Mike Huckabee

Midget Zombies and Black Republicans: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 22 Help celebrate two (non-mutually exclusive) minority groups by attending the 10th Annual Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival, which starts its two-day run on Friday. The fest will open at 7 p.m. at REDCAT with the documentar ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Tastes Like Hate, Apparently (PHOTOS)

It didn't take long for a guerilla activist to put a very public spin on Chick-fil-A's huge gay marriage FAIL. Only two days after conservatives flocked to the chain's outlets to support the stance of its CEO, who said he doesn't support same-sex marriage, a Torrance Chick-fil-A was hit with graffi ... More >>

Chick-fil-Gay Gets Spoofed, Clowned in L.A. (VIDEO)

So, ah, Chick-fil-A supporters are declaring that the chicken chain has a right to free speech after its CEO declared opposition to the freedom of gays to marry. (Scratches head. Are these the same people who say liberals should have never opposed the war in Iraq and instead "supported our troops?" ... More >>

Hollywood Chick-fil-A Addresses Controversy (Sort Of) 3 Cities Oppose The Chain

The game of chicken continues: In response to Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy explicitly confirming what we all already have known for some time -- that the company is staunchly against gay marriage -- the owner of the Hollywood Chick-fil-A, Jeremiah Cillpam, released a public letter yesterday stati ... More >>

C is for Cut Off: Jim Henson Company Severs Partnership with Chick-fil-A Over Gay Marriage Issue

Chick-fil-A has seen its last sunny day on Sesame Street: Last Friday, The Jim Henson Company announced that it dropped a partnership with Chick-fil-A, explaining on its Facebook page that it "has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-fil ... More >>

Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings

This really happened. See #1 for details.​When it comes to presidential endorsements, musicians tend to be pretty predictable. Most all of them seem to go for Democrats, except for Ted Nugent. And then, inevitably, the Republican candidates go ahead and use the left-leaning rockers' music anyw ... More >>

reliq, SYMBOLCLUB and More: Berlin Goths Keep It Up All Night

grayl growlsphoto by Adi Parvulescu​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her next stop was a goth club in Berlin, where she met the band reliq. Despite their myriad references ... More >>

I WANT YOUR MONEY

I Want Your Money review

After Washington Ambush, L.A. Police Union Says Attacks On Cops Are Up

Ted SoquiA vigil for Lily Burk, who was allegedly killed by a parolee.​Crime is down, particularly in Los Angeles, but if you wore a badge, you wouldn't be breathing easy right now. In a strange paradox, attacks on officers are up across the nation. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, th ... More >>

They Still Heart Huckabee

They ♥ Huckabee

The problem with hearing Mike Huckabee speak at the Angelus Temple is that you first have to sit through 20 minutes of the temple's house band, Press Play, a kind of Up With Christian People rock ensemble that makes one nostalgic for the 1980s metallurgical hosannas of Stryper. A second problem is ... More >>

You Can Feel It All Over: Partying on Election Night With Hollywood's Godless Liberal Elites and Lowlifes

Keeping score at Big Wangs, the Century Plaza and the Echoplex

Election '08: Governor Gidget -- Sorry, Sarah Palin -- Speaks . . . Once I Was Blind

BY MARC COOPER Governor Gidget appeared on screen melting my heart and conquering my soul. That was after The Mayor of America softened me up. Once I was blind. But now I can see. I agree with every one of their points. Black is white. Up is Down. Slavery is Freedom. Arbeit Macht Frei. We ar ... More >>

Vote Finke in '08!

Time magazine has just published their list of finalists for "The 2008 Time 100." What's that you ask? It's the magazine's list of the world's most influential leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers. And never-sleeping entertainment industry reporters. Ensconced among fellow nominees Mike H ... More >>

Rockie Horoscope

Movie Reviews: Beaufort, Horton Hears a Who!, The Unforeseen

Also Doomsday and All In This Tea

Movie Reviews: College Road Trip, CJ7

Also Girls Rock!, My Name is Albert Ayler and more

Do Obama's Mounting Wins Make California/Latino Vote Irrelevant?

Reading the presidential tea leaves

The (Yes, It's Arrived) Latino Factor: Latinos Choose Hillary...

... bum out Obama, and give a little nod to McCain

Obama Surges, Clinton Stalls

Time is on his side as the battle rages on

Why I'm Endorsing Hulk Hogan

Take That Chuck Norris. As you can see from his "Real American" video above, Hogan has the endorsement of the real JFK, not his younger, drunker brother and rest of the flotsam and jetsam that currently constitute the rest of the Kennedy clan. This displays Hogan's ability to transcend the real ... More >>

The Unlikely Comeback of John McCain, Maverick Warmonger

How Johnny got his groove back

Fashion on the Campaign Trail

Primary colors

Discovering the Candidates Through Their Playlists

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

Grading the Campaigns

A road-weary reporter takes the primaries to school

G-Funk Week: 10 Questions Raised By “Game Don’t Wait” Upon Re-Examination In the Year 2008

In honor of Nate Dogg (who's currently recuperating in a rest home after somehow having a stroke at 38)) and because I really just want to watch old G-Funk videos for the rest of the week, the next couple days will be dedicated to excavating random Nate Dogg songs. Happy New Year. 1. Let it be sa ... More >>

Obama Wins in Iowa, Huckabee Crushes Romney

Obama wins the Democratic Caucus in Iowa, with 37 percent of the vote, leaving Edwards and Hillary to battle it out for second. On the Republican side, Huckabee took the gold, followed by Romney, then Thompson, then McCain. All of this has been so fully gamed out that it's hard to add any new insig ... More >>

Worst Campaign Tricks of 2007

Go ugly early