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Is Quitting Your Job to Join A Band at 35 the Best or Worst Idea Ever?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

The Hunt for Jose Smiley Saenz

Linda Muse spent years tracking FBI's Most Wanted

Paula Deen and Her Brother Bubba Accused of Sexual Harassment

Whether she's hiding a three-year-old type-2 diabetes diagnosis, inking deals with pharmaceutical companies for diabetes drugs or dropping two pants sizes, Paula Deen is riding an unpredictable public relations roller coaster with the media this year. And now, Deen is back in the headlines: a former ... More >>

Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling With the Stars

J. Edgar Review

Clint Eastwood's inspired take on a giant of the 20th Century

Good Luck Bar: Bar Report, Los Feliz

lepere/flickrInterior. Good Luck​ The Place: Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave. (90027) The Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sat.-Sun. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Digs: "Do you want a Shirley Temple?" our father once said as we walked past the bar area of our favorite Chinese restaurant. We were on t ... More >>

Five Cheesiest Moments in Baseball Movie History

SonyDespite the brilliance of Moneyball as a baseball movie -- a really cheesy moment exists in the film.​ Looking to rally moviegoers this weekend is the feature adaptation of Michael Lewis 2003 tome Moneyball, which dramatizes the resurrection of the 2002 underdogs, the Oakland A's, under th ... More >>

Weird Soda Review: Saranac's Shirley Temple Soda (aka Don't Drink This Now)

How do you go wrong with a Shirley Temple? This both is and is not a rhetorical question. The Shirley Temple is the original -- and still pre-eminent -- non-alcoholic cocktail, sipped by generations of American children suffering in itchy formal wear through tedious adult parties. It requires only 7 ... More >>

30 Burgers in 30 Days: The Fix is In (Day 5)

The BYOB policy and high-quality, humanely-raised meats at The Fix Burger in Silver Lake, earned it "Best of LA" status in last year's mega-issue. This time, we visit The Fix with an eye toward comparing their classic burgers with their kimchi-laden Seoul burger, a concept we recently sampled at K ... More >>

Holy Sh*t! Top 10 Uses of Profanity in Music in 2010

​Cuss words can be a lazy lyricist's exclamation points but, in the right hands, profanity affords a landscape of creativity and rhyme schemes that breathe new life into descriptions of coitus, anger, and self-reflection. There may not be enough amazing uses of "fuck," "ass," and "shit" in roc ... More >>

Gustavo 'The Dude' Dudamel And The L.A. Phil Make Live Concertos Hip By Silver-Screening Them Across U.S. And Canada

Anna Hult courtesy Gothenburg SymphonyChicks dig Dudamel's Shirley Temple 'fro​The youth is starting to change -- and year-old L.A. Philharmonic conductor Gustavo "The Dude" Dudamel is making sure the symphony changes with it. Last fall, LA Weekly wrote about the youth-ification of the Philha ... More >>

Gustavo 'The Dude' Dudamel And The L.A. Phil Make Live Concertos Hip By Silver-Screening Them Across U.S. And Canada

Anna Hult courtesy Gothenburg SymphonyChicks dig Dudamel's Shirley Temple 'fro​ Last fall, LA Weekly wrote about the youth-ification of the Philharmonic by the Venezuelan boy wonder. Top suits at the Phil contracted Dudamel for his kinetic approach to leading the orchestra, which they hoped m ... More >>

"Fuller at Fox": Weird Wars

Fighting life in LACMA's weekend series

The Edge of Destruction

U2 guitarist’s plan for his 1,000 acres in Malibu is infuriating some of his neighbors

Today in Photographs: January 30, 1937

Eddie Cantor helps Shirley Temple cut a cake as Hollywood celebrates FDR's 55th birthday at the Biltmore Hotel. Note figurine with crutches on top of cake.Photo: L.A. Times/UCLA Digital Collection

Film and Video Events

Revival house screenings and other events, Aug. 22-28

Baby Dee: Life Is Bitter and Death Is Sweet

"Find a sweetie and make mad love. Smoke lots of cigarettes and stop wearing underpants."

Fashion Weak

Must the show go on at Smashbox?

A Star Is Reborn

The ageless appeal of Janet Gaynor

Chang, Grass, King Kong: Special Edition

The Producer: A.C. Lyles

School of the Holy Beast

Hallowed Kitty

Letters

The Isherwood Equation

Peter Parker’s massive biography considers the life, the literature and Los Angeles

Lying in State

This bier’s for you, Gipper

United They Sit

Why don’t Hollywood Democrats run for public office?

The Big Bang

Life and death and everything else in Edward Yang’s Yi Yi

Jena at 15

A childhood in Hollywood

Et Cetera, Et Cetera, Et Cetera!

Anna and the King, plus The Emperor and the Assassin

International Men of Mystery

Graham Greene, Orson Welles, Carol Reed; plus, Austin Powers

Getting Lew'd

How Mr. Wasserman Changed Hollywood

Wild Angel

The Hard Ride of Davie Allan & the Arrows

Female Trouble

From Paltrow to Pickford

'Da Noise