Kim Kardashian

Yeezus: Good, Not Great, and Quite Misogynist

Once in a while Kanye West goes ahead and does something that's truly impressive. You can't always tell this because, for West, there's no difference between an act of genius and being a genius. For him, genius doesn't stem from action; genius is an extension of his very state of being. His unwave ... More >>

Kate Nash - Sonos Studio - 5/22/13

Kate Nash Sonos Studio 5/22/13 "Life is too short to be with dickheads," Kate Nash advised a roomful of several hundred fans last night at Sonos Studio, a gallery-cum-performance space on La Brea. The British singer was talking about the recent death of one of her close friends and former backup si ... More >>

Hanksy, the Banksy-Meets-Tom Hanks Street Artist, Tells Us the Secrets to Spoofing Celebrities

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Banksy is so 2010. Hanksy, the similarly secretive street artist and love child of Banksy and Tom Hanks, is reaching his own level of notoriety thanks to his celeb-inspired murals, the subject of Gallery 1988 ... More >>

Alicia Estrada: Stop Staring! Fashionista

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. When an acquaintance delivered Alicia Estrada a message from God in late 2011, it wasn't the first time that a man she hardly knew told her something that would change her life ... More >>

Roger Ballen Directed Rap Group Die Antwoord's Crazy-Popular 'I Fink U Freeky' Video. Now He Has an Art Show in Beverly Hills

On a quiet day in Beverly Hills, right around the corner from Rodeo Drive, Die Antwoord's "I Fink U Freeky" blasts through a white-walled gallery. A walk inside reveals a bathtub in which a mannequin stands with plastic body parts strewn beneath it, as furry, black rats crawl around. Parts of the wa ... More >>

Farrah Abraham's Sex Tape Hits The Internet May 6

The onetime star of MTV's Teen Mom is now the headliner of Backdoor Teen Mom, a sex tape coming to a laptop near you May 6. Farrah Abraham, set to turn 22 in May, is said to have been inspired to close out her 21st year "by making a personal tape that would forever capture her beauty and sensuality ... More >>

Sorry, But Kanye Is the GOAT

Kanye West is the greatest hip-hop artist of all time. He's made the best albums and changed the game the most, and his music is the most likely to endure. One thing before we get going: This isn't one of those arguments meant to piss people off or "start a conversation." We really mean it. And, c ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Being a Local, Temporarily

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] We are in beautiful Olympia, Wash. My shows in Hawaii and Alaska are behind me, and a few hour ... More >>

From Lena Dunham to Matthew Weiner, TV's Best Writers Gathered in a Room Last Night. Here's What They Said

See also: Is This the Golden Age of Television? A Zocalo Event Asks the Question See also: Boys Who Like Girls: Three Theories on Why Men Are Into This Show See also: Two and a Half Men vs. Mad Men at PaleyFest: Is it Better to Have Ratings or Emmys? Lena Dunham had a Hannah Horvath moment before e ... More >>

Rick Ross, "Hold Me Back": Why This Song Sucks (There Are Zero Fat Jokes, So There)

[Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Rick Ross, "Hold Me Back" History: Rappers Meek Mill and Wale released a song called "Actin' Up." It was loud, boisterous and aggressively circular (the ... More >>

Graham Nash Is Now a Mixed Media Artist, With His Second Gallery Show in Santa Monica

"I'm just a fucking hippie trying to get on with his life and to have a good time, trying to make sure other people have a good time and trying to speak my mind," says musician Graham Nash sitting in the Santa Monica office of Gallery 169, host to Nash's new photography exhibit "This Could Be You," ... More >>

Carl's Jr. Boycotted in 1989, Fast Food Protests Nothing New

Picketers and protesters outside a Hollywood fast food restaurant, shouting slogans and attempting to dissuade customers from going inside. A scene from Chick-fil-A in the last week? No, it happened at a Carl's Jr. a short distance to the east...in 1989. The protest, on August 30 of that year, wa ... More >>

Nathan Barnatt Never Grew Up

Check out our entire YouTube issue here. Nathan Barnatt wakes up each morning in Star Wars bedsheets. If the trap door in his bunk bed isn't buried under toys, he pops through that to greet the day. For breakfast, he'll have some candy, then go play video games. Or jump on a trampoline. Or crawl th ... More >>

A Fashion Show That Jazzes Up Conservative Clothing For Muslim Women

Marwa Atik needs five pieces of trim, the kind embellished with pearls and black jewels. At a store in downtown L.A.'s Fashion District, boxes of trimmings line the walls from floor to ceiling, but Atik scans quickly and zeroes in on what she wants. At her direction, a clerk climbs a tall, wooden la ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

5 Best Martinis In Los Angeles

The handful of establishments that made our 5 Best Martinis in L.A. list are not notable for their martini happy hours, Kim Kardashian-friendly accommodations or cute cocktail names. They simply make a fine martini. Vodka or gin, dealer's choice or your choice, depending on how you like to roll on a ... More >>

