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The LA Opera has a double dose of Placido Domingo this week, and Dudamel will conduct this Thursday at the Disney Hall.
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First, Romney threatened to cut funding for PBS -- with a direct threat leveled at Big Bird -- during last week's presidential debate, and now, he's declined to appear on Nickelodeon's upcoming "Kids Pick The President" special.
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After over 40 years together, including 30 years of marriage, actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have announced they are separating. "A rep for the couple confirmed the split -- but has no further comment at this time," reports TMZ.
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This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from the bus, Cafe 101 and Beverly Hills.
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Get out so you can enjoy locally brewed beer, check out the unveiling of 12 acres at Grand Park and jam to over 70 bands and DJs in Eagle Rock.
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Want to celebrate the end of the week in style? Check out these happenings around town: storytelling on the Westside; Robert Knight’s rock’n’roll photo exhibit opens in Beverly Hills; Calder Quartet at the Getty Center; free screening of The Hunger Games; a macabre art show; a conversation on gay marriage; and urban art and music with classic cocktails.
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Linda Hogan joined the proud ranks of celebrities who have DUIs on their record yesterday -- Hulk Hogan's ex-wife was pulled over in Malibu at about 1:30 a.m. TMZ reports that she hadn't had that much to drink -- one glass of champagne on an empty stomach -- but that the 53-year-old is also on antibiotics that exacerbated the effects of the liquor.
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Porn stars are thus far not amused by LA County's attempts to require the use of condoms in the films they make. And on Monday, they'll be raising their voices extra loud by holding a fundraiser at Hamburger Mary's in West Hollywood to fight Measure B, which would enforce just such a regulation.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a third-generation Angeleno whose grandparents grew up in South Central and Boyle Heights. Perhaps it is Gordon-Levitt's roots that explain the deep affection he has for the city (beyond his obvious ties to Hollywood).
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Director Barbara Stepansky always had a sense that it was more difficult for her and her female associates to get gigs directing major TV shows or feature films in Hollywood. Sometimes discrimination can be subtle, but Stepansky writes about a recent experience that made it clear that the glass ceiling was all-too-real.
