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French Stewart as Buster Keaton in Stoneface; Credit: Photo by Shaela Cook

L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2013: The Winners

Zachary Pincus-Roth
​L.A. Weekly's 34th annual theater awards, honoring the best work on L.A.'s small stages from 2012, took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood.Sacred Fools' Buster Keaton bio-play Stoneface won Production of the Year while Celebration Theatre's  The Color Purple won Musical of the Year.Here's the full list of nominations, with the winners in bold:......
Our home page yesterday

L.A. Weekly's April Fools Day Issue 2013

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If you visited our website yesterday, you probably saw a few stories that didn't seem so believable. If you'd like to re-live our second annual April Fools' Day experience, click on the image above to see it larger. Here are links to the stories:......
A rendering of the planned NFL stadium; Credit: Graphic by Eva Recinos

L.A. to Build Football Stadium at 405-10 Interchange

Zachary Pincus-Roth
By Eva Recinos and Zachary Pincus-Roth The City of L.A. today reached a historic agreement on a new NFL football stadium to be built at the intersection of the 405 and the 10 freeways. The decision comes after various proposals for stadium plans have fallen through in recent years, notably......
The new MOCA

MOCA to Merge With Pinterest

Zachary Pincus-Roth
Beset by financial troubles and a series of staff departures, the Museum of Contemporary Art has announced a surprise move: It will merge with the social networking site Pinterest. Effective today, MOCA is closing its brick-and-mortar locations, including its Grand Avenue headquarters, Geffen Contemporary building and Pacific Design Center space......
Argo

Oscars 2013: Blogging From the Press Room

Zachary Pincus-Roth
See also: *More L.A. Weekly film coverage *How a $45,000 Oscar Gift Bag Is Born Our report from the press room is adapted from tweets at @laweeklyarts and @zpincusroth -- follow us there too. 10:11 pm Anne Hathaway has press room's most sincere line of the night, on why she......
Mark Sweet; Credit: Star Foreman

Warm-Up Comics Have the Toughest Job in Comedy

Zachary Pincus-Roth
Mark Sweet has warmed up the audience at more than 4,000 sitcom tapings, and he almost always begins with the same joke, the one he's using tonight at CBS' Mike & Molly, as it gets under way at 6 p.m.: "Turn to the person to your right and shake that......