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Jet And Jackie Nudge Out Judd On Friday
FRIDAY PM: I've been given some very early weekend estimates based on Friday's numbers. The No. 1 movie is Lionsgate/The Weinstein Co's The Forbidden Kingdom, pairing martial arts movie stars Jet Li and Jackie Chan for the first time, looks like it's close to $20 million after opening to $7M…
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Pellicano Trial Testimony: Ex-FBI Agent Believes Ovitz Behind Anita Busch Threat
Today the retired FBI agent who led the Pellicano investigation testified that he believed Ovitz's hiring of the Hollywood private-eye led to that June 2002 fish-rose-&-note warning left on Anita Busch's Audi. But Stan Ornellas stopped short of saying Ovitz specifically ordered the June…
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Harvey Levin & his TMZ bumboys pile on a woman
We’d promised to get back to you on the issue of “the insidious and foul… smell of feet, freed of socks, being licked”... over at the already-smelly corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com. The feet being licked, of course, belong to the powerful Hollywood establishment, while the…
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The Red Sox jersey drama draws to a fitting close
Remember that Red Sox jersey that a construction worker — who also happened to be a Sox fan — dropped into the wet concrete of the New York Yankees' fresh, new stadium? And how the Yankees spent a cool fifty...
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Rumble in the jungle: Amazon pollution lawsuit leaves L.A. for Peru
Tomas Maynas, an elder of the Achuar tribe in the Peruvian Amazon cut a powerful figure on his recent visit to Los Angeles. As the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit he and other members of his tribe filed against Occidental...
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Making Conversation [The Clip Show]
If you find yourself desperately in need of conversation topics at any point over the weekend, we'd like to suggest that you print out this handy dandy cheat sheet on a sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper, laminate it and carry it with you in your back pocket, purse or both (if that's how you roll). It will…
Hillary Slams the Democratic Activists
One of the genuine joys of the crazed, often incredibly petty and seemingly unending election season has been seeing the enormous voter turn-out—at both ends of the age spectrum. People turned off to politics since the Vietnam era now feel energized. College students and 20-somethings…
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Silver Lake : SILVER LAKE ARCHITECTURE
Wow, there's tons more here!
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Extra, Extra: Tip Your Waitress
Photo by _ROXANNE_ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr After heisting a rental car that was just about to be rented out, a woman led police on a wild three-county tour of SoCal which ended with her being put out by a spike strip. The chase began in Anaheim and ended near Camp…
SAG And AMPTP Will Negotiate On Saturday
Los Angeles, Apr. 18, 2008 -- The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and Screen Actors Guild have adjourned their Friday session and will meet again on Saturday. We have no further comment.
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Pesto (Dozens of Books, The Remix)
“Did you get the Chester Himes book I left for you at the front desk, Trace?” Trace grumbled into the receiver. “Why do you always drop them off at the hotel desk? Another missed opportunity for us to hook up. We don’t see each other often enough as it is, Amy.”…
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Teri Hatcher Sports A Pink Bandana While In Search Of A Jukebox [Hollywood PrivacyWatch]
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week (depending on volume), so send them in early and often—without them, the terrorists will have won! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject…
James Caan and Jake Gyllenhaal Not Responding So Well To The David O. Russell Touch [Acting Out]
James Caan and Jake Gyllenhaal are the latest casualties of David O. Russell's tastefully hands-on directing style, which this week resulted in the Caan's departure from and Gyllenhaal's apparent whimpering around the set of Russell's latest film, Nailed. As reported today, Caan walked out after…
Javier Bardem's Next Role To Turn Your Milk Chocolatey [Marshmallow Bits]
This pairing of actor and sugar-coated-horror material isn't yet on any studio production slate (it's rather the brainchild of a rogue Photoshopper answering Cracked.com's call for ill-conceived movie monsters), but that doesn't mean the idea is entirely without its merits. For once every comic…
Just Sayin'
Photo by 4x4JeepChick via Flickr Here's some food for thought. Last Fall, TreePeople founder Andy Lipkis told a group at a Farmlab Salon that "the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) sent a request to the Governor and President to declare a state of emergency regarding the…
LAPD union backs changes to Special Order 40
and some more tidbits this afternoon....... Councilman Dennis Zine caused an uproar among immigrant rights groups when he proposed changes to Special Order 40, a 1979 rule that prohibits cops from asking about immigration status. He believes police should be... and some more tidbits this…
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Nunez calls for halt on immigration raids
A week after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked the federal government to review its immigration policy, 23 state legislatures including Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez sent a terse letter to Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff calling upon him to stop workplace raids... A week after…
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Justice for Drifter?
