Caleb Bacon

Todd Levin is the Director of ABS Community Outreach. The ABS is the Association For Betterment of Sex, of course. It sounds serious -- but not so fast. This association is a group of comedy writers who have released a new book ("written by Association For Betterment of Sex”) called “Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk.” Levin has teamed up with writers whose credits include: The Daily Show, The Onion, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Radar, and GQ -- Scott Jacobson, Michael Sacks, Ted Travelstead and Jason Roeder.

Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor's Silver Lake-based web series Put This On (LAist Profile) explores the world of dressing for work -- from job interviews to a regular Tuesday. In this third episode, the dapper writer/director (Freaks and Geeks creator,) Paul Feig, shares why (and how) he suits up (literally) when he heads to set.

He's worked alongside DJ Shadow and been a member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. Now Cut Chemist is the spotlight of this new episode of URB's new series, Grand Master Citizens....

“Players Win Games, Teams Win Championships,” reads a sign on the Dodger clubhouse wall. Tonight, in the bottom of the tenth inning, James Loney was the player. His single into left field off of Washington Nationals reliever Sean Burnett scored Ronnie Belliard, cued a massive Dodger celebration on the field, dropped Burnett’s record to 0-6, and earned his team a game in the standings on NL West leaders San Diego Padres.

With today's Prop 8 news, the one question left on everyone's mind is will actor Michael Rapaport still have to pay gay alimony? In this whimsical video posted on YouTube in April of 2009, the film star talks about his unique position on gay marriage....

Switch And Diplo Are HARD Main Stage Act: Major Lazer | Photo courtesy Biz3 HARD’s first summer show at the Los Angeles Stage Historic Park (which was to feature M.I.A., N.E.R.D., and food trucks) was canceled. The second one, HARD Summer, will be going down from noon to midnight at the same Chinatown-adjacent park this Saturday, August 7. “It’s definitely, in my opinion, the best place in Downtown to do an event like this,”...

Jason Smith loves food, but he doesn't consider himself a food critic. “I’m a meat and potatoes guy,” the radio host told LAist over a calorically dense meal at L.A. Live’s ESPN Zone. Five nights a week, Smith can be heard hosting All Night with Jason Smith (Twitter) on ESPN 710 AM from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Mad Men is back. Of course, Don Draper and company are still smoking. Does the AMC hit make you want to light up?...

The Dodgers 3-2 late afternoon 13th inning victory over the Mets wasn't a typical finish. Clutch hitter James Loney, who rarely hits for power, crushed his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot off of Mets reliver Oliver Perez (0-4) to walk off a game that had seen sixteen total pitchers across 4:15. “James saved the day for us,” said manager Joe Torre. “The one thing I can only tell you about Loney:...

Each week KCRW's Rob Long offers a humorous yet poignant look into the shiny world of weird known as showbiz. That's Martini Shot. This week, Long explores an issue discussed daily in hushed tones around Los Angeles coffee shops. What if someone steals my script idea?