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Elayne Boosler: Laughs for Lassie

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. "Doesn't she look like Audrey Hepburn?" asks Elayne Boosler of Jazzy, a visiting pit bull–Weimaraner mix. Boosler does an impression of Jazzy as Hepburn, playing off the w ... More >>

Caleche Ranae Manos, Nude: Cops Get Eye Full in Botched Raid of Miss Nevada's Place -- Suit

Sheriff's deputies who raided a Santa Monica apartment early last November 15 allegedly got an eye full -- of a nude Miss Nevada 2007, Caleche Ranae Manos. Now, before all the guys in the greater Los Angeles region pump their fists Rafael Nadal-style and say, Right on!, consider the ramifications: ... More >>

Free Pancakes at IHOP - Today

It's not just breakfast all day, it's free breakfast all day today at IHOP, which is offering a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes to each guest from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m in honor of National Pancake Day. In return, diners will be asked to make a voluntary donation to support the Children's Mira ... More >>

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Lisa Vanderpumps SUR-prise! Party

bravotv.comThe only way Lisa Vanderpump could get through her party was by drinking heavily.​Was it just us, or did Lisa Vanderpump's launch of SUR Lounge feel less like an upscale restaurant opening more like a sorority formal afterparty gone wrong? There were ex-bffs at the door, "the other ... More >>

Katy Perry - Staples Center - 11-22-11

Timothy Norris​Katy Perry Staples Center 11-22-11 See also: *Our Katy Perry Slideshow *Why This Song Sucks: Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" Better Than...Playing a game of Candyland with 20,000 of your closest friends and Kobe Bryant. When you look behind you and up from the floor in ... More >>

Stage Raw: Camino Real

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS ​CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL  (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>

Theater Reviews: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mr. Kolpert, Aftermath

Also Stealing Buffalo, Firehouse and more

Stage Raw: Mr. Kolpert

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON SPIDER-MAN, ON BROADWAYNEW REVIEW GO MR. KOLPERT ​Photo by Charlie Fonville What to do when you're settled, successful and sociopathic? For bored couple Sarah (Lauren Olipra) and Ralf (Tommy French), the answer is, terrorize Sa ... More >>

Miss America Pageant Historian Ric Ferentz Passes Away in New York City

MissAmerica1933.comMiss America Pageant contestants in 1933.​Miss America Pageant Historian Ric Ferentz died on November 30 in New York City. Ric had an encyclopedic knowledge of the pageant's rich history and became a mentor and friend to many Miss America contestants. Ric, who had a live ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Cooking oysters with lemon air and egg 63 with Marcel Vigneron (and Ludo) at Sur la Table. (foodshethought) -- Love your food truck enough to get the name tattooed on your arm? Kogi's Roy Choi does. [Deep End Dining] -- Chin-Ma-Ya in Little Tokyo, or where to go if the line at Daikokuya is too ... More >>

Q & A With Ilan Hall: The Gorbals' Chef on the LA Dining Scene, Carpentry The Joys of Haggis

Ilan Hall has had an interesting six months, between the opening and closing and reopening of his downtown restaurant The Gorbals. But now that the building inspectors are finally happy with him--a problematic boiler necessitated the closing of The Gorbals after only a few days--he's opened for lunc ... More >>

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Indecent Acts

9/11 and Iraq War as Shtick

The misdeeds of Convoluted Rice and Uncurious George are no joke