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World War Z Gets the Action Right But Botches the Bigger Ideas

In the end, however, all that matters is Brad Pitt

We Lurked Outside the Rolling Stones' Rehearsals in Burbank

Last week, the center of the rock & roll universe was located in an industrial part of Burbank. In one room at CenterStaging studios, Paul McCartney was rehearsing with his band for their upcoming world tour. Next door, his old pals and supposed rivals the Rolling Stones were preparing for their fir ... More >>

Life of Whitney

LAX Could be America's Next Top Disease Magnet

Ah, beautiful L.A., home of beaches and billionaires and Playboy bunnies. And now we are a top American gateway ... for disease. Wonderful. New research from MIT says that LAX and New York's John F Kennedy would be ground zeroes for outbreaks, such as the next ...

Los Angeles Beats New York in Urban Density

Los Angeles is the densest metropolis in the nation, according to an analysis of the latest U.S. Census figures. What's really important here is that we beat New York! The U.S. Census today stated that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim region has 7,000 people per square mile, beating out not onl ... More >>

Weegee Strips Hollywood Naked

Courtesy of MOCALiz Taylor, ca. 1950​ "Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees." So said crime photographer and full-time self promoter Arther Fellig, who was also known as Weegee. He was New Yorker to the the core, having grown up in the bitter poverty of the Depression-era Lower Eas ... More >>

Moby Does Photography in Destroyed, His New Book and Culver City Exhibit Featuring Photos From Stage of His Cheering Fans

Courtesy of MobyThousands of fans raging to Moby's music.​ Picture this. You are sitting in a windowless, grey room. It's empty, apart from a chair and an old leather sofa. You hear a knock at the door; someone's there to fetch you. Five minutes later, you're standing in front of a cheering cr ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Urges You to Become a Terrorism Snitch at Staples Center: Profile Away

Front row, next to Jack Nicholson.​Ah, the terror-snitch ho-down has begun at Staples Center downtown, where U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday announced that the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip-off program has expanded there. Any particular th ... More >>

(UPDATE From Snowed-In Newark International Airport) For Travelers Stuck At LAX, Weather Continues To Make Life Suck

PHOTO BY PATRICK RANGE MCDONALDContinental passengers delayed by a New Jersey blizzard last night were left in the dark through the wee hours​Twitter via spanishNYTimes Square is buried under at least one foot of snow​Updated after the jump: The Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald live-blogs ... More >>

Q & A With Nick Malgieri, Part 2: Faking References, Ceramic Roosters His Pet Peeve Panzanella Recipe

In the first part of our interview with baking instructor, food writer and cookbook author Nick Malgieri, the baker talked about, well, a lot of things. You'll just have to go read it. We picked up where we left off, when Malgieri suddenly decided to talk about Ferran Adrià. This happens a lot with ... More >>

BETTER LIVING THROUGH FILM

The 11 Percent Mayor Villaraigosa Lashes Back

Blasting L.A. Weekly, he says we relied on bad facts. Aides say he misspoke

Layover, With Cheese

What If?

Sinister scenarios in Philip Roth’s latest novel

Urban Fission

Why we face it and who might stop it

Home Grown?

If anthrax is domestic, likely suspects abound

Dr. Kool's Pop Quiz

Keith Thornton, Ph.d., an old professor from the new school, knows rap is here to test you

Cabin Fever

Photographer Richard Barnes shoots the Unabomber's shack