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Parks and Wreck: L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space
In search of the Emerald City
By MATTHEW FLEISCHER
There’s a foul smell in Pershing Square. Well, several foul smells, really. Most prominently, there’s the smell of urine. It wafts in all directions, emanating from a dozen dark, hidden recesses spread throughout the square. There’s the smell of the fountain, a giant purple modernist abomination that every so… Keep Reading »
Parks and Wreck: L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space
In search of the Emerald City
By MATTHEW FLEISCHER
There’s a foul smell in Pershing Square. Well, several foul smells, really. Most prominently, there’s the smell of urine. It wafts in all directions, emanating from a dozen dark, hidden recesses spread throughout the square. There’s the smell of the fountain, a giant purple modernist abomination that every so… Keep Reading »
Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses
L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death
By RANDALL ROBERTS
A Greyhound-style bus purchased on Craigslist for $8,700 rolls eastbound out of Los Angeles on Interstate 10, headed for Marfa, Texas, with 18 passengers. If a highway patrolman were to pull us over, he’d encounter a head-scratcher of a group. First he’d confront a big, bald white man named… Keep Reading »
The Dap-Kings: Soul's New Royalty
And Sharon Jones is its hardest-working woman
By OLIVER WANG
The summer of 2008 is starting to sound a lot like ... 2007? Recent singles, including Solange Knowles’ sock-hoppin’ “I Decided” and Little Jackie’s tart “The World Should Revolve Around Me,” ostensibly nod back to the swing and shine of Motown’s 1960s sound, but the inspiration isn’t Tammi Terrell… Keep Reading »
Lou Reed's Berlin: Julian Schnabel Captures the Music, Moment and Mood of His Man
Director makes cinematic trance of Reed's days-long 2006 concert at Brooklyn's St. Ann’s Warehouse
By CAMILLE DODERO
The most epic musical moment at this year’s South by Southwest Festival was a Lou Reed tribute extravaganza, a tented Texan sweatfest that saw the guest of honor publicly kissing Moby on the cheek (!) and a string of cover-song minisets from rock stalwarts Yo La Tengo, Thurston Moore… Keep Reading »
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
By Jonathan Gold
The Nine Thirty restaurant might be the last place you would expect to find a culinary epiphany in Los Angeles, jammed into the back of the Westwood W Hotel, adjacent to a bottle-service bar, past at least two velvet-rope gauntlets of bouncers who do not have your best interests… Keep Reading »
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Antonio Pinocchiosa and His Police Tax
By DAVID FERRELL
The mayor gets caught with his hands in a $137 million cookie jar
L.A.'s Racial Redlining of Black Children
By D. HEIMPEL
When a horribly tortured boy enters child protection, does skin color hurt his safe ticket out?
Gramm Cracker Crust: John McCain's Surrogate Trouble
By MARC COOPER
Indy Mac implodes and Johnny Mac's exposed, as econ guru suffers from recession of the brain
City Hall's E-Mail War on the Poor
By TIBBY ROTHMAN
Is DOJ probing the Alexandria? Or is it a ruse by the powerful to slime the powerless?
Back Talk on "Hot, Sticky & Bothered"
By L.A. Weekly readers
Propositions, recrimination and helpful hints from polyamory detractors and defenders
Food
Circus Maximalist: Monique King's Nine Thirty at the W
By Jonathan Gold
Behind the velvet ropes of the Westwood W, chef's latest is all American generosity
American Flatbread: The Anti-Steak of California's Central Coast Wine Country
By Jonathan Gold
In the meat-intensive land of Sideways tourism, a fresh phenomenon in Los Alamos
Columns
¡Ask a Mexican!®
Migra Headaches: Brown-on-Brown Crime-Fighting
By GUSTAVO ARELLANO
Plus, the Uber-Mex and the Zimmerman Telegram
Theater Reviews: Assassins, The Comedy of Errors
By L.A. Weekly Theater Critics
Also, Looped, Of Equal Measure, and more
Theater Reviews: Rose, Spring's Awakening
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CAPSIZED FLOTSAM Donaco Smyth’s fun comedy is set in — and ostensibly modeled after…
Paper Tigers: How Padded Are Theater Seats?
