This week, there's a game show-style showdown in Santa Monica, a print fair at LACMA and a film that tours through facets of pre-invasion Baghdad showing in Eagle Rock. 5. Justin Bieber's leftovers Art Is Shit Editions, a fairly young, L.A.-based art publishing company that produces objects as well ... More >>
By Brittany Spanos At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? "Serious" music fans have little patience for any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market. It's why we non-teen-girls only divulge our love for Justin Bieber and One Direction with a "self-aware" laugh. Se ... More >>
Updated at the bottom more details from cops. Headline has changed. First posted at 10:19 p.m. Tuesday. A young photographer reportedly shooting Justin Bieber's Ferrari during a traffic stop was killed when he was struck by a car in the Sepulveda Pass. Bieber was not in the white Ferrari 458 Italia ... More >>
Cops today said that the big bad wolf responsible for some of the celebrity mayhem known as "swatting" has been arrested. This would-be hardened criminal wreaked havoc on the LAPD when officers rushed to the homes of Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and possibly others based on false reports of home ... More >>
The third presidential debate, this one focused on foreign policy, took a detour to Southern California when the candidates argued about the auto industry. While Mitt Romney defended his 2008 stance to "let Detroit go bankrupt," he criticized the Obama administration's federal loans for Southern Ca ... More >>
Justin Bieber might have been the victim of a "swatting" prank early today, when deputies went to his Calabasas home on "false" reports of an assault, according to our reading of an L.A. Sheriff's Department statement. This as he tweeted that "personal footage" on a "computer and camera" were taken ... More >>
In what some might see as a disturbing moove move in the whole Frankenfood trend, cows in New Zealand have been genetically engineered to produce hypoallergenic milk. The target consumer is the 1.3 million children with milk allergies (which apparently includes nauseous young Justin Bieber). (What ... More >>
As Jerry Seinfeld might say: What's the deal with all these crazy names for musician fan bases, like Lady Gaga's "Little Monsters" and Justin Bieber's "Beliebers"? It's all wrapped up in the tradition of fan clubs, which have been around at least since 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie coupled an Elvi ... More >>
While L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine thought Justin Bieber should have been arrested for what he said was a 100-mile-per-hour exhibition of speed with paparazzi in tow on an L.A. freeway this month, the L.A. City Attorney has instead targeted one of the photographers. Paul Raef, a 30-year-old fre ... More >>
OMG, it's Biebs and his heart-shaped gondola! Can Justin Bieber's music actually destroy your hearing? A Portland, Oregon, mom claims that it's done just that -- filing a lawsuit yesterday alleging that she suffered "hearing loss, severe tinnitus and hyperacusis" in both ears after enduring a July ... More >>
By Dan Moore *Wherein We Hilariously Predict Katy Perry's 2012 *Reviewed: Katy Perry at the Staples Center, 11-22-11 *Katy Perry Ties Michael Jackson; Sign of the Apocalypse? Not So Much Katy Perry: Part of Me came out last weekend, and early returns are not great. Friday-to-Sunday it made $7.1 mi ... More >>
That alleged, 100-mile-per-hour high-speed chase we told you about Friday wasn't all Justin Bieber's fault. At least that's what he's telling authorities. Bieber filed a "harassment complaint" against one paparazzo who he says was part of the chase, according to TMZ. According to TMZ's reading of ... More >>
Updated at the bottom: Zine tells us what happened. First posted at 12:44 p.m. L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine opened a can of verbal whoop ass on Justin Bieber after he spotted the pop star speeding in Sherman Oaks this morning. Biebs got a speeding ticket for driving in excess of 65 miles an ho ... More >>
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Updated at the bottom with momentous news from the sheriff's department. First posted at 7 a.m. We're not sure when, exactly, Justin Bieber joined the world of Lindsay Lohan -- that dark side where your work takes a back seat to your run-ins with paparazzi and the law -- but it might have been this ... More >>
[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" Preemptive Note: Before we get into this, and I don't think this is weird to mention because it's so obviously true, but you'l ... More >>
