Stand Up To Cancer announced on Sunday that "from its launch on May 28, 2008, through September 5, 2008’s historic simultaneous commercial-free telecast, the initiative has raised more than $100 million to accelerate ground-breaking research and bring new therapies to patients more quickly." ABC, CBS and NBC simultaneously ran the special television event commercial-free last Friday, donating the airtime. LAist was there Friday to bring you these pics straight from the red carpet. Ever wonder......

Friday night the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra will be conducted by Thomas Wilkins, the new Principal Guest Conductor. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Wilkins serves as the Music Director of the Omaha Symphony and the Resident Conductor of the Detroit Symphony. Last summer Wilkins led the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in the fireworks finale with Pink Martini. With great enthusiasm for his new gig, he will be conducting several programs at the Bowl this summer. LAist ask......

The Harry Potter series of films may be due for a bit of a letdown now that the books are all done and the secrets are out. Nevertheless, something tells me I'll be curling up with the family to watch Order of the Phoenix over Christmas. If Paul Greengrass isn't the best director working right now he's definitely on a very short list and Bourne Ultimatum is the proof. What was Vanessa Hudgens thinking?......

Ghostland Observatory @ Henry Fonda Jimmy Scott, Hello Stranger @ The Echo Carole King, James Taylor @ The Troubadour The Raspberries @ House of Blues Cake @ Orpheum Aimee Mann, Paul F. Tompkins, Grant-Lee Phillips, Morgan Murphy, Ben Gibbard @ El Rey Chimaira, Kataklysm, Terror, Divine Heresy @ Key Club Under the Influence of Giants, Maxine @ Malibu Inn Bullets & Octane, The Ringers @ The Roxy......

The Nightwatchman @ Hotel Cafe James Taylor, Carole King @ Troubadour Café Tacuba @ Gibson Sam Phillips, Joel Hodgson @ Largo MXPX, Dr. Manhattan, Nothing More, Victim Effect @ Key Club Authority Zero, Black President, Pulley, Pour Habit @ Knitting Factory Something For Rockets, Jupiter Rising @ Safari Sam's Oslo @ Viper Room Powerman 5000, The End of Silence, My Sweet Revolt, Amprage @ Whisky......

Ozzy Osbourne @ Staples James Taylor, Carole King @ Troubadour Raspberries @ Grove of Anaheim Travis Tritt @ House of Blues As I Lay Dying @ Wiltern Don Caballero @ Safari Sam's Iron & Wine @ Orpheum Meiko, HoneyHoney, The Sweet Hurt, Jeremy Silver @ Hotel Cafe Rolling Blackouts, Get Up Get Down, Tsk Tsk @ The Scene Tonight We Fall, Patrick Carr, Valentyne, Columbia Circuit @ The Roxy Cipes & the People, Rebelution,......

Lydia Lunch w/ Sonic Youth - "Death Valley 69" James Taylor @ Barnes & Noble - Third St. Promenade (6pm) Lydia Lunch @ Hammer Museum HIM, Bleeding Through @ The Orpheum Loudon Wainwright III @ Largo Suzanne Vega @ El Rey Castledoor, Polytechnic @ Spaceland Athlete, Gemma Hayes @ Troubadour Paramore @ The Wiltern Magnet, Sara Lov, The Panda Band @ The Roxy Correatown, The Broken West, The Henry Clay People, The Monolators @......

The Gospel of Leonard Cohen Dave Alvin, Jackson Browne, Bill Frisell, Michael McDonald, Perla Batalla, Howard Tate, Kevin McCormick, Don Heffington. Dave Palmer, Robben Ford, Don Was and others give thanks to great songwriter @ Royce Hall Dark Side of the Moon Laser Show @ Van Nuys Cyber Studio of Laser Images, Inc. (email laserium@earthlink.net or call (818) 997-6611 for reservations James Taylor @ Wilshire Theatre Too $hort @ Viper Room Nudist Priest, Donita......

Cheap Trick @ The Canyon Dir en Grey @ Wiltern The English Beat @ Key Club James Taylor @ Wilshire Theatre Flogging Molly @ Henry Fonda The Blue Hawaiians @ Lava Lounge The Groovy Rednecks @ Anarchy Library I See Hawks in LA, Mike Stinson @ The Scene The Strays, King Cheetah, The Stranger’s Six @ Spaceland Lady Sinatra, Veruca Salt, The Ringers, Tack @ Viper Room The Deserters, Sin City, Leroy, Tandy, The......

Fish Circus, The Tallulah Sound Experiment, Nerviosea @ Viper Room James Taylor @ Wilshire Theatre Silverchair @ El Rey Johnette Napolitano, Noah Stone, Jesca Hoop, Luke Paquin @ The Hotel Cafe Roxy Cottontail, Lazaro Casanova @ Safari Sam's Cartel, Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls, Permanent Me @ House of Blues Jesu, Oxbow, Intronaut, Everlovely Lightningheart @ Spaceland The Mothman Infanticide Trio, The Swamp Arc Welders, The Bad Ass Brass Band @ Mr. T's Bowl......

Tonight - Wednesday If I could do it all or if you could convince me otherwise: "College Basketball" (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Kansas State @ California "NBA Basketball" (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) Grizzlies @ Clippers "Woman On Top" (IFC, 6:00 p.m.) The best position and Penelope Cruz's career establishing flick. "Great Performances: A Tribute to James Taylor" (PBS, 8:00 p.m.) Just as corny all these years later. "Jericho" (CBS, 8 p.m.) Last episode until Feb.......

Do you like to be rocked to sleep, or rocked like a hurricane? Fri 6/16 - Juana Molina / Jose Gonzalez / Psapp @ El Rey ($21) – All three of these artists performed on Morning Becomes Eclectic this week. Juana Molina’s a critically acclaimed, Argentinean singer-songwriter who recently released her third album. Her music is pretty, electro-folk and she sings in breathy, Spanish. Jose Gonzalez is a Swedish singer-songwriter. The Onion compared him......