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Academy Awards Weekend Strike At W Hotel Hollywood

Just in time for the glitz and glamour of L.A's annual Academy Awards weekend it's ... Latina cleaning ladies on strike! Yeah, we'll just see if bleeding-heart Hollywood is down with this. The workers represented by UNITE Here Local 11 are going to form a picket line starting at 6 a.m. tomorrow out ... More >>

Karen Hatfield Hosts 1st Annual "Pink Apron" Dinner with Mary Sue Milliken, Suzanne Tracht, Dakota Weiss, Nyesha Arrington Sherry Yard

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, chef Karen Hatfield is hosting a one-night dinner at Hatfield's on Oc. 8 with help from five of L.A,'s best female chefs, including Suzanne Tracht (Jar), Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill), Dakota W ... More >>

L.A. Violates Your Due-Process Rights

How residents unearthed 200,000 words of phony findings City Hall used to illegally approve a skyscraper at Hollywood and Gower

Get On the Bus: The DIY Pizza Oven

From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. When you get your first glance at L.A.'s Fox Pizza Bus, you might think you've stumbled upon one of those movie star home tours -- or maybe a sightseeing bus. Rather than tourists, though, the backseats of this bus are occupied by ... 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 >>

Judith Hill: Why Just About Everyone Is Falling for Her

Before she was picked to sing back-up for Michael Jackson's ill-fated 2009 London shows, Judith Hill was a relatively unknown perfomer from Pasadena. When Hill appeared near the end of Jackson's memorial service to lead the stage in singing "Heal The World," most of the Staples Center audience did ... More >>

Hotel Art in L.A.: A User's Guide

Zedd - Dim Mak Sunday - 11-27-11

Zedd Dim Mak Sundays 11-27-11 Better than... bottle service. Last summer, Zedd hit L.A. to warm up the crowd when Deadmau5's Meowingtons Hax tour hit the Palladium for a few sold-out nights. He returned to the city last night as a headliner for his own mini tour, supporting the single "Stars Come ... More >>

LinA In LA Party Picks: Our Post-Thanksgiving Workout Plan

Forget about cornbread. We've got the recipe for the kind of stuffing that won't leave you comatose after consumed, unless you want to be. Stuff your weekend with the following ingredients: '70s disco, '80s new wave, brand-new electro house, zombies, fashion fiends, hipsters, gays, straights, pan-se ... More >>

Chef Hunter at Border Grill: Susan Feniger, Mary Sue Milliken and Winner Monique King Weigh In

Photo courtesy of Border GrillSusan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken​Job interviews are stressful enough, but add TV cameras, a head-to-head competition and the watchful eyes of two of the most successful people in your field evaluating your every move, and you've got Chef Hunter, the palm-sweate ... More >>

Tourists Taking Pictures Are The Latest Targets of Homeland Security, Which is Recruiting Hotels to Report 'Suspicious Activity'

DHSSay it don't spray it.​Tourists are the latest target of the federal government's domestic terrorism watch. The "If You See Something Say Something" anti-terror campaign is now expanding to America's hotels. Fair enough, but consider that the "See Something" initiative was originally la ... More >>

David Alan Grier Has A Food Blog

David Alan Grier (left); bacon from Manny's Steak House (right)​Whether it's potatoes au gratin from the original Escoffier recipe or curried goat (with coconut milk made from scratch), David Alan Grier is one serious foodie. The actor and funnyman, who we still revere from In Living Color (wh ... More >>

Photography is Not a Crime: ACLU Suing L.A. Sheriff's Department For Detaining Photogs Simply Because They Took Pictures

Jonathan CastilloStop or we'll shoot.​Updated at the bottom with juicy details about how this anti-photog movement in policing actually grew out of an LAPD policy. First posted at 1:29 a.m. We got a lot of attention when we scolded Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell for declaring that deta ... More >>

James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, Rap Manager Allegedly Responsible for 1994 Tupac Attack, Arrested

James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond​As just reported by Dennis Romero on our news blog, The Informer, James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond was apprehended this morning in New York. Rosemond was collared this morning after a foot chase near Park Avenue and 21st St., a federal official told the Weekly. ... More >>

Barry Manilow Interview: Meeting Mom's Pal

Beanie's friend​ On a recent afternoon in Hollywood, Barry Manilow, the Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter who has sold more than 80 million records worldwide, has one of life's curious surprises waiting for him in suite 12D of the W Hotel & Residences, where he's holding an interview in support ... More >>

Hollywood Nights: Nylon Magazine Party Nymphs, Burlesque Babes and the Amazing Macy Gray

Lina LecaroHowling and humping with Macy. ​ The stars were aligned in more ways than one last night in Hollywood... Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood" bash was a trendy pretties-packed affair that saw hordes at the door from the get-go (paparazzi and hispteratti). At this point, we'll give pro ... More >>

Happy Hour: 31 Ten Lounge, Where Vegas Meets Beach Casual

Celia SoudryAvalon Napa Valley Cabernet ($5)​ The Place: 31 Ten Bar & Lounge: 3110 Main Street, Santa Monica; (310) 450-5522. The Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 5-7 p.m. The Deals: Appetizers $5-$8; $5 wines, $3 beers, and $4 well drinks. What did we think? Turn the page to find out...

