LAist was minding its own business last night at Boardener's having drinks with Gothamist co-Founder Jen Chung, and after we did as much damage to her expense account as we could, we ran into two of our favorite gays. Perez Hilton and Bobby Trendy! Like, OMG. Perez seemed to be in a rush to leave whatever party was happening at the World of Wonder HQ, but Bobby was more than happy to answer questions......

The Good News: Nancy Grace will no longer be on Court TV, at least not until she finally gets to sit in the defendant's seat herself. The Bad News: The diminutive Southern blond rabble-rouser will continue her work as a nightly nuisance on the one-time news channel known as CNN Headline News. In her career as a talking head taking on all kinds of imagined and otherwise biased and inaccurately portrayed wrongdoers, Nancy Grace has......

Monday Chuck Palahniuk presents Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey 6:30pm @ Vroman's Tony Cohan signs Mexican Days 7pm @ Dutton's Donna Hogan (Anna Nicole's Sister) presents The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith 7pm @ Book Soup Rick Riordan signs The Titan's Curse 7pm @ Borders, Torrance Joan Didion discusses The Year of Magical Thinking 8pm @ Music Center Tuesday Tish Cohen & Rex Pickett present Town House 7pm @ Book......

Law & Order: Criminal Intent offers what will no doubt be a sensitive meditation on the perils of fame in a May episode that closely parallels the Anna Nicole Smith saga. Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kristy Swanson, in her puffy, post-pregnancy state (that's the kind of glow you can only get from stealing another woman's husband and having his baby) will play the ersatz Anna Nicole and… (wait for it)… David Cross will......

We're big fans of Bill Maher and his weekly Real Time on HBO. The hour-long show features a panel of distinguished guests discussing politics and pop matters of the day with Bill, but the highlight of each show is the "New Rules" segment, in which Maher introduces a set of hilarious new rules. (Also, highly recommended is the book, or audiobook of the same name.) The "New Rules" above are from Friday's episode --......

Another one bites the rehab dust, but Jesse Metcalfe is waaay less exciting than Britney - NY Post Speaking of Britney, she's out and hopefully back on her rampage....Umm, is it me or was that NOT thirty days? - Defamer Speaking of rehab, future attendee Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi and Bruce, looks like the new "it" party girl - I Dont Like You in That Way Did rehab graduate Lindsay Lohan find the Lord?......

- LAPD seeks felony charges against a 13-year-old alleged dogfight organizer caught in South LA on Monday. The injured pitbulls are expected to recover. The kid, however, may be another story. - LA Times. - Claiming a victory in mission:gangbusters 2007, LAPD central division Capt. Andrew Smith reports, "We really believe we have taken the head off the 5th and Hill Gang." - Daily News. - The transcripts are out on the Khalid Sheikh......

Tonight - Tuesday - March 13th, 2007 Clippers @ Spurs (KTLA, 5:00 p.m.) Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Top 10 preverts American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Down to the top 12 finalists Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (the CW, 9:00 p.m.) Welcome to the Dollhouse - the finalists move in. Primetime (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Porn porn porn porn porn The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo, 10:00 p.m.) Season finale.......

The Juice says Anna Nicole's infant daughter comes courtesy of his own "slow-moving" juice -- and for the first time ever, we are hoping he actually did it. Imagine the repercussions. He could pay the Goldmans and the Browns, he could rebuild his old house in Brentwood that they tore down, and imagine all the good he could do with all that Texas money. Money he would get for sure if he was the......

A Word Or 30: A wall of repeats ends a fairly good week of new TV. They had to pull celebrity commentators off of Anna Nicole's coffin today, leaving nail marks on the lid. Tonight - Friday - March 2nd, 2007 Sharks @ Ducks (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.) Kings @ Lakers (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) 38th NAACP Image Awards (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Hosted by LL Cool J Las Vegas (NBC, 9:00 p.m.) Ed thinks about......

- Proof that America isn't as fascist as some might think: our trains don't run on time. Least fascist line? The Coast Starlight that runs between Seattle and LA - Seattle PI - Be careful what you wish for. Paris Hilton wanted to be popular and loved - well now she might become the most popular and loved inmate in a local jail thanks to her insistence of driving with a suspended license. Didn't......

Tonight- Wednesday - February 28th, 2007 Sonics @ Clippers (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) Jericho/Criminal Minds/CSI: NY (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) The town tries to fix their renewable energy resource/New Orleans serial killer/Illusionist murderer Friday Night Lights (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) It's all about family, the football family. America's Next Top Model (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Season premiere George Lopez/The Knights of Prosperity/According To Jim/In Case of Emergency (ABC, 8-10:00 p.m.) A kind of endless sitcom hell. Larry......

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor spending a......

A Word Or 71: Hey, thanks for calling me on my BS mistakes yesterday, it pleases me that some people have been reading my little list of shows and snarky comments. Have a great weekend - the only thing that will get me through Oscar night is alcohol, here's a link to an Oscar's Drinking Game but there's got to be better ones, please post your own or links to better ones in the comments.......

