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Rio de Janeiro

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: The Complete List

    Electronic dance music's recent resurgence has made the genre more popular than ever before, but it's still often not taken seriously as an art form. World's Douchiest DJs: The Top Five The 20 Worst Hipster Bands Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre And yeah, many goofily-dressed ravers are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 20-11

    Electronic dance music's recent resurgence has made the genre more popular than ever before, but it's still often not taken seriously as an art form. And yeah, many goofily-dressed ravers are so high they'll literally dance to anything. But below we've highlighted 20 top-notch spinners who put real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    Top 10 Sexiest Hip-Hop Video Vixens

    LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Top Ten Sexiest Album Covers We've Ever Seen Top 60 Worst Lil Wayne Lines on Tha Carter IV Top Ten Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop Top 20 Greatest L.A. Rap Albums Of All Time: The Complete List Thoughts From A Rando ... More >>

  • Music

    June 21, 2012

    Jimmy Cliff, Liars, Jesse Sykes

    Also, New Edition, Kátia Moraes & Sambaguru, Milo Greene and others

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2012

    Jaclyn Swedberg, Chino Hills High School Graduate, Named Playmate of the Year

    Updated with Jacyln Swedberg's top ten Facebook photos. Originally posted at 10:24am. Meet Jaclyn Swedberg, Playboy's newest Playmate of the Year. Or, if you're a graduate of Chino Hills High School, get re-acquainted with your former classmate. Swedberg, who was awarded the honor at a ceremony a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 31, 2012

    Google Street View disasters

    Updated with Jacyln Swedberg's top ten Facebook photos. Originally posted at 10:24am. Meet Jaclyn Swedberg, Playboy's newest Playmate of the Year. Or, if you're a graduate of Chino Hills High School, get re-acquainted with your former classmate. Swedberg, who was awarded the honor at a ceremony a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Google Street View Disasters

    This week, creatures in crocheted suits wander Barnsdall Park, a role-player tries to make a virtual battle real, and an artist digs up the dark side of Google Street View. 5. Handmade monsters When I first met artist Zac Monday, he was crocheting a cashmere scarf in a coffee shop. The scarf was so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    10 Restaurants for Mardi Gras

    We think Paul Simon must have accidentally left out a few lyrics from "Take Me to the Mardi Gras." Sure, we love the "music in the street both night and day" and the chance to "jingle to the beat." But what about the celebratory New Orleans-style food and drinks? Jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish and etouf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    3748 Baldwin Avenue, El Monte: The Sad Gray Box

    Wendy Gilmartin​ This poor excuse for a building has no balconies, no overhangs, no awnings, no shrubs, no front windows, no shade, no hue, no nothing but a big square box of fugly.

  • Film+TV

    November 17, 2011

    Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Review

    Wendy Gilmartin​ This poor excuse for a building has no balconies, no overhangs, no awnings, no shrubs, no front windows, no shade, no hue, no nothing but a big square box of fugly.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1: What They Were Eating at the Premier

    Kathy A. McDonaldRobert Pattinson at the Twilight premiere​As every schoolgirl -- the presumed reader of The Twilight Saga books -- knows, vampires don't eat prepared food. A bit of a challenge for Monday night's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 premiere organizers. Why? Because a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Food News Roundup: The End of Butter, Lucky Charms Bake Sale Racial Profiling

    A. Scattergoodapple crates at Riley's Farm​ Los Angeles Times: UC Berkeley Republican club draws nationwide protests and support with a bake sale in which items are priced according to a buyer's race, ethnicity and gender. Gourmet Live: The history of teachers and apples. Or, what to read onl ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Music Picks: NKOTBSB, Mixed Message, Earthless

    Also, Catwalk, Holly Miranda, Darwin Dees, and others

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Don't Call It a Comeback: Red Hot Rio 2's Paul Heck

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 14, 2011

    Rio

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    PLEASE DO NOT GET UP AND JOIN IN

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    HARRY POTTER AND THE GUERRILLA WATER-COLORIST

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    November 4, 2010

    WASTE LAND

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2010

    GO ART YOURSELF

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2010

    LITTLE MISS SUNDANCE

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    Brick's Picks: For All Sizes

    ​Since the late 1980s the Red Hot Organization has released over a dozen music compilations to help raise funds for AIDS research with help from artists as varied as George Michael, Wu-Tang Clan, Nirvana and Alice Coltrane. This year the Organization will be releasing Red Hot Rio 2 - a star- ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 6, 2010

    Behind the Burly Q, Breath Made Visible, Mother and Child

    Also, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, Babies, Multiple Sarcasms, The Lightkeepers and more

  • Eat+Drink

    April 29, 2010

    Libra: Grill 'Er Up

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    SOME ENCHANTED EVENING

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    WARNING: CONTENTS MAY BE HOT

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    BRAZIL 20-10

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Stage

    September 10, 2009

    Blood and Guts: Rampages in The Night Is a Child and Not to Be

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Viva Brasil!

    But first, a very long salad bar

  • Film+TV

    March 6, 2008

    First Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival

    Surveying the foreign and familiar

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Governator 2: Rise of the Girly Man

    Arnold’s budget beats up the weak

  • Columns

    December 7, 2006

    Small Town Cinema

    Arnold’s budget beats up the weak

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Music Picks

    For the week of June 22 - 29

  • Eat+Drink

    May 11, 2006

    Magic Beans

    For the week of June 22 - 29

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Generation Chef

    Fred Eric

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Founding Father

    Ayuko Babu

  • Music

    November 24, 2005

    Love Sculptures

    Super Furry Animals’ softer, simpler psychedelia

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Environmental Ecstasy

    Santa Monica marks 10 years of renewal

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Yet More Lists

    Santa Monica marks 10 years of renewal

  • Film+TV

    August 28, 2003

    From Capoeira to Catfights

    The holy terrors of Madame Satã and Thirteen

  • Film+TV

    January 23, 2003

    Police and Thieves

    Fernando Meirelles on the dead-end denizens of Rio’s favelas

  • Film+TV

    January 23, 2003

    Straight Outta Ipanema

    Revelation versus exploitation in City of God

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    All in the Familia

    One man’s dogged pursuit of his drug cartel in-laws

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demonios en la calle Broadway

    Milagros, exorcismos, anticatolicismo: cómo irse a la ruina en la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios por Joseph Treviño

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demons on Broadway

    Miracles. Exorcism. Catholic-bashing. Going for broke in the Universal Church.

  • LA Life

    August 5, 1999

    Slumming

    Touring a Rio de Janeiro favela

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Road Warrior

    Touring a Rio de Janeiro favela

  • Film+TV

    December 3, 1998

    Childhood’s End

    From Brazil to the People’s Republic

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Squinting at the Future

    Playa Vista is the Westside's housing of tomorrow

  • Eat+Drink

    June 25, 1998

    A Perfect Day for Banana Pizza

    Brazilian food - and soccer - in Culver City

  • Eat+Drink

    June 4, 1998

    Out of Africa

    Brazilian food - and soccer - in Culver City

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