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Oscars 2013: Blogging From the Press Room

See also: *More L.A. Weekly film coverage *How a $45,000 Oscar Gift Bag Is Born Our report from the press room is adapted from tweets at @laweeklyarts and @zpincusroth -- follow us there too. [Updated: 10:25 pm] 10:11 pm Anne Hathaway has press room's most sincere line of the night, on why she s ... More >>

More Political Intrigue in West Hollywood City Council Race, But Will Voters Care on Election Day?

Every two years, West Hollywood residents often get a startling look at how their government is actually run via City Council elections, and every two years West Hollywood residents almost always vote for the same people -- if they show up at the voting booths at all. Will this year be any different ... More >>

Carl Reiner on His New Memoir, Holding Steve Martin's Baby and His Love of Zooey Deschanel

See also: *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in L.A. *12 L.A. Comedy Acts to Watch in 2013 *5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week He tweets. He Tivos. He's excited about the video components included with the eBook version of his new, self-published memoir, I Remember Me. Carl Reiner may be 90, but the ... More >>

Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães Created the Most Popular Show at the Magic Castle in Years. But They're Not Finished

Music Picks: Fiona Apple, Austra, and the Hives

West Hollywood Activists Take First Step in Placing Term Limits on City Council

West Hollywood community activists Elyse Eisenberg, Scott Schmidt, and Sheila Lightfoot made it official this week: They've filed the paperwork at City Hall to start the process of getting a term limits initiative placed on the March 2013 ballot. "We are asking the City Council to let the voters h ... More >>

Post-Oscar Bitching, a Chance to Prove How Young and Hip We All Are

Ew, old people. They're so old! Especially that Billy Crystal. What is he, 105? Get off the stage! In your electric walker! If you buy into the prevailing narrative of the post-Oscars Twitterverse, all Academy voters are elderly, with a quirky fondness for nostalgic moving pictures about moving pic ... More >>

Martin Olson's Encyclopaedia of Hell: Phineas and Ferb/Penn & Teller Writer On His New Book, a Satire of Satan

​Ever had questions about Hell, Satan or various and sundry demons? Then TV writer Martin Olson's Encyclopaedia of Hell: An Invasion Manual for Demons Concerning the Planet Earth and the Human Race Which Infests It will prove most edifying, as it sheds some much-needed comedic light on the da ... More >>

Footloose Review: A Film to Help Mothers Teach Daughters to Date Studious, Drug-Free Gymnasts Over Stoned, Sleazy Older Dudes

​ In hindsight, the 1984 hit Footloose -- starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Herbert Ross -- along with its contemporary, Flashdance, can be seen as the link between the old Hollywood model of a let's-put-on-a-show musical, based on original songs brought to life in elaborate choreographed n ... More >>

SpongeBob and Stimpy: Q&A with Voice Actors Billy West and Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny (left) and Billy West​ You know them, but you don't know them: Live Talks Los Angeles, who brought us Tina Fey and Steve Martin for a chat recently, present An Evening of 1,000 Voices With Billy West and Tom Kenny. West is best known as the voice of Philip J. Fry on Futurama and Stim ... More >>

West Hollywood 2011 City Council Election: John D'Amico Sworn In, Says WeHo Starts 'New Spring'

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood City Councilman John D'Amico​John D'Amico, the challenging candidate who placed first in the hotly contested West Hollywood City Council election two weeks ago and ousted incumbent Lindsey Horvath, was sworn into office on Monday night at West Hollywood Park Auditorium ... More >>

West Hollywood City Manager Paul Arevalo Appears To Be Second Big Spender in City Credit Card Scandal

City of West HollywoodWeHo City Manager Paul Arevalo made $309,186 in 2009 -- apparently not enough to cover meals​Updated after the jump: Fran Solomon, the other cardholder, was so not having us at last night's City Council meeting. Also, the candidates' final words! Update: West Hollywood e ... More >>

West Hollywood: Political Ad Tells WeHo Residents to Read, Vote & Kick Out Incumbents

