On Thursday LAist reported that Universal was running a trailer for the soon-to-be released film "Accepted", whose sole critical raves were from one source, Paul Fischer of Dark Horizons.com. At that time we could find no review on the website that stated that "Accepted" was a "total triumph" or "raucously funny". In fact the only place that we saw Fischer's praises for the film were on other blogs, where fellow critics were dissing Fischer.... more ›

Sometimes, even in the middle of the night, when the smoke hasn't yet cleared, when the beer is almost through, and when the girls have nearly stopped giggling, you still are capable of spotting bullshit. This morning LAist was watching The Miss Teen USA pageant on TiVo. Don't ask. Even though the incredibly cheesy and wrong telecast didn't hold our attention for very long, for some reason a commercial during the broadcast for the... more ›