Compassion Over Killing, a Washington D.C.-based animal advocacy nonprofit, hosts Summer Soiree Under the Stars on Saturday, August 27. Both a garden party and film screening, the event features a four-course meal, screening of Forks Over Knives, Q&A with the film's Executive Producer Brian Wendel, live music and a live auction. more ›

Los Angeles survives on its image, be it through tourism or the entertainment industry or the weather. Lots of people come here for lots of reasons; some stay, others move on. But the truth is, for anyone with family in a small town somewhere else, the reality of Los Angeles, day in and day out, is usually much more mundane. We all have to go to work, or to eat, or to pick up the kids from any number of unknown locations. There is a grind in LA that falls well below the radar once you leave the left coast. And it almost always slips by the movie industry. more ›