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Art Shay, Legendary Celebrity Photographer, Talks About the Crazy Tricks He Used When Taking Photos of Famous People

Art Shay has been a troublemaker ever since he moved from the Bronx to San Francisco to become Life magazine's youngest bureau chief at 26. "That was recently," he jokes, "in 1948." On election day of that year, then-California governor and Republican candidate for vice president Earl Warren was po ... More >>

Megastorm Could Be California's Worst Disaster Yet

We're masters of disaster in California. From the new prospect of a "megaquake" that could rip us a new one from San Diego to San Francisco to our apocalyptic wildfires, we do expensive acts of God (not to mention riots) like no other state. But considering the one thing that the rest of the nation ... More >>

$ellebrity: Photographer Kevin Mazur Discusses His New Film About Gossip, Paparazzi and the Cost of Fame

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage It's possible that the price of fame has never been higher -- and not just in the tried-and-true Hollywood storylines of fame, fortune and the tragic falls from grace. In his new documentary $ellebrity, seasoned celebrity and event photographer Kevin Mazur ... More >>

Giant Robot Biennale 3: The Famed Asian Pop Culture Magazine Is Gone, But Its Art Still Lives, at Japanese American Museum

Inside Giant Robot Biennale 3 at Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum, there are rows of glass cases filled with toys. This is the Remix Project. Eighty-five artists from seven different countries, a mix of both newcomers and established custom toy artists, contributed to the effort. Bla ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Sold to Voice Media Group

The L.A. Weekly has been sold. Since October 2005, this newspaper has been owned by Phoenix-based Village Voice Media. Tonight, it was announced that the Weekly, along with the dozen other alternative newsweeklies in the chain, has been sold to a new, Denver-based entity in a management buyout: Voi ... More >>

Nikos Syropoulos

Gravity might not exist

Read This Now, or Soon: Naomi Duguid & Rozanne Gold Start Columns in Cooking Light

Granted, you may be the sort of person who reads Lucky Peach and daydreams about Arzak eggs and impossibly rich pork broth instead of salad, but you might want to start checking out Cooking Light anyway. No, this is not an intervention. (Unless you want it to be.) Cooking Light is about a lot more t ... More >>

Occupy, the Art Show: Ted Soqui, Our Photographer Who Did Time Cover With Shepard Fairey, Gets an Exhibit

Ted Soqui​See our previous post, "Occupy L.A. Photos by Ted Soqui, Photog Behind Shepard Fairey's TIME Art, to Show at Gallery Where Cover Protester Sarah Mason Works" Six weeks after LAPD riot cops cut short the revolution and forcibly cleared Occupy L.A. from its home on the City Hall lawn, ... More >>

Rolling Stone Restaurant: Beer and Loathing in the Hollywood and Highland Center

Away from street performers dressed as sort of sexy cops and cardboard Transformers, the new Rolling Stone Restaurant faces the California Pizza Kitchen on the upper floors of the Hollywood and Highland Center. In front of the restaurant, tourists mosey around, mouths open, cameras out, photographin ... More >>

Occupy L.A. Photos by Ted Soqui, Photog Behind Shepard Fairey's TIME Art, to Show at Gallery Where Cover Protester Sarah Mason Works

The Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica saw the show of the century fall into its lap this winter. Sarah Mason, who works at the gallery, was catapulted into accidental fame when a photo of her at an Occupy L.A. protest -- snapped by LA Weekly photographer Ted Soqui -- was reworked by graphic art ... More >>

Drink Like a Mad Man, Sleep Like a Mad Man

Flickr/Muy YumThink twice about that nightcap.​ If you watch Mad Men too much and make a habit of drinking a Scotch or two before going to bed, Don Draper-style, you might want to consider warm milk instead. And your drinking habits in general. Scientific American gives us at least one reaso ... More >>

Kevin Costner-Endorsed, Stun-Glove-Like Knock-Out Device Called BodyGuard to be Used by L.A. Sheriff's Deputies

Popular ScienceDavid Brown's 'BodyGuard' stun-glove.​The L.A. Sheriff's Department is known for, well, let's just say not taking a lot of shit from alleged criminals. Now deputies will have another tool in their arsenal that already includes stun guns and night sticks: A armored "stun glove" ... More >>

Elizabeth Taylor E-Book to be Published by Vanity Fair: Too Soon?

