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WonderCon's Big Hollywood Movie Panels: Did Fans Fall for the Prometheus Hype?

Last weekend was WonderCon, the large, three-day pop culture convention organized by the same people who bring us San Diego Comic-Con every year. Normally, WonderCon takes place in San Francisco. Due to remodeling at their hometown convention center, however, this year's event moved to Anaheim. It ... More >>

816 Pacific Avenue, Venice: The Bad Haircut

Did you ever go to a Supercuts and ask for the cheapest haircut? 816 Pacific Avenue in Venice is the building equivalent of that bad decision. Or maybe you've been the lucky recipient of one of those free do's from a local beauty school that leave you considering a wig? This apartment building is l ... More >>

Top 10 Badass L.A. Parties of 2011

Also see 10 Ways to Get Past a Bouncer and Top 10 L.A. Club Nights of 2011. At the risk of referencing LMFAO again, LA knows its party rockin' and we do it bigger and better than any other city in the world. New York may beat us at chic soirees, Miami might be sultrier and Vegas gaudier, but Los A ... More >>

LACMA Muse Dead Man's Costume Ball Puts Tim Burton Show in the Ground, With Costumes From Jack and Sally to Beetlejuice

She Wants Revenge performs at LACMA costume ball​The LACMA Muse Costume Ball is one of Los Angeles's hottest Halloween tickets, and with the wildly popular Tim Burton exhibit in its final days and KROQ jumping on board, Saturday's sold out Dead Man's Ball came with an especially large amount o ... More >>

Danny Elfman, Is That You?

She Wants Revenge performs at LACMA costume ball​The LACMA Muse Costume Ball is one of Los Angeles's hottest Halloween tickets, and with the wildly popular Tim Burton exhibit in its final days and KROQ jumping on board, Saturday's sold out Dead Man's Ball came with an especially large amount o ... More >>

LinA In LA Club/Party Picks: Muse Til Midnight, Sander Kleinenberg, The Lot

Check out the Tim Burton exhibit and hear Dublab DJs at LACMA; see Sat. ​For those who like to party, Summer's soiree schedule still shines pretty bright even as the seasonal shift begins. This week offers plenty of opportunities to get down 'ti' the leaves turn brown. It's in fact a very colo ... More >>

Cirque du Soleil's Iris Preview at the Kodak Theater: Upcoming Show Will Be Porn for Tim Burton Fans

Zachary Pincus-Roth​ The most striking aspect of the press preview of Cirque Du Soleil's upcoming film-themed L.A. show Iris yesterday was the timeliness show's aesthetic: the costumes and production design generally were strikingly similar to that of Tim Burton, whose exhibit at LACMA just op ... More >>

Another Trip: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Zachary Pincus-Roth​ The most striking aspect of the press preview of Cirque Du Soleil's upcoming film-themed L.A. show Iris yesterday was the timeliness show's aesthetic: the costumes and production design generally were strikingly similar to that of Tim Burton, whose exhibit at LACMA just op ... More >>

Tim Burton at LACMA

How a Hollywood director became a counterculture hero

Tim Burton Sociology, in LA Weekly's New Cover Story

Corpse Bride​ In LA Weekly's new cover story on the Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA, Liz Ohanesian takes a sociological approach to the director's work, showing how his aesthetic dovetails with various subcultures, from goth to Victorian to Lolita. She writes: it's what Burton doesn't do that mak ... More >>

An Evening with Danny Elfman

Corpse Bride​ In LA Weekly's new cover story on the Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA, Liz Ohanesian takes a sociological approach to the director's work, showing how his aesthetic dovetails with various subcultures, from goth to Victorian to Lolita. She writes: it's what Burton doesn't do that mak ... More >>

Jane's Addiction at Tim Burton's LACMA Bash, plus Some of Burton's Best Movie Music

Lina Lecaro LACMA CEO Michael Govan, Tim Burton and Slash​ There is seemingly no rest for the wicked mind of Tim Burton. With current/recent projects ranging from the film version of Dark Shadows to a reworking of his stop-motion short Frankenweenie to Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (sadly, ... More >>

Tim Burton's Top 5 Lady Badasses

​ Sure, Tim Burton's reigning muse might be Helena Bonham Carter, but what about the director's less-lauded heroines? Prepare for the Tim Burton exhibition opening up at the LACMA this weekend (May 29-Oct. 31) by reacquainting yourself with these great Burton female leads of the past.

Tim Burton at LACMA: Burbank Goth Boy Makes Good

LACMA.org​Overheard last night at the members' preview of the Tim Burton Retrospective at LACMA: (Two women are gazing upwards at the rear end of a pedestal-high display of Edward Scissorhands' buckled, tight-fitting black leather costume.) Woman #1: Ahh, Johnny Depp. Sexy even without a ... More >>

Tim Burton's Been Busy

LACMA.org​Overheard last night at the members' preview of the Tim Burton Retrospective at LACMA: (Two women are gazing upwards at the rear end of a pedestal-high display of Edward Scissorhands' buckled, tight-fitting black leather costume.) Woman #1: Ahh, Johnny Depp. Sexy even without a ... More >>

Tim Burton Book Signing

LACMA.org​Overheard last night at the members' preview of the Tim Burton Retrospective at LACMA: (Two women are gazing upwards at the rear end of a pedestal-high display of Edward Scissorhands' buckled, tight-fitting black leather costume.) Woman #1: Ahh, Johnny Depp. Sexy even without a ... More >>

