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TeeFlii Starred in Rize. Now He's About the Hottest Underground R&B Singer Going

Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

Grasping At The Past Through Pandora's Blackstreet Station

I sent shirtless cell phone shots of myself to, like, I'd guess 300 people in 2010. I was 29, and in the best shape I'd ever been in. In the morning, I would literally roll out of bed and onto the floor into push-up position. I could do more than 100 without stopping. I installed a pull-up bar in ... More >>

Jerry Buss At Cedars-Sinai With Cancer, Reports Say

Jerry Buss is in the hospital with cancer, with some reports indicating that he's gravely ill and that family, friends and members of his Lakers basketball organization such as Kobe Bryant have come to his side. However, Buss was hospitalized in summer and he bounced back despite some media specula ... More >>

Five Reasons The Clippers Will Shock The World This Season

There's a future NBA champion being built piece-by-piece at the Staples Center this year. It has a point guard destined for the Hall of Fame, a dominant power forward, a young, outrageously athletic 7-foot center and a shooting guard with no fear, no conscience and no hesitation. I'm talking, of co ... More >>

I Was Sick of L.A. Traffic. So I Took a Plane to Work

I am flying westward over the Angeles Crest Mountains, the morning sun shining down over the San Fernando Valley as it spreads out below me and we bank south. The Cessna 152, aptly named "the Commuter," cruises at just over 3,500 feet as we travel from the Agua Dulce Airpark toward Santa Monica ... More >>

Beverly Hills Subway Tunneling Under 90210 High School Approved by Metro

Like Kobe Bryant to a woman in a hotel room, Metro today told Beverly Hills that this is gonna happen. Parts of the city had been dead against running the Westside subway extension underneath Beverly Hills High School, but the objections had little to do with science and much to do with NIMBYism. ... More >>

Pau Gasol So Happy He Wasn't Traded Today He Made a YouTube Video

Pau Gasol was loathing the idea of being traded away by the Lakers. Kobe Bryant even came to his defense when rumors were swirling that the lanky Spaniard would be shipped off as part of a multi-way deal. Today the Lakers made the deal -- with longtime player Derek Fisher going to Houston and Luke ... More >>

Five Artsy Things to See This Week, Including Big Holes and Female High Jumpers

This week's list offers artists making rules, breaking rules or trying to figure out what the rules even are. It also includes a walking tour. 5. War against the photograph Around 2004, painter David Hockney, famous for slick, smart renderings of SoCal swimming pools and uncomfortably posed sociali ... More >>

Builder Claims Tar & Roses Chef Owes More Than $120,000

And this, folks, is why you write things down: Sarlan Builders Inc. filed suit on Monday against Andrew Kirschner, former Iron Chef contestant and current chef and owner of the newly opened Tar & Roses restaurant, for allegedly breaching a verbal contract. According to the Santa Monica Daily Press, ... More >>

Marriage Across Racial, Ethnic Lines Way High: Asians Do It the Most

David Blumenkrantz​No big surprise for the people of Los Angeles or Kobe Bryant. The Pew Research Center this week confirmed what we Angelenos know and live: Marriages between folks of different racial and ethnic groups have more than doubled in the last 30 years in America. Yes we've been ... More >>

Clippers Cupcakes: Everybody Gets to Eat Cake in This Town, Even Chris Paul (Especially Chris Paul)

The NBA began its abbreviated season with more of a whimper than a bang, at least if you're a Lakers fan. (Note to David Stern: Maybe vetoing trades is a bad idea.) To console the hometown crowd -- who says sorrows cannot be managed by buttercream frosting -- Magnolia Bakery began fashioning Lakers ... More >>

Blake Griffin, Clippers' Star Dunker, Bares Sexy Abs For Men's Health Cover

Blake's a gun collector.​Kobe, you're washed up. Nobody wants half of half. So move over, because there's a new player in town: Blake Griffin. The power forward for the L.A. NBA team that everyone's talking about this season, the Clippers, shows off his assets in the latest Men's Health ma ... More >>

Lakers Cupcakes: What to Eat on Game Day (Unless You're Reading This in Dallas)

Magnolia BakeryLakers cupcakes​Lakers fans have had a tough time of it lately, between losing Lamar Odom to the Mavericks and Chris Paul to the Clippers and Kobe Bryant to the divorce court. About the only people who've been enjoying this are the folks at TMZ, who at least get to take the Khlo ... More >>

Rock Out with Your Lock-Out: Five Awful Athlete Songs

See also: Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like If there's one thing most professional athletes are good at, it's sports. Unfortunately, the recent NBA lockout stemming from millionaires failing to come to terms with billionaires left many players with an unprecedente ... More >>

Hooters Says It's Hurting From NBA Lockout

southla.wordpress.comThe good old days.​Kobe and the gang aren't the only ones out of work amid this ridiculous NBA lockout. The longer they continue to turn up their noses at NBA officials' proposed season contract -- admittedly a pretty lousy deal -- the longer those beleaguered Hooters wait ... More >>

Porn Defends the Money Shot

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

Jesse Moore, Young Alhambra Man, Says He Faces 2 to 5 Years Behind Bars for Same Crime Kobe Bryant Committed

Juan Piñeda, the victim, displayed "redness" on his right cheek bone after Moore confronted him.​Young, out-of-work Jesse Moore made a terrible, drunken, A-hole move in the street outside his Alhambra apartment on the night of October 15, 2010. According to the police report, he aggressively ... More >>

Hotel Maid Panic Buttons For New York City Hotels Following Strauss-Kahn's Alleged Rape of Room Attendant

unclebumpyCode red.​As if New York isn't pleasant enough, with it's subway rats, bed bugs and generally shiny, happy people, a couple of hotels there have taken it upon themselves to equip their maids with panic buttons. You know, to prevent the likes of former International Monetary Fund hon ... More >>

