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CIRQUE DU CIENEGA

Who would go to a show that you don't understand the name of? Yet people pay scads of money every day for Cirque du Soleil's extravaganzas with nutsy mo...
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SPIN & TONIC

It's no wonder that everyone tires of exercising. Most days, you can spot any number of Gatorade-drooling automatons mindlessly moving muscles (with abomina...
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WAR? LET'S DRINK TO THAT!

If you're one of those peaceniks who believes that honoring those who have died during military service somehow "endorses" war, this Memorial Day take a goo...
Michael Riboli; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Michael Riboli: Where The Nose Is

Imagine: You need a jug of your favorite red, so you get in line behind the neighborhood locals at a lone railroad boxcar just south of the L.A. Basin, right next to Union Pacific. Your jug is filled by a proprietor who knows your name, and you fork over a......
Michael Riboli; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Michael Riboli: Where The Nose Is

Imagine: You need a jug of your favorite red, so you get in line behind the neighborhood locals at a lone railroad boxcar just south of the L.A. Basin, right next to Union Pacific. Your jug is filled by a proprietor who knows your name, and you fork over a......
Credit: PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLON

Tom Leykis and Adam Leemon: A Perfect Pairing

Tom Leykis isn't "blowing up" call-in listeners anymore. For the pathetically uninformed who are still scanning the airwaves looking for the controversial radio host's lurid, misogynistic antics — which include ending call-ins with offensive sound-clip send-offs such as a bomb, a bong hit, a near-orgasmic woman having sex with Kobe......
Credit: PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLON

Mike Nyeholt: Aqua He-man

At 24, All-American swimmer Mike Nyeholt was enjoying the benefits of his chosen sport: It had earned him a USC scholarship, enabled him to travel the world for competitive events and kept him in shape. "But back then, it was a bit of a job," Nyeholt says. "Every morning you'd......
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Tanya Tull: First, a Home

Quick: If you had to help homeless families, how would you start? Homeless activist Tanya Tull says people typically answer, "Well, I'd get them jobs or counseling." "That's backward," snaps the diminutive president of Beyond Shelter, a nonprofit organization Tull started in 1988 to serve homeless families. "That's what the......
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Our Favorite Happy Hours

View more photos in Lina Lecaro's photo gallery, "L.A.'s Best Dive Bars." Click here for Lina Lecaro's Cruisin' for a Boozin': 10 L.A. bars worth diving into. Click here for New Phone App Finds Best Happy Hours. Good news from the bad economy: Happy hours have exploded across L.A. No......