Tavi Gevinson -- blogger, fashion icon, cultural phenomenon, 16-year-old girl -- is happy to be in Los Angeles, her favorite city, at the tail end of a long, exhausting, amazing and smelly road trip across the country. Specifically, she is in Hollywood, turning Space 15 Twenty gallery into a tee ... More >>
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Irony behind celebrating the movie as an indie classic
Don't you think?When it comes to musical decades, the '60s remains the gold standard. Though the '70s were initially mocked for prog rock and disco, it's now clear that prog rock and disco are awesome. And around this time ten years ago, folks began to venerate the '80s in earnest. But as o ... More >>
How a Hollywood director became a counterculture hero
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 >>
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.
Jena Ardell Everyone has had a crush on rockstar before, but these woman actually pursued and conquered rockstars. In order to make our Top 10 Most Recycled Women of Rock list, these ladies had to have dated (or bedded) six or more famous musicians. There's one musician who appears on four o ... More >>
Winona Ryder will be immortalized in a TMZ tour.You've read the website and seen the TV show. Now see it live: "The TMZ Hollywood Tour -- Secrets and Celebrity Hot Spots" was announced Tuesday as a collaboration between TMZ and Starline Tours. The bus tours will include stops where the famou ... More >>
From party girl to Oscar winner, a journey to the stripped-down Somewhere
Natalie Portman goes bat-shit in a tutu in Darren Aronofsky's latest
Why is it that every time they need an edgy, bad-ass, anti-hero-type chick, they stick her in a skintight bodysuit and a bob cut? Presented here are a baker's dozen of pop-culture's greatest bob cut women. An homage, if you will, to the hairstyle preferred by little girls, dominatrixes and f ... More >>
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New Star Trek Trailer: Who had better style? The old 1960s Star Trek crew members or the new 2009 Star Trek crew members? By "new" I mean "new version of the old." The movie drops next year. I know you're already in line. Here are some fashion-related things to think about while you're setting up ... More >>
What to do in L.A., October 3-9
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