VIDEO: Andrew Bynum Strips on Court After Making Most Flagrant, 'Embarrassing' Foul in Lakers History

Kansas City StarReally man?​We didn't think being an L.A. Lakers fan could get any more embarrassing than that moment last month in which Kobe Bryant threw his sweatrag on the floor and called the ref a "fucking faggot." Nowhere to go but up, right? Wrong. In the most miserable Lakers game t ... More >>

Dallas Mavericks Diss L.A. Lakers on YouTube: 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Lakers Fans'

YouTubeDirk Nowitzki, the "Toy Story" version​Something to rile you up for tomorrow's big Game 3 between the Lakers and the Mavericks: This infuriatingly catchy, anti-L.A. jingle we haven't been able to get out of our heads since we heard it on the radio yesterday morning. (Damn you, KNX!) Th ... More >>

Obama Invites Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson to Talk Immigration (Because Hollywood Millionaires Are Huge Border Experts)

Eva has deep immigration knowledge (we kid).​President Obama is having prominent Angeleno Latinos over to his Casablanca today for a little talk on immigration. Among the invitees are Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria, fellow actresses Rosario Dawson and America Ferrera, and local radio hero ... More >>

Sports Bar Report: Where Do Laker-Haters Drown Their Sorrows?

schudog3/flickrSonny McLean's​ Not every adopted Angeleno hops on the Laker bandwagon. Many of the guys with whom we play pick-up. The gruff, white-bearded bartender at the local pub. "I'm from Jersey, see," the bartender said on a Sunday afternoon, doling out free samples of a new Irish w ... More >>

L.A. Power Couple Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom Seriously Creeping Us Out With Unisex 'Unbreakable' Ad (VIDEO)

YouTubePlease stop​In what is possibly the most god-awful truly madly deeply-style celebrity fragrance commercial since Britney Spears' fairyland "Fantasy," Valley entrepreneur Khloe Kardashian enlists her otherwise pretty bad-ass boyfriend, thoroughly whipped Lakers star Lamar Odom, for a uni ... More >>

'Call Of Duty: Black Ops' Draws Midnight Nerd Herd To L.A. GameStops, Best Buys

A GameStop employee braces himself for the stampede​Updated after the jump: L.A.-area GameStop stores weigh in on the success of their midnight launch parties. Originally posted at 6:05 a.m. The economy had a pretty wild night last night. While you were sleeping, it partied with passive-aggr ... More >>

Dino-Might!

Across the Universe: Lil Wayne Plays Uno, Weezer to Play 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton,' Faith Evans Arrested

Across the Universe: Lil Wayne Plays Uno, Weezer to Play 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton,' Faith Evans Arrested

Mayor Scores Free Lakers Tickets Without Having To Tell You Who Gave Them To Him

Fox 11/YouTube​Last month we told you about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's "statement of economic interests," essentially an annual list of valuable gifts he has to file with the state Fair Political Practices Commission. The idea is that the people should know who is showering their ... More >>

Kobe Bryant's Maid Walks Away With Six Figures

​Kobe and Vanessa "Do I Look Illegal?" Bryant have settled a "wrongful discharge" lawsuit that was brought by a former maid who alleged she was forced to perform demeaning tasks and was verbally abused by the Lakers star's wife. TMZ reported that Maria Jimenez got a $200,000 settlement, with ... More >>

Tom Leykis and Adam Leemon: A Perfect Pairing

If Kobe is Hungry, He Can Just Yell for the Ball Boy

The world of professional athletics is a lot less glamorous when you aren't the professional athlete. A recent article from HoopsWorld looked into one such thankless sports job, the NBA ball boy, and discovered that it's not just about handling basketballs, but also ridiculous player food requests. ... More >>

IT’S JIMMY KIMMEL’S WORLD, WE JUST EAT ZEPOLE IN IT

Michael Jackson's Memorial Participants Announced: Kobe, Mariah, Stevie, Berry G., Brooke, John Mayer (?!), Jennifer Hudson, Magic, Rev. Al, Usher, More.

Okay, this is an odd list. Is this not an odd list? Most specifically, John Mayer. Right? That's a left-field pick. Is he not the Leonard Zelig of our time? And Shaheen Jafargholi? Hmm. The rest is fascinating and spot-on. The participants for Michael Jackson's memorial tomorrow have been announced, ... More >>

The New Cocktailians

The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time

Riva in Santa Monica: Fraiche's Thierry Perez and Jason Travi Translate the Modern Bistro Into Italian

Pizza and wine, crudo and cocktails

Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood

Five hundred Los Angeles Laker fans swarmed the Hollywood Billiards Sports Bar & Grill on Thursday night to watch Kobe Bryant and the boys take on Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics in game 1 of a best-of-seven series. The famous rivals were squaring off in the NBA finals for the 11th time and fir ... More >>

Lakers Beat: Team Dinner

Crowd at Mozza saw the Lakers squad gather in a private dining room to study the Jazz-Rockets game over pizza. Guess who paid?

Ciudad: The Great Leap Backward

Every four years, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken go back to the City

The Mall Is His Classroom

Auditing a class at the Apple store

9 Reasons to Get On the Clippers Bandwagon

The Gamine Gourmet

Suzanne Goin

Alpha Coach

Phil Jackson is back in control — and dreaming of a point guard named Oprah

Killing Them, but Not Softly

Virgin Zombies

Pose and Mean It

Sore Winners (and the Rest of Us) in George Bush’s America

A Fan’s Notes: Top Moments in Sports

Letters

Rockie Horoscope

More Than Enough

The pleasures of a Chinese banquet