FILM: There’s a special screening of The Gits tonight at the Egyptian. The documentary explores the Seattle punk rock band and the rape/murder of the band's singer Mia Zapata.”It was a crime unsolved when director Kerri O'Kane began shooting her debut feature. In the interim, however, fans, friends and celebrities like Joan Jett (interviewed here) and Nirvana helped raise money to reopen what had become a cold case file. Mia's death had reverberated throughout the music community, and unexpectedly Mia's killer was brought to justice as the cameras rolled.” The movie screens at 7:30. There’s a discussion following with O'Kane and producer Jessica Bender. more ›

Things were jumping last night at "Willis Wonderland", Allee Willis' super-cool party pad. The party was in celebration of the launch of "Bubbles and Cheesecake's" new video, "Editing is Cool". "Bubbles" is Allee's singing, painting alter-ego, and "Cheesecake", Bubble's collaborator, is the alter-ego of Holly Palmer, who recently spent some time on the road with Gnarls Barkley. The video is a follow-up to their YouTube sensation, "It's a Woman Thang". Check out the video after the jump! more ›

We continue our series of interviews with cast members of HBO's The Wire with Andre Royo. The actor born and raised in the Bronx plays Bubbles, a junkie/entrepreneur/informant who has been a central character to the show since its beginning. Royo, who recently moved to Silverlake, took time to speak to LAist about working on what he calls, "the most intelligent show on TV." more ›