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10 Films You Must See From the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival

This past weekend at the Downtown Independent was the fifth annual Los Angeles Comedy Shorts Film Festival, featuring ten film blocks of shorts. Topics (and interpretation of "short") varied in the films showcased at the film festival. One moment it's the German porn industry, the next, a guy in bed ... More >>

West Hollywood Municipal Election Results: Voters Defy Political Establishment and Approve Term Limits for City Council

In one of those odd twists on election night, West Hollywood voters gave City Council incumbents Jeff Prang and John Duran another four years, but then solidly approved a term limits ballot measure for the City Council by more than 1,000 votes. The passage of Measure C is a major blow to the West H ... More >>

Humongous Mall Project Sparks Controversy in West Hollywood City Council Race

WEHOville recently broke a jaw-dropping story that's causing a major stir in West Hollywood and could possibly impact any driver passing through that city on Santa Monica Boulevard, which is already a rush hour nightmare. Developer Charles Cohen, who owns the Pacific Design Center and recently adde ... More >>

Will Betsy Butler's Sex Pervert Vote Kill Her Political Career?

In Assembly District 50, underdog Richard Bloom sees daylight

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, September 17 Josh Nelson VITELLO'S Josh Nelson looks much younger than his 34 years but has already become a seasoned veteran and one of the most respected pianists on the L.A. music scene. Nelson's talents are strong enough to have won him a job as Natalie Cole's primary touring pianist w ... More >>

Dane Cook Talks About Playing a German Writer Who Loves Pigeons in The Producers at the Hollywood Bowl

His 2005 platinum-selling album, Retaliation, was the most successful comedy bow since Steve Martin's 1978 classic, A Wild and Crazy Guy. He's also experienced more than his fair share of backlash and personal tragedy. Now, before co-starring with Jeffrey Tambor in this fall's NBC sitcom Next Caller ... More >>

Nora Ephron, Writer of 'Sleepless in Seattle,' Dead at 71

Hollywood filmmaker Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail, died today at the age of 71, the Washington Post and New York Times report. After a day of rumors about her health that included denials from her agent and publisher, the two outlets said late this afternoon that t ... More >>

Bluegrass Situation: Ed Helms Can Pick The Shit Out of a Banjo

This year's incarnation of the L.A. Bluegrass Situation features comedians Steve Martin, Ed Helms and John C. Reilly. But they're not telling jokes -- they're doing some serious picking. The annual event has been a hot ticket since it began in 2010; this year it goes from May 3-6 at Largo, conclud ... More >>

Bizarre Ride: Jeff Weiss's Five Los Angeles Music Archetypes

[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's new column, "Bizarre Ride," begins today. You can find it on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] The L.A. cliché is a war of shadow and light: fallen stars gone to seed, saccharine pop and gangsta rap. But this is 2012 and Dr. Dre is a headphone g ... More >>

5 Ways To Celebrate The Release of Beaujolais Nouveau 2011

Guzzle and Nosh​ Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! Did you know that the 2011 Beaujolais Nouveau wines are being released at midnight tomorrow,Thursday, the 17th? Are you excited? The vintners of France would very much like you to be, and they would like you to buy a bottle or four, uncork th ... More >>

Fury over Plummer Park Historic Destruction

West Hollywood politicians set to destroy historic buildings for Jetsons look

Andrés De Bouchet: Q&A with Conan's Fat Jesus

​ You may know him as "Fat Jesus" from Conan, where he's a writer, or from the numerous other characters he's played on the show. He also ran the popular Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is a Game in New York before moving to L.A. With his booming voice, du Bouchet is m ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY! ANDRES DE BOUCHET

Tricky Ricky

Jane Oshita: Fall Girl

Charles Phoenix Gets Tied Up in Knott's (Berry Farm)

J. Eric LynxwilerCharles Phoenix with Handsome Brady and Whiskey Bill at Knott's Berry Farm​ California native and self-defined "histo-tainer" Charles Phoenix has built an empire on nostalgia, delighting audiences with amateur slides, snapshots and other bits of amusing ephemera from the past ... More >>

Delivery Boys

Falling James' Gig of the Week: The L.A. Bluegrass Situation with the Watkins Family Hour and Friends

​ WHO: The L.A. Bluegrass Situation with the Watkins Family Hour WHERE: Largo WHEN: 4/28/11 The sounds of old-time Appalachian music were audible even before the audience entered Largo's sold-out Coronet Theater, as a crew of bluegrass musicians strummed, plucked and fiddled an impromptu aco ... More >>

Music Picks: The Psychedelic Furs, Orgone, Raekwon, Beach Fossils, The Raveonettes

