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Pakistan

  • Music

    January 19, 2012

    Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

    Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    More with Survivor Coach Benjamin Wade His Peshawr Beef Recipe

    Not having a decent meal for almost 100 days as a Survivor contestant, Benjamin "Coach" Wade can't help but fixate on food now. We certainly don't blame him, it's our favorite topic. While chatting all-things-edible with us, he strayed from talking Survivor and shared his list of top five L.A. res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Norwegian Video Blogger Tommy Churning-Mad Over Butter Crisis Mockery

    A. Scattergoodbread and butter at The Tasting Kitchen​There's a lot going on in the world as the year steams towards a close. In North Korea, Kim-Jong-Il is dead. In Pakistan, military leaders and government officials are wrestling for power. U.S. troops have finally left Iraq. There's als ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Live & Dine LA: Angeleno Restaurant Awards [Photo Gallery]

    Guzzle & NoshScenes from Live & Dine LA 2011.​ Akasha Richmond walked away with the big prize, an award for a chef who has demonstrated not only top notch kitchen skills but a dedication to community service, at last night's Live & Dine LA awards, but the focus of the evening was on LA's risi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Osama Bin Laden Had 'Extensive' Porn Collection: L.A.'s Adult Video Industry Was Aiding a Terrorist?

    Vice BooksSasha Grey: All-American.​Ah yes. Like the conservative, Christian Republican who turns out to have an oversize appetite for gay sex, you knew we'd find the other side of Osama Bin Laden. Yeah, the who thought we were the devil because of our decadent, Hollywood-loving, consumerist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Osama's Marijuana Garden Found at Pakistani Compound? Bin Laden Been Blazin'?

    Osama Bin Blazin.'​This could maybe explain Osama Bin Laden's pipe dreams of taking down the might United States: Turns out there was a marijuana garden growing next to his compound in Pakistan. CNN's Nic Robertson (via Huffington Post) came across it while touring the residential grounds wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Los Angeles Ex-Soldier Mike Bruggink Split From U.S. Army, Posed as Boar Hunter to Stalk Osama Bin Laden (and $25 Million) With AK-47

    Mike BrugginkBruggink left no Afghani cave unturned.​Patriotic nutjob Gary Faulker wasn't the only Angeleno to strike out alone on a mission to find Osama bin Laden before last weekend's big Navy SEAL takedown. Marina del Rey resident Mike Bruggink was hot on his trail -- the $25 million prize ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 4, 2010

    FOUR LIONS

    Mike BrugginkBruggink left no Afghani cave unturned.​Patriotic nutjob Gary Faulker wasn't the only Angeleno to strike out alone on a mission to find Osama bin Laden before last weekend's big Navy SEAL takedown. Marina del Rey resident Mike Bruggink was hot on his trail -- the $25 million prize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Drink and Give: 'Tis the Season to Give a Bottle with a Shot of Generosity

    Ehlers Estate​Not so long ago, "charity-driven" wineries could get by with donating the occasional case or two of merlot to local fund raising auctions (did you get a taste last year's YMCA "Riesling"?). Today, product donation is hardly worth singing the most famous Christmas aria in history ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Squid Ink Food Fight: Pakistani Standoff, the Beef Nihari of Al Noor Vs. Al-Watan

    Sweat has stopped dripping perpetually from my pores, and recently, I actually wore a jacket. That in itself has created a good enough excuse to start cooking things like chicken soup and bolognese, but also, to seek out some heartier and less summer-friendly restaurant fare. To kick things off, I l ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    "Weather" — or Not?

    Sweat has stopped dripping perpetually from my pores, and recently, I actually wore a jacket. That in itself has created a good enough excuse to start cooking things like chicken soup and bolognese, but also, to seek out some heartier and less summer-friendly restaurant fare. To kick things off, I l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    IT'S A LONG WAY TO PURGATORY

    Sweat has stopped dripping perpetually from my pores, and recently, I actually wore a jacket. That in itself has created a good enough excuse to start cooking things like chicken soup and bolognese, but also, to seek out some heartier and less summer-friendly restaurant fare. To kick things off, I l ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Afghan Star: Kabul Meets American Idol

    British Director Havana Marking's Feature Doc on Singing for Fame in a Wartorn Country

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Feed Your Habit: 5 Places You Should Have Gone Sunday Morning to Cure Your Hangover

    It's morning. You wake, head pulsating, room spinning. Whether it's because you had too many Independence Day beers by the grill or because your old college buddy convinced you that Jaeger shots were a good idea, the result is the same. You're officially hung over, and it's time to do what you can t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    An Armenian Journey in Photographs

    This Friday A&I Photographic and Digital Services will turn its lobby into a gallery for a one-night photograph exhibit that benefits a good cause. "A Journey to Armenia" showcases the imagery of Sara Anjargolian, Vahe D'Ala and Sevag Vrej -- not to mention the on-site support of actor Ken Davit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Cinco de Mayo to Flu: Bring It On! Several large Cinco de Mayo celebrations scheduled across America will not hold de Mayo, despite fears that swine flu could spread in crowds of densely packed people. Los Angeles'  festivities will take place on Olvera Street, although a Chicago celebration ha ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Guantánamo’s Final Days

