John Wayne

Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including Experimental Babysitting

This week, a pop-up show features cowboys more heart-wrenched and wavering than conventionally macho, and a museum remembers a friar's role in shaping Southern California. 5. Experimental babysitting Artist Jay Erker, who is certified in CPR and first aid, will provide free childcare at Raid Proje ... More >>

The Lone Ranger Is Such Disney Overkill That It Even Wastes Johnny Depp

This Book Will Challenge Everything You Thought You Knew About The Searchers

If you're embittered Civil War veteran John Wayne and Indians kill your brother's family, burn down the family farm and abduct your cute 8-year-old niece (who might actually be your biological daughter), naturally you have to set out on an obsessive quest to rescue her and bring her back to white ma ... More >>

Burbank Airport Is Cheapest in U.S. (Boo Ya)

Of all the hyper-local secrets that hardcore Angelenos love to keep in their arsenal -- hidden parking lots, shifty food trucks, shortcuts through Marina del Raaaey -- the best-loved is, without doubt, the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. LAX is for tourists and noobs, duh! And without fail, every time ... More >>

Give These Guys a Hand!

The Longest Day Starts at 9 a.m.

Full Metal Jousting: Will Riding Horses While Stabbing People Ever be Cool?

"Why are cowboys cooler than knights?" Gary Kuchan asks himself, cradling the plastic pint of beer he's just picked up at a Honda Center concession stand. "Knights got their fair share of tail, don't get me wrong, but not like a cowboy." Over ten thousand spectators clad in Wranglers and Stetsons l ... More >>

Meet Kinny Jung, The Potato Guy At Weiser Farms' Wearing The John Wayne Hat His Mashed Potato Secrets

Sure, your local farmer's market is a great place to find produce. But it can also be a great place to find a circa 1968 hard hat from the John Wayne movie Hellfighters. "Yeah, I collect quirky things," said Kinny Jung, whom you'll often find working behind Weiser Farms' stand at the Wednesday and S ... More >>

Top 5 Good Eats Episodes Alton Brown's Good Eats 3: The Later Years Cookbook Out Soon

Amazon​If you've been in Alton Brown withdrawal since the Food Network aired the last episode of Good Eats back in May, perhaps secretly watching episodes on YouTube when you should have been watching, well, the Food Network I guess, you now have something to look forward to. Brown's third Goo ... More >>

Casey Anthony: Rumors Abound That She Has Come to Southern California

YfrogCasey and friend.​Updated after the jump with one local reporter saying Anthony wasn't on the plane to SoCal. First posted at 1:08 p.m. Southern California is home to the celebrity who gets off. And we're not just talking about Charlie Sheen. You know: OJ Simpson. Lindsay Lohan. Phil S ... More >>

Kiddies of the Canyon

Battle: Los Angeles

True Grit Movie Review

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

Festival of (In)appropriation: Zack Morris Gets a Blow Job ...

... and other gems

RONA BARES IT

Cowboy Down

Murdered Arizona rancher Rob Krentz's family talk about his life and death

Lynda Kay Parker: Country & Western the Hard Way

AFI Fest Short-Film Showcase: Good Things, Small Packages

Dick Cheney on ice and GI Joes in flagrante delicto

Don't Mix Tequila With Irish Stout

HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY AUCTIONS

Let the bidding begin

Today in Photographs: March 25, 1958

Take Five:  John Wayne, Maurice Chevalier and Anthony Quinn share some downtime during an Academy Awards rehearsal with the show's producer, Jerry Wald.Photo: L.A. Times/UCLA CollectionClick image to enlarge

Mexican Tampon Conspiracy

Better Late Than Never: Howard Hawks at LACMA

Retrospective surveys indomitable director’s final films

Today in Photographs: January 16, 1946

John Wayne applies for marriage license with his future bride, Mexican film actress Esperanza Baur.  (And no, that's not Frances Farmer in the background.) (Photo: L.A. Times/UCLA Digital Collection)

Oliver Stone on W., and the President Who Would Be John Wayne

The son also rises

Best Stuff De France: Charme D'Antan

Pachuco: The Linguistic Origins

Plus, the story on Orange County's ahistoricity

Shaw Brothers' Studio of Flying Daggers

LAFF resurrects classics and curios from a legendary Chinese film dynasty

New Laws 2008: Arnold's Orderly Guide to Living

No more driving while holding a cell, and other unpleasantness

Stroll of Fame

Following the WGA parade through Hollywood.

The Listener

In his 11th film as director, Robert Benton keeps his ear to the ground of human emotions

The Last Drive-in

Taking in the air at the county’s only “ozoner”

Go Fourth and Boomify!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Track of the Cat

The John Ford Film Collection, The John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection

Smokey and the Bandit: Special Edition

Tough Guys, Effete Snobs and Mad Women

Introducing Europa Editions

Last Chance for a Full Cincinnati*!

Jacques et Jim

In a reversal of the usual cultural exchange, a classic of the American independent cinema gets remade by a French admirer

Two Bernsteins

Revolutions Per Minute

Behind the Scenes

Phil Stern shows what a “dumb-fucking illiterate schmuck” can do with a camera

Gunman’s Walk

Western noir and the road back from Bataan

The Back Story

Holy Shiite

Body of Work

Jorge Rivero, king of the real Mexican cinema

Explaining John Ford

The definitive account of America’s greatest filmmaker

Man of the West

Legendary director Budd Boetticher

Landmarks

Faceless Defacement

Leisure alternatives for those who covet the indirect ray