Tim Burton and Ed Wood at LACMA

LACMA.org​Overheard last night at the members' preview of the Tim Burton Retrospective at LACMA: (Two women are gazing upwards at the rear end of a pedestal-high display of Edward Scissorhands' buckled, tight-fitting black leather costume.) Woman #1: Ahh, Johnny Depp. Sexy even without a ... More >>

Taschen's Big Penis Book in 3D Launches in Beverly Hills (NSFW)

Carri Faber​ This wasn't your mother's Beverly Hills. First, this writer felt compelled to visit the Beverly Hills Cheese Store, where she discussed Bollywood music production, politics and mutants with Marky Ramone, protopunk percussionist and purveyor of his own pasta sauce, before making he ... More >>

Tim Burton Screening Schedule at LACMA Announced, Burton to Introduce Ed Wood

Alice in Wonderland​ The schedule for the screening series tied to the upcoming Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA has been announced: Edward Scissorhands, May 27, 7:30 pm (70mm print) Ed Wood, May 28, 7 pm (introduction by Burton himself, and preceded by Vincent, Burton's 1982 short) Beetlejuice, J ... More >>

Want Tickets for Tim Burton at LACMA? Here's How.

​We're only a few short weeks away from the May 29 opening of Tim Burton at LACMA, a retrospective of the famed director's work that features over 700 pieces, including puppets, storyboards, costumes and much more. Today is the day that you can start purchasing tickets for the exhibit. Genera ... More >>

Film at LACMA is Dead. Long Live LACMA Film?

Not a portrait of Michael Govan, but a still from Edward Scissorhands, from LACMA's upcoming Tim Burton series.​ BY RICHARD NATALE Two years ago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan proposed suspending the then-41-year-old weekend film program because it was losing money ... More >>

NIGHTRANGER: 2010

Not a portrait of Michael Govan, but a still from Edward Scissorhands, from LACMA's upcoming Tim Burton series.​ BY RICHARD NATALE Two years ago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art director Michael Govan proposed suspending the then-41-year-old weekend film program because it was losing money ... More >>

The Monkey's Paw: Dapper Cadaver Oddity

​ If you go to a store called Dapper Cadaver in Sun Valley here in Los Angeles, you will see many weird things. Of the weird things, this monkey's paw is perhaps one of the weirdest. The monkey's paw, of course, is infamous for bringing bad luck to those who use it to make their wishes come t ... More >>

The Nightmare Before Christmas: In 4-D

​ If you go to a store called Dapper Cadaver in Sun Valley here in Los Angeles, you will see many weird things. Of the weird things, this monkey's paw is perhaps one of the weirdest. The monkey's paw, of course, is infamous for bringing bad luck to those who use it to make their wishes come t ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/27-10/1

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Just the way we like it, really, a restaurant that doesn't really exist stuffed like pureed huitlacoche into a favorite restaurant that does..." First Bite: Test Run, or Supper Liberation Front & Pablo Moix Invade Guelaguet ... More >>

Nightranger: Boogie Wonderland

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Just the way we like it, really, a restaurant that doesn't really exist stuffed like pureed huitlacoche into a favorite restaurant that does..." First Bite: Test Run, or Supper Liberation Front & Pablo Moix Invade Guelaguet ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Liverpool, Dreamkiller, Brooklyn's Finest, Alice in Wonderland

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Just the way we like it, really, a restaurant that doesn't really exist stuffed like pureed huitlacoche into a favorite restaurant that does..." First Bite: Test Run, or Supper Liberation Front & Pablo Moix Invade Guelaguet ... More >>

Alice in Chains: Tim Burton in La-La Land

"I'm misperceived as a dark person: I'm not dark"

Pee-Wee's Big Comeback

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Butchery on the Rise & Julie Powell Takes Up the Cleaver: Does Tim Burton Cook?

According to an article this past weekend in The Independent, butchery is on the rise. That would be the traditional trade of meat-cutting, not anything more macabre. "Butchers, farmers and catering schools are all increasing the number and variety of courses they offer, to cater for a spike in inte ... More >>

Alice in Wonderland Fashion Battle: Tim Burton's New School vs. Cartoon Disney Old School

Tim Burton's film adaptation of Alice In Wonderland isn't out until next year, but if the promo photos are any indication, it's going to be the most visually arresting, luxurious Alice yet. Here's a look at how new Alice stacks up against older Alices from a fashion perspective. 1. Alice The new ... More >>

John Doyle's Sweeney Todd

Who's your barber?

Bitter Sweet

Psych... The slide show of Project Runway's final five designer collections at Bryant Park on Bravo.com may have led us to believe there were 5 finalists up for the grand prize this year, but apparently it was some kind of runway ruse. Former LA Weekly staffer and Club Fuck/Sin-a-matic doorgirl Swe ... More >>

Burton and Depp Give New Blood to Movie Musicals

Meat is murder

Deaf & Dead

Meat is murder

Best Anachronistic Bird Watching

The Bird Man of Elysian Park

More Dahl, Less Depp

And bring on the Oompa-Loompas!

Who Was That Masked Man?

Christopher Nolan’s Batman begins with flesh and bone

Creation Myths

Theater in time of cell-phone cameras

Give PEACE^® a Chance

Theater in time of cell-phone cameras

Letters

Theater in time of cell-phone cameras

You Ain’t From Around Here, Are Ya, Boy?

Tim Burton on Alabama roadkill, Brother Zontar and the all-time best double bill at the Van Nuys Drive-in

A Defense of Missile Defense . . .

. . . is enough to torpedo your appetite

It's a Small, Small World

From Liberty Heights to Sleepy Hollow

The Six-Strings Mystique

Better living through metal