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The Seventh Python movie to premiere in June at Mods & Rockers Film Festival in Hollywood
The world premiere of The Seventh Python, the Neil Innes biopic produced by our pals at Frozen Pictures, will take place in June at the American Cinematheque's Mods and Rockers Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The announcement as made tonight by festival founder, host and…
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Rate-A-Restaurant, #164 in a series(Pic by Steven Pantazis.)Restaurant: KushiyuLocation: 18713 Ventura Blvd. (Tarzana)Type of restaurant: SushiThey stipulated: Kids are welcome -- hell, half the tables had young ones there, so we weren't too worried about bringing the little guy. Just try to keep…
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Rate-A-Restaurant, #163 in a seriesRestaurant: Newcomb's RanchLocation: Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2), approx. 27 miles north of La Canada Flintridge.Type of restaurant: AmericanThey stipulated: Newcomb's is known as a popular stop for motorcyclists (who thrill at speeding up the curvy…
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Rate-A-Restaurant, #164 in a series
(Pic by Steven Pantazis.)Restaurant: KushiyuLocation: 18713 Ventura Blvd. (Tarzana)Type of restaurant: SushiThey stipulated: Kids are welcome -- hell, half the tables had young ones there, so we weren't too worried about bringing the little guy. Just try to keep them behaved. (The loud sound…
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License Plate of the Day: Can't We All Just Get Along? Edition
Mr. Prius owner, with the save-the-whales vanity plate, would like us all to co-exist. Peace out.
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How the Dodgers Came To Town
(Image via the Los Angeles Public Library collection.)As the Dodgers celebrate their 50th anniversary in Los Angeles, Bob Timmermann is putting together what promises to be an interesting talk about how Walter O'Malley and the team made it out here from Brooklyn. (H/t to Jon Weisman for pointing…
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Let’s Put Some Color In Here
Damn. Three posts in a row with black-and-white photos: Amelia Earhart James Joyce Jack Kerouac Sorry Uncle Walt sends his love
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St Patrick's Day Brings a Crowd to Pershing Square
By Ed Fuentes L.A.'s St Patrick's Day Parade is a small town gathering compared to celebrations held in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Ireland. There was still a few empty blocks near the Civic Center, and road closures had commuters snarling on the freeway. Under the flag at 5th and…
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“Green” shampoos — now with carcinogens?
It isn’t easy being a green shopper. Just after you start looking for words like “eco-friendly” and “organic” in the stuff you buy, a report comes out saying bad things about these very products you sought out. The latest culprit: “green” household and…
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Eater LA: Intelligentsia Coffee: Silver Lake First, West Coast Domination Second
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YouTube - Tent cities spring up in LA
Tent cities have sprung up outside Los Angeles as people lose their homes in the mortgage crisis.
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The Zankou Murders: L.A. Magazine tells all
I've often thought there was a book to be done with stories of the big L.A. restaurant crimes: Sarno's, Vitello's...but Mark Arax beat me to it with The Zankou Murders: One Family, Torn Apart in the April Los Angeles Magazine. I started reading it the second I got home from work and didn't look up…
Clicklist: Today Pat drinks more, prays less….
>> How to get your poem published in the Virginia Quarterly Review: Embrace your inner darkness — or your cat. (via kottke) >> A depression diagnosis / treatment flow chart. Is anyone else as fascinated by this as I am? Try finding yourself in the chart. >> About St. Patrick. “When…
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Amelia and Will
“What is it you want to confess to?” The homicide detective sighed into the phone and ran a hand across his weary face. The old man’s voice was frail but kindly. “Well, young man, I killed Amelia Earhart. I don’t suppose that name means anything to you or your…
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Schoolmarms, schooldads, unite!
Can you shoot spitballs in home school? If so, Walter P. Coombs and Ralph E. Shaffer had better watch out, because home schoolers are fuming about their recent Blowback "Regulating home schoolers." Commenters are all over the story — you...
