It always feels strange to walk out of a movie knowing you were probably the only one in the theater that didn't like it. It feels stranger still when you get home and look up that movie on Rottentomatoes--hoping for some sort of petty vindication--only to find out that the film in question has received an astonishing 100% positive reviews! Nevertheless, that was my experience with Rocket Science. While I recognize the obvious craft,......

Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on. In Gothamist's neck of the woods, they found out that many things are possible: A man caught a 40+ pound fish off the Rockaways and took it home on the subway. Graffiti......

- National Spelling Bee is down to just 15 adorable nerds - LA Times (spoilers if you are going to watch it tonight) - Headline of the day: Lady Who Fucked Up Iraq to Fix It - Wonkette - Gang crimes down 32%, slackers - LAT - Tommy Lasorda, representing the LA Dodgers, acquired a 40-foot bus from the MTA with help from Tom LaBonge and donated it to some underprivileged sports writers in......

A Word or 21: Mark Burnett can't come up with anything new other than Pirate Master - and you thought Survivor had gone down the tubes. Tonight - Thursday - May 31, 2007 Orioles @ Angels (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.) Dodgers @ Nationals (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) Pirate Master (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Series premiere! Reality show set up to piggyback on a movie not produced by this network - lawsuit anyone? 2007 Scripps National Spelling......

Drunk Buss Driver - Laker owner Jerry Buss was popped for a DUI yesterday in Carlsbad. There are a lot of questions yet to be answered: Who was the 23 year old girl he was with? Why would a baller like Buss be driving a station wagon? Will Kobe's demands to bring back Jerry West be fulfilled? Hmmm, maybe this little ordeal was just to distract us from that last question. Dodgers 10, Nationals 0......

A Drunken Spelling Bee. Wow. While we would like to thank the organizers of tonight's 4-Square Championships at the Met Theater downtown for including the brilliant concept of a "take a shot and then spell this word" battle in with their arguably more athletic festivities tonight, we've got some questions about the whole set-up: 1. Is there a study list for this, or are we on our own? 2. Is the word pronouncer going......

It's a gorgeous June day in LA, and LAist is looking for a little something something to do tonight. We're debating a few things like: 1. Heading for the ocean after work, though the thought of heading across town (via the I-10) at rush hour really doesn't appeal that much. Although a drink at Shutters on the Beach really does. 2. Looking at the doggies (and their owners) while hiking Runyon Canyon. 3. Dropping......

as far as El Segundo - Despite high gas prices, the RV park at Dockweiler State Beach was booked solid for the holiday weekend. RV owners there told the Daily Breeze that their recreational vehicles get about 8 miles per gallon. to W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N - 14-year-old David Pruden, a student at Placertia Junior High School, will be heading to Washington to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week — it will be on......

Move over, Akeelah! Grown folks are going to get their opportunity to show they don't have to rely on spell check and that blogging hasn't ruined their vocabularies. The Spelling Bee for Adults is coming to Long Beach on June 4th and they need more participants. Do you spend a good portion of your internet time using the "define: " search in google as much as we do in the bowels of LAist HQ?......

If there are two things that Randy and Jason Sklar know -- it's sports and comedy. The hosts of ESPN's Cheap Seats seemed like the perfect people to size up the LA sports scene so we decided to fire a few questions at them. You can catch them live in person tonight along with Zach Galifianakis, Todd Glass, Greg Fitzsimmons and a special *surprise* guest at the Hollywood Improv's HIGH TIMES COMEDY NIGHT. Since......