Vanity FairElizabeth Taylor gets her first posthumous book.​It's never too soon to capitalize on a fallen angel. At least, that is, if you're Vanity Fair magazine. The publication announced this week that it's publishing a book about Elizabeth Taylor. And, yeah, it's coming at you quick. Bec ... More >>

Are There More Scientologists Than Rastafarians in LA?

​So today everyone's reading the New Yorker's article about LA director Paul Haggis and the Church of Scientology. The whole thing is really, really, really long but fairly entertaining and worth reading regardless of how you feel about the Los Angeles and showbiz institution of Scientology. M ... More >>

You're Not the Only One Who Can't Pronounce Saveur

How do you pronounce SAVEUR? from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo. As we reported, this month's issue of Saveur is full of culinary suggestions from some of the world's greatest chefs (including a few of L.A.'s own like Sang Yoon and David Myers.) It's a compelling read, but the magazine's difficult-to-pronoun ... More >>

Plagiarism Kerfuffle Shutters Cooks Source

Cooks Source Facebook page​ Updated: The plagiarism kerfuffle at now shuttered Cook's Source topped Regret The Error's annual list of publishing mistakes -- right above a photo in which an actor playing a Nazi was identified AS the Nazi. Oops. Writer Monica Gaudio's initial charge of plagia ... More >>

"Treasures of Sky Mall" Mocks the In-Flight Magazine with Overwhelming Cuteness

Illustrator Gemma Correll has a new zine out called "Treasures of Sky Mall." It is her interpretation of the beloved (and frequently mocked) in-flight shopping magazine. As with most of her work, the cuteness of her Sky Mall renditions is overwhelming. She specializes in drawing pugs, cats, girls, b ... More >>

Nurse In Iconic Times Square Kiss Photograph Dies

​Edith Shain, who claimed to be the white-clad nurse in the famous V-J Day photo died Sunday at the age of 91 in her Los Angeles home, according reports. The iconic photograph, which shows a nurse being dipped and kissed by a soldier, was snapped by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt ... More >>

Gourmet Live: Coming to Your iPad, Not Your Mailbox, This Fall

Gourmet Magazine, you will remember, closed last November. The late, much lamented publication is not, sadly, being resurrected, but it will live on, at least on your iPad. Gourmet Live will be "coming to your favorite devices" (for free) this fall, bringing together "content, social and location-b ... More >>

Reports Of Affair With Al Gore Denied By Laurie David

Al Gore with Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson.​Laurie David, ex-wife of Hollywood sitcom king Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), denied yesterday's reports that she was having an affair with former Vice President Al Gore -- a relationship said to be the root of Gore's split with ... More >>

SNEAK PEAK OF THE WEEK

Cookbook Review: Edible, A Celebration of Local Foods

​While the Edible empire continues to pile on the local branches, the magazine chain's co-founders/executive publishers Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian have also been working on a book, Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods, available this month. The book is a 300-plus page hardcover filled ... More >>

Screen Actors Guild Jumps into Newsweek Fray

Now the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the nation's largest labor union for working actors, has jumped into the Newsweek fray.Kevin ScanlonSAG rep. Jason Stuart​Yesterday, SAG National LGBT Actors Committee chair Jason Stuart condemned a recent Newsweek column that questioned gay actors' abilities to ... More >>

GLAAD Finally Demands Newsweek Apology

It took more than two weeks to say anything, but yesterday the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) finally urged Newsweek to apologize for running an April 26th column that questioned gay actors' abilities to play straight characters.GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios​"Whether he in ... More >>

