Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
We watch so you don't have to
()
We're bouncing back and forth between the NBC and E! red carpet broadcasts. Woah, Dean Cain is carpeteering for NBC and he still looks like Scott Peterson. Dean, it's time to lose the highlights.
At the other end of the spectrum, Matt Dillon looks perfect. Really. Just perfect.
In the post-Dawson's Creek runoff, Michelle Williams has easily trumped Katie Holmes for best career, best father of her child, best husband. Look how cute she and Heath Ledger are on the red carpet! he kisses her and fixes her hair! Poor Katie. Poor TomKat.
Support for LAist comes from
E! blows it by reporting that Nicolette Sheridan cancelled her hair and makeup people this morning and is (gasp!) blowing off the awards. Because she shows, on the arm of Michael Bolton. When Eva Longoria sees her she's going to be pretty damn surprised.
Matthew Broderick can't put down his crackberry. Wait, he finally did, he and Sarah are chattering with Isaac Mizrahi on E!TV. So much more fun than the too-long interviews with Nancy Odell on NBC. Maybe SJP is tipsy. She's having lots of fun.
Oh God, NBC's Sean just asked Hilary Swank how she's doing. Um, a week-old divorce announcement is not fodder for the red carpet. "I'm not single," she finally says when she gets to E!s Mizrahi. "We're working it out." Even our snarky living rooms think everybody should back off.
Starlet #1: Natalie Portman is channeling Audrey Hepburn, with super-short hair and a vintage 1950s Chanel dress.
Starlet #2: She's young, beautiful and skinny, and we want to hate her but we can't. Keira Knightly is kinda adorable.
Peter Falk looks confused.
Damn, we catch this in super-slo-mo: Isaac Mizrahi squeezes Scarlett Johanssen's breast. He reaches under her left tit, grabs with one hand, and squeezes. Of all the fantasies men worldwide have had of touching Scarlett's boobs, we doubt this was any of them. It was not a straight man's fondle. Scarlet, to her credit, makes a big laughing OH face. Look for it tomorrow in replays (on cable).
Support for LAist comes from
Gwynneth is pregnant again. She says she won't win for Best Actress for Proof, so she's not nervous.
Paul Giamatti seems to be having a hell of a time. He just said "I can get hammered!" Maybe he thinks there's no way he'll win for Best Supporting Actor in Cinderella Man. He's wearing geek glasses and has a grizzly beard. If he comes to Spaceland, we'll never be able to pick him out of the crowd. But if we could, we'd buy him a beer.
Johnny Depp looks like a pirate. Because he just flew in from making the pirate sequel. Then again, he usually has the scraggly pirate facial hair. But he's still beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, if Candice Bergen has had work, everyone in Hollywood should track down her plastic surgeon. She looks gorgeous.
Isaac Mizrahi has said that orange is OUT. Nobody told Desperate Housewives' Marcia Cross or Rosario Dawson.
But she deosn't have to worry because Mariah Carey is wearing a dress that looks like it split open trying to hold her in. It's so wrong. All that money and nobody to help her find a decent dress.
Shirley MacLaine and Joaquin Phoenix scoot down the carpet (separately) avoiding the cameras.
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
After rising for years, the number of residential installations in the city of Los Angeles began to drop in 2023. The city isn’t subject to recent changes in state incentives, but other factors may be contributing to the decline. -
The L.A. City Council approved the venue change Wednesday, which organizers say will save $12 million in infrastructure costs.
-
Taxes on the sale of some newer apartment buildings would be lowered under a plan by Sacramento lawmakers to partially rein in city Measure ULA.
-
The union representing the restaurant's workers announced Tuesday that The Pantry will welcome back patrons after suddenly shutting down six months ago.
-
If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow's famous nest overlooking the lake.
-
The U.S. Supreme Court lifted limits on immigration sweeps in Southern California, overturning a lower court ruling that prohibited agents from stopping people based on their appearance.
Best of LAist