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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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Malibu sunset on Christmas Eve | Photo by nicadlr via LAist's flickr pool. THEATER Celebrate the holidays Vegas style without the long drive. The show A Vegas Holiday is at the El Porta Theatre in North Hollywood featuring the stars and songs from Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara with Jake Broder as Louis Prima, Vanessa Claire Smith as Keely Smith with Luca Ellis as Frank Sinatra. The vocalists are backed by a...
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The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, which happens next June | Photo by chip morton via Flickr Thanks to the fun daily e-mail newsletter, The Rundown, we were treated yesterday to a bounty of naughty activity ideas--you know, doing it at Leo Carrillo State Park or on Mulholland Drive--but one especially caught our eye and made us giggle. It was doing it in the air: If a fear of heights and a two-hour...
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I am sooo gonna bone this alien chick! | Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox For the second week in a row, Avatar blew away the competition to easily capture the box-office crown ($75M | $212.2M). It's presumed challenger, Sherlock Holmes was a distant second ($65.3M) while Dumb Fucking Chipmunk Movie made an obscene amount of money ($50.2M) (presumably, from moronic families trying to keep their bratty kids quiet for a few hours). Adult...
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Still a little quiet on the events front, but we've found a few interesting things to do in LA tonight. STORYTELLING The Moth StorySLAM provides a stage and a microphone, and people are selected to tell--not read--their five-minute stories. Tonight at the Air-Conditioned Supper Club in Venice is the monthly story slam. The theme is “cars.” Doors open at 7 pm and the stories start at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $7.
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When the sun goes down in Marina Del Rey on 12/31 the sky will light up again (Photo by craiglkirk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Marina Del Rey has a surefire way to light up New Year's Eve...Fireworks! The waterfront community's New Year’s Eve Fireworks Spectacular is a five-minute display that starts at the 30-second countdown to midnight. Although you can see them throughout the Marina, the official word on the...
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A Christmas house along the Venice canals. | Photo by lmiyake via LAist's flickr pool. It's Christmas Eve, but there are still a few events worth checking out. Happy holidays! HOLIDAY ARTS BASH This afternoon’s the 50th annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from 3-9 pm. The free event features music and dance of the season from the many neighborhoods and cultures of LA. The lineup includes more than 40...
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Looks like our post about potholes turned into art pieces is spreading. Los Angeles Newspaper Group writer Dana Bartholomew catches up with the artists as they parody the Chinese Gruman Theatre handprint ceremony. "'They're everywhere,' said [artist Claudia] Ficca, 28, pointing to the nearly two-foot wide pothole on a quiet residential street in sight of Griffith Observatory. 'For some reason, L.A. potholes are square, or rectangular.' 'See what I mean? This is the classic...
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Young and breaking up. Having just gotten out of a relationship which had eerie parallels to (500) Days of Summer, I have no intention of seeing it anytime soon. You should, though. It's wonderfully melancholy and real (excepting the amazing musical sequence with the animated musical bird). I was thrilled to see that District 9 made such a large impact at the box-office. It gives hope to those of us who are tired of...
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If you need a break from shopping or the bustle of December, then here are a few of tonight's options: SCREENING Tonight at 8 pm, the ArcLight Hollywood screens the Billy Bob Thornton heart-warming holiday classic Bad Santa. Thornton is a conman who as a cussing and vile mall would rather steal (and drink) the good cheer of the holidays -- until he meets a pudgy kid that he nicknames the Kid. 8pm.
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Paul McCartney headlines Day One of the 2009 Coachella Music Festival (more photos here) While the official list won't be out 'til sometime in early 2010, Coachella fanatics have been gathering what intel they can for awhile about who is playing and who is just a rumor. One list on a forum seems to be the best. "This is not a wish list thread," pre-empts summerkid in a Coachella forum. "News should be trickling...
