Next Sunday, public radio station KCRW (Santa Monica College, 89.9) and Bookworm host Michael Silverblatt will present an evening of intimate conversation with Sapphire, the best-selling author ofPush (the book that inspired the film Precious), and her latest novel, The Kid. more ›

Silver Lake-based web series Put This On suggests men dress like grown-ups. On this fourth episode, Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor (LAist Interview) suggest men groom like grown-ups, first with a trip to the old school Larchmont Barbershop. Past episodes have looked at denim, footwear, and dressing for work. more ›

It's official: Belding is back, and more principal-ier than ever! more ›

Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor's Silver Lake-based web series Put This On (LAist Profile) explores the world of dressing for work -- from job interviews to a regular Tuesday. In this third episode, the dapper writer/director (Freaks and Geeks creator,) Paul Feig, shares why (and how) he suits up (literally) when he heads to set. more ›

J.D. Ryznar is so freaking amazing. Seriously. Just watch his cult Channel 101 Internet television show, "Yacht Rock." By popular demand, the definitive final and twelfth episode of Yacht Rock will be premiered tonight in Downtown LA at the new home of Channel 101, the Downtown Independent Theater. This ends a saga created from 2005 to 2006, followed by a "Footloose"-themed sequel starring Jason Lee as Kevin Bacon in 2008. more ›

In less than two days, the TCM Classic Film Festival begins with more than 50 screenings, panel discussions, Q&As, and parties slated. With everyone from Eve Marie Saint and Martin Landau, to Tim Roth and John Carpenter introducing and discussing the creation of and influence of classic films, it's a festival that shouldn't be missed. If there isn't any decent new television on, and that's frequently the case, we always find ourselves switching over to TCM and you'll often find us highlighting a film in the TV Junkie. more ›

For the January edition of the Hollywood Web Television Meetup, Tubefilter presents an evening with the internet culture show Epic Fu as they launch the new EPIC FU network. There's a screening followed by a discussion with its creators—Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf. The evening is sponsored by HP and Intel, who will be onhand to give away a free HP Envy laptop and a free HP DreamScreen for Meetup attendees. Doors open at 7 with the panel and screening beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $9.99. Tickets to the mixer only at 8:45 pm are $4.99 more ›

A new webseries set right here in Venice uses the sudsy appeal and stylings of a soap opera to achieve some pretty lofty goals. Venice The Series is centered on Gina, a gay protagonist who is described as "a strong, confident, and complex career woman who navigates her relations with people through an intense yet thoughtful prism." When she's not using her prism to figure out her glamorous life, she's hitting the sheets with hot babes and dealing with her father, brother, and friends. more ›

The world wide web hasn’t had a series aiming to help men dress like grown-ups. That is, until tomorrow, when Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor premier Put This On in Pasadena. The new web series hits their website on Monday. Typically when seen together, it’s been as the Monsters of Podcasting -- the Voltronesque live effort featuring both of their significantly downloaded podcasts. Lisagor’s You Look Nice Today is “a brilliant and highly acclaimed comedy podcast,” said Thorn. more ›

In general, a web series can be a hard thing to get into, even though its short, any time / anywhere format would seem conducive to today’s youth-driven media market. Maybe there’s something inherently sketchy about the sustainability of online sketch comedy, like the media moguls who control television are just finding new, more subversive ways to lure us in. Or, maybe a lot of it is just bad, because the internet is boundless and video upload sites are plentiful. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see groups like Derrick Comedy make it out of the online jungle alive, because they have a knack for comedy and a belief in total quality that is so often lacking elsewhere on the interwebs. more ›