Pencil This In: Tuesday
Zócalo asks “Is Business Abusing the Ballot?” in a panel discussion tonight. “California businesses are increasingly taking their disputes with cities, labor and especially each other to municipal ballots in the form of initiatives and referenda. As a result, voters, not the market, are forced to pick business winners and losers and decide complex development, planning and zoning questions that are supposed to be handled by city governments.” To discuss this trend are political consultants Rob Stutzman and Harvey Englander, Anaheim City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway and labor strategist and advocate Madeline Janis.
"Stop the Madness" 1985 Anti-Drug Music Video
A teacher friend of mine recently mentioned she was preparing an 80s theme party for the graduating seniors of her school. I asked, "Why 80s?" She replied that the seniors were born in 1989 and thus, they were the very last high school class to be born in that decade. I just about spit my drink all over her. I'm aware that we all age, but it still surprises the bejeezus out of me...
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
Monday Mike Carey presents The Devil You Know 7pm @ Book Soup Tuesday Doug Stumpf presents Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy 7pm @ Book Soup Joy Horowitz presents Parts per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School 7pm @ Central Library Michael Tucker signs Living a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine and Love in Italy 7pm @ Dutton's Jerry Stahl presents Love Without 7pm @ Borders, Long Beach Thomas...
Weekend Gossip Roundup
Despite his recent slash amazing drunken video release, David Hasselhoff was granted sole custoday of his two teenage daughters - CBC Skating with Celebrities star Kristy Swanson pulls a Tanya Harding and was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend (and former skating partner's) ex- wife - People Angelina Jolie and the kids take a fathers day shopping trip - She also speaks about potentially repairing her estranged relationship with her own father Jon Voight - Just...
Gossip Round Up- Paris the Inmate Starts Today
Today is the day folks! Paris Hilton goes to jail, and word on the street is her fellow inmates are eagerly awaiting her arrival - Associated Press
Hasselhoff's Third or Fourth Most Embarrassing Video
This just released home video, taken by David Hasselhoff's teenage daughter, shows The Hoff half naked and trying to eat a burger. Hey, who hasn't been there before? At least you weren't in a video like this. Or this. You see, it's not his drunken decisions that worry us. It's his sober ones....
Each Day You'll Feel Me Devour Your Soul
I have no idea why, but I'm trying to make all of this week's 4:20 Movies weird musicals (preferably starring or directed by celebrities). Here's David Hasselhoff -- wearing what looks like the the cast-off plastic chest from Wrath of Khan -- in the musical Jekyll & Hyde musical.
TV Junkie: 'Idol' Semifinalists Revealed; 'Lost' Goes Back to the Old Island; Armstrong on Colbert
A Word or 48: House was pretty good last night and the timing was great what with the blizzard hitting New England today. With the semifinalists declared on Idol and Paula Abdul declaring that she's never been drunk in her life, I get the feeling that show is really coming along now. Today - Wednesday - February 14th, 2007 Breakfast at Tiffany's (TCM, 4:05 p.m.) Holly Golightly, not the band Beauty and the Geek...
Painful Win
How much has Lamar Odom meant to the Lakers this season? Look at it this way, he was playing more minutes per game than Kobe Bryant.
Because in America, you're innocent until proven otherwise
David Hasselhoff rushed to the hospital after an alleged shaving/chandelier accident. Alleged because we live pretty large but we don't have chandeliers in our gym's mens rooms. - People
Your Freaks and Neighbors
Quick -- what happens when you want to put on an American Idol-esque show during the summer TV doldrums, and Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest are busy spending the bizillions they earned during the regular TV season?
Los Angeles Luminary: Hasselhoff
Cardinal Mahoney and Mitch Buchannon...inspirations to us all.

