On Tuesday, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy issued a statement denouncing the remarks made by now-ousted substitute teacher Patricia McAllister while she spent off-duty time at the Occupy L.A. site. Today the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) have issued their statement in support of the LAUSD's disapproval of McAllister's sentiments and behavior more ›

The circumcision debate is heating up, and it's getting ugly. Recently, we reported about a proposed ban on the practice of cutting a baby boy's foreskin, that was making the rounds for signatures in Santa Monica. A bill with the same language will be put before voters in San Francisco this November. more ›

Angeleno Opera enthusiasts have been anticipating the long-planned Ring Festival LA, which will span multiple venues between mid-April and late June of 2010 and boast numerous performances by different organizations, each "providing its own unique point of view on the influences of [composer Richard] Wagner's art and philosophy from the 19th century to the present day," explains the LA Opera. more ›

Paris gets 45 days. Watch out for the new video, Some Big Black Chick's 45 Days in Paris - Daily News Beware a woman scored - Jon Peters was minding his own business driving to Hollywood to get his star on Hollywood Blvd. yesterday and as soon as he got out of the limo he was served with legal papers - his wife, it appears claims he's a deadbeat dad - NY Post Southern... more ›

- LA's own Moxie drank the other night and live-blogged to find out how long it would take to become anti-Semitic. It earned her a front page post on Metafilter where the kids there, as could be predicted, greeted it with mixed reviews. - Then today, MSNBC's own Joe Scarborough ripped off the bit for his tv show and then had the nerve to write about it on his blog. - The Poor Man... more ›

- In Touch has photos of Mel Gibson partying it up and posing for pictures at Moonshadows on PCH an hour before his infamous arrest. Yet somehow TMZ has more In Touch pix of Mel than In Touch does. Mel TMZ really does own Malibu this story. - LA Times entertainment columnist Patrick Goldstein gives the Hollywood execs hell for not piling on Gibson's drunken slurs. Maybe the suits still remember the billions that... more ›

Nikki Finke interviews Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal CenterQ: So what are your feelings about this Mel Gibson story? A: Look, the issue with Mel Gibson is very simple. Mel Gibson is driving under intoxication. There are no Jews in sight. He can blame his car, he can blame his liquor, he can blame the sheriff. But he can't blame any Jews because there are none around. That's precisely... more ›

Sheriff Lee Baca reportedly asked that the arresting deputy re-write the arrest report so as to withhold the anti-Semitic statements Mel Gibson allegedly delivered early Friday morning, TMZ.com says. Sources tell TMZ that Lt. Crystal Miranda told the arresting deputy that Captain Tom Martin talked to Sheriff Lee Baca who expressed concern that the explosive report might leak to the media and that it needed to be re-written in a sanitized form. Top Hollywood... more ›

"The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." - Mel Gibson, who now has something else to add to his list of controversial quotes regarding religion. You'd think that even if you said that drunk, you'd apologize your ass off the next day. Especially if you're in the Popularity Game and you work alongside a fair share of Hebrew ladies and gentlemen. Instead, after Mel Gibson's arrest for DUI, and filmed... more ›