Uh oh: Jennifer Lopez's street cred (eye roll) is totally in peril. The singer-actress-pitchgal is being criticized for filming her homage to her hometurf, the Bronx, on the smooth streets of Beverly Hills in her latest TV ad for Fiat. more ›

It's just like the old adage says: if you're a celebrity, don't make a sex tape.The latest Hollywood star to find this out the hard way is none other than Jennifer Lopez, reports MSN.com. Lopez' first husband, Ojani Noa, to whom she was married for just 11 months, has won the legal right, courtesy of an LA judge, to sell a tape of he and Lopez getting down to the highest bidder. more ›

If you're on the way to the Forum, a funny thing is happening there -- American Idol tryouts. Registration wraps up at 8AM and wristbanded hopefuls will start auditioning later today. But who's going to judge their outpouring of tired anthems, screeching bird calls, limp falsettos and heinous pitch problems? Simon and Kara are out, and speculation points to Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler as possible AI X contenders. Ryan Seacreast will be making the official announcement. more ›

Considering the former magnitude of her fame, it was expected that Jennifer Lopez's The Back-up Plan would at least eke out a box office victory this weekend. Nope! The little animated movie that could -- How To Train Your Dragon -- topped the charts for a second consecutive weekend ($15M | $178M), easily beating J-Lo's rancid "romantic comedy" ($12.2M). Date Night continues to chug along nicely despite not being nearly as funny as either The Office or 30 Rock ($10.6M | $63.4M). The Losers lived up to its title ($9.6M) but still managed to best the fantastic Kick-Ass ($9.5M | $34.8M). Note to parents: stop being such prudish losers (click it! click it! click it!) and bring your underage kids to see this superb and violent R-rated film! more ›

I'm not particularly looking forward to seeing The A-Team -- err, I mean, The Losers this weekend, but it may be the best of a bad bunch. Oceans obviously looks amazingly cool, but I'm not completely on board with it's pro- to neutral position on sharks (aka, the serial killers of the sea). Subtitles will scare away many, but the brave will be rewarded by No One Knows About Persian Cats if they dare to see it (LAist review here). more ›

It's big business when a celebrity dies--not just for the memorabilia hawkers, the slap-dash t-shirt makers, or the TV documentarians, but because the late celeb's business keeps local civil courts busy. more ›

Jennifer Lopez's twins will receive the royal treatment- the mommy to be was seen picking up onesies that read "Prince" and "Princess" - NY Daily News more ›

will wake up everyone who sees it regarding the situation in Darfur. more ›

Lindsay Lohan fires mom, Dina Lohan, as her manager - OK Magazine more ›

In what the Wall Street crowd might call a flight to quality, North American audiences made nose-dived 65% after an auspicious opening, adding 25.6 million to run its total to 128.5 million. more ›

Yes, even obnoxious fashionistas will have to rub elbows with the masses for Roberto Cavalli’s new line created especially for trendy retailer H&M. Known for combining rock and glamour, Cavalli has designed for such fashionable celebs as Beyonce, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, and Adrien Brody, as well as designing tour costumes for Christina Aguilera. R Cavi’s line at H&M will be debuting November 8th, 2007 where he will be joining such esteemed... more ›

LAist is proud to offer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts... more ›

American Idol should be thanking their lucky stars. Here they are turning the corner and there are no super hot chicks, no super fantastic singers - except for maybe LaKisha Jones - and the only remaining dudes are boyband rejects. If it wasn't for Sanjaya this would be the worst American Idol ever. And Simon can smirk and squirm every time the 17 year old doesn't suck, but the truth is Fox fucked up... more ›

LAist is proud to offer a weekly, chart roundup of Billboard Magazine’s most coveted rankings. Join us as we revel in the conventional standard of musical success. Let us cross our fingers, hoist our lighters, and dream together of the supreme resurrection of artist-driven recordings that will forever eclipse the dark cloud of big label greed, A&R sleaze and disposable audio. Amen. Here are this week’s chart toppers. Behold the #1s. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Billboard Charts... more ›

It was Latin night on American Idol with coach Jennifer “don’t call me J-Lo” Lopez. But, unfortunately, like her movies of late, the music pretty much tanked. The songs that reflected the beats south of the border were not kind to our eight finalists. (And really, can’t we do a little better than picking boring Gloria Estefan or Carlos Santana songs?) >> Melinda Doolittle started off the show with “Sway,” and this was the... more ›

We give a cross-country thanks to our pal Spencer over at Goldenfiddle who clued us in on the disastrously uninspired performance by Hilary Duff on Leno this week. But we will have to politely disagree with him when he said, "Honestly, we weren’t aware they still let people lip synch this piss horrible on TV. Well, besides J.Lo… who Duff is starting to look like." We take offense in comparing Ms. Duff with Mrs.... more ›

The first four American Idol contestants were booted last night. While we weren’t surprised at the girls (Amy Krebs left because of her vanilla on vanilla rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and Nicole Tranquillo tried too hard to be Chaka Khan and Rufus all at once), the guys who left kinda did. more ›

- When TomKat, J.Lo, and Marc Anthony all have to cram into the back seat of a Rolls because one of their cars breaks down, the li'l guys sit on the hump - Celebrity Puke - Donald Trump gets his hard-earned star on the walk of fame after his years of innovation on television - ABC - LA has the largest amount of homeless people in the USA - VOA - Ontario and Palmdale... more ›

"Lopez and producing partner Simon Fields have teamed with the [FX] cable network on the half-hour project 'Echo Park,' a comedic look at the world of yuppie, Latino and hipster cultures within Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood." ~ Variety After Automobile Club of Southern California & USAA dropped zip code-based auto insurance rates, State Farm, the largest auto insurance carrier in California, will cut premiums too. Lots of Police-Related News: LAPD's Crime Offensive on... more ›

Somebody once said that all rock stars want to be actors and all actors want to be rock stars. And everyone responded: Why? For God's sake, why? more ›