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 ›

New York City's Grand Central Station will be the future home of the world's largest Apple store, as reported by Gothamist. The 23,000-square-foot retailer will take the place of Métrazur in the terminal's north and northeast balconies. This begs us to ponder the possibility of a west coast option. Say Los Angeles were to entertain the next largest Apple store in all the land. Where would we put it? 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 ›

Andrew Hyde sold all of his worldly possessions last August and began a trip around the world. He makes no secret of this -- its detailed on his website. We're well aware that personal information becomes vulnerable whenever we agree to the terms of service of yet another fun geo-location mobile app as it typically utilizes information from the phone's positioning to track real-time location. But this week, geodata geek and author Pete Warden released an open-source iPhone application that exploits a file in iPhone 4 (or iPad 3G) containing all recorded geographic data in the phone's history. more ›

Were you one of the many who plunked down a wad of cash this weekend to see Los Angeles decimated by aliens in a blockbuster "Battle" royale in our fair city? And were you one of however many who thought: "Hey! For a movie about Los Angeles, this mostly takes place in Santa Monica!" One writer at The Lookout was one of those folks, and today he battles "Battle" in a post that calls the flick "false advertising." more ›

If you think the Golden State is one of the top states when it comes to being an ideal location for harnessing that sun power, you'd be incorrect, according to The W.P. Carey School Of Business At Arizona State University's Professor Matt Croucher in the HuffPo. California didn't make the top 10, or even the top 20. Try a tie for #30 with Utah. more ›

We've been biting our tongue all season so far and not running to the keyboard to spew forth our behemoth recaps of The CW's re-tooled 90210, now in its second year on the air. But we're still watching--and encouraging you to watch, too, like our TV Junkie did yesterday--and last night's episode had just enough on-location action to get our tongues, and fingers wagging. more ›

If a vegan restaurant can open in Orange County and not only survive, but expand within the same city (Irvine), then it must be doing something right. And that's why the Veggie Grill, which opens in Hollywood today at 11 a.m. at the Sunset Plaza, is welcomed with praise. more ›

Before you get too excited, let's get a couple of things right out in the open. First, while the "new" 90210 will indeed be back this fall on the CW, your weekly "Morning After Report" by yours truly will not, so you'll have to look elsewhere for the same level of snark, devotion, and attention to detail we gave you in the first season. That said, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, first plan your tomorrow around getting your hands on the complete first season of 90210 on DVD, watch all the episodes, review the LAist archives, and congratulate yourself mightily for your fortitude. more ›

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Watching one of the best action TV shows, The Unit, on Tuesday night, we got nerdy for a second. As the elite military group known as The Unit (who only answer to the President), attempt to foil a plan of a terrorist's foul play in a Hamburg, Germany subway station, we could not help but notice Hamburg's subway station is just like the Universal Red Line. And as we all know, LA's subway stations... more ›

Did you know that where you live equals when you'll die? Well, sort of. NPR reports that according to a new Harvard study, your location, how much you earn, and many other duh factors contribute to how long your life will be. That’s good news for Californians. We rank number 10 in the nation for longevity, which puts us in the… let’s see… fifty… plus a district… carry the one… divide by percentile squared…... more ›