Last Friday, singer/actress Mandy Moore (MySpace) headlined a sold-out show at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood that included American Pie actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (MySpace) as well as singer-songwriters Curtis Peoples (MySpace), Brett Young (MySpace), and Canadian Serena Ryder (MySpace). During her set, Moore mentioned the Hotel Cafe being her favorite venue for shows in Los Angeles, adopting a new dog named Joni (after one of her idols, Joni Mitchell), and flying the following......

"The ghost of Stephen Foster" - Squirrel Nut Zippers Flogging Molly, The Bouncing Souls, Dead to Me, Punk Rock Karaoke @ The Avalon Dead Sara @ Knitting Factory Fuel @ The Grove of Anaheim Squirrel Nut Zippers @ El Rey Theatre Blues Traveler @ Galaxy Concert Theater Eilen Jewell, Rich Wyman, Evan Stone & His Translucent Ham Sandwich Band @ The Mint Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Donavan Frankenreiter, Phantom Planet, Peter......

Nick Hogan has been criminally charged with reckless driving because he was drinking before his August car crash. Another faux- celeb headed to the clink? - TMZ Bitch Fight! George Clooney and Fabio get into a physical fight after Fabio's ladies were taking pics of Clooney and his gf at El Coyote restaurant - Defamer Britney Spears's nearest and dearest, the few that are left, claim its not drug use thats causing her irrational......

Morrissey @ The Palladium Datarock @ Amoeba Justice @ Henry Fonda Theater Mandy Moore @ Hotel Cafe The Mormons @ Mr. T's Bowl Aiden @ El Rey Lashes, Chris Chavez, Asbury @ The Troubadour The Bangkok Five, Izzy the Eskimo, Inverse, Ambrose @ Viper Room......

Summer has passed and acts such as Suzanne Vega, Tegan and Sara, M.I.A., Spoon, and Rilo Kiley have reclaimed the spotlight after significant hiatuses, but the year is far from over. It’s now time to look forward to albums on the horizon that look like winners already: 21. In Our Bedroom After the War – Stars: The popular Canadian indie outfit is poised to take America by storm. (Release date: September 25) 20. As......

Daniel Johnston at SXSW, 3/07 He's probably best known for his "Hi How Are You" tshirt that Kurt Cobain often wore, but if you don't know Daniel Johnston's music you're really missing out and you should definitely pick up the award-winning DVD, "The Devil and Daniel Johnston". Equally amateurish and darkly genius, Johnston's tunes lie somewhere between Brian Wilson and Wesley Willis while being heavily influenced by the Beatles: Daniel Johnston @ Henry Fonda......

To those glorious fools who had hoped against hope that The Island might mark the beginning of the end for Michael Bay's filmmaking career, I am loathe to tell you that such wishes now appear to be in vain. Transformers left the North American box office in a twisted wreckage of smoking metal this week, taking in a (groan) record-setting 152.5 million dollars in its opening 7 days. With regard to Mr. Bay, it......

Les Claypool @ Henry Fonda Mandy Moore @ Roxy Clark 8, Hazelden, Cossack @ The Scene Two Headed Dog @ Largo Jetboy, Attic of Love, Bad Things @ Viper Room Trophy Girl, Hellzaboppers, Paul Lemire @ Lighthouse Cafe Princetons, Veltexans @ Silverlake Lounge Kemo the Blaxican @ Zanzibar......

Despite his recent slash amazing drunken video release, David Hasselhoff was granted sole custoday of his two teenage daughters - CBC Skating with Celebrities star Kristy Swanson pulls a Tanya Harding and was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend (and former skating partner's) ex- wife - People Angelina Jolie and the kids take a fathers day shopping trip - She also speaks about potentially repairing her estranged relationship with her own father Jon Voight - Just......

6:22 - It's your last chance to text in your vote for Best Movie. I know it hasn't even opened yet, but I bet that somehow Transformers will win. 6:21 - Mike Myers gets a well-deserved laugh after he thanks his parents for teaching him to "never sell out" and immediately follows it with a deliberately over-the-top promo for a Pontiac sedan. Plug away. 6:19 - "Shall I shag him now or shall I......

Comedian Richard Jeni died Sunday in West Hollywood by a gunshot wound, sources say it was a suicide - Extra DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, is single again now that Mandy Moore has given him the boot - Page Six Heather Mills has backed down from her bitter divorce and has agreed to accept the measly sum of twenty-nine million with some property - News of the World Snoop Dogg arrested in Sweden on......

The Messengers - Acclaimed Hong Kong-born horror-meisters Danny and Oxide Pang, the twin brothers who directed Bangkok Dangerous and the wildly successful Asian horror franchise The Eye, direct their first English-language film, The Messengers. This PG-13 thriller stars Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller and Kristen Stewart in an ominous tale about a family who moves to a rural sunflower farm, where the troublemaking youngest son soon begins to experience supernatural phenomena. Because I Said......

A Word or 28: Am still impressed with the fact that Bill Gates went on the Daily Show on the eve of a major product kick-off. Too bad the product sucks. Tonight - Tuesday - January 30th, 2007 Lakers @ Knicks (KCAL, 5:30 p.m.) Kings @ Flames (Fox Sports, 6:00 p.m.) Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Members of 'Perverted Justice' search for perverts! If only it were the other way around. American Idol (Fox,......

A Word or 56: Thankfully I was doing my radio show last night and was spared the State of the Union, and therefore, a really bad hangover. It was (somewhat) reassuring to see some livid polarized response but half the time I feel like these guys are going through the motions. Two ways to disgust yourself tonight are: Crawlspace on IFC and Primetime: Medical Mysteries, enjoy. Tonight - Wednesday - January 24th, 2007 Crawlspace......

Drew Barrymore - Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti = Us Marilyn Manson + Evan Rachel Wood = People Brad Pitt + Angelina Jolie - condom = Accident Shiloh? - dlisted Kurt Cobain + fight video + Danzig fight vid = CityRag Mandy Moore + DJ AM = I'm Not Obsessed Justin + Scarlett = W.O.W. Kelly Osbourne + Playboy = Star Pulse James Brown's body - grave + rape charges = Socialite Life Paris Hilton......

So we noticed something when catching a few minutes of Chasing Liberty on HBO last weekend. (Btw, LAist was just channel surfing and not actively watching the forgettable Mandy Moore flick – but we so happened to catch a glimpse of dreamy Matthew Goode from Match Point in it.) But back to the purpose of this post. Jeremy Piven is also in the movie, playing a secret service agent. We noticed, however, that the......

Kitty McNamee is the artistic director and founder of Hysterica Dance Company, which was founded in 1997. Her primary training is in modern dance, but Hysterica’s visceral, physical work draws on influences from cinema, music, and popular culture. The LA Times wrote this about Hysterica in 2002: “Choreographer Kitty McNamee sees contemporary pop culture too clearly to be seduced by its lies. Probing it in a series of eerie, neo-Expressionist dance dramas for her......