Paul T. Bradley

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30 Things To Do in L.A. Before You Turn 30

L.A., at least stereotypically, is the place for young, upwardly-mobile, self-celebrating, wanna-be noteworthy people. It's all bright lights, movie stars, hip threads, and youth as far as the sunglass-covered eye can see. This city is a young-person's amusement park every minute of the week and your youth melts faster than......
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We Review the New Fast and Furious: Supercharged Ride at Universal Studios

Vin Deisel's car-racing, truck-heisting, once-and-future-con character Dominic Toretto sets up his latest caper in Furious 7 with the cringe-inducing quip, “This time it ain’t just about being fast.” And at Universal Studios Hollywood's newest addition to its 50-year old studio tour, it really, uh, ain't — Fast and Furious: Supercharged is......
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Universal Studios' New Springfield Area Is a Simpsons Nerd's Dream

Universal Studios opened an "expansive new themed environment" dedicated to the Simpsons Tuesday night, and more than merely meh, it is sublimely cromulent in so many ways. Built to surround and enhance the Simpsons Ride, which opened in 2008, the fully-immersive environment includes over a hogshead's worth of living references. Some of......
The Coachella silent disco; Credit: Photo by Willie T.

I Am Not the Coachella Silent Disco's Target Audience

Just south of 1:30 a.m., as the car crowd heads back to their $500 motel rooms and the VIPs are airlifted to their alpha-resorts, the camping Coachella plebes are making the long, dusty march back to the tent city of earthly delights they've built to the east. I'm headed to......