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Victoria Justice: The Kids' Choice

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. "I think you go right here," says Victoria Justice, guiding a reporter toward her house in the Encino Hills, overlooking the mountains and just down the street from Martin Lawr ... More >>

For 66 Years, Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School Dads Have Put On L.A.'s Weirdest Annual Drag Show

See also: *10 Best Drag Clubs in L.A. *Our Latest Theater Reviews The year was 1947. Headlines announced the establishment of the Cominform and the formation of the CIA that marked the non-declaration of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. In suburban Glendale, meanwhile, a differ ... More >>

Nickelodeon: Kid's Nutrition Enemy Number One?

Despite his relatively healthful diet of kelp jerky, seahorse milk and bran flakes, SpongeBob SquarePants is being accused of leading children astray in nutrition. The Center for Science in the Public Interest has placed a wanted ad with the Nickelodeon character looking disgruntled and rocking a 5 ... More >>

Fun Size Review: Gossip Girl Creator Josh Schwartz's First Film

The First Time Review: Teen Love Done Right

Cinefamily's Everything Is Festival Preview: Cat Videos, Ladies Wrestling and Mystery Science Theater 3000

The chaotic, nostalgic Everything Is Festival comes of age

Top 5 Cartoon Series You Need to Watch Before San Diego Comic-Con

See also: *14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention *5 Essential Cosplay Tips for Beginners With two weeks to go until San Diego Comic-Con, news about panel appearances is just starting to hit the web. For animation fans, there's a lot in store from networks like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Net ... More >>

Disney Bans Junk Food Ads Aimed at Kids

The Walt Disney Co. announced yesterday that it will ban some junk food ads on its television channels, radio stations and websites aimed at children by 2015, Reuters reports. Disney is also starting its own "Mickey Check" label for food it deems to be nutritious, to help promote certain healthier f ... More >>

Put Down Your Comic Book, There's a New Convention in Town

Wavves On How They Managed To Get Kicked Out Of Both The VMAs and Lil Wayne's Afterparty

Emily ToremWe

InvaderCON II: DOOMCON to Bring Invader ZIM Creator Jhonen Vasquez to Torrance in July, 2012

Shannon Cottrell​Shortly before this year's Dragon*Con event, convention entertainment group Wasabi Anime/Green Mustard Entertainment announced that InvaderCON II: DOOMCON would take place "near" Los Angeles. Today, the team behind the only convention dedicated to Jhonen Vasquez's short-lived ... More >>

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Return to TV in CG Animated Series for Nickelodeon

Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two." Friday night, Nickelodeon brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans a sneak peek at what's in store for the franchise with a pizza party at Ba ... More >>

Happy National Nude Day, Bastille Day, Mac 'N' Cheese Day, Spongebob's Birthday!

Best day ever!​As chance would have it, the day before Carmageddon has turned out to be a very big day. Not only is it Bastille Day, probably the most official of the bunch, it is also apparently a lot of other important days, including National Nude Day, Mac 'N' Cheese Day and Spongebob's Bir ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con Announces Saturday, July 23 Schedule: Steampunk, Adventure Time, The Last Airbender, Robert Kirkman and More

Shannon CottrellSteampunk at San Diego Comic-Con 2010​More in "San Diego Comic-Con Announces Thursday July 21 Schedule: Bruce Campbell, Yoshiki, Stan Lee, Mike Judge and More." and "San Diego Comic-Con Announces Friday, July 22 Schedule: Doc Hammer, Jackson Publick, Chris Elliott, Wil Wheaton, ... More >>

Michelle Obama Charges $10K for Photo Op, 'Private Time' at L.A. Campaign Fundraiser (Unless You're J.J. Abrams)

This could be you, for 10,000 dolla!​The first lady landed quietly in Los Angeles this morning, avoiding another #ObamaTraffic nightmare with an early arrival at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. There to greet her were director J.J. Abrams -- basking in "Super 8's" critically acclai ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Moore's Delicatessen

The Periodic Table of Meat Explained: Q & A with Jeff Wysaski

​ Jeff Wysaski, 29-year old founder of Pleated-Jeans, debuted his Periodic Table of Meat last year. The number of meats in the world is vast. Wysaski's table brings order to the chaos. Creating it took him "a long freaking time." Wysaski also happens to be married to Unicorn Magic Baking Comp ... More >>

Music Picks: Breakestra, Slang Chickens, the Muffs, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Also Meth Leppard, Tennis With Lord Huron, Kid Infinity and others

NIGHTRANGER: THE GIFT OF GABBA

WHO'S YOUR FOOFAH?

