Outside the Kodak Theatre last year | Photo by nailmaker via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Yesterday we launched a series of polls to see who you would give the Oscar to in the big four acting categories. Now let's look at the other sets of nominees who will be gnashing their teeth and squirming in their seats at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on Sunday at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. So let's......

a writer's perspective Today was buzzing on the line – in no small part because Thursdays at Warner Brothers are now officially “Teaching Thursdays at Warner Brothers”. Wannabe writers, students, and fans are being encouraged to show up and learn about the craft from the experts. Each week there will be a different theme, and today was “Multi-Camera Sitcom Day”. Those of us who have worked on multi-cam shows were asked to wear nametags......

There's gunna be some more traffic for you 'der late night commuters and all... Why? To remove temporary structures at the Palms Avenue Bridge. Tonight and Wednesday 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Northbound 405 from Venice Boulevard to the 10 Thursday and Friday 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Southbound 405 from the I-10 connector to Venice Boulevard The Big Picture The closures are connected to the $167 million carpool lane project on 405 from the......

Is LAist stoked that Tiger Woods is back, and black, and Asian? Of course. What could be finer than the dominance of minorities in traditionally white sports? World peace perhaps? That'll never happen. What about a humane wage for hard-working people who make shoes for a company who flinches when it only makes $377 million of profit in a quarter? We have nothing against capitalism or paying people from around the world a fraction......

Everyone in LA needs a website right? Just another tool of many to self promote your whatevers. Since we work on the web, all our friends ask if their web designer is the one for them? So instead of giving each of them a personal coaching session, we'll just post it here for your fun and their reference. CSS is not CCR Though more people are interested in Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Cascading Style Sheets......

Kudos to California-based* EFF for taking Sony BMG to the mat on distributing CDs with spyware and hacker-friendly software. EFF joins Texas in the courts while The LA Times and The New York Times both discuss how Sony is having the worst year ever. In today's The Big Picture, Patrick Goldstein off-handedly throws out that the movie division has had only one hit (Hitch and that seems like it was ages ago) and a......

So now we are being told that Larry Ellison is coming to save the day and finally bring a football team to LA. But before we jump on the Oracle founder's bandwagon, let's take a big step back and look at the big picture. In order for Ellison to be involved with the NFL, he needs a team. While the NFL has said a 33rd expansion team is possible, we know it's not desirable.......