Also, Thao & Mirah, Sun Araw, Cass McCombs, Trinket and others

TCM Classic Film Festival: 12 Highlights

Strippers, junkies, mummies? Classic

John D'Amico, West Hollywood Non-Incumbent, Wins Historic First Seat in City Council Race; Heilman, Land Close Behind

PHOTO BY JENNIE WARRENJohn D'Amico: The WeHovians' choice.​BREAKING NEWS: West Hollywood City Council frontrunner John D'Amico made history today, when -- after a final count of 757 provisional and absentee ballots -- he surpassed two decades-old incumbents and pushed out their pet appointee f ... More >>

West Hollywood 2011 City Council Election: Challenging Candidates Cast Ballots, Urge Voters To Do Same

​UPDATE: Voter turnout may be much higher than in 2009. Polls in WeHo are closed. More after jump. UPDATE: Steady flow of voters at WeHo polling stations, with turnout expected to pick up after 5:30 p.m. More after jump. West Hollywood City Council candidates Mito Aviles and Scott Schmidt h ... More >>

Big Billboards Equal Big Issue for West Hollywood Elections: Watch Out For Measure A

BanBillboardBlight.orgMeasure A: the Trojan Horse of tall wall billboards for WeHo​Originally posted 3/2/11: See update at the end of the post: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Congressman Henry Waxman both oppose Measure A. Measure A is expected to bring several hundred new voters out to the p ... More >>

West Hollywood Revolt

Merrill Davis: Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl!

James Franco, Anne Hathaway To Host Oscars?

Movie WebAnne Hathaway and James Franco are rumored to be cast together in a future "Alien" prequel​Access Hollywood and USA Today -- followed by everyone else, now, in a game of scrambly Hollywood telephone -- are reporting that dashing youngsters James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been chos ... More >>

Funeral For Famed Hollywood Publicist Ronni Chasen, Gunned Down In Beverly Hills, Set For Sunday

deadline.comNo leads yet in the murder of Ronni Chasen.​A funeral for famed Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Culver City. She was gunned down in a stunning crime in Beverly Hills Tuesday that still seems to have investiga ... More >>

You Gotta Believe

Leap of Faith and God's Favorite

Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage

Erin Broadley(L-R) Nerdists Chris Hardwick, Adam Savage, Matt Mira and Jonah Ray at Largo​That venerable 21st century form of entertainment known as the podcast can be as wonderful (so much variety... and usually, free!) as it is frustrating. With hundreds upon hundreds of podcasts available o ... More >>

Pee-Wee's Big Comeback

18 years after a bruising fall, Paul Reubens returns to an L.A. stage

Stage Raw: The Future Belongs to Us?

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's stage features on Ben Bradley's Murder and The Princess and the FrogTHEATRE OF NOTE MARATHON ​ Fire-eater Julia Prud'homme Photo by Kiff Scholl Theatre of NOTE presents its 15th annual Performance Marathon this coming Saturday, Jan. ... More >>

Recession Be Damned: Best Theater of 2009

A thriving year for stage in L.A.

Interview: Margaret Cho Talks "Fingerbang" at Largo

Austin YoungL.A. Weekly got a chance to talk with Margaret Cho about "Fingerbang," her upcoming March 24 musical show at Largo, before she headed over to South by Southwest last week. With an album of comedic songs in the works, Cho has been learning the guitar and working with an eclectic collectio ... More >>

LIVE FROM BEVERLY HILLS, IT'S TOM DAVIS! AND LARAINE NEWMAN!

GO LA: Rum, Sodomy and John Waters’ Filthy World

Plus plenty of high-brow, March 13-19

The Gayest Oscars Ever

Singing, dancing, politicizing — and still the ratings rose

A Meeting of the Strange Minds: Peter Ivers, David Lynch and Devo

History is made at midnight: Excerpt from Josh Frank's In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre

John Walsh, Chris Shabel and Miki Jackson

Hollywood gadflies

Night of a Thousand Faces

Spamalot hits Vegas – and brings a lot of Hollywood

Emo Philips in the Shredder

I'm With Cupid

The Funniest Guy On TV

Balls Out

Dane Cook does whatever it takes to make you laugh

Driven

In Hollywood, your car is who you are

The Republicans’ Passion Play

GOP knows Mel’s movie is la bomba for Latinos

Fanfare for the Uncommon Man

When Moore Is Not Enough

The Oscars give peace a glance

Gotta Ham It to Ya

Edited by Kateri Butler

Auctioneer Hef

Power In Motion

Hayden move would shake up Westside