A number of literature and film events are happening around town tonight: Author Keshni Kashyap discusses her new graphic novel at USC; actor Man von Sydow takes part in a discussion in between a double feature of his films; Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt discuss Moneyball at LACMA; and Wael Ghonim talks about the Arab Spring. Read on for all the details. more ›

He can't run for Governor again, and his Austrian birth means the Presidency is out of the question, but Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters in Europe yesterday that he won't be vying for votes once his term is up in 2010, according to an Associated Press report. While traveling in Milan, the actor-turned-Governator said "I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I am not going to run for anything else." more ›

Evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who was recently chosen to lead the invocation at Barack Obama's Presidential inauguration, spoke publicly yesterday at the 8th Annual Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Long Beach, about his stance on homosexuality and California's Prop 8. more ›