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The Grammy Museum opens its latest exhibition today, Trouble In Paradise: Music and Los Angeles 1945-1975, exploring L.A.'s pop music history: the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
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Nature lovers, science geeks, and families, mark your calendars for April 8, which is when the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) opens up their annual Butterfly Pavilion.
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There's No Place Like Home: One of four authentic pairs of ruby slippers used in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" will soon be a permanent fixture at the planned Oscars museum.
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A producer for "Amazing Race" Jeff Rice was found dead in his Uganda hotel room with production assistant Catherine Fuller. The pair were found with large quantities of cocaine in their stomachs, raising questions about whether they were involved in a botched drug deal or poisoned. Ugandan police maintain the pair simply overdosed.
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Lindsay Lohan has been getting rave reviews for her starring role as "the defendant" at the Airport Branch courthouse. LiLo landed herself the role of a lifetime after driving under the influence, pilfering a necklace and then violating the terms of her probation.
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The finalists were announced today for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The awards will be given out in a ceremony at USC on April 20.There are five finalists in each category -- current interest, fiction, first fiction, biography, history, mystery-thriller, science and technology, graphic novel, poetry and young adult literature.
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Literary types are usually known more for the quiet hours they wile away in bookstores than for throwing down against their fellow scribes in front of raucous audiences. But Todd Zuniga, founder of Literary Death Match, aims to change that.
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Another great week of comedy has descended upon Los Angeles, so be sure to make some time for a few of the great shows below, including Doug Benson at the Nerdist comedy cave and "A Carlin Home Companion" at the Santa Monica Playhouse.
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We needed this long weekend to squeeze in a little bit of fun between errands. If you're looking for something to do, we found plenty of music with Sinead O'Connor; Craig Finn of The Hold Steady; and a whole lineup over at Bardot in Hollywood for It's a School Night. Target pays for admission at LACMA for us today, and Steven Rea signs his book Hollywood Rides a Bike at Vroman's. Read on for all the details.
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Auctions of celebrity memorabilia happen all the time, and attract all sorts of bidders. An upcoming auction of Hollywood memorabilia will include some items affiliated with the late Whitney Houston, and now the auctioneer says those items can be seen as "a celebration of her life."
