U.S. Secret Service

(No) Fear of a Shane Black Planet: The Iron Man 3 Auteur's Career, Reconsidered

Michael Steven Poret, Beverly Hills Broker, Shot Windows in 90210, Valley, Cops Say

A Beverly Hills investment broker has been arrested twice as a suspect in "a series of window smashes" in Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills and Beverly Hills, according to police. The LAPD says that, after searching the 58-year-old's Encino home last week cops came up with "bb guns, sling shots, firearm ... More >>

Lalo Alcaraz: Most Mexcellent

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Shortly after it was revealed that Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico, a mysterious alter ego cropped up on Twitter: Mexican Mitt Romney (@MexicanMitt), who wears a huge s ... More >>

Obama Traffic, the Valley Edition! Starring George Clooney's Studio City Mansion

Updated at the bottom with all known street closures. (See also: "Obama Totally Screws Up Gay Activists' Plans to Protest His L.A. Visit Tomorrow.") Originally posted May 9 at 9:15 a.m. We might as well get used to President Obama making campaign stops in Los Angeles. His most moneyed and importan ... More >>

Richard Alarcon's Strange Squatter Home Saga Sees Charges Dismissed

Updated at the bottom: After charges were refiled, Alarcon and wife pleaded not guilty (again) today. First posted at 12:40 p.m. Thursday L.A. city Councilman Richard Alarcon got into some hot water after a squatter broke into his home and thus, he said, temporarily forced him out of his own distri ... More >>

Hang With Obama And Clooney For Free in L.A.

President Obama's visits to Los Angeles are pricier to attend than a trip to the Four Seasons bar near Beverly Hills, hookers not even included (yeah, we're talkin' to you, U.S. Secret Service agents). For his fund-raising dinner party May 10 at George Clooney's home in the hills above Studio City, ... More >>

Jeremy Bernard, Los Angeles Politico, Excels as White House Social Secretary

We were perusing the New York Times on Sunday and came upon a major story in the Style section about White House social secretary Jeremy Bernard, who, according to all reports, is doing a bang-up job for President Barack Obama. Bernard made major news last year when he became the first openly gay m ... More >>

President Obama to Get Occupied During L.A. Visit Today: Occupy L.A. Takes to Streets Near Hancock Park Fundraisers

Nanette GonzalezOccupy Obama.​Updated at the bottom. Occupy L.A. says police are threatening to make arrests. First posted at 12:41 p.m. President Obama will be officially occupied during his fundraising/Latino-hobnobbing visit to L.A. this afternoon. Well, maybe. Protesters probably won't g ... More >>

Lalo Alcaraz Celebrates 25-Year Career as Hilarious Cartoonista at Mexican Cultural Institute

Giovanni SolisLalo Alcaraz at his first solo retrospective exhibition, "Heritage Month: 500 Years of Art, Comics & Satire.​ For over 20 years, Lalo Alcaraz has gotten hate mail in response to his barbed Chicano satire, sarcasm and socio-political commentary. Reared in San Diego and a former Sa ... More >>

Code Pink Founder Talks with L.A. Weekly About Surprise Glitter Bombing of Tim Pawlenty

Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans​Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty got a shock yesterday in San Francisco when he was glitter bombed by folks from the peace and justice group Code Pink, which has an office and store in Los Angeles. The former Minnesota governor was signing his me ... More >>

USC Is Getting Visit By Obama; UCLA Gets Clinton: Who's Getting The Better Speaker?

Bill Clinton is at UCLA tonight.​Those dueling visits by presidents Obama and Clinton we told you about have turned into another classic bout between archrivals USC and UCLA, and we have to ask: Which school is getting the better speaker? Obama is heading to USC next Friday (Oct. 22) to speak ... More >>

Bulletin: "Catholic Priestess" Bounced from LAX Before She Could Approach Obama

She may be no Brenda Starr when it comes to separating emotions from news reporting, butNick Ut/AP Georgia Informer columnist Brenda Lee knew how to cause a stir at LAX today. According to the Associated Press, Lee had to be carried off by her hands and feet after refusing to leave the press area ne ... More >>

Lucha VaVoom Opens at the Mayan (And We've Got Exclusive Photos)

(all photos by Timothy Norris) "Is this your first time?" It's a common question at a Lucha VaVoom show, and, yes, it was my first time. If you've never been, you should go TONIGHT (though it's sold out). Anyway, if you're feeling down and want a little lift-up, is there any better drug than Mex ... More >>

Fall Film: Quantum of Solace

James Bond, neither shaken nor stirred

An L.A. Speculator Plans a Disney-Style Park in Baghdad

What a blast

Vantage Point: Pointless

All-star cast can't save Rashomon wannabe

Clint Eastwood: The Set Whisperer

Shooting quietly on the Changeling set

Movie Reviews: 30 Days of Night, Canvas, Futbaal

Also Golda's Balcony, The Price of Sugar, Things We Lost in the Fire and more

Theater Reviews: Avenue Q, Tug of War, The Misanthrope

Also this week's performance pick, the Third Annual Latino New Works Festival

The Best of James Bond, Agent 007

Betting On Bond

Casino Royale gambles with Daniel Craig

The Slumber Party

Inside the Boulder High School sleep-in

The Gipper’s Ghost

Top Dogs/ Underdogs

Tales of Pennsylvania Avenue and Poverty Row

Warriors in Crawford

The Slumber Party

Inside the Boulder High School sleep-in

Moments of Noise

The people behind the most protests on the convention floor

Who's Unpatriotic?

Bubba Onboard

Streets of Loathing

George W. Bush and the London protests

Freaky Sundays

Carnivàle comes to town, plus Navy NCIS, Threat Matrix and Joe Pantoliano in The Handler

Waiting for Bastards

Letters

It Must Have Been Another Country

As Luck Would Have It . . .

A 9/11 victim testifies that the carnage could have been averted

Trail Follies

Sometimes it's just hard believing what the candidates say

Royal Treatments

Mum’s the Word

Anthrax Reborn

A new wave of threatening letters sent to abortion clinics

Beloved Infidels

Not a Movie

Watching the unwatchable

The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

See Dubya Read

Never mind, he chose TV over the Texas book festival

OurTimes, Bye-Bye

The Fashion Police

The First Amendment, LAPD Style

Cops push politics to the sidelines at DNC

Box Busters

Post office puts squeeze on private mail service

Viral Paranoia

Who's afraid of a little bug?