Michael Jackson

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 >>

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including an American Werewolf on the Harbor Freeway

This week, one artist reimagines Michael Jackson's Thriller, another puts the visions of a '70s revolutionary to music and a new film tells the story of a restaurant-running SoCal commune. 5. Panther politics remix Pictures of Huey P. Newton, the activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1 ... More >>

Bad 25 Review: Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Documentary

Does someone live here?

Carrie Fisher

Judith Hill: Why Just About Everyone Is Falling for Her

Before she was picked to sing back-up for Michael Jackson's ill-fated 2009 London shows, Judith Hill was a relatively unknown perfomer from Pasadena. When Hill appeared near the end of Jackson's memorial service to lead the stage in singing "Heal The World," most of the Staples Center audience did ... More >>

Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances: Popping Birthed The Moonwalk

[Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city.] Popping Popping is harder than it looks: Like a robot, or even a mime, your body is stiff and you move slo ... More >>

L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Puts Occupy L.A. Price Tag at Over $1 Million; City Spent More Than That on Michael Jackson Memorial

One of the most common criticisms of Occupy L.A. and its two-month stint at City Hall is the massive amount of city resources it's been sucking up to sustain itself. Policing. Litigation. Cleanup. More policing. Refurbishing the pathetic remains of what used to be a lovely front lawn. L.A. Mayor An ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Top 10 Rock Books of 2010

​With the year coming to a close, we're heading off the inevitable barrage of "best" lists coming your way with one that will actually be useful and problem solving (a holiday gift guide for the music lover in your life, that's not actually music... or a t-shirt). Buy 'em a book! iPad and Kin ... More >>

Nightranger: REDRUM & RITZ

Which Flamboyant LA Underground Characters Are Infiltrating the Mainstream? And Which One is the Next Cross(dressing)over Star?

Lina Lecaro Rebel's a hot tramp​In this week's Nightranger column (out tomorrow), we cover some of LA's most flamboyant polysexual characters and performers (nothing new), but ya know what is? Many of them are suddenly infiltrating the national pop mainstream in a big way. Ryan Heffington -a ... More >>

Los Angeles Courts Burdened By Celebrity Cases

​Lindsay. Don Johnson. The "bling ring" of burglars that allegedly preyed on celebs' homes. The doctors of Anna Nicole Smith and Michael Jackson. Leif Garrett. Roman Polanski (in absentia). And more. All have been to Los Angeles County courts recently, and all have helped to stretch the resour ... More >>

Must See: Aloe Blacc Soulfully Reinvents 'Billie Jean' on Anniversary of King of Pop's Death

Aloe Blacc sings our blues​We typically try to avoid posting news on the same artist twice in a week, but Aloe Blacc is making that pretty much impossible. Today is June 24. One year ago, Michael Jackson was taken from us, leaving a gaping whole where one of the world's biggest entertainers o ... More >>

Did City City Hall Just Give Staples Center A $1 Million Gift? In This Economy?

zerega via Flickr​It's a question that's been lingering, so we decided to try to answer it. If the city spent nearly $3.2 million to help Staples Center put on its Michael Jackson memorial, why did Anschutz Entertainment Group, the company that owns Staples, recently announce that it's ponying ... More >>

Staples Center's Parent To Kick In $1.3 Million For Jackson Memorial

​Anschutz Entertainment Group, the company that owns Staples Center, has decided to kick in $1 million for the city's $3.2 million in costs in helping the billionaire-controlled firm put on its memorial concert to honor the late Michael Jackson almost one year ago last summer. An announcement ... More >>

City Attorney Drops Investigation Of Staples Center After It Kicks In Cash For Michael Jackson's Memorial

​Following Anschutz Entertainment Group's announcement that it would give $1 million to the city (and $300 to the L.A. Police Foundation) to defray the city's costs related to last year's Michael Jackson memorial show at its Staples Center venue, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office stated t ... More >>

Conrad Murray Allowed To Continue Practicing Medicine In California

​Conrad Murray, the doctor accused in the manslaughter death of Michael Jackson, can continue to practice medicine in the state of California under a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling issued Monday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor said fellow Judge Keith Schwartz already gav ... More >>

WHO DO THAT DOO DAH?

Michael Jackson on Chatroulette?

Michael Jackson on Chatroulette?

Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and the Lizard People: The Incredibly Strange World of Music Conspiracy Theory

​Last month we reported on the persistent Internet rumor that Lady Gaga is actually a puppet of occult forces. That post was extremely popular and our amazing readers used it as a springboard to engage in a lively, still ongoing debate in the comments section (44 and counting!). Well, this mo ... More >>

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Taxpayer Seeks $3.3 Million For City From Jackson Estate

​A Los Angeles resident has filed a $3.3 million claim against the estate of Michael Jackson on behalf of the city of Los Angeles to recover the taxpayer costs involved in staging the July Jackson memorial at Staples Center downtown. Attorney Jeff Grotke, who represents taxpayer Jose F. Vallej ... More >>

Councilwoman Jan Perry Votes Against Hiring More Police -- Really?!

