Carolyn Kellogg

The SAG awards start with a bunch of actors telling their stories to the camera. 8:04 Sandra Bullock, the first presenter, is wearing a cute dress. Too bad she spits out her lines like they're cedar chips. She introduces Crash, for best ensemble film. 8:05 Eva Longoria looks amazing, of course, except for her 50s-era hair tragedy. Patricia Arquette, on the other hand, has '30s era hair that works for her. Will she beat out...

As a service to those who may be celebrating Valentine's Day this year (it's in two weeks, boys), LAist brings you this announcement. Don't buy yellow roses. Apparently, yellow roses are for friendship, new moms, and, of course, Texas. We learned about the possible flower faux-pas on this site, which may be built by evil robots who profit from massive sales of red roses. We can't be sure. But we're here to serve. Speaking...

More SAG Awards liveblogging. Watch out, Dakota is coming. 8:40 Outstanding actor in a comedic series: Sean Hayes takes it to Will and Grace, leaving William Shatner, James Spader and Larry David behind. 8:44 Ensemble comedy series: Arrested Development, Boston Legal, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name is Earl. Which show has the most pretty ladies? Yep, they win. Four lavender dresses &mdashl but nobody told Nicolette. She's in green.(side note:she...

9:40 Jake and Heath stumble and laugh over the sappy script written for their Brokeback Mountain intro. They look darling, don't they? 9:45 Reese Witherspoon is gasping for breath as she accepts the best actress award for Walk the Line. She says June Carter Cash deserved to be brought out of the shadow and into the light. She thanks Joauqin: Wihtout your John, there was no June. Yep, that Reese Witherspoon is hitting all...

An 81-year-old Lake Forest woman shot and killed her ex-grandson in law as he tried to pick up his toddler son from her house. Technically, we suppose that makes her a pistol-packing great-granny. Reasons for the shooting remain a mystery. Shooting in Los Angeles — on-location film shooting, that is — saw slow growth in 2005, after a 20% jump in 2004. Slow growth doesn't mean any fewer shoots, though: just ask anyone who...

Years ago there was graffiti downtown LA -- on a building that was razed for the Japanese American Museum -- that read WHEN WILL SHE STOP ACTING? We're assuming, when it comes to the Screen Actors' Guild Awards, which are televised to millions, that nobody stops acting. We expect everyone to be glamorous, exhilarated, appropriately humble, and fabulously ON. Since we're in LA, we know some winners already, even tho the local broadcast is...

It's the official Chinese New Year, Year of the Dog, 4704. The internets tell us that new year is the most festive of Chinese festivals, and the photos on this international msn site bear that out: poodles with the fur on their ears dyed yellow and green, parades and more fun. Plus, the translations are excellent: Dogs dress the traditional New Year suit, pose during the performance from the dog circus of Japan. Gung...

January 18, 1921: The Ambassador Hotel opens with a ball, with LA's top society figures and Hollywood elite dancing at the Cocoanut Grove. January 16, 2006: The Ambassador Hotel's destruction is complete. The Cocoanut Grove remains, to be retooled by the LAUSD, which will build a school on the site. February 2, 2006: The Ambassador Hotel wake. The brainchild of the people behind the Ambassador's Last Stand, folks at the LA Conservancy and the...

We've been neglectful of the massive art undertaking of the week; thank goodness we stopped by ABLA to see what we're missing. Art Los Angeles kicked off Thursday night and continues through Sunday. This afternoon there is a lecture by Shepherd Fairey, the artist who went global with his Andre the Giant has a Posse pasteups back in the day. About a zillion galleries and their art are all gathered under the roof of...

losanjealous has got the Top 30 Facts on local newsanchor Chuck Henry. #21, 22 and 26 tie for our favorites. Porto's, the busiest Cuban bakery anywhere (well, in Glendale, at least) has decided to try to ease its immense lines by opening in Burbank, Franklin Avenue reports. They like the tres leches cakes; we're fond of the potato balls. God, you just can't type "potato balls" without it sounding dirty. Speaking of dirty, writer...