Park LaBrea News/Beverly Press advertisement​Someone sure wants change in West Hollywood, taking out a quarter page advertisement in the March 3 issue of the Park La Brea News/Beverly Press that features two L.A. Weekly cover stories. But there's no need to Google. You can find the exposes r ... More >>

Starting To Look a Lot Like Egypt: West Hollywood City Council Candidates Try To Oust Stubborn Dictator With Social-Media Uprising

PHOTO BY JENNIE WARRENWeHo City Council candidate Mito Aviles wants to send the Mubarak -- er, mayor -- packing on a private jet​In this week's cover story, "Dethroning West Hollywood's Martinets," Patrick Range McDonald documents three underdog WeHo City Council candidates who are taking a st ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Debate Again, Challengers Seek to Unseat Longtime Incumbents

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood candidate John D'Amico​West Hollywood candidates meet up for another debate tonight at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium, where hard-charging challengers seek to unseat longtime incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. Heilman and Land have served a c ... More >>

West Hollywood Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath Invokes Arizona Shootings To Win Votes?

West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath​West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath apparently thinks that West Hollywood's lively political culture is destined for a major tragedy if she's not elected and can help tone things down. During a West Hollywood candidate's forum on ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Square Off in First Debate, Challengers Say Time for Change

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood Mayor John Heilman​A long-anticipated debate will take place in West Hollywood tonight between all of the candidates running for City Council, including several hard-charging challengers and incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. The challengers will ... More >>

"My Favorite Thing in the World"

Judd Apatow's midLife report

John Sedlar to Open R26 in October

Anne Fishbeinart as food at Rivera​ When John Sedlar opened his highly anticipated restaurant Rivera last January, little did we know that he'd just gotten started. Sedlar will be opening a second restaurant in the former Grace space on Beverly Boulevard in the fall. (Grace is relocating to ne ... More >>

The Populist: Date Night's Shawn Levy

From Yale drama to his latest film, there's more to this multiplex master than meets the eye

West Follywood

How a progressive town founded on renters' rights and diversity ended up gridlocked, angry and elitist

Stage Raw: Getting Our Fringe On

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>

Stage Raw: Trauma Dolls

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

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 >>

It’s Complicated: It’s Fucking Annoying

Nancy Meyers makes another Nancy Meyers movie

Stage Raw: Land of the Tigers

CLICK HERE FOR COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLAND OF THE TIGERS IS THIS WEEK'S PICKLand of the Tigers Photo by Jon Beauregard Noises OnCool Cats and Hot ActorsAct 1 of the Burglars of Hamm's hilarious and thought provoking comedy, Land of the Tigers, outlandishly crosses Cats with Planet of the Ape ... More >>

Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

Deadline Hollywood: Shameful Oscar Overspending

Mo' money, more Hugh, less Jerry

Festive! All! Celebrating Lobsters, Cheese, Downtown, Abbot Kinney and Valley Film

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Sonic Youth: They Are Not Rock. They Curate Rock.

Marc Jacobs asked Sonic Youth to leap. Their response was "How high?"

Movie Reviews: Just Sex and Nothing Else, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show and more

Plus this week's film pick: The Band's Visit

Satellite of Love

He went XM. I went Sirius. This is our violent, triumphant story

Paintings With Friends

The L.A. Word

A.M. Homes away from home

Examining Farrah

Ears to You

The Defender

Trailer of Tears

It’s gonna be a long, not-so-hot summer movie season

Life of a Dodo

What 17th-century England and Hollywood have in common

Home-District Movies

Jackie Goldberg’s cameo role in pay-for-play probe

Straight Shooters

Guerrilla filmmakers PSTOLA declare war on jigabooism

Lalo Schifrin Swings

How an Argentinean became the ultimate American musician

Style LA 03

Oscar Fever in the Oval Office

Shut Up and Park

Silver Lakers say: Not in my front yard

Too Good and Weird

The Happy Life and Inevitable Death of Freaks and Geeks

Letters

The Pest Years of Our Lives

Anthony Clarvoe's London plague drama

Bring the Sauce

To live, love and leave before dying in L.A.: how the Beastie Boys beat the very odd odds