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HBO Sales & Marketing Internal Memo
This HBO internal memo was leaked to me by a source with the acerbic commentary, "Still more moving around the 'job for lifers' as Eric Kessler cements his digital strategy from 1993 -- making HBO.com a portal. Steve Pamon, SVP of Digital Distribution, pointed out the pure stupidity of this idea.…
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On The Road At Vesuvio
On The Road If I had a motherfucking dollar, I told Gregg For every asshole, usually some twenty-something prick, who came into this bar carrying that book Tattered paperbacks, sometimes, all dog-eared and shit They’ll order a beer, usually a Hefeweizen, and sit in one of the corner windows…
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Extra Extra: Time To Celebrate
At Joe's Pizza in Santa Monica | Photo by kristi.nicole via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Dominic Monaghan, or as the world knows him, Charlie from LOST, is having a photography show that's currently on display at Hamilton-Selway Fine Art in West Hollywood. There's lots of nature,…
Lotsa Big Hollywood PR Jobs Available
Get those resumes ready. Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Pictures and, yes, still Paramount and Disney have gaps in their PR folds. The latest to exit is Stacy Ivers, senior VP of media relations who flacked for Marc Schmuger and David Linde for the past 18 months after coming over from…
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Photo Essay: St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival
O'Doul's was not their choice beer today | All Photos by Zach Behrens/LAist It was a beautiful day downtown this afternoon for the St. Patrick's Day Parade and Pershing Square celebration. Because most of the city has a job and today was a Monday, here is what happened, virtual style... …
Tonight In The Benihana Mainroom: The Comic Stylings Of Six-Year-Old Adam Grossman [Short Ends]
newVideoPlayer("hillsix_defamer.flv", 463, 387,""); · If Jonah Hill's movie career doesn't pan out, he can always headline mid-sized Vegas showrooms as Andy Milonakis: Insult Comic. [SNL] · Mischa Barton's next project, the straight-to-video Closing the Ring, features the actress…
So you think you're smarter than McCain?
When it comes to basketball, anyway. The Republican nominee today unveiled a new feature on his website: compare your picks for the 2008 March Madness tournament with his picks. You can even donate your points to the university of your choice so your school can win. Gimmicky? Absolutely. But…
Arnall's Villaraigosa connection
Mark over at LA Biz Observed hopped quickly on the death today of Roland Arnall, founder of subprime loan giant Ameriquest. Arnall has been a...
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No Luck of the Irish in New York
Continuing our ongoing coverage of all things Shamrock Shake, loyal Franklin Avenue reader Keith reports from the East Coast that L.A. has N.Y. beat on another important front:Another reason for you to heart your beloved LA. NY McDonald's don't offer the SHAMROCK SHAKE.Blimey! You've got several…
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February 5 voter turnout: high-ish
A record 9 million Californians voted in the Feb. 5 presidential primary, according to final numbers certified last week. On a percentage basis, turnout was noteworthy, but not record-setting. 57.71% of registered voters cast ballots. That pales in comparison with...
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Shamrock Shake Pong?
Because it's a holiday, we're bringing back the PSA style 4:20 video for you I'm not sure which gets it worse in this video, drunkeness or Shamrock Shakes. Of course, no one never drank a Shamrock Shake and drove into a tree. So maybe they're not so bad. Plus, there are police stings everywhere.…
This St. Patrick's Day, Pray You're Lucky Enough Not To Run Into Rosie O'Donnell [Nightmare Fuel]
We were going to slap together our own St. Patrick's Day e-card for you, but then we stumbled upon the one above from Rosie O'Donnell's Flickr stream. In it, O'Donnell affects her best impression of Peiste, Ireland's fearsome lough monster, who, unlike the relatively benign Nessie, won't hesitate…
Roland Arnall, subprime pioneer, political donor
Top of the Ticket reports that former ambassador Roland Arnall has died at UCLA Medical Center. Arnall's Ameriquest was a leader in subprime mortgage loans and was variously depicted as a predator on low-to-moderate income home buyers and the deliverer...
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LAist Photo Essay: Weekend in Las Vegas
Two weeks ago I headed to Las Vegas for my friend's 21st birthday. There's nothing quite as fun as partying in Sin City while also celebrating a person's rite of passage into adulthood. With a killer hotel discount rate and swimsuits in hand, my friend's and I made the trek to Las Vegas for…
CalPERS bonds with Lockyer
The governing board of CalPERS, the huge state employee retirement system, backed Treasurer Bill Lockyer's plan to get the three big bond-rating agencies to reform the way they rank municipal bonds. That's a big deal; CalPERS's investment portfolio has a...
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