Lionel Richie

Shawn and Dorian Holley: Tonight Show Singer Marries Lindsay Lohan's Attorney? Only in L.A.

*Check out our entire 2013 Couples Issue here One Friday afternoon a few years ago, just as lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley dropped some highly confidential paperwork discussing her client's alleged illicit activities through the mail slot of a lavish home in the hills, she realized she had the wrong ad ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's Wedding Video Making Fun of L.A. Homeless, and Other Justin Huchel-Produced Videos

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were married in a lavish ceremony at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Puglia, Italy, this weekend. In addition to a candlelit dinner, a Questlove DJ set and a week's worth of festivities, guests at the TimBielake wedding were treated to an original video making fun of ... More >>

Burn! 10 Questions with Jeff Ross About His New Comedy Central Show

Comic Jeff Ross' balls are as big as his mouth, which is on fire every week on his new Comedy Central show, The Burn with Jeff Ross, where he rips "the world a new asshole, one crack at a time." You probably know Ross as the Roastmaster General, the network's go-to-guy for its annual celeb roasts wh ... More >>

Starry Kitchen's 4/20 Weed Dinner: Nothing Green Can Stay

If you happened to take a twilight stroll through downtown's industrial district last Friday, you may have spied a wild figure waltzing along the cracked asphalt, between the art houses, coffee galleries, and bombed-out warehouses. He was dressed in mismatched knee-high socks, a navy blue coat, an ... More >>

Fiona Apple and the Best of SXSW Yesterday

​See also: Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Brody Brown: From the Compton Crips to the Grammy Stage

Inside a white-walled room in Interscope Records' co-founder Ted Field's film production company, a relaxed Brody Brown leans back into his chair. "You know, I feel like it's coming true, the dream I have been fighting for my entire life," he says. "It's unfolding in front of my eyes." That will ne ... More >>

My Jello Americans: The Jell-O Shots Blog

Finally, the Jell-O shot isn't just for frat boys trying desperately to get girls drunk. The jiggly creations have been elevated to the level of high cuisine and high art at My Jello Americans, a blog that features stunning and whimsical gelatin creations. Some of their most stunning pieces feature ... More >>

Mirabelle Restaurant: 40th Anniversary Gala This Week

Mirabelle​Mirabelle Restaurant is going all out to celebrate its 40th year in business on the Sunset Strip with live music, a red carpet and celebrities. But this won't be a party just for the sake of partying: Owner George Germanides is teaming with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and donating all ... More >>

Page Two: The Best of Mowest

Bijan Pakzad, Designer and Billboard King, Remembered

Juan Soliz/NewscomBijan Pakzad​Iranian fashion and fragrance designer Bijan Pakzad -- who died April 16 of a stroke in Beverly Hills -- was, we are told, "the most expensive menswear designer in the world." Those who packed Royce Hall at UCLA to memorialize him in the warmth of springtime w ... More >>

The Dirt Master: Neil Strauss Talks Rockers, Hookers, Drugs and Getting Hate Mail from his Ultimate Nemesis, Phil Collins

​You'll be seeing a lot in the blogosphere and beyond about Neil Strauss' revealing new book, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, (out this week). The tome reveals shocking things about -and intimate moments with- the author's vast array of interview subjects over the years: Lady Gaga bawling ... More >>

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 >>

Last Night: Lionel Richie Fans Dance on Ceiling, Fiesta Forever, Sing Along

You probably heard these songs in the womb. There's a good chance that you or your sister were conceived during "Hello," or "Three Times a Lady." We're born knowing Lionel Richie's hits. They exist in our collective reality like birds, or house flies, so ubiquitous that they're not questioned, are m ... 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 >>

The Musical Stylings of Mr. STEPHEN LYNCH

GO LA: Mort Sahl, Ziggy Marley and Everything In Between

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Rocking the Rhetoric at the DNC: Coachella for C-Span Junkies

With notes on Harry Reid — the unknown poet of the political speechwriting?

Why My Morning Jacket Is the Best Live Band in the World

In an age when certified rock stars are a dying breed, a Kentucky band stakes its claim

Girls, Girls, Girls

My New Radio Crushes

Indie 103.1FM is officially on my shitlist. I've had enough of retarded Toyota of Huntington Beach ads and Suicide Girls talking about making out with their girlfriends. And most disturbingly, I discovered that morning host Joe Escalante/Dr. LegalDouche is, apparently, an amateur toreador. Ole! ... More >>

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