Kim Kardashian

Vivid Porn Building Catches Fire

Flames erupted on the rooftop of a building famous for housing the offices of one of the world's largest porn studios, Vivid Entertainment in the Cahuenga Pass. Hot stuff, indeed: Luckily, no one was hurt in the making of this blaze. The fire at 3599 Cahuenga Boulevard near Universal City was repo ... More >>

Warm-Up Comics Have the Toughest Job in Comedy

Getting sitcom audiences laughing -- by hook or by crook

Bizarre Ride: Jeff's Humorous Predictions and Most Anticipated Albums for 2013

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Half of January has elapsed and we've survived. There was no collapse due to fiscal cliff, Central American apocalypse or dubstep deluge. A new year unfu ... More >>

Kim Kardashian & Kanye's New Bel Air Home Has A Real Housewives Connection

As if the prospect of Kim Kardashian wooing East Coast rapper Kanye West to L.A. for an explosive super-coupling not seen since Beyonce and Jay-Z first hid their love, they're buying a house from another celebrity crush. The $11 million, 10,000-square-foot Bel Air abode (with plenty of room in the ... More >>

Here's What Didn't Suck About B.E.T.'s Top 100 Videos Of 2012

On December 31, BET showed their Top 100 videos of the year. It was a block of television that ended at 10 p.m. and began, if I'm remembering accurately, around 48 BC. I'd planned on watching all of it, absorbing the videos and then using that information to reach some grand, great point about rap ... More >>

National Reality TV Awards: Kim Kardashian Didn't Show, But the Helicopter Dude From The Bachelorette Was There

So Kathy Griffin has this term of, well, not endearment -- whatever the opposite of endearment is -- for the Creative Arts Emmys. She calls them "The Schmemmys," basically because they're the nerdy little sister of the Emmys, where the supposedly second-tier awards are given out. We don't know if M ... More >>

Kardashian Ass Man -- A Product of Economic Stress?

This Kardashian phenomenon is really part of a national zeitgeist concerning big butts. Hear us out: The rise of well-proportioned Kim Kardashian and her big-bone-ded sisters corresponds to the national malaise we call the Great Recession (2007-2009) and beyond. According to new research published ... More >>

Kim Kardashian 'Aurora Dress' Promoted After Dark Knight Massacre: Boutique Apologizes

See also: *Dark Knight Massacre: LAPD Sends Undercover Cops Into Area Theaters. From the Department of Too Soon comes news of this unfortunate Twitter FAIL: An online fashion retailer called Celeb Boutique was feeling the heat today after it capitalized on the trending popularity of the term Auror ... More >>

Kardashians 'Terrorized, Tasered' Me at Disney World, Claims Serial Litigant; Judge Issues Best Order Ever

Gino Romano, a New York resident who is apparently obsessed with the Kardashians (like in a not-normal way, like a beyond reading-tabloid-dirt-when-you're-supposed-to-be-working way) filed yet another ridiculous lawsuit against the Calabasas family on June 15. Among his alleged reasons for seeking ... More >>

Prince Just Turned 54: Some Required Reading

By Reed Fischer If Prince was sticking to his Jehovah's Witness faith, he didn't celebrate his 54th birthday last week. (The religion considers birthdays pagan.) And, giving him gifts is pointless anyhow, because he's probably at the point where he has everything -- purple, anyhow -- already. Not ... More >>

Angelyne to Auction Off 'Celebrity' Memorabilia

Angelyne is the original zero threat, a star in her own mind without any discernible talent besides self-promotion. As such she paved the way for legions of self-styled stars -- Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian -- who have made a living off pure fame. It's not clear if Angelyne, whose heyday was in th ... More >>

POM Wonderful Health Claims Might Not Be So Wonderful After All, Judge Rules

First the Federal Trade Commission took on the those butt-shaping shoes that were supposed to help you get a Kim Kardashian derriere, now a federal judge upheld on a complaint by the FTC that the healthful claims surrounding POM Wonderful juice products are deceptively unsubstantiated.