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Sheriff Lowered Bar to Raise Ranks The L.A. County Sheriff's Department loosened hiring practices in order to meet recruiting goals, charges a report by the Office of Independent Review. L.A. TimesWorkers Protest Postal Ax About four dozen union postal workers rallied outside the Industry Processing ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Letters to the Editor: Monty Paulsen for President

    Also, hope and skepticism for a new administration

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2008

    Election '08: Watch Christopher Hitchens Call McCain "Borderline Senile"

    BY MARC COOPER My old comrade Christopher Hitchens rips it up on MSNBC's Hardball calling out McCain as "weird" and "borderline senile." Hitch also issues some pungent words about Failin' Palin and notes how Obama has outflanked McCain on the right when it comes to Pakistan. You may not always agre ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 25, 2008

    The Last Enemy and Little Britain USA: Skullduggery and Wig Jobs

    New English suspense and comedy arrive in America

  • Film+TV

    October 11, 2007

    Screamfest 2007

    Terror in the aisles

  • Film+TV

    August 16, 2007

    Film Reviews: Delirious, Death at a Funeral, 7 Dias

    Terror in the aisles

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    Aaron Cohen: Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

    In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar.

  • Film+TV

    June 21, 2007

    A Mighty Heart: Pearl Harbor

    A Mighty Heart does justice to Mariane and Daniel Pearl

  • LA Life

    May 31, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican! East Meets Mex

    Is it true that there are a lot more Mexicans hooking up with East Indians now?

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2007

    I Found Salvation in Maui

    No, I'm not talking about the surfing, though I did take a lesson with "surf teacher to the stars," Tide Rivers, whose dad founded the Maui film festival...and I got up on the first try! Nor am I talking about communing with the gods at Haleakala, aka House of the Sun, the summit of this volcanic is ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 22, 2007

    Brahms Rush

    No, I'm not talking about the surfing, though I did take a lesson with "surf teacher to the stars," Tide Rivers, whose dad founded the Maui film festival...and I got up on the first try! Nor am I talking about communing with the gods at Haleakala, aka House of the Sun, the summit of this volcanic is ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 9, 2006

    View From a Grain of Sand

    No, I'm not talking about the surfing, though I did take a lesson with "surf teacher to the stars," Tide Rivers, whose dad founded the Maui film festival...and I got up on the first try! Nor am I talking about communing with the gods at Haleakala, aka House of the Sun, the summit of this volcanic is ... More >>

  • LA Life

    November 2, 2006

    ¡ask a Mexican! Oral Quiz

    No, I'm not talking about the surfing, though I did take a lesson with "surf teacher to the stars," Tide Rivers, whose dad founded the Maui film festival...and I got up on the first try! Nor am I talking about communing with the gods at Haleakala, aka House of the Sun, the summit of this volcanic is ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    June 22, 2006

    To Hell and Back

    Surviving Guantánamo

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Something to Offend Everyone

    Talking to Taki “High Life” Theodoracopulos

  • Film+TV

    January 19, 2006

    Looking for Laughs in All the Wrong Places

    Albert Brooks phones in the jokes

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Reborn To Rescue

    When disaster struck, washed-out pro surfer Matt George didn’t ask permission to start saving people. Now he can’t stop

  • LA Life

    August 4, 2005

    Artsters, Juggy D and the Last Bricktops

    When disaster struck, washed-out pro surfer Matt George didn’t ask permission to start saving people. Now he can’t stop

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Meeting Al-Jazeera

    The new documentary Control Room shows the way Arabs and Americans look at the same events and see two entirely different things

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Best in Film: Scott Foundas

    The new documentary Control Room shows the way Arabs and Americans look at the same events and see two entirely different things

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Has the CIA Unmasked Daniel Pearl’s Killer?

    Once again, the U.S. is covering up for Pakistan’s mistakes

  • Film+TV

    September 25, 2003

    World Without End

    Michael Winterbottom’s refugee saga

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    The Logo-Spangled Banner

    Slices of a digital war

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    On War in Iraq

    Hard to say what’s more suspect: the case for intervention or the timing of the debate

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Midnight Movies at the Planetarium

    Peace operatives Super Furry Animals’ non-proliferation treatise

  • Columns

    May 2, 2002

    ?Quién Es Palestino?

    Peace operatives Super Furry Animals’ non-proliferation treatise

  • Film+TV

    March 21, 2002

    Pure Pleasure

    . . . But first a little pain

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Collateral Damage

    . . . But first a little pain

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Where to Now?

    Coming battles in the War on Terror

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    The Oil War

    UNOCAL’s once-grand plan for Afghan pipelines

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    What They Want

    UNOCAL’s once-grand plan for Afghan pipelines

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Sesame Osama

    UNOCAL’s once-grand plan for Afghan pipelines

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Death Watcher

    Political scientist David C. Rapoport on the history of terrorism

  • More >>
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