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The Bling Ring Guide to L.A.: A Google Map

See also: *The Bling Ring Book Chronicles the Calabasas Teens Who Stole From Celebrities *Cannes: Not Even the Gifted Emma Watson Can Raise The Bling Ring Sofia Coppola's new film The Bling Ring, opening in L.A. this Friday, June 14, tells the story of five teen bandits who stole approximately $3 m ... More >>

Ultra 2013: The Top Fashion Trends

By Liz Tracy In terms of fashion, there's something so liberating about going to an event like Ultra Music Festival. Certainly, each year, some looks are more in and some are more out, but overall, there is a lax unity, an agreement, that you can get away with wearing whatever the hell you want. Yo ... More >>

Faster Pussycat! Squeeze! Squeeze!

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television? Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas Explains

It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she says. "We're pick ... More >>

October Roundup of Restaurant Openings & Closings Westwood Twitter Battle

For some, October in L.A. means candy corn stomach aches, new cocktail lists, air conditioning-induced colds and a fight to keep your business alive. We haven't done the math, but Westwood Village has seen a higher restaurant turnover rate than your average neighborhood. "Westwood is thriving," acco ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Our America

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Today: I am in Oklahoma City. Outside the tour bus, the wind is blowing nonstop, hair-dryer ho ... More >>

Frederick's Sexy Lingerie Business For Sale

L.A. helped to bring sleazy lingerie to the world. And, frankly, we should be proud. Long before Victoria's Secret there was Hollywood Boulevard's Frederick's, a postwar emporium of pin-up dreams and boudoir fantasies. Now there are 117 Frederick's of Hollywood stores worldwide. Unfortunately, thi ... More >>

Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A.

Quantifying the best of anything is a dicey endeavor. Whether it be dive bars or gay bars or strip clubs, the best places for you will of course depend on your taste. (Many of these lists will be available via the Weekly's new "best of" mobile app, by the way). When we wrote about the "10 Bars Most ... More >>

M83 - Club Nokia - 1/12/12

See also: M83's Anthony Gonzalez Makes Soundtracks, Without the Movie M83 and Big Black Delta @ LA Live M83 Club Nokia 1-12-12 Better than...listening to Hurry Up, We're Dreaming on the best stereo system turned up to eleven. Last night Club Nokia was fit to burst for M83's sold out show. After b ... More >>

Victoria's Secret Diet Revealed. Perfect Body = No Solids for 3 Weeks. Hot?

This broke on the Telegraph in the UK a few weeks ago, but a recent incident in a small-town bar leads us to believe it didn't make enough of the rounds. It was getting near closing time at a local watering hole where we found ourselves surrounded by several townie types and a few former high schoo ... More >>

M83 - The Music Box - 11/9/11

Ian Cohen​See also: M83's Anthony Gonzalez Makes Soundtracks, Without The Movie M83 The Music Box 11-9-11 Better than: Having to actually be 16 again. At the risk of completely disavowing any claims of critical distance, this was the concert event of 2011 for yours truly and I don't care wh ... More >>

Busting Out!: A Musical Devoted to Boobs, Glorious Boobs

Courtesy Busting Out!Emma Powell and Bev Killick​In Busting Out!, creator Emma Powell goes topless. "They're not just sitting there," she says in an interview over the phone. "If they're out, they're bein' used!" Get your mind off porn and Playboy bunnies -- this musical celebrates the averag ... More >>

Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Zombie Joe's Devils Love at Midnight and Sandra Bernhard's I Love Being Me, Don't You?

Justin DavanzoSarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis presented by City Garage at Track 16/Bergamot Station​ ​ Local theater's looking kinda edgy in the dog days of late August: Paul Birchall had good things to say about City Garage's production of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis; big nods also for Sandra Ber ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Lots of Pie, 200 Year-old Desserts Teaching Kanye West to Cook

-- Gordon Ramsay teaches Kanye West how to cook. [The Mirror] -- How to make a 200 year-old dessert. [Zester Daily] -- How to open your own pop-up restaurant. [Forbes via food52] -- Pie-a-day #45, or white peach-brown sugar tart. [Good Food] -- Ricardo Zarate and Gary Menes cook a dinner ben ... More >>

Bob Dylan Turns 70

An L.A. Weekly birthday tribute

Panties on Craigslist -- Used, Worn and, Well, Sometimes Wet -- Are The Latest Sign of a Down Economy in L.A.

An actual photo from Craigslist.​By Dennis Romero and Keith Plocek You know times are hard when people -- well, women, mostly (we hope) -- resort to selling their used panties for profit. Pre-owned ladies' undergarments seem to be a hot industry on Craigslist, where we're spotting more and m ... More >>

Beverly Hills Shoppers go For Tarty, Cheaper Fashions (Who Knew?)