On the second day of the absurdly viral #StopKony campaign, Hollywood jumped on board. Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Oprah and the rest Tweeted a 30-minute documentary produced by non-profit organization Invisible Children to millions of followers -- making the hip, clickable Joseph Kony awareness drive ... More >>
If you're looking for a Justin Bieber clone who can rap with all the finesse and complexity of a fourth-grader, LidoLido is your boy and "Chop It Up" is your song. The Norwegian teen "hip-hop" "star" (we use both of those words loosely) has channeled his love of "the entire American lifestyle" inclu ... More >>
If you're looking for a Justin Bieber clone who can rap with all the finesse and complexity of a fourth-grader, LidoLido is your boy and "Chop It Up" is your song. The Norwegian teen "hip-hop" "star" (we use both of those words loosely) has channeled his love of "the entire American lifestyle" inclu ... More >>
jake.auzzieBaby Beebs.Good thing it's looking more and more like that 20-year-old woman's baby-daddy claim against L.A.'s own underage heartthrob Justin Bieber is a crock. Turns out that teen boys who have sex at a younger age could end up with, well, smaller parts. Yeah, and you thought tha ... More >>
FacebookYeater.That story about a San Diego 20-year-old who claimed to have given birth to Justin Bieber's baby sounded a little far-fetched to us. As we noted, the teen singer's hair style is enough to repel coital relations. And then there was the issue, brought up here pretty early on, th ... More >>
Yeater on Facebook.Forgive us if we gloat. But we brought this to your attention early on: The woman who has filed a paternity suit against Justin Bieber admits that she allegedly had sex with him when he was underage (he still is) and she wasn't. Turns out the LAPD figured this out too. Off ... More >>
Hip-hop fanatic Justin BieberSee also: What Will Be The Most Popular Music-Related Halloween Costumes This Year? And How Can They Be Made Slutty? Rivaling his teenie fans' feelings for him, Justin Bieber has a big case of hip-hop fever. Despite being known for unabashedly poppy tunes, the Bi ... More >>
By Lina Lecaro and Andrea Domanick Nothing is a more fun cultural zeitgeist indicator than what folks wear for Halloween. And, of course, musical personalities are prime fodder. So here are our predictions for what will be the most common music costumes this year. Of course, despite the fa ... More >>
[Editor's Note: Fuck Guilt Pleasures celebrates the over-produced, commercial, artless, lowbrow music that we believe is genuinely worthwhile. Like, among the best music ever.] It was fall 2005, and I was sitting in an Internet café in Berlin. Juelz Santana's "There It Go (The Whistle Song) ... More >>
Justin Bieber loves hot jumping beans. And bacon, pigs' feet, red Kool-Aid and ham. At least he loves them in this spoof of "That Should Be Me," which raises bad lip reading to an art form, transforming the song of heartbreak into an ode to food. Like one wag commented on YouTube, we prefer to bel ... More >>
YouTubeLo queria verrrrrWhen Justin Bieber plays Los Angeles, it's teen-spirit mayhem, no doubt. And when Justin Bieber plays New York, things get way totally out of hand, for sure. (To the chaotic tune of possible assault. Though to the shrieking tween hordes, it might as well have been an a ... More >>
As we noted earlier in the day, Forbes does not consider the Black Eyed Peas a rap group. But that's okay, because will.i.am is a scientist! No, not a "hip hop scientist" who makes beats in the "lab." And, technically, not the real kind of scientist either. But, he thinks science is very im ... More >>
This is a cause very close to my heart We knew Carmageddon was gonna be near-apocalyptic, but if even celebrities who never have to lay a finger on a steering wheel for the rest of their lives are getting involved, consider us very, very scared. Justin Bieber's lending his voice (just as lo ... More >>
No. So what if he has 10,805,222 (and counting) followers on Twitter? Justin Bieber can't sell magazines. The teen heartthrob (sorry, gross), who was on the cover of February's Vanity Fair , has only sold 246,000 copies of the magazine so far, giving him the honor of being VF's lowest-selli ... More >>
Ok--bear with us: Justin Bieber had a very distinctive look up until he got a wretched haircut. Said look, many people agreed, was similar to the look of certain young lesbians. It was inevitable someone would create the blog "Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber". Then the TV news go ... More >>
