Jen Carlson

Yesterday Hurricane Marie created some crazy waves off the coast of Southern California, bringing out the wave-seekers who were brave enough to catch up to 30-foot swells. Others stood safely on the sand and watched, while reciting Point Break quotes. Longtime professional surfer Laird Hamilton (if you never saw his Iconoclasts episode with Eddie Vedder, watch here) was one of the many drawn to scene in Malibu, which was lucky for one man—TMZ reports he...

Last Sunday's Mad Men ended with Peggy, Pete, and Don dining out at a Burger Chef. The restaurant was recreated so perfectly for the show, with colors popping and a shine that made the chain seem inviting—if there was a glory days of fast food, this is what it looked like. The show's designers really excel at recreating franchises from the era—last season they gave the same treatment to a Howard Johnson's. So where...

Marilyn (L) and Sheree (R) During the height of her career in the mid-1950s, just as Seven Year Itch hit the screen, Marilyn Monroe was acting "erratic" according to some studio heads. Turning down scripts and "irritating her bosses at 20th Century Fox" led to the higher-ups looking for a replacement bombshell. Enter Los Angeles native Sheree North, who never stole the spotlight from Marilyn, but did land on the cover of LIFE Magazine...

The movie Don Draper was watching on last night's "Mad Men" was panned by critics when it came out, but may be worth a watch today.

Pete pinpoints LA: It's 75, there's snow on the mountains!

Shirley Temple Black—one of the most famous child stars—has died at the age of 85. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, confirmed her death, which occurred at her home in Woodside, California. Her family has released this statement: “We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.”...

Paul Rudd's long-running joke on Conan is still going strong...

via Gale's Twitter account On Thanksgiving Bachelor producer Elan Gale created a mini reality drama on his flight, broadcasting Tweets to his followers about a woman named "Diane." As you no doubt know, the Tweets described a woman who voiced complaints about the flight being delayed, and escalated from Gale sending her a glass of wine with a passive aggressive note to handing her several notes requesting that she, well, eat his penis. In...

Actor Samm Levine has just done a great thing on Twitter. In response to Angry Man Elan Gale—who recently publicly shamed and harassed a woman he knew nothing about on his flight—Levine has changed the script a little, and it shows exactly why what Gale did was questionable. And also it provides many laughs. Even Patton Oswalt thought so: I love you, @SammLevine. I truly love you. Everyone read every single one of his Tweets...

The makeshift memorial at the crash site early this morning (via Joy Benedict on Instagram) Yesterday afternoon actor Paul Walker, best known for his role in the Fast and the Furious movies, died in a car crash just outside of Los Angeles. His friend, Roger Rodas, was driving the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT at the time of the collision. The two had been taking part in the "Reach Out World Wide" Foundation charity event,...