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Jodie Foster's Crooked Old Dad Convicted of Swindling Investors in Valley Home-Building Scheme

Jodie Foster's Crooked Old Dad Convicted of Swindling Investors in Valley Home-Building Scheme

Lucius Foster, the estranged 89-year-old father of Jodie Foster, was convicted of using his charm, war stories and the family name to swindle dozens of would-be homebuyers in the Valley out of thousands of dollars. more ›

Weekend Movie Guide 05/06: A Sight For Thor Eyes

Weekend Movie Guide 05/06: A Sight For Thor Eyes
     

It's the first weekend of May, and there's already a battle of the blockbusters! Last week, Fast Five kicked the summer movie season into high gear with a surprising $86 million take. This week, Thor enters the fray. more ›

Jodie Foster Accused of Attacking Photog at The Grove, James Farentino Arrested in Hollywood

Jodie Foster Accused of Attacking Photog at The Grove, James Farentino Arrested in Hollywood

A 17-year-old who took photos of Jodie Foster as she walked with her children at The Grove has filed a complaint with police after she "poked him in the chest and grabbed his elbow, causing visible injuries," according to the New York Times, which notes that a representative said the teen is a professional photographer and that the report was a "fabrication." Foster "touched him on the elbow in an attempt to..." more ›

Weekend Movie Guide: I'm with <i>Leather</i>

Weekend Movie Guide: I'm with Leather

I'll be in the minority when I attend Leatherheads this weekend because I'm not going to see George Clooney. As an increasingly obsessive fan of he is way overdue to be in a film that properly utilizes his narrow but sharp comic instincts. more ›

Boston Area Man Threatens Van Nuys Airport, Jodie Foster

Boston Area Man Threatens Van Nuys Airport, Jodie Foster

Why would Michael Smegal, 42, of Holliston, MA send hundreds of letters to various people around Los Angeles, including Van Nuys Airport informing them of his plans to blow up Van Nuys Airport? more ›

Tuesday Gossip Roundup

Tuesday Gossip Roundup

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 ›

Extra Extra: All Our Secrets Revealed!!!

Extra Extra: All Our Secrets Revealed!!!

Because he's too shy (and way too busy) to announce it here himself, I am proud to do the honors: Zach Behrens has officially accepted the Editor position here at LAist and he'll be starting on December 17th. BloggingLA has the announcement, as well as a nice picture of the new editor's "Sexy Face." That's how you get your Canadian fanbase, Behrens!!! Rain. Please. Rain. Effects of the strike are starting to ripple out... more ›

Pencil This In: Tuesday Night

Pencil This In: Tuesday Night

FASHION: Inside Project Runway hits Beverly Hills tonight. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the production, the catfights and, oh yeah, the fashion. Heidi Klum will be there, and organizers promise a few surprise guests. (The main auditorium is sold out, but a few tickets remain for the overflow theatre.) 7 pm // The Paley Center for Media // 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills // $7 for closed-circuit viewing room. OPERA:The LA Opera brings... more ›

TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

Grab a beer friends, we survived the week. I still got hours of junk Tivo'd that I'm supposed to watch but on the calendar it says it's Friday and that's a great thing. Late night TV is super busy tonight, check it out: a free Paris Hilton, Michael Douglas, Seth Myers, Jenny McCarthy. Also, LeBron James is on SNL tomorrow - have a great weekend. more ›

Box Office Review: Foster wins at box office, in life

Box Office Review: Foster wins at box office, in life

Jodie Foster's rather inexplicable box-office appeal was on half-display this weekend as held strong in its second weekend, stealing an additional 9.15M and raising its treasure chest to 28.5M. more ›

Classical Pick of the Week: Quartet San Francisco

Classical Pick of the Week: Quartet San Francisco

Well known for their masterful tango bowing and plucking skills, Quartet San Francisco will be making their Los Angeles entrada this Friday at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, a non-profit theatre run by Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, a bilingual school that has seen actresses such as Jodie Foster, Claire Danes, Shannon Doherty and others pass through. The school's Theatre, which has a regular season that begins this Friday, is dedicated to French and international... more ›

This Week in the World of -Ist

This Week in the World of -Ist

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! more ›

Weekend Movie Guide: Jodie is back, pissed

Weekend Movie Guide: Jodie is back, pissed

It's a fairly busy release schedule tomorrow with a few studio pictures and a bunch of indies hitting the screens. Neil Jordan directs Jodie Foster in ). Reviews are mostly positive and it does have the supremely underrated Nicky Katt (and the formerly underrated, now probably properly rated Terrence Howard), so I'll give it a look. more ›

TV Junkie: Monday's Picks

TV Junkie: Monday's Picks

The only thing this week means to me is that It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia premieres on Thursday. I've seen some previews and goddam if that shit isn't funny. 9:00pm Dateline NBC - Sensationalist exploitation of the Connecticut home invasion by 2 ex-cons that left a woman and her 2 daughters dead and her husband badly beaten. 10:00pm Saving Grace TNT - For lack of anything better (Dr. 90210 anyone??) I guess the only choice... more ›

Tonight in Rock in LA - Banjo Fest, Hate Fest, The Pope, Backbiter, There Shall Be Blood, John Fogerty

John Fogerty, Blind Boys of Alabama, Lowrider Band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, James Cotton, others @ Doheny Blues Festival, Dana Point more ›

Movie Picks O' the Week: Bugsy Malone & Rules of the Game

Movie Picks O' the Week: Bugsy Malone & Rules of the Game

Bugsy Malone -- Wanna see a movie set during Prohibition where all the gangsters are played by kids and instead of hooch they're warring over custard? Did I mention the film is a musical AND that it stars Scott Baio and Jodie Foster? Directed by Alan Parker, Bugsy Malone is playing as part of a double feature alongside Robert Altman's Popeye. Tonight's the last night, so get your sweet little ass over to the New... more ›

TV Junkie: All I Got Tonight Is Beyonce and That Might Be Enough for Tony

TV Junkie: All I Got Tonight Is Beyonce and That Might Be Enough for Tony

Tonight - Tuesday Lakers @ Bulls (KCAL, 5:30 p.m.) (What In) Sam Houston State @ UCLA (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) College Basketball Flames @ Kings (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) "Identity" (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) This is the only non-repeat thing on at 8 pm. "Big Day" (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Back-to-back new episodes, yip..... pee.... "Independent Lens" (PBS, 10:00 p.m.) Profile of 5 Cuban photographers - flickr, go eat your jeart out. "The Little Girl Who Lives Down... more ›

Say It Ain't So, Haley Joel...

Say It Ain't So, Haley Joel...

Well, another former child actor crashes and burns -- literally. Last month, Haley Joel Osment crashed his Saturn near his La Cañada-Flintridge home. He suffered a broken rib and a shoulder injury. While we speculated on the cause of the crash, we thought we'd give him a break. But now we learn that The Sixth Sense kid was drunk driving and carrying the ganja. According to the LA Times: Osment was charged with driving... more ›

LAist watches Inside Man

LAist watches Inside Man

This LAist contributor would watch a BMW ad if it promised Clive Owen, so we happily handed over the $ to see Inside Man yesterday without complaint. Plus Denzel Washington? Crime thriller — whatever. We know a chick flick when we see one. more ›

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