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The community altar is part of a 10-day cultural exhibition at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown L.A.
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Photo by Joits via Flickr A precious commodity in his own right, Huell Howser, the celebrated and affable host of “California’s Gold” (seen locally on KCET along with his Visiting and Road Trip series) swapped broadcast mediums for a turn at the turntables as part of KCRW's Guest DJ project on Wednesday. Recalling with signature enthusiasm his 10-year stint as a reporter for an NBC affiliate in Nashville, Howser harkens back to the Grand...
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Katie Cazorla at The Painted Nail Katie Cazorla may be more of a mouthful to say than "Snooki," but the New York transplant has made a name in for herself in L.A. and now has the reality show to go with her deluxe San Fernando Valley nail salon, The Painted Nail. The new show, Nail Files, premiers tonight on the TV Guide Network at 10 p.m. SallyAnn Salsano, who created MTV’s Jersey Shore, frequented...
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Comedy Central had no sports themed shows until a couple months ago and now it has no sports themed shows again. There was a show to keep, we'll tell you which one. --- Jake Gyllenhaal will guest on the season premiere of "Man vs. Wild" aka Brokeback Mountain II. --- More news + the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan.
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Tonight! American Cinematheque's seminar series will present its second annual panel discussion on Everything You Need To Know About Producing Web Entertainment., The Paley Center hosts An Evening with Men of A Certain Age tonight at 7 p.m., Hollywood Fringe offers The Blue Lagoon: A Musical, making its LA debut at Theatre Asylum, Red Hen Press teams up with the Annenberg Beach House to present an evening of poetry tonight, and Our pick for the LA Film Festival screenings tonight? Das Boot: The Director's Cut with a Q&A with director Wolfgang Petersen and cast member Jürgen Prochnow.
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The Critics' Choice TV awards were held today? Predictable and boring were the results. --- Other "critics" are up-in-arms about last night's "The Killing" finale on AMC but if they had done a bit of research and had open minds, they'd see there's nothing to be upset about. --- Some great late night TV is on tonight, paticularly "Chelsea Lately" and Jimmy Fallon's show.
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The festivals continue in LA today, with screenings at the LA Film Fest and live productions at the Hollywood Fringe theater festival. We have a free play reading of a rock musical in Long Beach, Bollywood lessons at the Ford Amphitheatre and music for a school night at Bardot. Read on for what's going on tonight.
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Alexis Jones, Raymond Lee, Zach Steel, and Kevin Klein in 'Four Clowns: Romeo & Juliet' (photo by Mustafa Sayed). Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011 encompasses more than theatre and musicals -- it also features perverted and crass clowns in Four Clowns:Romeo and Juliet; a Moroccan mime in Born to be on Stage; and a narrative storytelling in Next Best Thing. Through twisted humor, live music, and audience interaction Four Clowns gives clowning some much needed...
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Vintage Vespas line up to show off (Andreanna Ditton/LAist) What’s more iconic of the 1960’s mod era than a sleek little Vespa bearing a stylish couple riding two-up through the heart of Rome or along the beach in Southern California? Or maybe that’s just my own retro fantasy. But more and more, I'm clearly not the only one grooving on that fantasy. Scooters are winding their way through L.A. traffic on a regular basis....
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If yarnbombing sounds like a pleasant, and in fact beautiful way to bomb something, that's probably because it is. By covering areas of the city with yarn, yarnbombing exists for no other reason than to inject some color and art into the surroundings. And this weekend, the Arroyo Arts Collective will be exhibiting yarnbombing both in the area surrounding the 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica, and inside the gallery.
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Hilary Winston opened the wrong book at The Grove Writer-producer Hilary Winston (My Name is Earl, Community, Happy Endings) has the quintessential Hollywood story to tell. The Corpus Christi-raised Republican considered a life in politics and law, but when she left Texas for George Washington University, she began doing very left leaning things: interning at the Clinton White House and working as an assistant at NPR. To complete the transformation to the dark side,...