Councilwoman Jan Perry poses with Los Angeles police officers.​In this edition of "Really?!," we take a look at the recent stances of Los Angeles city Councilwoman Jan Perry. This week Perry voted against allowing the LAPD to train and hire 11 much-needed officers, complaining that the city did no ... More >>

City-Touted, $4 Million Benefit From Jackson Memorial Pulled From Thin Air

Sony Pictures​LA Weekly obtained a series of emails that shed light on City Hall's oft-touted contention that July's Michael Jackson memorial at Staples Center downtown was a $4 million boost to area businesses. The number is important because it's often cited by those who believe it was worth it ... More >>

Movie Reviews: This Is It, Boondock Saints II, Gentlemen Broncos, The House of the Devil

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Poor, Ultrarich Tim Leiweke

L.A. City Hall genuflects to AEG. Somebody forgot to tell Carmen Trutanich

STREET SCREAM

Best LA Radio Shows: Required Listening for Traffic-Clogged LA

​In this week's Best of LA issue of LA Weekly, writer Wendy Gilmartin gives proper love to two radio shows on KXLU: Part Time Punks' Michael Stock snagged Best Afternoon DJ, and Melissa McAllister was honored with the award Best Reason to Turn on Your Radio in the A.M. Both great shows, and ... More >>

Smoke AND Mirrors: Pasadena's Villa Sorriso Hosts Michael Jackson's Burial Reception Tonight

Pasadena residents and those visiting Old Town tonight will have not only smoke from the Station fire to navigate but crowds of Michael Jackson fans. Villa Sorriso, the Italian restaurant on the far western edge of Colorado Boulevard is hosting the King of Pop's burial reception tonight. No, you can ... More >>

Diva Debate, Percentage Points and Collective Comments on Cannibis

Where Is The Love for will.i.am aka Zuper Blahq?

Was it the addition of the comely Fergie Ferg? The Justin Timberlake collab? The Saturday Night Live parody? Or "My Humps"? As a native Angeleno, we can remember the days when the Black Eyed Peas were a local hip-hop/breakdancin' act with loads of club cred. Though it was a different direction, we ... More >>

Live From the Michael Jackson Memorial

LA Weekly Music Editor Randall Roberts is live-tweeting from the Michael Jackson memorial this morning through @laweeklymusic and @liledit. Here are some of his most recent observations: Jennifer Hudson just blew mariah off the stage. 8 minutes ago from TwitterBerry Tears in staples for lati ... More >>

Live From the Michael Jackson Memorial

LA Weekly Music Editor Randall Roberts is live-tweeting from the Michael Jackson memorial this morning through @laweeklymusic and @liledit. Here are some of his most poignant observations: Crowds gathered on overpases to catch a glimpse of the hearse half a minute ago from TwitterBerry Just bi ... More >>

Michael Jackson Memorial: The View from Inside the Staples Center

View photos from the Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center. And then the casket came in, and washed away the helicopter swarms and camera eyes staring at us outside. We, the few witnesses, an itsy representation of the world at large, gathered in an arena downtown to bid farewell. Before t ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Jackson Memorial Set A Michael Jackson memorial that would be free for 11,000 ticket holders is planned for the Staples Center this coming Tuesday. The venue's owner, AEG, bankrolled Jackson's comeback tour but may yet profit after the star's death. L.A. Times, L.A. TimesMongols Paraphernalia Seized ... More >>

Michael Jackson: 1958-2009

Fabulously, Fucking Weird: Michael Jackson as Video Game Zombie

Black Coalition Begins Grim Sleeper Information Campaign Despite Michael Jackson

Last Thursday a small group of South L.A. family members and activists held a press conference on the corner of 98th Street and Western Avenue, across from Jesse Owens Park. The topic was bleak. It was also the day Michael Jackson died and nearly every newspaper and television station in town was a ... More >>

Stage Raw: Spirits of Michael Jackson and Jerzy Grotowski

THE LATEST NEW THEATER REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSCheck back here Monday afternoon for NEW THEATER REVIEWS of Shakespeare Unscripted at Impro Theatre; Insanity at NoHo Arts Center; Farragut North at the Geffen Playhouse; The Voisey Inheritance at Theatre 40; Te ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

ACLU Calls Jail Bedlam The American Civil Liberties Union has released a report Tuesday decrying mental health conditions at the Men's Central Jail. The group calls for the closing of the facility if swift changes cannot be made. L.A. Daily NewsHeight Law Shortened A county judge has thrown out port ... More >>

This Tallowed Ground: Wax Museum to Sell 200 Celebrities

If you can't take the heat -- well, let's just say that the Hollywood Wax Museum has announced plans to auction off James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and nearly 200 other wax figures on May 1. The housecleaning sale is the first in the museum's 44-year history and offers something for every genre of c ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Candlelight for 200 Several hundred same-sex marriage supporters backing the overturn of Proposition 8 held a rainy vigil in downtown L.A. on the eve of state supreme court hearings on the measure's constitutionality. L.A. TimesD.A. to Decide on Chris Brown The District Attorney's office might decid ... More >>

Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein (DJ AM) Critically Injured in Fatal Plane Crash

Read the news story from the LA Times. Last night while this tragedy was occurring, Samantha Ronson was spinning at the Roxy, and out front a street team was handing out Barker and AM's new mixtape (under their TRV$-DJAM moniker), called Fix Your Face. Oddly and weirdly, I took one, and listened ... More >>

Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine's Way

The director on flying nuns and his Mexican Michael Jackson

Harmony Korine's Singular and Sincere Mister Lonely

Finding Neverland

Counting on Crow

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My Parents’ Bachelor Pad

Living high on the Golden Mile

The Cute Ones