Reggie Doucet Jr, 25-Year-Old Hollywood Model And College Football Star, Shot To Death By LAPD In Front Of Playa Vista Home

Update: A revised LAPD report says Doucet tried to take the black officer's gun during the fight -- for that, he was immediately killed. Updated after the jump: LAPD officers are out of the hospital -- they were both punched in the head by Doucet. The officer who shot him was a black male who had o ... More >>

Nightranger: Inaugural L.A. Nightie Awards

NIGHTRANGER: 2010

(UPDATE From Snowed-In Newark International Airport) For Travelers Stuck At LAX, Weather Continues To Make Life Suck

PHOTO BY PATRICK RANGE MCDONALDContinental passengers delayed by a New Jersey blizzard last night were left in the dark through the wee hours​Twitter via spanishNYTimes Square is buried under at least one foot of snow​Updated after the jump: The Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald live-blogs ... More >>

Richard MacNaughton Draws A Bead On Eric Garcetti, Demands Trutanich Probe Coverup And Dirty Land Deal At Selma And Vine

W Hotel, short walk from "blighted" block​ UPDATE: At 12:53 pm: Why can't they be honest at City Hall? The City Council delayed their vote under public pressure, and blamed Obama. See below. UPDATE: More amazing sleaze regarding today's upcoming vote explained at CityWatch, below.Updates with ... More >>

Swimming Cool

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Addresses Hollywood Gay Bashings

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck​Concerns about recent gay bashings in Hollywood were brought up at the Los Angeles Police Department's LGBT forum at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center last night, where LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the incidents had been addressed at a CompStat meeting in May. LAPD brass ... More >>

Need More Bandwidth? Marvell Introduces AVANTA, Actor Adrian Grenier and Director Jason Reitman Go High-Speed

Henie Reisinger "Speed and efficiency connects us so we can fly like birds," said Grenier.​ Just when technologically induced real-time ADHD seemed like it couldn't get any more out of control, Tinseltown revealed the next level of broadband innovation (because let's face it, celebrities get ... More >>

Nightranger: The Rest Is Still Unwritten

Old Bones, Still Rockin'

Avalon's secret is perpetual reinvention

Nightranger: Boogie Wonderland

W Hollywood Debuts Station Hollywood and The Living Room

Quietly and with little fanfare, the W Hollywood on Jan. 28 unofficially opened its French brasserie, Delphine, and its two bars, Station Hollywood and The Living Room. (The hotel's long-delayed nightclub, Drai's, still has no official opening date.) Pass through Delphine's white brick arch and you ... More >>

'Save the Peak:' Deal In Place To Preserve Land Adjacent To Hollywood Sign

​Associated Press is confirming a story we foreshadowed Monday: The nonprofit Trust for Public Land has secured an option to buy 138 acres of undeveloped land west of the Hollywood Sign for about $12 million. Trust president Will Rogers said the real estate meltdown has worked in its favor: T ... More >>

W Is for Brasserie

Delphine, on Hollywood's left bank (sorta)

Battle Royale

Hollywood's Catered Stimulus

Why $23 million creates just 21 jobs

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Tequila Ambassador (Yes, That's Really a Job Title) Eddie Perales Spreads the Gospel at the W Hotel Cocktail Recipes

If a wine connoisseur is really just a socially-accepted drinker, then Eddie Perales, tequila ambassador for Tres Generaciones, is a nationally-recognized enabler. He began as a bartender, working nights while attending nursing school, before his work behind the bar became the larger priority. But u ... More >>

What To Do This Weekend: There Are Alternatives to Stale Popcorn and Cinema

Photo Credit: Rhett MaxwellYou can say "No" to movie theater food and prescription comedies​Should you be operating under the assumption that "Julie & Julia" is the only destination for lovers of food and film this weekend, we would like to remind you that you live in Los Angeles, where, for q ... More >>

Web 2.0 Expo Parties: #awesome #nom

After watching John Maeda's surprisingly complicated keynote about keeping it simple, and watching the endearing Amanda Koster from Salem Garage spread awareness about the usage of social media for social good, we enjoyed a surprisingly abundant assortment of dried fruit and cheese at the official P ... More >>

Last Minute Gifts for Hard to Please People, Gardeners, Techies & Pirates

It's tough with gift guides. Both assembling them and following them. For the assembler (that's me), they are fraught with second guessing and trying to psychically determine what will suit someone's mother, when in reality, I know nothing about her. I could tell you to get her a day at Bliss Spa  ... More >>

Circus Maximalist: Monique King's Nine Thirty at the W

Behind the velvet ropes of the Westwood W, chef's latest is all American generosity

Hollywood Nightclub Inferno Still Under Investigation

There is still no news on what caused the fire that gutted a popular celebrity hangout in Hollywood according to Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators. The Basque Restaurant & Nightclub, located on the corner of historic Hollywood and Vine, was a hotspot for young celebrities and a regul ... More >>

Hardcore Scores

Son of a Beach

The Priciest Corner in L.A.

A ban on turning right — on the green, no less — baffles and enrages motorists

What's Smart About Smart Growth?

City Hall's plan for the future expects you to give up the yard, the car - and learn to love density

The Secret Lives of Boys

Inside the old spirits, indie fucks, gay best friends and outlaws

The LBD Rules

Where the Disconnect Happens

Poolside with Eric Bogosian

Bean There

Home Is Where the Concierge Is

The return of the residential hotel

Is That a Threat?