Jen Carlson
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by CHLOE is coming to L.A. in May, but you can make their vegan bacon before that.
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The Big Lebowski, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, You've Got Mail, Michael Keaton's Batman, The Princess Bride, that new multi-camera, old fashioned sitcom with Ashton Kutcher and a laugh track... depending on what streaming services you subscribe to, you could be staring at all of these and more this month instead of being outside in the nice spring weather. Below, a list of what's new to Amazon Prime, HBO Now, Hulu, and Netflix. Further on the...
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Fans lined up for tickets earlier this week. (Getty) Guns N' Roses, almost true to their original lineup with three original members, returned to the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Friday night—a venue they played their first show at in the 1980s (and where a David Geffen A&R rep discovered them). Fans lined up starting Thursday for the "secret" warm-up show, which reportedly had a capacity of around 250. The band also announced dates...
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From faded old roadside signs to flickering neon, some self-proclaimed "Sign Geeks" are sharing their photos in L.A.
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Alison Martino, "Guardian of Old Hollywood's History" and daughter of Judi and the late Al Martino, is holding an epic estate sale this weekend. Martino and her mother have packed up their family home of nearly 50 years and are selling off a selection of priceless items (though Martino has, of course, priced them, anywhere from $2 to $3,000). The Martinos won't be present at the sale this weekend—this morning Alison Martino told us: This...
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One of Jimmy Kimmel's greatest gags is having celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. He brought this back last night with an Oscar-worthy "special movie star edition" featuring Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Christoph Waltz, Patricia Arquette, Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kevin Costner, Emily Blunt, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Hart, Richard Dreyfuss, Cate Blanchett, Seth Rogen, Oscar Isaac, and Taraji P. Henson. Ahead of the accolades they'll be receiving this weekend, watch their spirits...
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For the past three years, Robert Petersen has been schooling his Hidden History of Los Angeles podcast listeners on L.A.'s past, covering everything from city planning (why does the 2 Freeway come to an abrupt end in Echo Park?) to how L.A. got its name. His podcast installments (listen here) are never more than 20 minutes long, and serve as a basic 101 introduction course to the city's history. Recently we asked Petersen a little...
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Stars Hollow IS BACK.
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Taylor Swift took home last night's big Grammy for Album of the Year (her second—this one for 1989, with the previous one for Fearless), and in accepting her trophy she used her speech time in the greatest way possible. Let's back up: when Kanye West was releasing his latest album last week, The Life of Pablo (only available on Tidal!), he released a song called "Famous," with the lyrics: "I feel like me and...
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