The Shrine Auditorium was evacuated and the red carpet shut down today for 15 minutes—just hours before the SAG awards were scheduled to begin. Everyone was escorted out at 1:55 pm this afternoon, and bomb-sniffing dogs swarmed the premises. more ›

Morrissey has announced very intimate performance on Wednesday, November 23 at the Henry Fonda, and tickets will be on sale at the venue box office only starting at Noon on Tuesday, November 22. more ›

One last video and some photos from the red carpet of the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild awards. We talked to: Katrina Bowden aka Cerie from NBC's "30 Rock," Thomas Jane aka Ray Drecker of HBO's "Hung," Kiernan Shipka aka Sally Draper from AMC's "Mad Men," James Remar aka Harry Morgan from Showtime's "Dexter," and Anthony John Denison aka Lt. Andy Flynn from TNT's "The Closer." more ›

Following up on photos posted earlier today, here's our interview with Leslie David Baker on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. more ›

A photographer can get jaded pretty fast on the red carpet. Hour after hour, a steady stream of beautiful people smile and pose while you elbow big hairy guys under the hot sun. Soon, any time you travel and meet people who ask, "You live in Los Angeles? Do you see a lot of movie stars?" you kind of want to punch them in the face. But just kind of. more ›

Here is a grab bag of film, television, and music personalities that we captured on the red carpet and the awards podium. Included are: Adam Lambert, Alec Baldwin, Betty White, Cheryl Hines, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Edie Falco, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Garlin, Michael C. Hall, Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver, Susie Essman, Tina Fey, and Toni Collette. more ›

Here is a grab bag of film, television, and music personalities that we captured on the red carpet and the awards podium. Included are: Bryan Cranston, Bryan Batt, Christina Applegate, Christopher Plummer, Edie Falco, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Renner, John Slattery, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Justin Timberlake, Kate Hudson, Lee Daniels, Mariah Carey, Meryl Streep, Patricia Arquette, Robert Morse, Sophia Loren, Steve Carell, Tony Shalhoub, Tracy Morgan. more ›

We talked with Bakula about "Men of a Certain Age", one of the best shows on TV right now, he gave us some hints about the rest of the season (Sarah Clarke aka Nina from "24" will be coming back!) and also let us in that he's hoping friend and former co-star Matt Damon will walk away with an award on Saturday. more ›

The TV Junkie was at the SAG Awards on Sunday. Here are all the still pics we took of the event at the Shrine Auditorium, broadcast on TBS. Many thanks to the SAG Awards and to TBS for inviting us. more ›

At nearly 3am last night, WGA members received an email announcing that "we have a tentative deal." I'm told that the language of the deal could have been done earlier, but that the AMPTP attempted some last minute shenanigans - most reprehensible in the fact that it made me use the word "shenanigans." more ›

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FARMERS MARKET: Downtown’s latest farmers market takes place in the Fashion District. So hit up some holiday shopping then treat yourself to some of the freshest foods around. 4-7 pm // Fashion District // 716 S. Los Angeles St., Downtown // Free. ART: Diego Cardoso is the Executive Officer of Transportation Development and Implementation for the MTA who headed the East Side Gold Line project. He's also on the city planning commission. But his... more ›

With a major project concluded, I'm back to regular writing. Hockey is back, too. You can watch a free game downtown tonight. Angels 10, Devil Rays 7 - The last time the Halos played small ball this well, they won a World Series. They could be headed back, with their magic number down to five. The Angels piled up double digits against the Devils without a home run on Monday, the 11th time they've reached... more ›

Tonight at the Shrine Auditorium, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will bestow the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. This year the Academy has launched their Green With Emmy Campaign. The event features the use of alternative fuel sources for deliveries, hybrid vehicles for talent, recycled paper, a set created from mostly rentals with less construction and waste, staff tuxedo will be dry cleaned with eco friendly solutions and not covered in plastic bags,... more ›

Blackalicious, Sage Francis (above), Brother Ali, Jean Grae, Mr. Lif, Visionairies, Cage, Zion I & the Grouch, Devin the Dude, Evidence & Alchemist, Pigeon John @ Orange Pavilion more ›

Sonic Youth @ Wiltern Missing Persons @ Viper Room Jaguares @ House of Blues Jeff Beck @ The Greek Scissor Sisters @ Shrine Auditorium Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne, Dem Franchize Boyz @ Gibson Leon Russell @ Malibu Inn Grizzly Bear @ Spaceland M. Ward, Mike Watt @ Henry Fonda Alejandro Escovedo @ 14 Below Carmel Helene, Death by Hollywood, Regretting Tomorrow @ Roxy Shaman's Dream World Groove Ensemble @ Fais Do-Do Bat Makumba, Chalo... more ›

Miss Japan's final question was clearly lost in translation as she was asked what moment in history would she change if she could and answered about how men and women are different because men use their power incorrectly. more ›

The Prime Time Emmy Award nominations were announced today and yes, LAist was left out again this year. We keep waiting for the opportunity to use that old yet tried and true saying "its just a pleasure to be nominated" but we never seem to get the chance. more ›

Don't be alarmed if women are walking around downtown with tiaras and sashes over the next few weeks. They're probably with the 55th Annual Miss Universe pageant, which is making the Wilshire Grand downtown its official headquarters until the contest airs from the Shrine Auditorium on July 23. (Does anyone still watch this stuff anyway?) more ›

The Purple One, aka The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As, has been performing "after-shows" for years. However this time, while in support of his latest jam, 3121, he's been organizing the scorching late-night shows through his official website so as to stoke the "real" fans. more ›

In a city with such a large Latino audience, LAist is surprised at the lack of coverage of the 6th Annual Latin Grammys. Perhaps the awards are still ahead of the curve. After being aired on CBS for several years (and garnering low ratings) this year the Latin Grammys moved to Univision, the leading domestic Spanish-speaking language network. The awards were broadcast in Spanish for the first time, which makes perfect sense to us--and perhaps explains why they failed on CBS. more ›

We’re pulling for Hugh Laurie, the Droopy Dog-esque star of FOX-TV’s House, during tonight’s Emmy Awards (from the Shrine Auditorium downtown) as best actor in a drama. His role as pain-pill popper Dr. Gregory House is a heartbreaking study of pathos. As the brilliant "leader" of a crack team of physicians who take on the medical cases no one else can solve, Laurie’s character borders on being antisocial; but the hospital he works for can’t get rid of him because, well, he’s that good. more ›

note: we posted and pulled this article because the original material is from a satire site. We still haven't decided whether we're sadder that we couldn't tell it was a satire or that we wouldn't have been surprised if Pat Robertson had actually said it. In this case, though...he didn't. more ›

If you're an Angeleno brave enough to venture outside in the cold tomorrow, there are good times to be had. more ›

Can you imagine if the host of the Grammys used his monologue to gripe about the popularity of rap music and how it was crowding the kind of music liked off the charts? Or what if the host of the Oscars blurted out, "You know what? Sound effects editing is for hacks!" Well, what Garry Shandling did to reality television as the host of the Emmys last night was no different. more ›