Rebecca Haithcoat

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Nicki Minaj – Nokia Theatre – 8/8/12

Rebecca Haithcoat
Nicki Minaj Nokia Theatre 8/8/12 Plenty at Nicki Minaj's show last night proved to be distractions -- lackluster choreography, tacky costumes that looked straight out of Target and no thematic cohesion. But it was more than that; she's clearly not ready to headline her own show. Last year, Minaj opened......
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Tiesto to Play Staples Center on October 20

Rebecca Haithcoat
See also: Our review of Tiesto at Home Depot Center in October Top Ten Awkward Electric Daisy Carnival Dance Move GIFs Interview With a Raver Who Wears Electrical Tape on Her Boobs DJ Gets Death Threats for Playing Dubstep Massively popular Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto has just announced that......
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The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Rebecca Haithcoat
Monday, July 30 Big K.R.I.T. EL REY THEATRE The South rises again in the form of Big K.R.I.T. ("king remember in time"), a marvelously dexterous rapper-producer from Mississippi who insists that it's "Cool 2 Be Southern" on his debut full-length CD, Live From the Underground. He has produced key tracks......
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Rapper Kid Ink Only Began Writing in Order to Sell His Beats

Rebecca Haithcoat
A slight guy in nondescript white t-shirt and baggy Nike basketball shorts is bent over the vintage jewelry case at Fairfax's Dope Couture. Bracelets encircle both of his wrists; nevertheless, he points to a YSL piece whose thick links glint. It pairs nicely with the well-polished chain already slung around......
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Lorca in a Green Dress

Rebecca Haithcoat
During one flashback in Nilo Cruz's play Lorca in a Green Dress, about Spanish poet-playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, Lorca's friend Salvador Dali pronounces, "We have just seduced reality." Even if Cruz's tribute to one of Spain's great creative minds isn't the strongest theatrical work Ñ it's less about telling a......
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Facebook Censors Kaskade's Body Paint Photo of This Girl

Rebecca Haithcoat
See also: *Rave Standoff in Hollywood: Cops Move in to Disperse Crowds That Came to See DJ Kaskade *Our slideshow: Kaskade @ The Palladium *LMFAO 'Bikini Girl' Says She Was Fired For Being 'Big Boned' Earlier this week EDM DJ and producer Kaskade posted a photo on Facebook from the......
Emily Yetter and Harry Groener in the world premiere of John Pielmeier's The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse; Credit: PHOTO BY MICHAEL LAMONT

The Exorcist at the Geffen Playhouse

Rebecca Haithcoat
At a certain point in life, a person feels that he has sorted out his religious beliefs. The aim of John Pielmeier's stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty's novel The Exorcist seems to be to create a bit of a doubt along the way, a speed bump to slow you......