Last week when we were at the MTV VMAs we got to spend a quick minute with Common backstage at the Palms. We not only got to ask him about what he thinks is the reasoning behind his single "The People" making it to the top of the charts, despite it being nothing like 50 Cent, but we also got to ask him about Britney Spears' opening performance. What's interesting is we also got......

Common - "The People" "The People" was one of our most-played summer jamz. It was on Kanye's "Can't Tell Me Nothin" sampler because Kanye produced it and listen to how sweet it is. It's the sort of non-thug, uplifting, positive hip-hop that people once talked about, but now people are buying. This is the direction BEP could have gone if they hadn't chosen the path of the lowest common denominator aka the Gwen Stefani......

The Spazmatics @ Dragonfly Joan Armatrading, Elvis Perkins @ John Anson Lemonade, Fool's Gold @ The Echo Big Japan, Piper Downs, The Retarded, The People Now @ The Gig Because there's so little comedy on the Tonight Show... Jay Leno @ Comedy and Magic Club, Hermosa......

Hollywood, to corrupt Rabelais, abhors an iconoclast. This simple fact makes the long career of Crispin Glover all the more remarkable. Amazingly, it’s been almost twenty years since Glover’s infamous Rubin and Ed appearance on Late Night with David Letterman. Despite that apparent fiasco, Glover has continued to work regularly, often in big-budget studio fare like The Doors, The People vs. Larry Flynt and both Charlie’s Angels movies. The money earned from those films......

Do you hear the wind howling his name? Ken Layne is coming back to Los Angeles. That's why the gods are washing off the streets and blowing the smog aside. Wonkette's West Coast Bureau Chief began this year at the helm of the ridiculously funny and mindbogglingly weird Sploid. Instead of burning bridges, Nick Denton shuttered Sploid and moved the hilariously cranky Layne over to Wonkette in a rare move by the Gawker head,......

The People demanded it, so here it is, LAist coverage of Project Runway. If you haven't watched any of the other three episodes of this young season yet, fear not, here's a recap and a preview of tonight's very special episode. by Maeko Last week was Project Runway Season Three, Episode III – Fashion's Favourite Accessory Guest Judges: Gown designer, Vera Wang; Ivanka Trump, VP The remaining thirteen designers are commissioned to create an......

Got the itch? Get it scratched all over town. Eagles of Death Metal 6:00pm at the Virgin Megastore, Hollywood & Highland The Eagles of Death Metal have a new record out this week. Live performance. Free free free. The People Under the Stairs 7:00pm at Amoeba Records in Hollywood PUTS are in town from the UK. With special guest Penuckle. Free free free. W Magazine party and Speedo fashion show 7:00-9:00pm at the Cabana......

Breadbar – part of internationally lauded baker Eric Kayser’s expanding operation – has finally come to Los Angeles. Kayser’s timing is impeccable; there is truly no better way to celebrate the demise of Atkins than to indulge in the unbelievable baguettes, croissants, pastries and sandwiches. And although we like to champion locals, pastry prices at Breadbar are lower than Boule's precious goods. Those lucky few who dine regularly at Spago and Bastide are already......

This column is the first in a series of articles on important Supreme Court cases that have developed out of events in Los Angeles. "Stare Decisis" is the guiding principle of the American legal system - the court should "let the decision stand" and respect precedent for the sake of the rule of law. Even though it is known for shaping American pop culture, Los Angeles has shaped American legal culture in more ways......