While not the record-breaker that which managed a weak $11.4M despite largely positive reviews. more ›

The annual Lunar New Year Festival continues today in Chinatown. Catch pan- Asian entertainers including Chinese acrobats, as well as Thai dancers and Taiko drummers. Food, games, children’s activities, and more will also be on tap during the free festival. more ›

Of all Christmas specials, this one is my absolute favorite. The Heatmiser is perhaps the greatest character ever to come out of the stop-motion animated specials of my childhood. Enjoy this musical interlude from The Year Without a Santa Claus. more ›

With all the seasonal emphasis on warmth, love and need-gratification, it's no surprise your nether regions are jingling right along. more ›

These dudes didn't make the list. The year is already over for L.A. Times pop critic Ann Powers; in a piece dated tomorrow, she lays out an unremarkable top 10 albums of 2007. Maybe Powers gave up on 07 when she couldn't get on OiNK anymore. Or perhaps, like Christmas decorations and presidential primaries, top 10 lists are just going up earlier than ever this year. Either way, I guess she's not waiting on... more ›

Red Hen Press poets read their work 8pm @ Boston Court Main Stage, Pasadena more ›

A man sitting to my left exited the theater at about the one hour mark, never to return. Were I not obligated to give the film a fair and complete review, I might have joined him. more ›

It's the first real day of the LA Film Festival so naturally a lot of films have sold out. But take heart--there are plenty of things to see. As of this morning, stand-by tickets are still available for Interview. Directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Buscemi and Sienna Miller, Interview tells the story of a journalist interviewing a celebrity that he doesn't particularly like (imagine that?). An adaptation of Theo Van Gogh's 2003 film of the same name, Interview received glowing reviews when it premiered at Sundance in the winter and is definitely worth your time. It plays at 2:00 p.m. at the Landmark Regent Theater. more ›

Joan Didion discusses The Year of Magical Thinking 8pm @ Music Center more ›

Almost one year to the day, Kobe Bryant's 81 point performance was awarded the 2006 Moment Of The Year by the Los Angeles Sports Council. more ›

Like rewatching “The Year Without a Santa Claus” or drinking eggnog, ABC has decided that the Lakers playing the Miami Heat is a holiday tradition. That’s seriously how they’ve been promoting today’s Christmas Day match up (11:30 on ABC 7) for the past couple of weeks — “a game that has become a holiday tradition.” What this match up really seems is sad — more than three years after Shaquille O’Neal left the Los Angeles... more ›

Spurs 103, Clippers 81 - San Antonio has a love/hate relationship with Los Angeles. Four days ago, they routed the Clippers at home (love). On Sunday they lost to the Lakers at the Staples Center (hate), then stayed in LA on Monday and smacked the tar out of the Clippers (more love). They sprinted out to a 16 point lead in the first 7:41 and never looked back. Tony Parker scored 21 points to... more ›

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Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Rooster begins today and we encourage you to follow the traditions that will ensure your prosperity for the next 12 years. Being poor and destitute in Los Angeles because you didn't honor the proud male chicken just doesn't seem like a good plan. more ›