Paul Davidson

After our harrowing experience being told what we could and couldn't eat (no soy sauce!?) at the famous Sushi Nozawa (Studio City, CA, 818.508.7017), LAist decided that locating a sushi restaurant with great food and freedom of choice was the order of the day. And so we set out, chopsticks and wasabi in hand, to locate some of the better out-of-the-way sushi joints across town. You can imagine our surprise (while waiting for our...

Yesterday, LAist reported about Patty Duke getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. After being out of the limelight for so long, some have wondered exactly how and why such valuable sidewalk assets are presented to stars of days gone by. And being a servant to the people of Los Angeles, LAist did our part to get to the bottom of the star-awarding process. The process of getting your own star on...

A collective sigh of relief blew through Hollywood today as Patty Duke, the star of the 1962 film The Miracle Worker, received her very own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Although LAist often sits back and thinks of Patty Duke fondly, having had been entertained immensly by her turn as twins on "The Patty Duke Show" way before "Big Brother 5" integrated such a concept, apparently the rest of the world isn't quite...

In what seemed like a moment right out of a Twilight Zone episode, LAist was recently privy to an entertainment industry conversation that did not mention TiVo, the TiVo service or whether or not TiVo stock was a smart investment...whatsoever. The six suit-laden professionals, assembled for an after-work drink, exhibited all the signs of the "self-importance disease," which usually goes hand-in-hand with possessing Blackberries, belt-holstered cell phones, Bluetooth earpieces and an outward love for...

LAist is smart enough to know not to believe the hype and marketing behind some of Hollywood's brand-new movies. Included in this weekend's stellar trifecta of new releases is the "action-packed" Alien vs. Predator, the "sweet and charming" The Princess Diaries 2 and the "awesome card game as a movie, movie" Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie!. Being overwhelmed with the positive review/sound-bytes on radio and TV from such high-watermark publications as "Bob's Internet Movie Review Website"...

After treating ourselves to such high-profile LA musicals like Chicago, The Lion King and The Producers, LAist sometimes likes to venture to the backwoods of Los Angeles to catch some of the quirkier performances that the city has to offer. This week is no exception. For fans of Bewitched and The Hollywood Squares, no thanks to the over-the-top humor of the late Paul Lynde, you may be overjoyed to know that his spirit has been...

Although LAist knows that most die-hard Angelenos consider driving anywhere out of their zip code to be blasphemy, there comes a time when branching out of your area code (not just for dating) can have its advantages. A wonderful example of one such advantage is the Pageant of the Masters, part of Laguna Beach's "Festival of Arts." The show, which painstakingly recreates some of history's greatest and most influential paintings and sculptures, uses real...

LAist just has to wonder aloud what normal American people (living outside of Hollywood) are supposed to glean from HBO's latest wannabe insider comedy, Entourage. After screening the first few episodes of the brand-new series (already renewed for its second season which, by HBO-scheduling standards, should be finished and airing during the Apocalypse), viewers have been privy to the behind-the-scenes life of one up-and-coming actor. Such amazing revelations have been made: that male actors...