Lucille Ball

For Anthony Jeselnik, Writing for Kimmel and Fallon Didn't Work. So He Created a Show for Himself

Onstage, Anthony Jeselnik is unlikeable, dirty and downright disturbing. And that's just the way he prefers it. Known for teaching the old-timers a trick or two on the Comedy Central Roasts of Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr, his new TV show with the cable channel, The Jeselnik Offensi ... More >>

Hollywood Museum Spotlights Women on TV, Including...a Naked Marilyn Monroe?

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Marilyn Monroe's Seven Never-Before-Seen Mostly Nude Photos Two extremely significant moonwalks took place on television. One occurred when Neil Armstrong took his first extraterrestrial steps. The other occurred when Michael Jackson walked backwar ... More >>

For Those About to Nyuk . . .

Holiday Party Inspiration: 4 New Cookbooks, 4 Drink Recipes

Overheard last week: "Gawd, the entire commercial audition was filled with Christmas carolers. Glad I was just the guy in the sweater," said the guy at Peet's with a sweater hanging out of his messenger bag. In L.A., the holiday season begins early. We know you have cocktail parties to plan and gi ... More >>

Marilyn Monroe's Pharmacist, Samuel Bazrod, Was My Father: A Daughter's Story

By Sondra Farrell Bazrod See also:*Marilyn Monroe Photographer Lawrence Schiller: Our Interview *Marilyn Monroe's Never-Before-Seen Poolside Nude Photos Soon after news of Marilyn Monroe's death spread around the world my father received the call from the Coroner's office in Los Angeles. "How many ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Sex, Death and Robots

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Nightmares, Satantango and Tati

Judy Holliday, a Gay Mormon Boy, and More New Theater Reviews

Jessica Abrams comedy about Hollywood, The Laughing Cow traffics in stereotypes but is nonetheless so delightful, says reviewer Rebecca Haithcoat, it grabs this week's Pick of the Week. Here are all the latest New Theater Reviews, or you can find them after the jump. Also, check out this week's st ... More >>

Miley Cyrus Is Hipper And More Liberal Than You. Oh, And She Hates Rick Santorum

She's just being Miley.​Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana is one of the easier Disney shows for adults to sit through. Her voice and wide eyes aren't totally unlike a young Lucille Ball. Still, that might not be enough to make an adult investigate her music. But her surprisingly not-overplayed cat ... More >>

Top 3 Weekend Food Events: Oshogatsu Festival, Wine Camp Dead Celebrity Cookbook Signing

Oshogatsu Festival As part of JANM's Oshogatsu New Year's Festival, the museum will host an onigiri-making contest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See who can shape a lifeless mound of rice into the most appealing and elegant form. At 2:30 and 4 p.m. Kodama Taiko will lead a mochitsuki, the traditional rice ... More >>

Lucy and This Guy With Congas

The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: Frank DeCaro Goes from The Daily Show to Peter Falk's Pork Chops A Recipe

​Sure, there are plenty of cookbooks out there written by chefs or celebrity chefs or home cooks or people who somehow cook things for a living. But who needs kitchen experience to write a cookbook when you've been the movie critic on The Daily Show. Which is what Frank DeCaro, author of The D ... More >>

The Artificial Jungle

Happy 100th Birthday, Lucy: Lucille Ball's Chocolate Conveyor Belt Moment

Thanks to YouTube and The New York Times' @SamSifton for a reminder of this one, the classic I Love Lucy candy wrapping episode. Lucille Ball would have turned 100 years old on August 6th, and even in black & white, she's still funnier than pretty much anybody else. If you want to try this at home ... More >>

Everybody Loves Lucy: Hollywood Museum/CBS Celebrate Lucille Ball at 100, I Love Lucy at 60

A. D'Alessandro'Hey Lucy, you sunk my battleship': Lucille Ball memorabilia goes wild with board games​ Within the fandom annals, before Gleeks and Trekkies roamed convention halls, there were -- and still are -- Lucy fans; a fervent bunch that communes frequently to pay homage to TV's greate ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Chinese Coffee, Daddy, Love, Sex and the IRS

Also, Fatigued, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Greedy and more

Merrill Davis: Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl!

Sammy Davis's porno, Linda Evans's androgyny & other jewels from Rona Barrett's cavalcade of celebrity non sequiturs

​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Rona Barrett's Gossip Super Special Summer Annual Author: Rona Barrett and, presumably, her staff Date: Summer, ... More >>

WE LOVE YOU TAYLOR NEGRON!

Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

iPhone App Allows Fans To Search For Stars On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

​ An iPhone application allowing people to search for their favorite stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Wednesday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced. Those eager to find the stars of Lucille Ball, Clint Eastwood or Mark Wahlberg can now do so with a few strokes of the ... More >>

Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Thurgood, As the Globe Warms, I'm Not Here Anymore

Also, Othello, Redhead Cuban Hausfrau Husband and more

Stage Raw: Two Plays by Yukio Mishima

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEAR​NEW REVIEW GO TWO PLAYS BY YUKIO MISHIMA ​Photo by Yukata Takeuchi Perhaps most notorious in the West for his sensational, 1970 suicide by seppuku, controversial poet-novelist Yukio Mishima was also a pl ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! CHELSEA PERETTI

I'M SO GLAD WE HAD THIS BLURB TOGETHER

Movie Reviews: American Cowslip, Deadgirl, In the Loop, Orphan

Also, Afghan Star, Shrink, Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg and more.

Stage Raw: TeAda Fest

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. TEADAWORKS 7TH ANNUAL NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL Maria G. Martinez and Marcella Pabros-Clark. Photo by Jen Cleary Maria G. Matinez's Breakfast With my Mother ... More >>

Lucille Ball: Better Redhead Than Dead

UCLA's digital photo archive is a wondrous online arcade lined with moments from L.A.'s past. I'm reminded of this whenever perusing images from the city's contentious past, whether it's a picture of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder suspects or of local Reds picketing City Hall. One endearing image from our ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Woyzeck, Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will

Also, Kidnapped by Craigslist, and more

Groundlings Special Lady Friend

Movie Reviews: Young People Fucking, A Secret, Ping Pong Playa

Also, Sukiyaki Western Django, Surfer, Dude, and more

He Is Diva

Coachella by the Numbers

Digging deep into the Valley

Three Degrees of Taylor Negron

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Christina Applegate Erases Bundy Past

Samantha Who?

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Selene Luna

Pocket Venus

Mental Ward

Boogie-Woogie-Woogie with Me

A Day at the Races

Faster, Speedycat! Thrill! Thrill!

George Gershwin Lived Here

And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

L.A. Classics

Outisde Looking In

O Pioneer!

Dorothy Arzner's all-girl universe

The Dark Ages

Sculpture garden honors the Hollywood 10