>

Sex Toy Sales to Rival Smartphone Buys in The Next 10 Years: Stars Like Cameron Diaz Popularize This Booming Lady Business

Cameron Diaz talks about this stuff. For real.​Ring ring. Who is it? It's your libido calling. It wants a new toy. And not an iPhone 4, either. A British study making the rounds this week claims that sex-toy sales will rival smartphone purchases in the next 10 years. Of course, your pocket ro ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/25-4/29

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "To get to Ray's, the new restaurant at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, you thread your way through Chris Burden's streetlamp installation, past the outdoor Stark Bar and into a glowing minima ... More >>

Jamie Oliver and the LAUSD Call Truce: On Jimmy Kimmel's Show

The Jamie Oliver saga continues, played out -- as it has been since the British chef and television star first came to Los Angeles -- in the media more than in any school, cafeteria or kitchen. Oliver and new LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy sat down together finally last night. On the set of Jimmy ... More >>

MS. GRIFFIN AND HER BIG CHRISTMAS BALLS

Are NFL's Chargers Coming To L.A? Rumors Abound That Staples Center Owner Phil Anschutz Has Taken A Stake In The San Diego Team

Los Angeles Chargers?​Updated with Earvin "Magic" Johnson's comments on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. First posted at 11:32 p.m. Tuesday. Laker legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! early Wednesday that he's teamed up with the Anschutz Entertainment Group to bring an NFL team t ... More >>

Jimmy Kimmel's 'National Unfriend Day' Is Almost Over -- But You've Still Got Time!

NNDBOnce mere "friends," Beer and Jimmy are now close without quotation marks​If you don't watch "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", and you wouldn't be the only one, you probably had no clue that today was the unofficial (or official, if you ask him) house-cleaning day for Facebook hoarders everywhere. Ki ... More >>

PROP. 19 FAILED?!? WTF?!

(Video) Discussing Pot Legalization, Jimmy Kimmel Gives A Shout To LA Weekly (Thanks)

Jimmy Kimmel obviously reads LA Weekly.​We here at LA Weekly world headquarters have been on top of California's failed attempt to legalize marijuana like Charlie Sheen on a porn-star bender. All. Over. It. So it was nice to see that the namesake host of Jimmy Kimmel Live this week recognize ... More >>

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IF A MIME PERFORMS AT UCB AND EVERYONE LAUGHS, DID HE MAKE A SOUND?

IT’S JIMMY KIMMEL’S WORLD, WE JUST EAT ZEPOLE IN IT

Audiotistic & Mad Mondays

IF A MIME PERFORMS AT UCB AND EVERYONE LAUGHS, DID HE MAKE A SOUND?

This Week in LA Music: Victory Music, Eagles of Death Metal, Madonna, TV on the Radio, DJ AM and Spinnerette

all photos by Timothy Norris Something big happened that resulted in lots of great music echoing across the land, a Tuesday night became a virtual New Year's Eve, and we rejoiced, as we always do, with music. Erin Broadley snuck backstage and hung with the Eagles of Death Metal before their Jimm ... More >>

Festive! All! Celebrating Lobsters, Cheese, Downtown, Abbot Kinney and Valley Film

What to do in L.A., September 26-October 2

Little Italy in Hollywood

Oscar Shoe Ins/Outs

Missed the Red Carpet pre-Oscars coverage this year (think we may have still been in bed when E! started airing its tedious fawning sessions with Ryan Seacrest) so we actually had to watch the show itself for a fashion fix. There sure was lots of eye candy. Maybe it was just our new hi-def TV, but ... More >>

The Block Is Hot: Hot Chip Take Over the Jimmy Kimmel Show

The Green Room backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel Show is one of the more supremely wonderful places on earth. It's Xanadu--a place specifically designed to hit all the pleasure receptors of the male mind. No matter how refined or cultured you think you might be, it's impossible not to get a little jan ... More >>

Product Placement - The Striker Gourmets

Today was Bring-Your-Kid-to-Picket Day at the WGA strike, and the three-foot-and-under marchers were in abundance proudly waving their signs. A favorite among strikers was a little cutie with a sign that read, "I'm little but I know how to share." She looked so tired from all that marching in the su ... More >>

The Police: Arrested Development

Dodger Stadium, June 23

Un-Fashion Week

I've been unnoticeably absent from Fashion Week this season for no real reason other than I have been doing lots of random shit. It's not 'cause of any beef I may have with Smashbox (even though I am on Fern Mallis' shitlist after accidentally misquoting her in a piece I wrote for the LA Times - she ... More >>

Spankrocked

I had my ass seriously Spankrocked afterhours at the Echo on Friday night, and it hurt pretty good. We were forced to stand outside for an hour in the nasty cold winds because some monkey at the Echo had forgotten to print the will-call list. But it was worth the hypothermia just for the ser ... More >>

From Venus to Venice

Radio Ga-Ga

The Blind Leading the Mauled

White tigers, white men and white mischief

Strange Memes and Nascent Trends

Political Life: Shopping for a Hero

Howard Dean meets the Hollywood Left