courtesy Food Network The Food Network has just sent us today's incredibly strange image: a man proudly displaying an ice sculpture of Justin Bieber's head. From the Food Network: This morning on Good Day LA, Randy Finch (focus of Food Network's new primetime series, Ice Brigade, premierin ... More >>
Yup--it had to happen: Odd Future's Tyler the Creator took his picture with Justin Bieber (post-haircut). OFWGKTA is the Charlie Sheen of surreal nerd hip-hop: they do whatever the fuck they want. With Justin Bieber. Watch and weep:
Yup--it had to happen: Odd Future's Tyler the Creator took his picture with Justin Bieber (post-haircut). OFWGKTA is the Charlie Sheen of surreal nerd hip-hop: they do whatever the fuck they want. With Justin Bieber. Watch and weep:
The Bieb has had to learn some tough lessons since becoming one of the world's biggest child pop stars. (Remember that whole gay-bashing thing? Can't a lil' millionaire play laser tag without being harassed?) Well, here comes another one. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, cover star Jus ... More >>
The Bieb has had to learn some tough lessons since becoming one of the world's biggest child pop stars. (Remember that whole gay-bashing thing? Can't a lil' millionaire play laser tag without being harassed?) Well, here comes another one. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, cover star Jus ... More >>
2space.netAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOK, we admit it: We've got the fever. So do the Kardashian sisters, apparently, because they can't seem to stop Tweeting about their Valentine's Day plans to go see "Never Say Never," Justin Bieber's new biopic. Even the least-hot married one is trippin'. Borderin ... More >>
We were reading this very interesting recent article on new trends in social media by Brian Solis (worth checking out--read it here on his blog) when we noticed this neat word cloud of words people use the most on their Twitter profiles. Solis interprets the chart as evidence that Tweeterers ... More >>
We were reading this very interesting recent article on new trends in social media by Brian Solis (worth checking out--read it here on his blog) when we noticed this neat word cloud of words people use the most on their Twitter profiles. Solis interprets the chart as evidence that Tweeterers ... More >>
What do a Texas cheerleader, a parking lot attendant, OnSmash.com, and the founders of Pirate Bay have in common? If you guessed "alleged criminals" you are correct!
X-17The horror.L.A. experienced some scary things this Halloween season, including a mysterious death at the old Millennium Biltmore Hotel, two fires at another vintage hotel, the Mayfair in Westlake, and a lot of people dancing the "Time Warp." But nothing beats the fright of seeing dozens ... More >>
On four wheels, no later than 7 p.m.
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Ok, this is gonna be short: Justin Bieber has just been nominated for a BET award. A Black Entertainment Television award. Can we wake up from this national nightmare now? Please?
Ok, this is gonna be short: Justin Bieber has just been nominated for a BET award. A Black Entertainment Television award. Can we wake up from this national nightmare now? Please?
No matter how indier than thou you think you are music-wise, uber pop hits can make it into your consciousness, whether you like it or not. Unless you make an adamant point of blocking them, these ubiquitous confections need not be heard on mainstream radio like KIIS FM, either. They will seep in vi ... More >>
[From one of our sibling alt-weeklies, St. Louis' Riverfront Times, comes this LA-related find by music editor Annie Zaleski:] According to this Etsy listing, "Both groups have caused riots, both embrace DIY." Someone named Josiah Hughes is selling the following home-screened T-shirt, which feature ... More >>
Funny or Die is often more die than funny (for starters, every single video runs about a 45 seconds too long). There are exceptions: that thing with Will Ferrell and the baby landlord everyone likes, their republishing of Human Giant clips (including the funniest thing we've seen all year), etc. Bu ... More >>
Justin Bieber.The manager of teen pop sensation Justin Bieber turned himself in to authorities Wednesday after he was arrested for refusing a cop's order to tweet that an out-of-control appearance in Long Island, New York by the singer was called off. Scott "Scooter" Braun pleaded not guilty ... More >>
O-to-the-M-F-ing-G! Justin Bieber wants you to be on a poster!
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