Callie Miller

What do you get when you ask Dr. Phil to help you improve your interpersonal dynamics with others? A naked man running through your house, according to the Daily Breeze. Two women participating in "The Dr. Phil House" reality TV show got far more than they bargained for when they agreed to take part in an episode that was supposed to help them overcome difficulties interacting with others.

The not-so-bookish side of Library Bar / Photo by Ernesto D. Arias via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Styleture posted a very cool round up of Los Angeles bars that feature books prominently in the decor. You know the kind. Library Bar. Hyperion Tavern. The Wellesbourne. Heck, even Molly Malones once featured a fully-stocked, well-loved library of books on their worn shelves. If literary decor is all that's considered, these spots certainly...

Rent Broadway Tour Desktop Wallpaper from Official Site Officials at Monrovia High School have halted a production of the musical Rent after deeming the subject matter "inappropriate" and finding that several students and parents were not comfortable performing in a play that dealt with AIDS and homosexuality and that contains "a stripping scene and a prostitute," according to Monrovia Patch. The school's long-time drama teacher, Marc Segal, is surprised that his request to put...

Orlando Bruce Bosley, a 57-year-old cab driver in Orange County, is facing charges for raping a customer and knocking her unconscious after she got into his taxi on July 6th, according to ABC. The victim had been drinking and called a cab to be taken to her mother's Seal Beach home. On the way, Bosley allegedly punched the victim in the face

GET VERTIGO Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo is playing tonight at the Hammer Museum as part of Julian Hoeber's Demon Hill installation that is "an homage to the anxiety-producing, perception-warping" spots of the American roadside tradition. Sounds hoity-toity but...come on...it's Vertigo! Jacque Tati's Playtime will also be screened. Tickets required, but they're free. GET ZIN Mr. Hipster Enology is hosting a Zinfandel from Paso Robles tasting at Whole Foods in Venice tonight. $20 for five wines...

Today marks the official end of the Christmas Bird Count season, a time in which bird enthusiasts, aficionados and full-on bird geeks take daily nature walks armed with binoculars, bird guides and notepads to provide information for the longest-running wildlife census, all in the name of helping conservation....

A winning lottery ticket in the amount of $340,608 was purchased two months ago from Al's Market in Westminster yet the winner has not yet stepped forward to bask in lotto winning glory, according to LA Now. The ticket matched five of six numbers missing the "mega number" 43, but $340k is nothing to shake a stick at so folks are wondering where the winner may be and the California Lottery is asking all...

Photo by Robbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A new state study shows that the lucky folks living in Glendale and Burbank are less likely to be admitted to hospitals for preventable medical problems than other California residents, according to Glendale News-Press. The study was commissioned by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and focused on how preventive care can reduce medical emergencies and hospital stays. What made...

With only a few hours left as California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger reduced the prison sentence of Esteban Nuñez, son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, from 16 years to 7 years. according to the LA Times. Esteban Nuñez received a 16 year prison sentence in May when he plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death of college student Luis Santos in San Diego. Schwarzenegger...

Weeks after the alleged attack on staff, Lindsay Lohan is set to maybe, possibly, sometime this week leave rehab. We'd say "for good" but...well. Lohan took to her neglected Twitter account Saturday and quoted Mahatma Ghandi: "The future depends on what we do in the present." The Chronicle thinks she's leaving today, Just Jared thought she was leaving on Tuesday, and WaPo thinks she's extending until the weekend to "get additional treatment." It's not...