Kate Hudson

The Evolution of Melissa McCarthy

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *12 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2013 To watch Melissa McCarthy as lovable chef Sookie St. James on seven seasons of the Gilmore Girls was to see an actress perfect the art of playing a sidekick. As best friend of the show's protagonist, Lorelai Gilmore (Laur ... More >>

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Duel Over Celebrity Vote in L.A. Mayoral Race

It's always fun to see who the cool kids -- i.e., celebrities -- line up with come election season, and this year's mayoral race is starting to attract that kind of attention. L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti recently rolled out a video starring a gushing Salma Hayek. Now it's City Controller Wend ... More >>

Chris Robinson: Rock Star Revisionist

Once a rock and roll cliché, the former Black Crowes frontman re-writes his character

The Sublime Webb Sisters

Operation Cupcake: MI6 Secretly Replaced Al Qaeda's Bombs with Cupcakes

Turning swords into plowshares is all well and good, but MI6 has a better idea: turning bombs into delicious cupcakes. In a sweet bit of counter-terrorism that also reads like the plot of a Kate Hudson rom-com,* the British spy agency got hold of Al Qaeda's first English language publication, Insp ... More >>

Ten Movies Coming Out This Weekend, Including Thor, The Beaver, Something Borrowed and Jumping the Broom

Thor​ Ten movies coming out this weekend, with reviews from our print edition: 10. The summer tentpoles are coming, and this week we have Kenneth Branagh's Thor, which Eric Hynes says is "an astonishingly awkward marriage of ancient Norse mythology and 21st-century nonsense and "works too har ... More >>

LA Fashion Week- Boho Style at Vibiana, Bangin' Bods at Viper Room & St. Patty's Day Prancing

Concept FW's arty cool cluster of events and installations and Project Ethos' massive (made for mass appeal) event at Avalon; The Gallery LA's lineup this weekend at Sunset-Gower Studios and countless boutique bashes celebrating designer creations in more intimate spaces (Sue Wong in a Hollywood est ... More >>

Interview: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Awakens Sleeping Corpses With New Book

​ We've often referred to ourselves as the "Where's Waldo" of L.A. music and nightlife, and now that our pal Sean Yseult has released her new book, I'm In The Band- Backstage Notes From The Chick In White Zombie, we really feel that way. Yseult, who was a founding member and bass player fo ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Restrepo, Eyes Wide Open, The Sun Behind the Clouds

Also, Knight and Day, Raavan, The Killer Inside Me and more

The Killer Inside Me: In a Dark Place

Michael Winterbottom finds his depth

Movie Reviews: The City of Your Final Destination, Oceans, Five Easy Pieces

Also, Paper Man, Handmade Nation, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D and more

Only in LA: Laura Palmer's Mom Joins Original Groupie Pamela Des Barres for Strange Echo Park Event

​Attention fans of bizarro television and legendary groupies: Fishbowl LA announces a literary event tonight in Echo Park featuring Laura Palmer's mom and the archetype for Kate Hudson's role in Almost Famous! That's right--Twin Peaks' Grace Zabriskie will be reading her poetry at vintage sto ... More >>

Nine: So You Think You Can Direct

Rob Marshall tries to connect the dance numbers

THE LAND OF GIANTS: PMK-HBH AND BNC

A new Hollywood PR merger and best-ever box office

The Ugly Truth: Katherine Heigl Needs a New Agent.

Just Another Ho-Hum Romantic Comedy at Best.

Steve Jones Releases Statement on the Future of Jonesy's Jukebox

Steve Jones has released a farewell note to his fans via his publicist after the shuttering of Indie 103.1 earlier today, and hints that Jonesy's Jukebox may return elsewhere on the dial. Here is the press release: STEVE JONES AND HIS FLAGSHIP "JONESY'S JUKEBOX" RADIO SHOW BID FAREWELL TO INDIE 10 ... More >>

Bride Wars, Not Easily Broken, The Unborn

Also, Tracing Cowboys and Yonkers Joe

Stage Raw: Director-Teacher Milton Katselas dies at 75

Movie Reviews: Choke, August Evening, Eagle Eye, Nights in Rodanthe

Also, Freebird, The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela and more

Short Cuts

Katy Perry, Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna and Ghetto Gloss at the Clubhouse

Foxtail Wagging

Bolthouse unlocked; playing out; reel rock & roll

Ron Burkle: Poor Little Rich Grocer

L.A.'s billionaire confronts life without the Clintons or instant White House access

Updated: Ron Burkle, Poor Little Rich Grocer

L.A.'s billionaire confronts life without the Clintons and instant White House access

Fool's Gold: McConaughey and Hudson Plumb the Depths

Sunken treasure

Dream Dames

And straight mates

Where Bling Never Dies

A swag tour of the MTV Movie Awards

The Holiday: Trading Spaces

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

Dina Bar-El: Red Carpet Safe

Angela Basset sat in the front row across from me at the Dina Bar-El Show, eyeing the gowns with a cautious look. All of dresses were perfect for premieres, award shows, and trophy wife fundraising. But few I felt were really flashbulb magnets. They were the kinds of dresses you'd see on the cast ... More >>

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Three’s a crowd in You, Me and Dupree

Look Hot, Stay Cool

Poolside fashion and beauty tips, as seen on your local hipster

Cash, Grass and Ass

Slushed in 2003

Untamed and Untouchable

The indomitable heroines of Le Divorce and Sandstorm

Children of Paradise

Dostoyevsky Lite

Rob Reiner’s Alex & Emma, plus The Hard Word

Give Us Liberty or At Least Give Us Dinner

Edited by Kateri Butler

Street Action

The Raw and the Cooked

Edited by Kateri Butler

Almost Infamous

There and back with Punkin Pie

Signs of 'Arrival'

Gonna Make You Groove

Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous

200 Cigarettes and 20 Dates