Remember when Sandy and Danny first fell in love? And they sang about it to their friends at Rydell? So do we! And so, apparently, do the producers of "Glee," who recreated the classic "Summer Nights" scene from "Grease" with Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Sam (Chord Overstreet) playing the roles originated by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. more ›

Annette Charles, best known for her role as Cha Cha in Grease, died Wednesday night in her Los Angeles home. The actress reportedly passed away due to complications from cancer at age 63, according to TMZ. more ›

On this day in 1933 the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, NJ. For your video lunch consumption is piece about Culver City's legendary Studio Drive In. John Travolta also explored the experience of the automovie in a musical number featuring drive-in dust, rejection, dancing wieners and abandonment. Guess even that big, bright screen has a dark side. more ›

One of Jeff Conaway's most memorable roles and an enduring favorite was that of bad boy Kenickie in the musical "Grease." The actor died today at age 60. Conaway played the role on Broadway, and of course was in the film version. "A hickie from Kenickie is like a Hallmark card, when you only care enough to send the very best!" quips the ruffian high schooler to his on-and-off flame Rizzo (played in the film by Stockard Channing). more ›

Actor Jeff Conaway, who starred in the popular television show "Taxi" and who is beloved for his role as Kenickie in the stage and movie musical "Grease" died today at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 60. Conaway was hospitalized earlier this month after he was discovered unconscious in his home; he was taken off life support yesterday, according to Entertainment Tonight. more ›

60-year-old actor Jeff Conaway, known for his role on the TV series "Taxi" and as Kenickie in the 1978 musical "Grease," is hospitalized in a coma following a drug overdose, possibly from pain pills, according to his manager Phil Brock, reports the Associated Press. more ›

The ever-so progressive and eco-friendly city of Santa Monica is at it again, this time with sewer clogging fats, oil and grease (FOG), which now can be collected for a new future as biofuel. In parking structures 2 through 6, restaurants can jettison their FOG for free, the city announced today. more ›

This hot weather is way more summer than fall--par for the course here in LA, true--and that means we can keep acting like it's summertime. And eating like it's summertime. Back in the actual summertime, LAist wondered why the Weekly's esteemed Jonathan Gold had a dog face, as he ruminated about hot doggeries about town, and it wasn't long after that we, too, were inspired to get our hot dog on. more ›

We lost one of our most beloved character actresses when Dody Goodman died Sunday. Dody is perhaps best known by our generation as Blanche, the daffy sidekick to the principal in Grease. We also loved her in Splash, and Diff'rent Strokes. For me, her most memorable role was probably as Louise Lasser's mother in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. more ›

Oil's gone up in price, and therefore gas. Food has followed including the price of second hand grease from restaurants used for cars after its turned into biodiesel. Eataries used to have to pay to have their grease taken away, but due to the popularity of its use for greener transit, the price has more than quadrupled since 2000. Just like a new trendy crime of siphoning gas from SUVS, the New York Times reports that do-it-yourself environmentalists and other thieves are stealing the what-used-be-waste product in a crime of opportunity -- one Northern California man was caught trying to stealing 2,500 pounds of it. more ›

When we heard tell of a dude falling through the roof of a chicken wing emporium by way of the grease vent, we had a feeling that this chap might be from Florida. more ›