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Gangster Squad Retells the Stories of Better Movies

Top 12 LGBT Movies You Need To See, as Picked by Film Fest Organizers

Outfest, L.A.'s gay and lesbian film festival, ended on Sunday, reminding us that films about the LGBT experience serve an important role in the community, from teaching teenage boys and girls that it's alright to kiss other boys and girls, respectively, to connecting social activists with images su ... More >>

Mickey Avalon, Everyone's Favorite Former Heroin Addict and Male Prostitute, Rides Again

See also: Mickey Avalon's True Hollywood stories Mickey Avalon, party rapper extraordinaire, is set to drop his new solo album Loaded today. We last checked in with him for a 2006 cover story depicting his utterly-wild ways; plenty has happened for him in the ensuing years, including many shows and ... More >>

Sundance Film Festival 2012: Chris Rock Talks to Barack Obama, and Other Random Festival Notes

After eight days in Park City, I'm back in Los Angeles; the festival continues through the weekend, with the awards announced Saturday night. Here are some notes on films I didn't get a chance to write about at length. Keep an eye out for my wrap-up of the festival in next week's print edition. 2 D ... More >>

James Van Doren of Vans Shoes Fame Dies, Leaves Legacy of Iconic SoCal Board Sports Brand

Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack​If you needed to place an iconic artifact of Southern California boarding culture in a time capsule, a pair of Vans shoes would certainly do. Alongside the skateboard, a modification of roller skates, the modern surfboard, invented by L.A.'s Bob Simmons ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher: Do Real Men Cheat on Their Wives?

Following revelations that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore might be splitting up as a result of an alleged rendezvous on the part of the young Two and a Half Men star at a San Diego hotel last weekend, we have to ask, do real men cheat on their wives with a 23-year-old woman? You see, this was bound ... More >>

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Bad boys Sean Penn and Nicholas Ray

Cannes 2011: Karina Longworth's 21 Films Ranked From Worst to Best

​ Thanks to the idiosyncrasies of Air France's pricing schedule, I am departing Cannes on Thursday morning, before the premieres of some of the festival's most anticipated titles -- including the Ryan Gosling-starring Drive; This Must Be the Place, featuring Sean Penn in rock star drag; and ne ... More >>

FAIR GAME

Should Celebrities Boycott Koi Restaurant After Owners Sued By State For 'Worker Exploitation?'

Koi's dining room, via Facebook.​Koi restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard has become an A-list restaurant, if not in the minds of critics, at least in the minds of celebrities. Along with the Ivy and Mr. Chow, It's a go-to spot to get snapped by paparazzi. Except that its owners, the Sikder Fam ... More >>

What Made Max Mermelstein Run?

I Love You Phillip Morris: Out of the Closet, but Not out in Theaters

Why the funniest, most subversive film of the year — starring Jim Carrey as a gay felon — isn't coming to your local multiplex anytime soon

Sean Penn Charged In Clash With Paparazzo

FoxSean Penn was depicted on 'Family Guy' as a camera-attacking weatherman.​Sean Penn never met a camera he didn't like ... to smash. The notoriously paparazzi-unfriendly star was charged Friday with misdemeanor battery and vandalism stemming from a run in with a photog at Brentwood Country Ma ... More >>

FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ACADEMY VOTERS

Experts: New Anti-Pap Law Could Hurt Legit Journos

Sometimes we feel sorry for the paparazzi. Sure, most of them didn't go to Northwestern, intern for big newspapers or get bright-green LAPD press cards. They don't bring us news we can use. But they do capture an aspect of history, work their butts off, and face great bodily harm daily (especially w ... More >>

Ghosts of Hong Kong Past

H8ters L.A. Vacation: Fred Phelps’ Antigay Baptists Come Out on Oscar Night

Coming Home on Oscar Night: Twilight’s Empty Streets on L.A.'s Indoor Mardi Gras

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Crossing Over: Wayne Kramer's Borderline Offensive

Citizen's arrest for tasteless immigrant drama

The Gayest Oscars Ever

Singing, dancing, politicizing — and still the ratings rose

California Is for H8ters: The Oscars' Anti-Gay Picketers

During his Oscar speech for winning the Best Actor award for Milk, Sean Penn pointedly attacked supporters of last November's victorious Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage in California:"For those who saw the signs of hatred as our cars drove in tonight," Penn said, "I think that it is a good ti ... More >>

Sean Penn on Prop 8: Shame on Mormons, Blacks

Last night's L.A. Times Gold Derby blog presented a video clip of a somber Sean Penn at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, where his portrayal of gay icon Harvey Milk had won the Best Actor Award. Penn did not look to be in the mood for a political discussion, but when asked by Tom O'Neil a ... More >>

Best Movies of 2008: Great Expectations

Glimmers of hope in concentration camps, industrialized ghettos and the refuse of a barren planet

Film Poll 2008: WALL-E World

The little robot that could tops another chart

Milk: Proposition Hate

Biopic recaptures Californian intolerance at exactly the right time

Controversy at Cannes: The Headless Woman

And a lot of big heads too

Shots in the Dark at Cannes 2008

Reflecting its moment, the festival takes a decidedly serious tone

Hal Holbrook: A Chance to Be Himself

The character actor in full bloom

Letters: Biking in Santa Monica, Paddleboating in Echo Park

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Letters: Don’t Stomp the Music

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Mother, Flower Child, Ballbuster

The many freckled faces of Catherine Keener

Into the Slabs

Hanging with Insane Wayne at the Salton Sea

Sean Penn, With His Own Two Eyes

Sean Penn on anger, humility and the power of seeing things for yourself

Penn Journeys Into the Wild

Nature versus nurture

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Stars Get Caught in Hirsch’s Hornet’s Nest

Names drop and accusations fly as Barry goes to trial

She’s a Keeper

Dressed To Thrill

Pollack’s The Interpreter and the Hungarian first feature Kontroll

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77

A Considerable Town
Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77 — film . . . fashion . . . warm bodies

Baby, It’s Cold Inside

Oscar at 77

The Dwarf Got Dissed

Why this year’s Oscars suck more than usual

Have You Noticed That . . .

Barbarian at the Gate

An Arnold candidacy pumps up the political game for Hollywood

Eyes Wide Open

No rest for the wicked in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia

How Clean Was My Valley

Edited by Kateri Butler

Just the Fates

Sean Penn’s The Pledge

Blacklist Backlash

Human, All Too Human

In defense of The Thin Red Line

Stocking Stuffers

And a few lumps of coal