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Entries from LAist tagged with 'augustenburroughs'

October 5, 2007

We'd like to take a brief moment to thank this week's advertisers on LAist. AMEX Urban Adventures, because there's shopping, dining, and entertainment destinations to be discovered. Look Me in the Eye, by Augusten Burroughs' older brother. The Next Iron Chef, starting Sunday in its quest to find...the next Iron Chef. Busted Tees, where they have some shirts on sale for $9.99! If you're interested in advertising on LAist or any other site in our......

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February 6, 2007

Recommended After Innocence - Jessica Sanders directs this documentary detailing the stories of seven men who were wrongfully imprisoned for decades (some of them on death row) before finally being exonerated by DNA evidence. The Amazing Screw-On Head - This animated 30-minute pilot (I can only hope there will be more episodes) based on the comic book by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is full of awesome animation (it closely mimics Mignola's style), witty dialogue,......

Continue Reading "New DVD Tuesday - Mike Mignola, Ryuichi Hiroki, Paul Mooney, Clint Eastwood"

January 21, 2005

Los Angeles airports are wonderful places for evesdropping- so many fascinating people, so many interesting stories, and all under one proverbial roof... While casually browsing the books in the United terminal of LAX, right next door to Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza joint, LAist observed this exchange: Woman: (mid-to-late 30’s, upscale entertainment professional look) “George, here, I want this. Get this for me. George…” The woman places a copy of Augusten Burroughs’ “Running With Scissors” onto......

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