Skechers Don't Give You Kardashian Booty, Unfortunately

You bought a pair of Skechers Shape-ups and you still don't have Kim Kardashian's behind? You could get a refund. Really. In announcing its settlement with the Manhattan Beach footwear company, the Federal Trade Commission cited the firm's marketing claim -- which was made, in part, via an endor ... More >>

Kim Kardashian, Adorable Armenian Children Call for Recognition of Armenian Genocide

The myriad Armenians of Los Angeles County took to the streets today -- and to the Internet, brave new frontier for social justice! -- to call for global recognition of the "forgotten holocaust" of 1915. Thousands of protesters marched down Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards this morning/afternoon, li ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Ponders Politics And a Return to Her Ancestral Homeland, Glendale: VIDEO

Kim Kardashian, ribbed on Saturday Night Live over the weekend as a non-acting, non-dancing, non-singing "zero threat," says she's going to run for mayor. Mayor of Glendale. Add one more non-skill to that plate. On an unaired clip from her sister's reality show, Khloe & Lamar, Kardashian says she ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #5-1

*Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #15-11 *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #10-6 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List 5. Avril Lavigne Combining ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Only Celebrity in History to Reject White Powder: VIDEO

When some celebrities have a night on the town in West Hollywood and white powder comes their way, it's more than all good: It's a party. When it happens to Kim Kardashian, it's an international incident -- enough to get the tight-lipped L.A. County Sheriff's Department to issue an official statem ... More >>

Porn Industry Says Ex-Performers (Stacie Halas, Shawn Loftis) Shouldn't be Banned From Teaching

So you did a little performing in your younger days -- like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian. And? Should that mean you can't be a successful reality show star or even a teacher? The case of Stacie Halas, the Oxnard school teacher accused of having performed in adult video, has set the porn industry ... More >>

Kardashian Sisters' Fur Peddling at Their DASH Stores Draws Ire of Animal Rights Activists

The Kardashian sisters can't escape the sour taste of haterade these days. First there was a movement to get Kim to pay more taxes (she saw a California rate of 10.3 percent in 2010 even though she made $12 million). Then there was the post-divorce-announcement boycott of all things Kim (and, theref ... More >>

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Pirate, Robot or Ninja? UCB Vet Billy Merritt's Theory on the Three Types of Improv Performers

Robyn Von Swank www.vonswank.comVeteran improviser Billy Merritt​ There are plenty of theaters, cafés, basements, and even back alleys where you can catch a long form improv show in L.A. these days, with more teams promoting the form than there are jokes about Kim Kardashian. The options ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Owes $93,000 in Taxes: Let The Occupy Backlash Begin

Kim Kardashian was recently targeted by the Courage Campaign for her relatively low tax rate: Despite her $12 million income in 2010, she paid a rate slightly higher than someone who made $47,000 that year. "Tell Kim Kardashian to Pay Her Fair Share," the group declared. Turns out Kim K. isn't the ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Boycott: It's On

America, the strange. As the middle class shrinks like wet sand under a hot sun, we continue to be fascinated by the good life. Are we living vicariously or holding on to that '80s pipe dream of upward mobility? Last month the Census Bureau reported that, by new measures, including spending power, ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Should be Taxed More in California, Video by Courage Campaign Says

We once joked that "Occupy that ass" could be the silly title of a porn spoof but, as they say, this shit is real. The class-warfare train is about a six-pack away from literally marching with pitchforks to the good side of the tracks, and the latest salvo aims at millionaire tabloid candy Kim Kard ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Reportedly Paid $600K to Party in Vegas on NYE

You know you've done something right, in life, when you find yourself sorting through half-million dollar offers just to show up and do a little V.I.P. shimmy at some cush Vegas hotspot on New Year's Eve, while the rest of the world panics over which miserable laser pit is worth a week's wages. The ... More >>

Angel City Eats: Where Joe Friday Kim Kardashian Meet Over Donuts This Weekend

jgarbeeA Gumdrop Sculpture In Progress​Beginning this weekend at Gallery KM, Joe Friday ("Dragnet") gets to spend the next six weeks with Kim Kardashian. We're sure that Mr. Friday is thrilled. At least there will be plenty of yin-yang marshmallows and food-inspired sculptures on hand. The e ... More >>

Kris Humphries Accuses Kim Kardashian of 'Fraud' Marriage: Was L.A. Comedian Rob Delaney Right All Along?

