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Gen. David Petraeus Is Now A USC Professor

Retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus, who resigned in disgrace as director of the CIA following revelations that he carried on an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, has landed in Southern California. USC announced just after midnight that the architect of the American "counterinsurgency" ... More >>

The Medieval Origins of April Fools' Day, Explained

Hollywood writer David Misch wanted to investigate the true nature of humor -- or, as he puts it, the "history, mythology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, biology, neuroscience and theology of humor" -- so he went about crafting the new tome Funny: The Book -- Everything You Always Wanted to K ... More >>

USC Professor Uses Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to Teach Students About War

When Professor Patrick James was 13, he picked up The Lord of the Rings. It took him less than three days to finish reading the trilogy. Years passed and James entered academia. Although his discipline is international relations, he wanted to bring the books that captured his attention to the class ... More >>

Here's a John Tesh Song You've Heard Hundreds of Times

There's a John Tesh song you've heard hundreds of times. You love it. It gets you psyched up. It's called "Roundball Rock" and is also known as the "NBA on NBC" theme. You can play it below, and after doing so will likely not think of the former Entertainment Tonight co-host -- who performs tonight ... More >>

'Applefied Ads': Santa Monica Ad Intern Delights Internet by Giving Household Products the Apple Treatment

White background. Stark chrome letters. Floating Apple product, suspended from heaven. Bleh. Bryan Evans, a recent Pepperdine graduate and summer intern at the Rubin Postaer and Associates ad agency in Santa Monica, is so over the Apple advertising formula. "At one point, Apple had the most ground ... More >>

The Beach Boys - Hollywood Bowl - 6/2/12

The Beach Boys The Hollywood Bowl 6/2/12 See also: A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures Better Than: Your average Carnie Wilson show. This year in the UK, Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee is bringing together millions of her subjects (and pl ... More >>

Bert Chan: These Shoes Were Made for Tapping

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Eight is considered a particularly lucky number in Chinese culture, so Bertha "Bert" Chan's 88th birthday on Feb. 8 should have signaled the beginning of her most fortuitous ye ... More >>

Katie Wilkins, Malibu 25-Year-Old, May Have Overdosed on Heroin With Chris Benton, Pepperdine President's Son

Updated on Page 2: We speak with sheriff's detectives about Benton's role in all of this. Originally posted at 10 a.m. The young graphic designer found dead in her parents' Malibu mansion on the evening of Saturday, April 28, may have overdosed on heroin, L.A. County Sheriff's investigators tell t ... More >>

Dante Torres, Malibu Kite Surfer Possibly Vacationing From Dubai, Dies in Tragic Kelp Accident

A young man who may have been visiting Los Angeles from Dubai died while kite surfing as the Daylight Saving's sunlight faded on Monday night. Dante Torres, 28, became entangled in a bed of kelp as he surfed the waters of Malibu's Topanga County Beach -- just off Pacific Coast Highway -- says Assis ... More >>

Christwire Creators Want You to Read The Christwire Handbook Or Burn In Hell

For the past three years, Christwire.org creators Bryan Butvidas and Kirwin Watson have come off sounding like the bastard sons of Ted "Kill It and Grill It" Nugent with their right-wing rhetoric on gays, liberals and foreigners. Most followers eventually caught onto the joke, as did major media out ... More >>

3Twenty Wine Bar: Where Wine Tastings and Noble Gases Meet

A. Froug3Twenty Wine Lounge​ Though owner Edgar Poureshagh brings up that his newly opened 3Twenty Wine Lounge in Hollywood is family-owned and operated, it's easy to forget until you place a call at 1 a.m., expecting to leave a message inquiring about the cheese plate. Unbeknownst to you, the ... More >>

Janice Hahn's Mother Dies on the Eve of L.A. Councilwoman's Congressional Election Bout

Janice Hahn.​Update: See statements from Janice Hahn's council office and campaign at the bottom. On the eve of her election day bout for a South Bay Congressional seat, L.A. city Councilwoman Janice Hahn has learned that her mother Ramona has died at the age of 86, campaign staffers confirme ... More >>

