From 'Real Time With Bill Maher' on March 7, 2008 Bill visits Olvera Street to take the "temperature of the Latino vote." Skip ahead to 5:00 minutes for the interviews.......

Real Time with Bill Maher returned to HBO Friday night sans Maher's talented staff of writers (nominated once again by the WGA for outstanding achievement in a TV Comedy/Variety Series). Following a somewhat contentious panel discussion with Tony Snow, Mark Cuban, Matt Taibbi and Catherine Crier, Maher delivered an emotional critique of the strike, now heading into its 10th week.......

I've spent a handful of Friday evenings in the Real Time with Bill Maher studio audience and it's a blast. But last night at Studio 33 on the CBS lot (of Price is Right and Carol Burnett fame) was a really weird one. Halfway through the show, four audience members seated individually in middle seats of different sections, challenged Maher to address 9/11 consipiracy theories, namely: "What happened to Building 7?" In the minutes preceding......

OK, so maybe I'm inflating it a bit since there were 18 people on the phone interview with Glenn Close and we each got just one question but I got mine in there! I managed to say "uh" only twice or so to the 5-time Oscar nominee which made me happy. What I learned in the interview (other than that Close is a fan of the Daily Show) is that they just finished shooting the......

Don't forget to check out my interview with Glenn Close if you haven't yet. Damages is the pick of the night of course, but there's some other gems out there. 8:00pm Matt Lauer Reports NBC - I'm not a huge fan of Matt Lauer or NBC news reporting but it should be interesting to see him grill Senator Larry Craig about his wide stance. 9:00pm Frontline: Cheney's Law PBS/KCET - A look at the Cheney......

Bush has "charms of the scruffy kind." On last Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, guest Robert Draper talked up his his new George W. Bush biography, "Dead Certain." Here's the video on Bush's loneliness, douchebagness, stubbornness, dismissiveness and food chewing skills.......

Bill Maher returned to HBO last night with his hilarious political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher". His guests were actor Tim Robbins (who had a pretty good take on "experts"), NPR's Michel Martin who did get a tad ghetto on the host, and Stephen Hayes, a dude who wrote a pro-Dick Cheney book. Maher had an interesting interview with a NY Times reporter who is in Iraq, and he talked with GOP......

We're big fans of Bill Maher and his weekly Real Time on HBO. The hour-long show features a panel of distinguished guests discussing politics and pop matters of the day with Bill, but the highlight of each show is the "New Rules" segment, in which Maher introduces a set of hilarious new rules. (Also, highly recommended is the book, or audiobook of the same name.) The "New Rules" above are from Friday's episode --......

A Word Or 71: Hey, thanks for calling me on my BS mistakes yesterday, it pleases me that some people have been reading my little list of shows and snarky comments. Have a great weekend - the only thing that will get me through Oscar night is alcohol, here's a link to an Oscar's Drinking Game but there's got to be better ones, please post your own or links to better ones in the comments.......

A Word or 4: Have... a... great... weekend... Tonight - Friday - February 16th, 2007 College Basketball: UCLA @ AZ State (PRIME, 5:00 p.m. NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (ESPN, 7:00 p.m.) Hoops Ghost Whisperer/Close to Home/NUMB3RS (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new. Nanny 911/Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy (Fox, 8-10:00 p.m.) Fox! Make it one show! Las Vegas/Law & Order (NBC, 9-11:00 p.m.) New & New Logan's Run (TCM, 9:155 p.m.) Farrah Fawcett-Majors! Yeah!!......

Friday Night "The Odessa File" (TCM, 5:00 p.m.) TCM presents an evening of spy movies starting with "The Odessa File", followed by "The Quiller Memorandum" "NHL Hockey" (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.) Blackhawks @ Ducks "NBA Basketball" (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Raptors @ Lakers "Ice-T's Rap School" (VH1, 9 p.m.) Season finale. "Real Time with Bill Maher" (HBO, 11 p.m.) Season finale. "Charlie Rose" (PBS, 11:30 p.m.): The Dixie Chicks and others, well, not other chicks,......

Our source for salty, adulterated social commentary is still available, but it's just not as entertaining as it used to be. I used to religiously watch Bill Maher bash neocons, radical liberals, and, well, religion to the point that watching him live at CBS Studios became one of the top items on my "Things to Do in L.A." list. So after waiting in line for an hour and then sitting separately from the friends......