Updated at the bottom: Delaney says he's proud of Humphries for being "shaken awake from his torpor" -- and giving some "steam" to the comedian's own class-action suit, to boot. NBA meathead Kris Humphries is trying to annul his unfortunate 72-day marriage with Calabassas princess Kim Kardashian, a ... More >>

Rob Delaney, L.A. Comedian, Wants to Sue Kim Kardashian Over 'Sham' Wedding; Kim, Lawyers Call BS

Kiss, dammit. You promised!​Kim Kardashian has finally responded, albeit indirectly, to Los Angeles comedian Rob Delaney's threat to sue her in a viral column for Vice Magazine. His grounds? Delaney tells the Weekly that L.A.'s Armenian princess defrauded the public, and perhaps E! advertiser ... More >>

Don Heller, Same Lawyer Who Wrote California Death Penalty, Now Fighting to Abolish It

calwatchdog.comThe California death chamber: Even more expensive than it is terrifying.​The court of public opinion was in an uproar yesterday, both in the hours before and after Georgia man Troy Davis was executed by the government for a crime he maintains he didn't commit. By this morning, # ... More >>

iPhone 5 Could be Coming in September: Illustrations Show a Sleek New Version of Apple's Hipster Handset

Ay mamacita.​So you're one of the legions of Echo Park hipsters who proudly threw down your summer internship stipend for the boxy iPhone 4? Haw-haw. The smart guys and girls at Macrumors have put together illustrations of what they think the next iPhone will look like, and it's so much cool ... More >>

Carmageddon, Day 1: Cyclists, Joggers, DUI Suspect Brave Empty 405 Freeway; Rest of L.A. Stays Home

John M. via FoursquareThe Wolfpack, high off their big win against JetBlue (and a city of cars) today.​The first day of the big 405 closure was disgustingly sunny, carefree, car-free, and otherwise lovely. We'd go so far as to say there's been a magical warm-and-fuzzy feeling in the air -- ma ... More >>

Penis Photos: Why Women Don't Want to See Them

​Men are strange creatures. We create something long and hard -- like, say, The King's Speech -- and we want everyone to see it. This applies to photos of one's penis, of course. And the joke is that women would much rather see a picture of your bank account. But seriously, men are so clueles ... More >>

Nude Photos, Video Taken of About One of Every Four Americans, Says Playboy Sex Survey

Christopher Lee.​We watch too much TV. Because Americans continually seem to have this distance between fantasy and reality. No, you're not a porn star. And "fit" doesn't mean 40 pounds overweight (although it could mean relatively fit in this country). But, damn, we love ourselves. Even nak ... More >>

Can Reality TV Ever Really Rock?

Lina Lecaro Reality's realest rockin couple (from Cali): Millionaire Matchmaker's Rachel Federoff and Destin Pfaff at Svedka party.​This past weekend, LA played host to the "Reality Rocks Expo," a two-day celebration of "reality, unscripted, factual, and lifestyle" television at the LA Convent ... More >>

Time's 140 Best Twitter Feeds: Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Harry Reid Lord Voldemort

If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>

Could Hosni Mubarak End Up in L.A? He Reportedly Owns Property in Beverly Hills

Hosni of Beverly Hills?​Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down Friday after weeks of unrest on the streets of Cairo and Alexandria. The question for us is, could he come to L.A? Mubarak is widely reported to own property on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills -- and somewhere on that ... More >>

30 Burgers in 30 Days: Fun with Buns at Rounds Premium Burgers (Day 4)

Sitting at the windowside counter at Rounds Premium Burgers in West Hollywood, watching drunk and soon-to-be-drunk clubgoers flit from bar to bar, we couldn't stop thinking about buns. Specifically, brioche buns, the de facto frame for every upscale burger, often lending them an unearned gravitas. ... More >>

