Carolyn Kellogg

Tonight and tomorrow the New Beverly screens Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog, and Incident at Loch Ness, which stars him riding around the foggy loch in a boat. And because we live in LA, where cool and strange things happen, Werner Herzog himself and Loch Ness' director Zak Penn* will be at the theater tonight, talking about their movies. If it's eligible, we're guessing Herzog is hoping for a Best Documentary Oscar nomination;...

43-year old Chris Penn was found dead in his Santa Monica apartment today. What killed Nice Guy Eddie Cabot? Nobody's saying. All that's been reported so far is "no signs of foul play." (update: Tuesday night, according to imdb, he was born in 1962. Now it's been changed to say 1965. Maybe he was just 40 after all). We always had a soft spot for Sean's younger (but not little) brother. How do you...

OK, we can't take it any more. Gmail has been alternating between the message above and "cross your fingers" since 7am. We know, the compulsive e-mail checking is a disease, but Google, we need our fix! What's up, guys? You can take on Microsoft and Yahoo but you can't keep the Gmail servers up? Wait, maybe you're punishing us. This denial of service is the wrath of a vengeful Google God, angry at us...

You never know what you'll hear at standing in line at the Arclight. Amandarin caught the story of one of the most spineless breakups ever. This is how it starts: Girl 1: So, my boyfriend is engaged. Girl 2: Congratulations! Girl 1: Not to me, though. Girl 2: . . . Girl 1: I found out this morning. Girl 2: How? Girl 1: He sent me a picture of the ring on her finger....

Jen Sincero is a sexpert, musician, and the author of the bestselling book, The Straight Girl’s Guide To Sleeping With Chicks and the semi-autobiographical novel, Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer. She currently hosts the weekly sex talk radio show Dr. Happypants on killradio.org. Every week in Living in Sin, Jen provides advice for LA's sexually curious. Got a question for Jen? Ask her. We promise to be discreet — all questions will be posted...

The self-appointed Joseph McCarthy of UCLA's alumni has dropped his offer to pay students $100 for fingering "radical" faculty. However, Andrew Jones will continue his witch hunt with students who volunteer to "expose" faculty members whose ideology differs from him own. While it might have been all the negative press attention, Mack Reed thinks Jones was outsmarted by professors who would happily encourage their students to turn them in, en masse, costing his organizations...

The Bloggie award nominees are up, and we want to give props to those, em, getting props. Now the voting is open, so hit the page and give your love to those who deserve it. We must note: Locally, the Fug Girls, who take apart celebrity fasion like no one else, for Best American blog, Best Entertainment blog, and Best Writing; This Week in Tech for Best Podcast; the partly-LA Make Blog for Best...

This week Oprah takes on Osama. If you're thinking the Queen of Daytime might bring something soft and fuzzy to the table, no way. She's not telling Osama to keep a dream journal. She's going hard news, for two whole episodes. In fact, she's fearmongering up a storm: What should you be worried about? she demands. Meet the man who met Osama Bin Laden! How vulnerable are we to another attack?!? OMG, is the...

Fires, fires everywhere. The Seventh Street Produce Mart is in flames in downtown Los Angeles; 100 firefighters are at the scene, the AP reports. Early this morning 4 Tujunga homes were damaged by fire, one seriously. Some residents were injured. Brush fires in La Canada-Flintridge were started by a power line that blew over last night; although the fire is presently contained, firemen warn that with current wind conditions, they need to make sure...

An $84 million SuperLotto ticket was sold by a Palmdale 7-11, but the ticket holder hasn't yet come forward to claim the prize. The way it works is you can take a lump sum — in this case, about $40 million; or get close to $3 million a year for the next 26 years. Everyone always takes a lump sum. No, no, not the lump sum! Take the slow payout, live off a third...