Remember when your parents refused to grant you permission to go to someone's unchaperoned party or on a Spring Break booze-cation to Cancun? "But everyone's going to do it!" you would exclaim, and they would counter with the old turkey about how unlikely you'd be to follow those same friends off some cliff or famous bridge. more ›

I have to be very honest with you. I hate this time of the football season. more ›

The line. For cupcakes. more ›

When MTV sees a cash cow it doesn't look the opportunity in the mouth, it gets the artist in cute clothes and in front of the cameras ASAP. The Lily Allen hype machine has only just begun and LAist is more than happy to be part of the joyful noise. Why? Because when caught between the just-around-the-corner American Idol machine and the let-sleeping-dogs-lie boy band machine that seems to be hibernating, things could be... more ›