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Free events centered around Dia de Los Muertos are coming to MacArthur Park where people can celebrate the memory of their loved ones.
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When you think of Sasha Grey, a number of things might come to mind: violent sex. Playing a prostitute for Steven Soderbergh. Going buck naked on "Entourage." But if you don't immediately conjure up an image of her reading a storybook to a group of first-graders, you will now. TMZ reports that Grey was brought in to Emerson Elementary School in Compton on November 2 as part of the Read Across America program...
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Devil’s Night Drive-In, a monthly downtown movie experience set atop a parking garage, is perhaps your best excuse yet to brave the onslaught of an upcoming autumn night. Whereas other Los Angeles outdoor film screening events pack up almost entirely by Labor Day, Devil’s Night is a year-round affair.
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Adam Sandler's latest & ancient Greece's greatest vie for #1 at the box office. Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar & Werner Herzog's Into The Abyss look 111 days ahead as Oscar season begins.
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Screening today in Pasadena, The Other F Word documentary explores what happens when some of the L.A. punk scene’s leading men become fathers. Pennywise’s Jim Lindberg, who famously belted out “F--- Authority,” Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus, and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, among others, open up about their journey from anti-authoritarian punks to the ultimate authority figures: dads.
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TGIF and happy Nigel Tufnel Day! We found an eclectic lineup of events for you to choose from tonight. Zombie Joe’s Underground gets in the holiday spirit with the opening of Christmas for Bukowski; photographer Autumn de Wilde discusses and signs her new book on Beck; NerdMelt holds a ‘Divine’ art show opening; Sacred Fools open Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake); and Tender Greens Pasadena holds an art opening. Read on for all the details.
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Lauren Smerkanich's masterfully crafted, thoroughly enjoyable drama, Amongst the Trees, is making rounds throughout the city as part of cARTel's Living Room Tour. The produciton features exceptional writing, direction, and performance in a unique, unpretentious, and welcoming atmosphere.
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The dance studios, theatres, and galleries of the NoHo Arts District will be opening their doors up Saturday for a free multi-arts festival. Experience NoHo is a combo art walk and festival, with the streets closed down to make way for a stage and booths featuring artists and other vendors.
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The New York Comedy Festival is full of top-tier comedic talent, many of whom have flown out from their LA homesteads to perform at a wide variety of venues across the city. We talk to a founder of the festival, a comedian/curator, and make some comparisons to LA Comedy Fest.
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FADE IN: Things were rapidly deteriorating for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, slated to take place in February of 2012. Brett Ratner had removed himself from the production team after letting fly with a gay slur and offering up unsolicited information about the size of his ballsack, and on the heels of Ratner's departure, celebrated comedian Eddie Murphy promptly dropped out of his commitment to host the ceremony.
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A marathon Film Calendar in honor of Cure Crohn's & Colitis at Laemmle Santa Monica, the Jules Verne Nature & Education Program's Légendaire Award honoring John Wayne & some filth to follow all those fundraisers.