Porn Protesters Target Biggest Adult Video Maker, Vivid Entertainment, Near Universal City

VividDid Kim Kardashian violate state law?​The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's war against condom-free porn struck at the heart of the adult industry Thursday when AHF organizers held a press conference in front of the Universal City-area headquarters of the globe's leading smut maker, Vivid Ente ... More >>

Top L.A. Twitter Slang, According To Study: omw, tacos, raining, coo, bomb, papi, af, nada, MICKEY, #KOBE... And More

Getty Imageswyd Kim Kardashian? nada, omw​And all this time we thought our Internet speak was universal -- connecting sea to shining sea for a big jolly Twittery universe. Nope, say researchers at Carnegie Melon University in Pennsylvania, who went totally 2011 on the linguistic community and ... More >>

Ray-J To Follow Kim Kardashian Sex Tape With Bid For Mayor Of Carson?

Now that's the kind of mug we want to see on the City of Carson website​Stick to what you're good at, man. "Singer" and "actor" Ray-J -- most famous for his grainy romp with Valley sex symbol Kim Kardashian -- told AllHipHop.com on Dec. 8 that he wants to be mayor of Carson, California. It's ... More >>

Did Christina Aguilera Leak Her Own Sexy Pictures? (NSFW)

​Today Gawker confirms that the naked nude semi-naked sexy pictures purporting to show Christina Aguilera scantily-clad in burlesque gear are indeed semi-naked sexy pictures of Christina Aguilera. Do you think Christina Aguilera, or someone close to her, despite the usual vocal outrage, leaked ... 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 >>

Mystery Dance Track Leaks: Early Reports It's LA's Armenian-American Princess Kim Kardashian Backed by The Neptunes Denied, Still Would Make Great Ad Music for the ShakeWeight

Shake Shake Shake​Billboard got egg on its proverbial, industry-fellating face this morning when it released a "leaked" dance track that purported to be a collaboration between Kim Kardashian and The Dream. Then they had to backtrack, after everyone's favorite/least favorite (America: so spli ... More >>

Meatballs Kim Kardashian = Ball-o-riffic Trend

Clint PeraltaCiao Balla​ It's the food version of crowdsourcing: Stand in line at a food truck, debate out loud about what to eat, and something like group hysteria swells through the line. And if you're at the Great Balls on Tires truck, a pun-filled, ball-o-riffic madness starts to roll off ... More >>

Ann Magnuson's Panties Apparently More Offensive Than Racism and Kim Kardashian's Ass, According to Facebook's Censors

A quick followup to the "Anne Magnuson Banned From Facebook" post: Here are a few examples (gleaned from a very cursory, 5-minute troll through Facebook) of the kind of things the social media network has not banned, while CENSORING ANN MAGNUSON FOR HER PANTIES. [All photos taken LIVE from Faceboo ... More >>

Today in WTF: Smells Like Teen Usher!

​For some unfathomable reason, celebrities often partner up with ginormous cosmetics cartels and release fragrances. These stunts are usually accompanied by some press conference and junket where, say, Britney, Kim Kardashian, the tattoed guy from Buckcherry who loves da cocane, or whoever is ... More >>

Last Night: Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Celebrity Cult of the DJ Hero

The economy isn't entirely moribund, it's just that the real money's in wish fulfillment. At least that's the logical conclusion gained from last night's star-scarred Jay-Z and Eminem concert promoting DJ Hero, the latest sure-to-be-blockbuster installment of the Guitar Hero Franchise -- an event th ... More >>

Eminem and Jay-Z to Play at Wiltern Tonight for DJ Hero Launch (UPDATED)

Hot Monday night in LA: Eminem and Jay-Z are doing a surprise show at the Wiltern tonight to promote their new relationship with DJ Hero, the hugely anticipated (and contentious) new game from Activision's Hero franchise. Below is an exclusive look at DJ Hero: The two rap superstars recently si ... More >>

Pucker Up: Best and Worst of Sex 2007

Tristan's annual roundup of toothbrush vibrators, anti-porn ribbons, and a kinky kingdom

Nightranger: Role Model in the Brown Bottle

And glamour ghouls