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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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Have some fun and do some good with your Thursday night! It's Twestival time and that means Tweetups and gatherings are taking place in cities around the world on one night. This year, each local Twestival benefits a local organization. Twestival Los Angeles is raising money for L.A. Team Mentoring, which provides team-based mentoring programs to enrich, enliven and guide middle school students growing up in challenging urban environments.
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The LA County Board of Supervisors approved the allocation of $31 million in private funds to expand the LA Natural History Museum, a project that's now in its final stages. According to a statement released by the county, the funding will be put towards a landscaped amphitheater, at least ten new gardens and a pond, as well as new fences to replace the concrete walls that currently contain the museum.
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Photo courtesy Radiolab. Oh look, another New York transplant is heading out west - at least for a night or two. WNYC’s Radiolab, the popular public radio / podcast storytelling show with a scientific bent, will be at Royce Hall on Wednesday (sold out) and Thursday evening as part of a three-city tour, eventually culminating in Seattle at the end of the month. For those of you not familiar with Radiolab, it is consistently...
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(Photo courtesy of Steven Barston Photography) Some of us can't seem to do anything with our hair no matter how hard we wash, spray, pull and cry. So when we had a follicle emergency right before a planned night out, we decided to stop by Foxy Fridays at Janine Jarman's gothic-Victorian Hairroin Salon in Hollywood. Every Friday, from 6-10 p.m., those in need of glamming (all genders welcome, of course!) can come in, hand...
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Photo by x-ray delta one via Flickr A video lunch collection for the ages, today we celebrate the 80th birthday of Studio City resident William Shatner!! From the Twilight Zone to the sexy reaches of Star Trek space, from dramatic readings of Elton John to musical covers of Pulp, from TV legal council to online negotiator, Shatner is as Shatner does and we love the $#*! you say. We salute you, sir. Live long,...
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We wrap up the weekend's TV highlights and muse about how "Big Love" ended without giving away any spoilers. If you'd like to weigh in, please give us some comments. --- We're pleased to see Stephen King might be writing an episode of "The Walking Dead" and that Jeff Daniels is possibly going to be part of Aaron Sorkin's HBO series. --- All this and tonight's TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan and the listings (lots of great late night TV tonight).
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Photo courtesy theuglyyou via LAist Flickr pool. This week, LAst Laugh is keeping things close to home (with the exception of Bert Kreischer down in Irvine all weekend). You can run over to the Melgard Public house or Largo on Monday, then move east for shows at UCB, iO West, or The Complex on Santa Monica. A week of great shows, and you don't even have to get on the freeway! If you think...
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Photo by jchristopherrobinson via Flickr Tinseltown, Southland, The Entertainment Capital of the World, El Lay, The City of Angels, Hell-A, La La Land —LA has its share of nicknames, but none seem to give our city due credit for the wealth of literature housed among these trafficked streets. Thanks to an unfortunate reputation as a not-so-literary city, LA local bookshops are often and unduly overlooked. But, forget what you might have heard (or haven’t...
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Imagine, if you will, a down-and-out porn director, desperate to make a legitimate film. Naturally, his reputation precedes him, and the only people willing to make his dream come true are the ragtag crew members from his porno sets. So, armed with skeezy studio money earmarked for a particularly boorish production, the director finds himself secretly filming legitimate cinema…with porn stars. Not exactly ‘high brow’, but then again neither is spending an afternoon in a papasan chair eating Cool Ranch Doritos and nursing a headache.
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(Photo by monkeytime | brachiator via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Thunder, lightening, marathon. Unless you're running or cheering along the route, perhaps this lazy Sunday would be better spent in the the great indoors. Here are some suggestions should you prefer to save yourself the frustration of relocation on such a winter's day. Umm, I mean, HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!! Fembot A Go-Go: If you have the internet, you can have...
