It shall be a metalocaplyse the day after all Hallows Eve. Shredmasters And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead will invade UCLA tomorrow at 8pm with Adult Swim virtual band Dethklok. Adult Swim sez: Dethklok is the undisputed greatest animated metal band in the galaxy. Created by Brendan Small and Tommy Blacha, their crusades into darkness have been immortalized in Metalocalypse, the animated series available on Adult Swim. This college tour......

Word is that 16-year-old Emma Watson, who's made her mark in Hollywood playing Harry Potter's galpal Hermione Granger, is sick of the role. She's balking at signing on for the last two Harry Potter movies. Matters probably didn't help much last week when a 20-something stalker approached Watson at school to chat about the films. According to a Guardian article: It seems to have been Grint [Ron Weasley] himself who sparked off the speculation......

A few interesting things happened today as the White Stripes announced that they have finished their new record Icky Thump (those things just seem to ease right out of Jack White's mind, dont they?). The first was the Stripes, who should know better, announced their news on their website that is only accessible via Flash, meaning it's impossible to cut n paste the info and pop it into an email or a web post......

As you probably already heard, Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized yesterday by his owners after an injury to his right hind leg just wouldn't heal. The horse was in a lot of pain, so we know they made the right decision. Barbaro had captured America's hearts at the Derby -- and some thought he had a real chance at the Triple Crown -- but those same hearts were broken when he came up......

Now that Katie Holmes has probably reached a higher Operating Thetan level, she's probably free and clear to marry Tom Cruise. Now LAist learns that the not-publicity-shy couple has set the date: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will marry in Italy on Nov. 18, Cruise's representative, Arnold Robinson, confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday. We are a little surpised that Suri's parents aren't opting for a little more subdued affair: like a pay-per-view......

If you haven’t heard, former 102.7 KIIS-FM morning DJ Rick Dees begins a new radio show tomorrow morning on the new Movin’ 93.9 – the former KZLA country radio station – that now plays a dance-pop mélange. (And thank goodness because LA radio needs more pop, right?) Dees, now 59, was ousted from KIIS in 2004 after more than 20 years at the station, to make way for the younger, über-host Ryan Seacrest. Now......

She acts like a princess, talks like a princess, and thanks to the LAPD, Paris Hilton continues to be treated like a princess. According to fly-on-shit gossip site TMZ.com, Paris was arrested around 12:30am after police noticed her driving erratically, conducted a field sobriety test, and when she blew a .08, she was taken into the Hollywood police station for drunk driving. The star was not blind, she was boozed. Not long after Paris......

Last night was Katie Couric's debut on CBS -- and she had a scoop for those watching. No not secret government prisons or anything like that -- but photos of the just as mysterious Suri Cruise. The nearly 5-month-old scion of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes pairing will make her debut in a 22-page Vanity Fair spread that will be released next week. Now LAist got a look at the cover of the magazine and......

We were really bummed to hear last month that -- after 40 years -- Aron's Records on Highland is closing. One of the great independent retailers of new and used music in LA is shutting its doors after they sell everything left in stock. Now LAist receives this e-mail release from the owners of Silverlake record store UponShop: That's right, UponShop is closing its doors and saying good night. We can't believe it ourselves…but......

LAist is going on a delicious spree around LA from A to Z. Our week of F for Farmers' Markets was interrupted, but resumes this week. We're not blogging about the permanent Farmers' Market at 3rd and Fairfax, but the many certified farmers' markets around the southland that offer fresh produce from local farmers. LAist will visit a different market each day this week. Wednesday is a big day for the markets, and on......