Paris Hilton Ordered To Court For Allegedly Violating Probation
A judge on Tuesday ordered hotel heiress Paris Hilton to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on May 4, when she could face jail time for allegedly violating her probation in a reckless driving case. After a lengthy private conference with attorneys from both sides, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer said Hilton would be "required to attend" the next court date.
Los Angeles 2016 Reacts To Loss
The Mayor said Los Angeles officials are anxious to help Chicago overcome competition from international cities to host the 2016 Games, reports CBS. “we’re ready and willing to stand with Chicago. We’re still proud to be home to more athletes than any other city in the world”.

Dave Chappelle breaks Los Angeles comedy club's endurance record — joking for 6 hours plus
The comic, who walked out on a $50 million deal to continue his TV show and briefly took a respite in South Africa, shattered the Laugh Factory's endurance record by taking to the comedy club's stage for six hours and seven minutes on Sunday. How did I freaking miss this??? Dammit...
Forest Whitaker Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Screen Actors Guild trophies this year for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." On Monday he cemented his winning streak with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Los Angeles Observatory Sends Star Lecturers Into Black Hole
For many years, pedigreed astronomers, mathematicians and teachers gave hourlong lectures on topics such as the Big Bang theory and moon landings, and took questions from the audience. Now, young actors are hitting the highlights in 22-minute presentations.
Britney Goes Valley Girl: 'You're Smart, I'm Stupid'
As she was chased by photographers, Britney broke out look, after look, after look, over the weekend before suddenly deciding to bring almost 4 weeks of post-rehab silence to a screeching halt. And cue the Valley Girl impersonation…
"I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real. Come on y'all," Britney said in her best Valley Girl tone. I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing...
LA's Baisakhi Message
More than 10,000 Sikhs celebrated Baisakhi in Los Angeles last week, and used the occasion to educate the public about the Sikh identity. I just had to include this because the link leads to a Sikh newsite called SikhNN. I love it.
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I was just at the Observatory on Friday and I thought the lady talking during the planetarium show seemed a little...uh...dramatic. It sounded like a pre-recorded voice-over type thing at first, until I saw her walking around with a white globe.