By STEVEN MIKULAN
A play-by-play of filling L.A.'s stage venues
Art / Books
No Strings Attached: Puppetry at SMMOA; Kori Newkirk at PMCA
By HOLLY MYERS
Animation sparks magic in these bodies of art
Into the Wild: Janet Sarbanes and Leni Zumas
By MARC WEINGARTEN
New short fiction tackles unsettling subject matter
Peter Frank Has Left the [Weekly] Building
By Peter Frank
So many shows, so little time; always the problem in this compact column, but…
Art Around Town: Flux Soup
By CHRISTOPHER MILES
The magic of Marlene Dumas; the theater of Philip-Lorca diCorcia
A Considerable Town
PETA's Lady in a Cage: Protesting Animal Treatment by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
By STEVEN MIKULAN
Hold that tiger! Foot traffic pauses on Hollywood Boulevard as reporters, tourists and photographers catch a glimpse of near-naked activist in painted stripes
Monthly Crowd Gathers to Stargaze at Griffith Observatory
By MARK GROUBERT
Celestial close-ups courtesy of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society
Variations on a Theme Building: Revealing LAX's Exoskeleton
By MARK MAUER
Photo essay and observations on L.A. Airport's iconic dome under repair
The Lennon Year: Mr. Fish Anticipates 40
By DWAYNE BOOTH
Last month, I stood in front of my bathroom mirror and watched myself outlive…
Pucker Up
It's All Part of the Plan, Mommy
Fri, Jul 18, 5:01 pm
And another week draws to a close. I'll be reviewing The Dark Knight on Monday morning, which I'm sure everyone will be patiently for […]
Cobra Commander Toy Trailer Shows Sideshow Toys Clearly Has Some Time on their Hands
Fri, Jul 18, 4:05 pm
If you're at all looking forward to Sideshow's 12-inch G.I. Joe, line head over here and watch their (needlessly unembeddable) teaser trailer for the second […]
Savage Love
The Young and the Sleepless
By DAN SAVAGE
Advice to straight and gay newbies from an insomnia-plagued columnist
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Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses
By Randall Roberts
L.A. art collective struggles to go on after actor's death
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight: Batman Continues
By Scott Foundas
Heath Ledger cements his legend playing nemesis to Christian Bale's Gotham City hero
TNT's The Closer: Stranger Than Real Life ... So Far
By Robert Abele
Is the new season's bonehead L.A. Times character Sam Zell's idea of a model reporter?
Theater Reviews: Assassins, The Comedy of Errors
By L.A. Weekly Theater Critics
Also, Looped, Of Equal Measure, and more
Features
Parks and Wreck: L.A.'s Fight for Public Green Space
By MATTHEW FLEISCHER
In search of the Emerald City
Heath Ledger's Final Days Among the Masses
By RANDALL ROBERTS
L.A. Art Collective Struggles to Go On After Actor's Death
Movies
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight: Batman Continues
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Heath Ledger cements his legend playing nemesis to Christian Bale's Gotham City hero
Mamma Mia! Big-Screen Musical Drains the Fun out of ABBA
By ELLA TAYLOR
Here we go again, in this (Shirley) valentine to 50-something broads
Lou Reed's Berlin: Julian Schnabel Captures the Music, Moment and Mood of His Man
By CAMILLE DODERO
Director makes cinematic trance of Reed's days-long 2006 concert at Brooklyn's St. Ann’s Warehouse
Movie Reviews: The Grocer's Son, Kenny, Space Chimps
By L.A. Weekly Film Critics
Also, Felon and A Very British Gangster
Spaced: The Next Frontier, on DVD
By ROBERT ABELE
The long-awaited release of the British pop-culture phenom loved by Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino
TNT's The Closer: Stranger Than Real Life ... So Far
By ROBERT ABELE
Is the new season's bonehead L.A. Times character Sam Zell's idea of a model reporter?
They Blinded Us With Scions: L.A. Riots Among Bands Entering Corporate Marriages
By JONAH FLICKER
A car company recruits rising stars of the L.A. music scene to help sell autos. Who's buying?
Record Reviews: Beck, Abe Vigoda, Nico Muhly
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
Also, James McMurtry, Barn Owl
Rock Picks: Rooney, Lili Haydn, Dizzee Rascal
By L.A. Weekly Music Critics
Also, Wolf Parade, Pierced Arrows, Summer Darling
LA Vida
Lust in L.A.: Hot, Sticky & Bothered
By Dani Katz
Wondering why guys don't make the first move anymore, and notes on the pains and pleasures of threesomes
'DARK KNIGHT': RECORD $65M FRIDAY
Fri, Jul 18, 6:28 pm
FRIDAY 10:30PM: It looks like The Dark Knight's Friday opening is even bigger than first thought, according to early numbers -- around $64M-$65M in North American gross from a record-setting wide release of 4,366 theaters. That includes the $18.5M in midnight-to-3AM shows from a smaller pool of 3,040 venues. Now Warner Bros is claiming the biggest midnight show ever (better than [...]
SOURCES: Major Shake-Up At Lionsgate
Fri, Jul 18, 6:26 pm
2ND UPDATE: Reliable sources tell me that Joe Drake is about to launch a major shake-up at Lionsgate that will include firings but also hirings. I'm hearing that Alli Shearmur, the co-prez of production at Paramount Pictures until January 2007, may be brought in to run the studio or part of it. Also Wolfgang Hammer, who spent two years helping [...]
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On and Off the Shelf: A Bookseller on Selling (and Reading) the Novel
By DOUG DUTTON
I have on my desk two new books on a subject that now seems…
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Bob Nuchow: Screen Gem
By MEL YIASEMIDE
Bob Nuchow busted his way into the film industry by creating his own jobs.…
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