L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups Here are two disparate ... More >>
LACMA's series The Sun Sets in the West
L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick fumes over KNBC's ultra-cheesy Web coverage of murder victim Jasmine Fiore, whose body was discovered inside a discarded suitcase last weekend in Orange County. Roderick's headline, "Murder just another chance to say 'naked,'" refers to Channel 4's necrophiliac descrip ... More >>
Only hours after a New York State judge tossed his defamation lawsuit against Beverly Hills Billionaire Ron Burkle and Bill and Hillary Clinton, former New York Post reporter Jared Paul Stern wrote to LA Weekly in an email, "We will file an immediate appeal. The judge's opinion was biased and disgra ... More >>
A lost highway and roads not taken
Barnyard, Brothers of the Head, The Night Listener and more
Military fakes and the people who bust them
The author, screenwriter and radio commentator keeps his feet on the ground -- and his laptop at the ready
The 18th annual Sundance Film Festival
DUIs, denial and turkey
