Nicole Urso Reed

The never-ending war between "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis and Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn continued today when a judge decided to send the archrivals back to trial to settle a defamation lawsuit against Francis

The company behind all of those 1-800-GET-THIN commercials, the ones that run in high rotation on daytime TV with that catchy jingle, "Let your new life begin. Call...", is getting sweated by the federal Food and Drug Administration to correct misleading claims in its advertising.

Venice Beach will get a zip line by July 1.

Tupac Shakur's family members insist that the late rapper, who appeared in an apparition-like hologram at Coachella, could not be a homophobe because he was friends with Gianni Versace!

A former accountant for the Brea-based "Sweet Life" bakery chain was caught with her hands in the cookie jar and arrested on multiple counts of alleged fraud baked into an elaborate embezzlement scheme.

Bullying knows no bounds, and it happens in the animal kingdom too as we witnessed last month when a wayward dolphin in Bolsa Chica was forced back into the shallow waters by her jerk pod mates.

Did someone say mid-century modern, French-influenced, and pop-up store in a single sentence? Count us in.

The children of a deceased woman filed a lawsuit against the Rose Hills Memorial Park near Whittier today for allegedly placing their mother in the wrong casket, wearing someone else's clothes, and burying her when she wasn't supposed to be buried.

Did you know that today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? We were all too happy to turn our attention away from Dunkin' Donuts cravings and an unsavory battle over Foie Gras to daydream about our favorite chocolate chip treats throughout Los Angeles. We drooled over a list we made of primo chocolate chip cookies the last time a national day of chocolatey reverence was upon us. (Mmmm... chocolate chips.)

The Los Angeles Times Magazine is shutting down and will publish its final issue on June 3.