Twenty-Year Old SoCal Resident Has Longest Tongue In The U.S.

​Hollywood actor and Southern California resident Nick Afanasiev has the longest tongue in the United States, according to San Diego television station Fox 5. Measuring 3.5 inches from the middle of his closed top lip to the tip of his tongue, Afanasiev's tongue is just 0.36 shorter than that ... More >>

Slime, the toy: Now With "Elegance" Aroma

Remember Slime? Before Nickelodeon cornered the market on slime, the gooey substance was available as a toy made in the late 1970s by Mattel. It came in a little plastic trash can with or without eyeballs, worms, or tadpoles. It was heavenly. It was one of those toys that should never have been take ... More >>

Nickelodeon Nymphet Baits Indie Crowd With Jeff Buckley Name Drop

Miranda Cosgrove is a Disney Nickelodeon nymphet (of the chaste-looking variety, i.e., a "not-a-Britney"). Many of our readers probably have no idea who she is, unless they're acquainted with children who watch her show iCarly, or are sad pervs who themselves watch her show iCarly. Anyhow. She put ... More >>

Delphine: Bouillabaisse and Vine

... at the W Hollywood

Jason Shiga's Meanwhile Lets You Choose Your Own Adventure

Tonight at 6 p.m., cartoonist Jason Shiga will be signing his latest book, Meanwhile, at GR2. Written as a "choose your own adventure" story, there are 3,856 different possibilities within the graphic novel. Check out this matrix Shiga built for the story. ​ An award winning cartoonist, Shig ... More >>

Maestro! Film Composers (and One Director) Speak About Ennio Morricone's Impact

Legendary composer has still never played L.A.

LA People 2009: Stand-in — Jon Donahue

Sounds From Common, Looks From Louis Verdad & Brian Lichtenberg

Remembering Onyx Proprietor John Leech

Chris Brown Remains Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Nominee

Chris Brown, the R&B crooner, is facing jail time if convicted of two felonies arising from the alleged February beating, in Hancock Park, of his pop-star girlfriend, Rihanna. Still, Brown, who has already lost an endorsement deal with Wrigley gum because of his troubles, got some good news tod ... More >>

La Vida Loca: Monsters, and Cory Kennedy's Socks

Plus, Obama socks take off big time

Midnight Countdown -- to L.A. Cable TV Blackout

As of yet there is no sign that telecom giants Viacom and Time Warner Cable have settled their dispute over new pay rates -- a no-prisoners battle that threatens to pull the plug on L.A.'s two-million Time Warner cable TV customers. At issue is Viacom's demand for an extra $39 million to be paid by ... More >>

Nightranger: Thriller Nights Before, During and After Halloween

Steel Wheels, Darling Stilettos and the Boo-Over

Preschool Confidential

Season two of seminal kids’ show Yo Gabba Gabba! has arrived. DJ Lance Rock and others attempt to explain its allure

CBS's New Fall Season: Guyville, U.S.A. The Mentalist's Hunky Crime Solver, Gary Unmarried's New Bachelor and Worst Week's Stumblebum

A male-centric lineup with Simon Baker, Jay Mohr and Kyle Bornheimer

Making Fiends: Amy Winfrey's Animated Vendetta

Already a Web hit, Winfrey's monster series prepares to attack kid TV

Green Screen at Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Lessons in Slime

How We Roll

Derby Dolls: a bout last Saturday; babes in clubland; a dragalicious XXXmas

Drake Bell, Mick Jagger & Me

Claws and Effect

Everyone’s crowding into Macau Street for the fried crab

Life of the Party

Diz McNally

Also Opening This Week

Not the Real World

2001 on TV

Naughty Nick

Animation giant plays anti-union toon

Alien Nation

No life lessons here

Beyond Good and Evil

To the utterly adorable ass-kicking superheroics of the Powerpuff Girls!

Ode to Plotlessness

I want my Ralph TV

Kids in the Hall

More freaks and geeks

The Year of The Sopranos

Adding up '99

The Empire of the Air

You have been colonized

To Be Young, Different and/or Black