A Word Or 30: Who else is waiting to hear the announcement of the Anna Nicole Smith Story film deal? Jaime Pressly presents us tonight, with the first reason to watch Leno in years. Tonight - Wednesday - February 21st, 2007 That Touch of Mink (TCM, 6:30 p.m.) Cary Grant wants to get hot n' heavy with Doris Day. Trail Blazers @ Lakers (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Jericho (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Back from hiatus.......

- Robert Adler died this week at 93 years old. He invented the wireless tv remote a little over 50 years ago, finally giving men an important responsibility around the house - AP - When Britney Spears shaved off all her hair yesterday, did she do it because of all the constant attention from the paparazzi? And if so, why didn't she move back to Louisiana for a spell? - Celebrity Baby Blog -......

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the......

A Word or 14: Nothing matters until the Police appear on TV this Sunday at the Grammy Awards. Tonight - Friday - February 9th, 2007 Clippers @ 76ers (KTLA, 5:30 p.m.) Lakers @ Raptors (KCAL, 5:30 p.m.) Ghost Whisperer/Close to Home/NUMB3RS (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new. Mary J. Blige guest stars on Whisperer. Crank Yankers (MTV2, 8:00 p.m.) Season premiere Las Vegas/Law & Order (NBC, 9-11:00 p.m.) A mummy is stolen in Vegas and......

Fox reports that a paparazzi company sold video of paramedics working on Anna Nicole Smith for the outrageous price of $500,000. Splash News & Picture Agency quickly sold the video a few hours after Smith’s death in a media bidding war. It aired this morning on German television. (Vid may be slow-loading as everybody is checking it out.)......

Anna Nicole Smith's mother told Good Morning America: "I think she had too many drugs, just like Danny (Smith's late son)." The video is here. Also, check this cool interactive slideshow from Yahoo! An autopsy is under way. LAist full coverage and reactions. photo from the 2006 film Illegal Aliens.......

- Hugh Hefner said, "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally. My thoughts and prayers are with her friends and loved ones during this difficult time." - Playboy.com - Playboy photo editor Gary Cole blogged, "And now she is suddenly gone, like with Marilyn and Jayne Mansfield, taken too quickly. Perhaps Billy Joel......

Just like most of you, we will really miss Anna Nicole. She was a trainwreck but she was our trainwreck. CNN provided the best live coverage of the tragedy with a three-way interview of Larry King, Nancy Grace, and Wolf Blitzer while they ran B-roll in the background. Then they had a lawyer speak as more clips rolled on. Of all the video of Anna -- a woman who never met a camera that......

Reports are just coming in that Playboy covergirl and TrimSpa endorser Anna Nicole Smith has died in Florida after collapsing in the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino. We are sure that there will be wall-to-wall team coverage in the coming hours, days, and weeks into the life and death of the rags to riches story of the buxom bleach blonde who married a billionaire and never had a dull moment. We here......

- Mack Reed steps down from LA Voice, hands over the reigns to two new editors, Ryan Knoll and Scott Schmidt. Congratulations, Mack for your years of dedication and great blogging - LA Voice - Ozzfest will be free this year, and it will kick off in LA - Ozzfest - LAPD's story is different than witnesses stories in the death of a 31 yr old who some say was beaten while handcuffed -......

- Mayor and Police Chief booed this morning at a multi-million dollar groundbreaking - Daily News - Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis gets 200 hours of community service over 2 years and must pay a half million in fines for creative bookkeeping and quasi kiddie porn since he admitted to filming underage girls getting naked. So LAist asks, does this make him a Sex Offender? - LAT - Paris Hilton pleads no contest on......

Anna Nicole Smith and Howard K. Stern scrambling to figure out ways not to give money to the father of her child - Defamer - Black dude from Bloc Party probably gay - Towleroad - Trump being sued for ageism - Pop on the Pop - The two people who have no regard for money just out-dummied themselves. On one side you have Pure nightclub in Las Vegas who reportedly had a contract with......

Thanks to the crazy apes over at Monkeyfilter, now you can continue what Despair.com started by creating original motivational posters that spoof the ones seen in amazingly lame offices everywhere. Victory, Pride, Determination, Success will all reach new heights with your witty slogans and photos. The site even allows you to upload your creation into your Flickr account with two clicks of your mouse. More of our experiments after the jump.........

buns in the oven? Anna Nicole Smith, who just had the Supreme Court side with her (sort of) against her nasty stepson, is rumored to be pregnant — with twins. Our favorite part of the story is the name of her lawyer, who issued a non-denial of the pregnancy yesterday: he's Howard K. Stern. Disney hottie While we're talking about centerfolds, Kara Monaco, a former staff cast member of Walt Disney World, who used......

We found ourselves down in the wilds of WeHo this Sunday to support our friends and to take in the spectacle and glory that was the 35th annual Pride Parade and Festival. Naturally there were thousands of men and women in various stages of dress or undress--some leaving little to the imagination, and some imaginatively dressed to the nines, and tens, even! The Parade had a controversial choice for Grand Marshal this year; Paris......

Let’s be honest. The New Year really couldn’t start until Mr. Blackwell crawled out of his hole and brought us his sartorial critique of Hollywood in the form of his 45th Annual Worst Dressed Women List. Or, as we here at LAist like to call it, the 45th Annual “Who the Hell is this Mr. Blackwell Guy Anyway?” List. This year, the great and noble Mr. Blackwell (as far as we know, he has......