Prosecutor Alan Jackson Sues To Block Carmen Trutanich From Calling Himself "Chief Prosecutor"

​Prosecutor Alan Jackson, a candidate for district attorney, filed a lawsuit this morning to prevent rival candidate Carmen Trutanich from calling himself "Los Angeles Chief Prosecutor" on the June ballot.Trutanich claims that his job as L.A. city attorney entitles him to use the "chief prosecutor ... More >>

Q & A With Andy Bowers, Exec Producer of Slate's "Culture Gabfest": The Granola Off, Cereal Tackiness Proper Clump Size

What is it about Slate's weekly Culture Gabfest podcast that makes it so entertaining, sometimes exasperating and yet always compulsively listenable? Maybe it's that the hosts -- Slate's critic-at-large Stephen Metcalf, movie critic Dana Stevens and deputy editor Julia Turner -- are your know-it-all ... More >>

6 Sexy Ways to Get Freaky With Food on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is here and if you're like most couples, you or your lover are scrambling for a dinner reservation somewhere -- anywhere-- about now. If you get one, the odds of it being great are slim though. Restaurants are at their busiest, there are fixed menus that limit food options, multipl ... More >>

Want to be an Art Dealer? Take Our Quiz and Guess if These Works are Mega Pricey or Super Cheap

jgarbeeThe Hot Pink Catwalk Entry at the Affordable Art Fair​What a difference a few blocks make in the theory of relativity of art value. Yesterday, we went to the L.A. Art Show: Modern & Contemporary at the L.A. Convention Center and the Affordable Art Fair at the event deck at L.A. Live, bo ... More >>

'Work It' Canceled: Shark-Jumping Show About Guys Who Dress up as Girls to Get Jobs

Two hairy bros can't get jobs. So they dress up as women to get their high heels in the door. Hilarious. Lets green-light that, said the professional shark jumpers at ABC. Not so fast, said such LBGT groups the Human Rights Campaign and and GLAAD. It's offensive to gay and transgender people (not t ... More >>

Millions of Latinos Deny Their Own Ethnicity on Census Forms, USC Study Says

What race is Latino? We've pondered the issue before, and the correct answer is any of the above: Latinos can be black, white and almost anything in between, because Latino isn't a race, it's an ethnicity. That makes things difficult enough for the folks who tally data for the U.S. Census, but now ... More >>

Brian Lichtenberg: Diva Duds

Nelson Nio: Guru of Kicking Ass

Jamie Court: Browser Beater

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Insane Clown Posse: Exclusive Interview

Down (and out) with the Clown

Capri Anderson, the Porn Star at Ground Zero of Charlie Sheen Saga, Signs Adult Film Deal

VividCapri Anderson.​Porn star Sasha Grey has used her fame to get into mainstream movies. Capri Anderson, whose famous run-in with Charlie Sheen at a New York hotel last year seemed to be Ground Zero for his unraveling of late, is using her notoriety to ... do more porn. But not just any po ... 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 >>

Fun and Games. Then, the Monster

Why neither the ignorance nor the bliss could last

Ron Artest To Perform at Millions of Milkshakes Today, Then Create His Own Milkshake

Noel Vasquez/Getty ImagesRon Artest, NBA Champion​ Could there be a more perfect combination than NBA Champion Ron Artest and celebrity shake shop Millions of Milkshakes? One week removed from his brilliant post-game press conference, the Laker forward will be appearing at the Millions of Mil ... More >>

Tiger's Texts To Be Played Out In Adult Video

Vivid​If you ever wondered how Tiger Woods really got down during his alleged affair with porn star Joslyn James, she's going to show you: James parlayed her Woods-affair spotlight into a deal with the world's largest porn producer, Los Angeles-based Vivid, for The Eleventh Hole, "a movie that ... More >>

How to Blow Your Career and Alienate Your Family, featuring Scott Storch

Illustration by Jason Seiler​Our sibling publication Miami New Times just published a long article about hip hop/pop producer (and LA resident) Scott Storch. Writer Gus Garcia-Roberts tried to interview Storch for this account of the spiral into drug-addiction and debt that destroyed his once- ... More >>

Porn Maker Offers To Save Octomom's House If She Makes A Deal For A Video

​As we reported, "Octomom" Nadya Suleman is in danger of being kicked out of her home because her father is not current on a balloon mortgage payment that was due earlier this month. Don't fear, however, because porn-industry buzzards are circling like drug dealers at an Amy Winehouse concert. ... More >>

OctoPorn: Will Octuplets' Mom Suck It In for Vivid Entertainment?

The End of Fashion Week as We Know It: Wailing Outside Lauren Conrad, the Dead Ferret Con and Other Scenes From L.A.'s Last Smashbox Catwalks

With IMG and Smashbox parting ways, L.A. Fashion Week's Culver City era comes to a close

Wax On, Wax Off

Car wash, yeah; pole-dancing queen; photo Zone at Drkrm

Kiss and Makeup

In the Ghetto; Peanut Butter party; English food; Capture scratch