One thing LAist salivates over is the many Google mashup maps Gothamist gets to show New Yorkers. Here in LA, we're still struggling to find a good number of Los Angeles based Google Maps. We love RentSlicer. LA Eats has potential. What are we missing here? Google Maps Mania, the unofficial Google Maps blog that tracks websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps, has pointed us towards My California Traffic. Here you......

Kobe Bryant, William A. Macy - Live w/Regis & Kelly, 9am (ABC)* Ludacris Live - 3:30p (E!) Food City 250, Nascar - 4:45p (TNT) The Hill - 6:30p (Sundance) Raiders vs Detroit Lions - 7pm (KCAL) Max Cleland, Christopher Hitchens - Real Time, 8pm (HBO) Kyle XY - 9pm (ABC) Katrina, Where Things Stand - 20/20, 10pm (ABC) Sarah Silverman, Cheech, Mobb Deep - Last Call, 1:36a (NBC) * * rerun photo by the......

LAist isnt a political blog. Probably because LA cares as little for petty things like politics as it does for sports. Life here has enough of both. But LAist does love bloggers and one of our favorites is Andrew Sullivan who blogs "The Daily Dish" for Time Magazine. A few times a year he gets flown to LA to appear on Bill Maher's HBO show "Real Time" and he's always an insightful and intelligent......

Two Months. Two Comedies. One Hillside Location. We are excited for Say The Word and Says You! to come to the Skirball Cultural Center: Lachrymose Laughter Comedy is a true art form too and Say The Word makes sure of that. Those writers who make us laugh at their sit-coms and books still have more to say. But this time, it is their first-person and non-fiction stories - commercial free. Grab a table, buy......

The headline on the Jewish Observer-LA website — Sharon Suffers (Mild) Stroke — is both sad and embarassing. True, he did suffer a mild stroke in December 18. But today the 77-year-old leader of the state of Israel had "a significant stroke" followed by "massive bleeding." Doctors say he may not survive. Vice Premier Ehud Olmert has taken on his duties. The future of Sharon's new centrist Kamida party is in doubt, and elections......

It was a bad traffic day in Los Angeles yesterday with two different unexpected street closures in main thoroughfares between the valley and the rest of the city (not to mention the wildfires which congested the 101). LA Observed points to the I Hate LA Traffic messageboards where presumably one can go vent his or her road rage online. At present, the boards only have 4 members and very few posts. We prefer Beat......

We don't watch much in the way of local news but have they started running the daily earthquake forecasts yet? Last week, The US Geological Survey started issuing a Real Time Forecast map of California that is created by combining two types of information. First, a 'background' assessment is made of earthquake risk around California, by assessing the physical properties of various geological sites, along with the statistical behaviour of fault lines over long......

It felt bizarre being in Cinespace watching a short film with several scenes set in the club and receiving email from the same venue reminding us that they are showing Spanglish this week as their Dinner & a Movie film. But we shouldn't be surprised, Another Part of Town is all about the random but familiar that is life in Hollywood. Four friends embark on Friday night escapades that have them in different parts......

With general consensus being that our own little local election is essentially over, LA went national this weekend with the California Democratic Party Convention. The biggest democratic star not named Clinton -- Party Chair Howard Dean -- was everywhere to mixed reviews. The Angelino tells us very little about what Arianna Huffington said but we do know this: democratic faithful find the left-leaning independent sexy. Our current favorite Dem, however, is California Senator Barbara......

Earlier this week, NPR's Day to Day featured something we hope to get in our Christmas stocking this year: the TrafficGauge. A PDA-sized real time wireless traffic map? As Xeni Jardin said during her piece, "It's like having a psychic friend." How lovely would it be to know whether or not it's going to take you twenty minutes or an hour and a half to go from the west side to Hollywood? Or to......

We recently read in Variety that former "Black Flag" front man (and relentless self-promoter) Henry Rollins will host a movie review show on the Independent Film Channel. The show, dubbed "Henry's Film Corner," premieres December 4th. Rollins and his guests -celebs and "ordinary" people- will comment on and debate movies, showbiz and film culture. The pilot episode featured Rob Zombie, Rollin's mail carrier Raul and discussion about Akira Kurosawa. IFC marketers are promoting the......

After the thrill of the weekend, LAist is afraid tonight's entertainment is a mite sparse. Have some comedy or a little music—there's always karaoke at The Bigfoot Lounge—and relax away the dreaded Monday. Enjoy a laugh at Largo tonight with the Paul F Tompkins Show. You might remember Paul from his appearances on "Mr Show," or if you are a fan of "Real Time with Bill Maher," you will recognize Paul as the smarmy......