Taste and place aren't always the same.​Beverly Hills is the luxury mecca of the United States and the epicenter of a larger-than-life if not mythic lifestyle seen on TV (Beverly Hillbillies, Beverly Hills 90210, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ... ). So a recent tracking of shopping hab ... More >>

Alleged Victoria's Secret Bandit Nichole Homes Leads Deputies on a Chase, a Very Sexy Chase

A not-so-secret crime spree is alleged.​Sometimes the sexy factor at Victoria's Secret drives us a little crazy too. But this is just nuts. Authorities in San Bernardino say a 31-year-old woman spotted taking items from a Victoria's Secret in Victorville went on a crime spree that included an ... More >>

Top 10 Songs That Namecheck Los Angeles Strip Clubs

What happens at the strip club...​ February is the month we worship upon the altar of amour -- and what better way to let Cupid's arrow fly than investing your hardly-earned dollar bills into the g-string of a bare-bottom UCLA co-ed? If you need some risque recommendations once you or your si ... More >>

Dirt Nasty: Famous for Being (Almost) Famous

A strangely successful indie white comedy rapper conceived by former model/MTV veejay Simon Rex, who early on did porn to pay the bills? Welcome to L.A.!

Bedbugs Finally Outnumber Hipsters In New York City, Shoot For Total (High-Brow) Infestation At Carnegie Hall

You can run, but you can't hide​In the month since we last reported on New York City's booming bedbug epidemic, the situation's gotten worse than we ever could have hoped. It was embarrassing enough when the nasty little vamps invaded fashion palaces like Niketown and Elle Magazine. (Turns ou ... More >>

Palate to Palette: Food and Art Unite

​ From crocheted oysters and skull-shaped bread to pictures of last meal requests, the Scion Installation L.A. gallery space in Culver City celebrates the creative power of food in its latest exhibition, Palate. Curated by Zio Fulcher of Shepard Fairey's SWINDLE Magazine, the show features a w ... More >>

Busty Manikins At Tarzana Lingerie Shop Under Watchful Eyes

File photo.​A Tarzana lingerie shop's busty manikins -- big breasts, small waist, skimpy underwear -- are being checked out by city Building and Safety Department and code enforcement officials after Los Angeles city Councilman Dennis Zine received a complaint about the bodacious bodies, accor ... More >>

Is Lane Bryant Making Big Deal Out Of Plus-Size Lingerie Ad?

Lane Bryant​Plus-size women's clothing-maker Lane Bryant this week complained that ABC and Fox had rejected its advertisement marketing a new line of lingerie possibly because the model in the spot was showing a bit too much. (See the ad after the jump). Lane Bryant wanted to introduce its "Ca ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Crazy On the Outside, Daybreakers, Leap Year

Also, Bitch Slap, Youth in Revolt and more

A Tribute to Stanley Mason, Inventor of Life's Essentials: Disposable Diapers, Granola Bars, Squeezable Ketchup Bottles

King Arthur FlourChewy or Crunchy?​If managing your blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts and trying to find time to cook has left you stressed at all the multi-tasking, perhaps it's time consider a little advice from Stanley Mason. The prolific inventor was adept at coming up with an idea and a ... More >>

Stage Raw: Leslie Jordan's Trip Down the Pink Carpet

This Week's Theater Pick Leslie Jordan's Autobiographical Trip Down the Pink Carpet If a zest for life is infectious, there's probably no more delightful a carrier than Leslie Jordan. A diminutive stage, film, Emmy Award-winning TV actor, and fugitive from the Bible Belt, Jordan regales us ... More >>

Abandon 405!

What to do in L.A., July 11-17

Movie Reviews: The Happening, Poultrygeist, Savage Grace

Also, Meet Bill, Quid Pro Quo and more

Moscow on the Mall

Anna's post-exam blues melt away on ice

Countdown to Extinction

The 11th Hour says we’re all gonna die — but maybe not

Primp'n Hos

Uncovering the goods in Hollywood Boulevard’s legendary stripper-ware shops

Lovin' Cups

As usual, there were a bevy of bare boobies on the runways during LA Fashion Week a couple weeks ago, and it got me thinking- why does anybody get boob jobs anymore? After all, clothing falls so much better on small chests. And Playboy models aside, it's so much more chic to be a member of the itty ... More >>

Bearing the Scars of Oscars

For chrissake, somebody free the frigging show . . . and the Benjamin Franklins too

Best Scanty Panties

Microsoft Wants to Kill Your iPod, Summer Goes Pop!

Waisted

The corset and the art of Exquisite Restraint

Partying Like It's 1425

Love’s Labor’s Lost at Actors’ Gang, plus Hamlet al fresco

What is Not Sexy

Victoria's Secret launched its first "What is Sexy" list. (why? your guess is as good as mine) But it leaves me seriously wondering if Victoria has any real secrets at all. I won't argue with their choice to make St. Tropez the sexiest international city, I've never been there, but I hear the chicks ... More >>

Crumbelievable!

Call me Nostradamus

10 signs of the apocalypse

Fear of a Black Titty

Treating Janet like you don’t love her

9/11 and Iraq War as Shtick

The misdeeds of Convoluted Rice and Uncurious George are no joke

Toward 2004

My Dinner With Andre

Señor Fred’s

TRIBES: Kittens and Puppies and Birds, Oh My

Dressed To Chill

The low-power wardrobe

King Leer

Mendes' Cabaret comes to L.A.

Calvin Kleinicus

1000 Dessous: A History of Lingerie

Exterminated Angel

Meet Joe Black (if you must)