Everyone has a guilty pleasure when it comes to terrible movies (mine is . Patrick Swayze stars as James Dalton, a "cooler" who is brought in to tame the rowdy Double Deuce bar in Jasper, Missouri where he intones such memorably awful lines as, "I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice." more ›

I'm as guilty of this as anyone. I love the city but routinely bitch about the lack of snow or wide open spaces (C'mon, I'm from Minnesota. What is Christmas without a foot of snow to contend with? Over the river and through the woods and all that). So, in the spirit of the holiday, here are 5 things about Los Angeles I'm thankful for. more ›

KT Tunstall - "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" KT Tunstall @ Avalon Misfits @ House of Blues Spiritualized @ The Vista Black Dice, No Age, Mika Miko @ Echoplex Sondre Lerche @ Troubadour American Music Club @ Echo Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Whigs, Wild Sweet Orange @ Spaceland Falco Does It Dirty, Omissa, There Shall Be Blood @ Knitting Factory Back Door Slam @ Viper Room DTFM, Truth In Fiction,... more ›

The 2007 Silverlake Film Festival heads into its second and final week. Highlights include… more ›

- Local Doc prescribed Anna Nicole methadone not only while she was eight months pregnant and also rode with her in the WeHo Gay Parade. My kind of doctor. Think he's single? - TMZ - Does Ashley Olsen live in such an isolated world that she doesn't know that it's no longer cool to call black people "Negroes", call women "toots", or wear fur coats? Leather, fine. But fur? Not so much - CityRag... more ›

Even though the Arclight is modern-day movie-viewing perfection, sometimes you want to step back into the past and enjoy a film in a classic theatre. more ›

The day-long event celebrates all things retro, vintage, tiki, car culture, modern, space age, bachelor pad, swingtime, etc. more ›