Adrienne Crew

Rob Kendt, Los Angeles theater critic and blogger of "The Wicked Stage," compiles some local theater recommendations for Stephen Hawking, the noted scientist and, apparently, frequent SoCal visitor....

If reports from Defamer.com's Hollywood Privacy Watch (TM) are true, Suge Knight may have been strutting around Koi like he owned the room on Thursday night, but come next Wednesday he'll be minus one asset when the IRS sells the Beverly Hills headquarters of Death Row Records, a rap label Knight founded before heading off to prison for parole violations in 1996. The Los Angeles Business Journal gives us the scoop: The building at...

Autograph hounds may be eager to brave the gray skies and go to the Grauman Chinese Theater on January 13th in order to get the signatures of Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Carter, Ashanti, Robert Ri'Chard, Rick Gonzalez,Rob Brown, Nana Gbewonyo, Channing Tatum, Antwon Tanner, Texas Battle and the actual Coach Ken Carter along with the usual suspects who populate "Black Hollywood" as they attend the film premiere of Paramount's "Coach Carter," directed by Thomas...

We've been trying to write an appropriate obit for Danny Sugarman, longtime aficinado, and eventual manager, of the Los Angeles rock band the "Doors" but we're not in the mood. Perhaps it's the rain, perhaps it's bitterness over what little he did with managing Iggy Pop's career, but we just can't work up any passion for the man who parlayed a gig as a male groupie into a career. He was such a starf*cker...

Mayor Sam's Sister City blog informs us that the City of Los Angeles proposes to increase the sewer service fees in order to cover escalating sewage treatment costs. The City wants to increase fees over a five year period, starting March 1, 2005. The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works has issued a "helpful" FAQ for those playing at home and has scheduled a slew of community meetings (see below for the...

A statue in memory of Johnny Ramone set to be unveiled Friday, Jan. 14 by his wife, Linda, at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The official Ramones website says JOHNNY'S MONUMENT A statue in memory of Johnny Ramone will be unveiled by his wife, Linda Ramone, on January 14. The location is the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, and it will be not far from where Dee Dee is buried. There will be a...

We've just learned, via Eonline, that In Touch magazine's spreading the story that Ben Affleck bummed a twenty off a papparazzo recently to buy a fruit smoothie in girlfriend Jennifer Garner's Brentwood neighborhood. In Touch breathlessley recounts, "Ben took the money, went into the store and left," says the photog, who was reportedly happy to let Affleck keep the change." Geez, what a novel way to panhandle. Let's all try it the next time...

The Los Angeles Press Club co-hosts a "Free Open Government Forum," an all-day law and policy conference, on Saturday, January 8 at the Le Bel Age Hotel, 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd from 9:30 AM to 6 PM. Join activists, journalists, attorneys and public officials to discuss the new government transparency initiative approved by California voters in the November 2004 elections. LA's political cognoscenti will be pondering deep questions such as "how will the...

The feast day of Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th in western Christian tradition, an event considered the culimation of the Christmas season. Tonight from 6 PM to 8:30 PM, Olvera Street will be hosting a reenactment of the journey of the Three Kings to celebrate. Anyway, the date has triggered an epiphany of our own--exactly when can we reasonably expect Angelenos to take down all the holiday lights, trees and geegaws? So far...

The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has filed suit against a dozen hotel booking service Web sites including Hotels.com, Priceline.com and Travelocity.com, alleging they've failed to pay as much as $10 million a year in occupancy taxes to the city. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the city claims online hotel operators are collecting taxes and fees from hotels guests - but are...