Why has the internet gone apeshit spreading the news that LA Weekly's food critic Jonathan Gold is headed to the LAT? We take a look at the certainty of errors in reporting a known uncertainty.
Everybody Calm Down: It's Totally Not For Sure that Jonathan Gold is Going to the L.A. Times [UPDATED: He IS, Says LA Weekly]
Ashton Kutcher, Village Voice Battle Over Teen Sex Trafficking Stats
It appears Village Voice may be messing with the wrong man after mocking the Ashton Kutcher / Demi Moore-led "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" anti-teen sex trafficking campaign.
In an article titled "Real Men Get Their Facts Straight," the Voice describes Kutcher as a "scruffy doofus" in one of the campaign's PSAs
Ring in the New Year with MF Doom
Besides having the same middle name, Wagstaff, Dick Clark and MF Doom do not have a whole lot in common. This year, however, both will be the main attraction at New Year's Eve festivities. While I lied about MF Doom's middle name being Wagstaff (that really is Clark's middle name), I am not lying when I tell you that the masked man will be headlining the Deep Urban Breaks' New Year's celebration. Just like the...
Hello Cleveland? Village Voice Media Needs Help
The LA Weekly has been struggling to placate its staff ever since the alt-weekly's publisher, Village Voice Media was swallowed up by not-so-alternative New Times Newspapers nearly two years ago (New Times adopted the VVM name, but not necessarily the flavor). If you haven't witnessed the shift in ideology and coverage in the pages of the Weekly yet, a drastic dip in content quantity -- if not quality -- seems imminent, as the New...
Let Edward Burns Teach You How To Score a Supermodel
Technically the actor/director will be at the Grove's Apple Store Sunday at 5pm to explain how he made the recently released "The Groomsmen" on a Mac using Final Cut Pro. But any of those geniuses at the Apple Store could tell you that crap.
Stage This Week: Dames, Nazis, Angry Inches, & more
Tonight, Australian native, satirist and actor Barry Humphries, the creator of Dame Edna Everage, will open his her solo show, Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance!, at the Ahmanson Theatre. If you are in need of marriage counseling and a psychic reading, Dame might make you part of the show. This short run closes April 9th.
Films This Week(end)
If you hit boredom this weekend, maybe a movie about overcoming boredom will suit the bill. Duck Season is a Mexican indie comedy where the XBOX breaks, the neighbor girl comes over to bake, and the pizza boy won’t leave (we wouldn’t pay a 30 minute delivery guarantee if it were 11 seconds late either!). Duck Season plays at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5, Monica 4, and the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena.
Stories We Missed
Sometimes there are stories that slip through the cracks, big and small, around LA and we don't get to them during the week. Stories We Missed is here to catch them and bring them to you. Better late than never, right?
Ripe On the Vine
• Come and celebrate Spaceland's 10th anniversary with special guests The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Quarter After and The Clean Prophets at 9 PM.