Dictator Watch: Teodorin Obiang, African Royalty in Malibu, Orders Yacht Worth 3 Times His Country's Health Education Budget

BossipJust another day in the life of Teodorin Obiang​"I've been very lucky in business ... and I like to live well." -- Teodorin Obiang We mostly stick to small-fry targets like West Hollywood politicians who green-light towering concrete atrocities and Los Angeles mayors who green-light six ... More >>

Top 10 Women With Fruit Names

We've brought you the Top 10 Men With Meat Names and the Top 10 Men With Salad Names. But what about women? And what about fruit? Well, now is the moment for both, as pomiculture and nomenclature come together for the debut female-themed edition of our "People with Food Names" series. Of course, the ... More >>

Malibu's Mayor Makes Waves

Jefferson (Zuma Jay) Wagner's ripple effect

Music Picks: Laura Veirs, Experience Hendrix, Boyz II Men, Earthworm Ensemble

Also, David Scott Stone, Slow Club, Little Boots and others

Stage Raw: Outrageous Fortune

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSThis week's stage features on The Best of '09 and The Best of the Decade.OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE Theatre Development Fund has just published its findings on "the life and times of the American play" in a comprehensive analysis (by Todd London with Ben Pesner, and Zannie Gir ... More >>

Luminous Dames at OCMA

Georgia, Agnes, Agnes and Florence

Labia, Sarah Silverman, Phantom of the Opera and more!

What to do in L.A., January 23-29

Stage Raw: Unpronouncable

THEATER AWARDS UPDATE Here is the complete list of NOMINEES for the 30th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards, being held Monday, March 30 at the El Rey. Admission for nominees is free; nominee RSVPs are now being accepted at (310) 574-7208. Tickets for guests and members of the public go on sale ... More >>

Rock Picks: AC/DC, Dressy Bessy, Meshell Ndegeocello

Also, the Submarines, Ruben Guevara, the Coup and more

Suite Memories

Substitute sentiment for spending this holiday season

A Changing of the Guard at the Westwood March

Fore more photos, view Ted Soqui's Westwood protest slideshow. Related Posts: Patrick Range McDonald's "The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood" Patrick Range McDonald's "The Long March to the Mormon Temple" Joe Donnelly's "Election 08: What Happens To A Dream Deferred? Prop ... More >>

Rock Picks: Antony & the Johnsons, Kings of Leon, Jay-Z

Also, Joan Osborne, Earl Zero, Petra Haden and more

Stage Raw: Creative Criticism

Stage Raw: Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas

Stage Raw: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ex-Presidents

Stage Raw: On the Blume

Stage Raw: Underestimating Public Intelligence

California GOP: The Queer Enablers of Gay Marriage

How Republicans accomplished what the Dems could not

Theater Listings

For the week of Jan. 18-24

Mixed Nuts: A Nutcracker Cornucopia

A year-end guide to the Tchaikovsky favorite

Secret Agent Men

How the tenpercenters formed a road map to peace during the strike’s dark days

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.

Now With Double the Patton Oswalt!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Bricks Picks: Four Play

Tyner’s back with a sax-heavy quartet

Beat the Press

And Hoopla: harrumph, hurrah

A Month of Nutcrackers

Dean of Sycophants

All the news the Times should be covering and isn’t

Theater and Comedy Listings

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Jazz Listings

For Feb 10 - 16, 2006 Blues, Cabaret, Latin and World Music Listings Follow

Rock & Pop Listings

For January 27 - February 2, 2006 Country listings follow.

Let’s Roll!

Fun with gravity on our city’s finest grassy hills

Hahn Solo

Hahn Solo

Jimmy doesn’t like to be called dull. In fact, he defends his style with, uh, passion

X Marks the Spot

Surfing, sundry subcultures and the serendipitous Super X Combine

If It Happened Here

A bioterrorism attack on Los Angeles might look a lot like this

Shrieking in Cyberspace

Relax. Your computer’s fine. We’re only blowing billions on an overhyped terror threat

Farewell Art

High rents forcing artists out of Santa Monica

Plebicide

Never mind the Republican attack on Clinton. What about the Republican attack on us?