Former LA Weekly Classical Music Critic Alan Rich Dies

​Former LA Weekly classical music critic Alan Rich died Friday, apparently of natural causes, the Orange County Register reports. LAObserved reported on the writer's death earlier. Rich's age would have been about 86. Via Twitter, the Weekly's Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold ... More >>

Your Food Photo Here: Enter Saveur's Cover Contest

If you're sitting at home (or reading food blogs in your cubicle) and thinking about how much you'd love to see your food photography gracing the cover of pretty magazines instead of your refrigerator door, you're in luck. For the first time, Saveur Magazine is calling for photo submissions for thei ... More >>

Ruth Reichl Talks Gourmet: A Zocalo 'Celebration'

For all of you who've been crying over your old copies of Gourmet since the magazine folded in October, get an umbrella and get out of the house this evening. Evan Kleiman is moderating a Zócalo-sponsored talk celebrating Gourmet at the Skirball Center tonight at 7:30 p.m. Former Gourmet editor Rut ... More >>

ROCK & ROLLS OF FILM

Shalom Documentaries!

"The dirty little secret about Sundance is that the best films every year are the documentaries," says Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth director David Guggenheim in one of the trailers for this year's Sundance Film Festival. Actually, it's more of an openly acknowledged fact that Sundance's docum ... More >>

Sundance Film Festival 2009: Shalom Documentaries!

"The dirty little secret about Sundance is that the best films every year are the documentaries," says Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth director David Guggenheim in one of the trailers for this year's Sundance Film Festival. Actually, it's more of an openly acknowledged fact that Sundance's docu ... More >>

About Faces

Best Fashion and Art Mixtape: Ooga Booga

Toronto in the Round

As the Toronto Film Festival neared its end, I agreed to participate in a roundtable discussion about the festival's highs and lows, organized by Eye Weekly critics Jason Anderson and Adam Nayman (the latter an occasional L.A. Weekly contributor) and also featuring Variety critic Robert Koehler and ... More >>

Goodbye Los Angeles Times Magazine

Sure, the paper's Sunday magazine has sucked for much of its existence, and erupted in scandal after getting caught cutting a sleazy business deal with Staples Center (a big, ugly national story broken by my fab ex-boss, Rick Barrs, at the now-defunct New Times Los Angeles). But from time to time, ... More >>

Crystal Antlers at High Voltage Party, Safari Sam's, 1/21/08

Crystal Antlers Safari Sam's, Jan. 21, 2008 The sparkling reputation of Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers drew me out to the High Voltage Magazine party at Safari Sam’s last night, and despite the clear lameness of the event (see below for unfortunate High Voltage missteps), Crystal Antlers deliver ... More >>

Gathering of the Tribe

Eligibility Test

Surprise!

Here's how funny I was back when I was twenty, freshly dropped out of college and demonstrating to my mother how she had nothing to worry about, that the New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post would be pounding on my door with a contract just as soon as they became relevant to the culture again.

The Verdict on Writers: All Bloody Nuts (Phew)

Dorothy Parker once bought a new typewriter because she couldn't change the ribbon on the old one. Ernest Hemingway used to write standing up. Truman Capote wrote lying down, and could not tolerate the presence of yellow roses - although they were his favorite flower. These are just a few facts I'v ... More >>

Best Place to Bang Your Head

En Vogue

Prada probes the Wintour of a former assistant’s discontent

Cell-Noir Tales

X Marks the Spot

Surfing, sundry subcultures and the serendipitous Super X Combine

Saddam’s Last Days

Bubble Wrap

The Nation vs. The Weekly Standard

Paul Williams, Subjective Artist

Blundering Times

Publisher and editor still have some answerin’ to do about the dumb Staples Center sellout

Bill and Steve's Servile Adventure

Long hours on the HTML assembly line

Brill’s Discontent

A publisher meets his public