Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city's attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just......

I know the end of the Nordstrom anniversary sale was painful for all of us, but what better way to quick-heal a fresh wound then with new savings. Ready your checkbooks. Saks has embarked upon its yearly Consolidation Sale which means almost every department (minus handbags and cosmetics) is reduced. Men’s Store too. The pre-sale mark downs have already taken place but the full effect slashings don’t happen until Thursday, Aug 9th. The racket goes......

So I’m going back and forth with my lady friend on AIM about what I should be for Halloween la noche pasada, here is the convo: - I was Super Mario last time, and a sperm before that. - Be an iPod. That would be cool. - Can’t do it. It’s overdone. - Yeah it didn’t feel original when I said it. - Of course I could just be a Microsoft Zune. - Being......

Shopgirl is undoubtedly a uniquely Los Angeles kind of movie. From the romanticized sky-high shots of freeway traffic and hyperbolic starry skies over Los Feliz, almost every frame radiates LA the cinematic, LA of the lovelorn, LA the coolly distant, and LA the eternal optimist. Steve Martin, who adapted his novella into the screenplay, and, not surprisingly plays the surprising romantic lead, has once again penned a paean to this glimmering jewel of a......

The Pillsbury Doughboy, beloved squishy-bellied icon of the all-American baking products company, is celebrating his 40th birthday, and this week his Taste Tour has stopped right here in LA. Despite the fact that Angelenos abide by a high aesthetic ideal that does not tolerate jiggly midsections, particularly in our celebrities, we're still taking a couple of days to fete the aging pitch puff-person down at the Santa Monica Pier. Thinking about the Doughboy makes......