TUJUNGA - A 17-year-old gang member was arrested in the fatal drive-by shooting of a rival gang member, police said this morning. Police believe Andre Vallian was one of several gang members involved in the Dec. 9 shooting of Ronald... TUJUNGA - A 17-year-old gang member was arrested in…
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Cops make arrest in brutal Sunland stabbing*******
Police arrested a 27-year-old construction worker in connection with the attempted killing of another worker in Tujunga last week. Detectives suspect Jesse William Overstreet and another man invited the victim over to a Tujunga residence, where they stabbed him more... Police arrested a…
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Afternoon update
As you could have probably guessed by the lack of entries, Jason is off for a couple of days. I have been stuck in a two hour police commission meeting where the LAPD unveiled - after more than two years... As you could have probably guessed by the lack of entries, Jason is off for a…
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I'm off to Berkeley for the week
So I'm off the rest of this week to attend a training fellowship on digital media at UC Berkeley and I will leave the Mean Streets blog in the capable hands of my collgeauges in crime, Rachel and Brandon. Enjoy... So I'm off the rest of this week to attend a training fellowship on digital…
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Deputies probe death of 13-year-old boy
A kid was shot out Ventura County way... From Captain Ross Bonfiglio: It was reported in the 1100 Block of East Collins Street in El Rio yesterday at 4:23 p.m. A 13-year-old boy was shot in the head at a... A kid was shot out Ventura County way... From Captain Ross Bonfiglio: It was…
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Terror on the streets; cops to report suspicious terror activity
The new head of the LAPD's counter-terrorism has a cost-efficient plan to have police fill out forms if they see potential terroris-related activity, a method that could be replicated nationwide, cbs2.com. Commander Joan T. McNamara revised the investigative report that... The new head of…
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Human wreckage, gumshoe sleuthing; Historic LAPD photos
A walk through history as told through LAPD photographs ... The Los Angeles Police Department has embarked on an ambitious plan to catalog and preserve nearly one million photographic negatives accumulated during decades of police service in the city of... A walk through history as told…
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Crime headlines from over the weekend
Good morning. Welcome back to Mean Streets. Here are some crime headlines from over the weekend ... With the death of her 18-year-old son still a vivid memory, Martha Torres released a balloon with his name on it Sunday to... Good morning. Welcome back to Mean Streets. Here are some crime…
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on LAist. The 2009 Toyota Corolla, which encourages you to "Live the Dream for Less Coin." Busted Tees, which introduces three new designs a week. If you're interested in advertising on LAist or any other site in our network,…
Keshia Knight Pulliam Lands Coveted Role of 'Imprisoned Hooker' Opposite Tyler Perry [Ho My Goodness]
We were not among the critics who recently took offense to Tyler Perry's frocked-out "minstrelsy" antics in Meet the Browns, but we are more than a little beside ourselves with today's news that Perry has cast Keshia Knight Pulliam — best known as the youngest Huxtable child, Rudy, on The…
Pellicano Trial Testimony: FBI Agent Thinks Ovitz Behind Anita Busch Threat
Coming...
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Donny Osmond Convinced Lesbians Can Rear Not Entirely Abnormal Children [Dirt Sandwich]
newVideoPlayer("ds10a_defamer.flv", 463, 387,""); It's time once again for Dirt Sandwich, the brain-smoothing snack that simulates the experience of Being Pat O'Brien—if only for a few fleeting minutes, before dumping you out unceremoniously somewhere near the Nevada Turnpike. This week's…
Deborah Norville As Titillated As You Are By Sight Of Heather Locklear In A Bikini [Dirt Sandwich]
newVideoPlayer("ds10a_defamer.flv", 463, 387,""); It's time once again for Dirt Sandwich, the brain-smoothing snack that simulates the experience of Being Pat O'Brien—if only for a few fleeting minutes, before dumping you out unceremoniously somewhere near the Nevada Turnpike. This week's…
TV Junkie: Weekend Edition
Hey "Gossip Girl" fans, The CW is pulling the show off of its website because too many of you are choosing to watch it online vs. TV (where its ratings are slumping). So, I get it, restrict the viewing of the content and everything will get better. What do you want to bet that this won't fix…
Coachella: Does that Tent Come with a Blowjob?
Well, ain't we swank? This year, in additional to their usual on-site campground, Coachella is offering fancy-shmancy "On Site Lodging." You still can't bring in your own beer, but at least they sell it there. With On Site lodging, your tent (along with air beds, new sleeping bags and…
Katherine Heigl Hopes To Replace Smoking With Exercise [A Call To The Bullpen]
boomp3.com The embattled 27 Dresses star has been looking to change her public persona from a chain-smoking emasculator (who occasionally gorges on the sweets) to the bright and smiley persona she so frequently portrays on television and in the movies. Heigl's first step is to start practicing…
California Coastal Records Project -- Aerial Photographs of the California Coastline
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Public Art in Los Angeles and Southern California/Cultural Los Angeles
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NFL Quarterbacks, Halfbacks, Fullbacks for LA? Sure -- Just Not on Taxpayers' Backs
Ed Roski Jr. has reportedly said he can't imagine his grandchildren growing up without a local NFL team to cheer for. My grandfather just made sure I had a bicycle. Gee, I don't know how old Roski's grandchildren are, but...
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Does Heidi Montag Read the L.A. Times?
Not even the LAT is safe from evil Heidi Montag. We can't say for sure that all 168 (at this writing) "thumbs down" reviews for Audrina Patridge's post on the Times' new site, The Guide, came from her Hills co-star, but who else in the world has the time -- and cares enough -- to "boo," Audrina's…
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Lisa Kudrow's New Friends
Our spies watched Lisa Kudrow perform with The Groundlings last night, reporting that "she brought down the house when she returned to her old stomping grounds." It bears noting here that our "spies" write press releases for a living. "As one of the games was being explained, she played dumb:…
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Weekend Movie Guide: Another Apatow disappointment?
Fat man in a little coat | Photo courtesy of Universal Ordinarily, I'm completely disinterested in the box office performance of a movie. Sure, my innate sense of justice leads me to wish that good films will do well and bad films poorly, but I never check Boxofficemojo over the weekend to…
Your Weekend To Do's [To Do]
FRIDAY · It's Friday. Go grab a root beer or two and enjoy Ghostland Observatory at the Henry Fonda, Helmet at the Key Club or The Sword at the El Rey. · Zombie Strippers at the Nuart. Mind = blown. · Alex P. Keaton doppelganger Dana Vachon presents Mergers + Acquisitions at…
Emerald City: $4.09 a gallon
Latest from Emerald City, my enviro-blog at LAtimes.com >> Regular gas at $4.09 a gallon in Sherman Oaks. Drivers — How long will you keep doing this this to yourselves? >> ‘Summer Holiday’ from Gas Tax a Bad Idea. Damien Newton, who blogs at Streetsblog LA, writes a guest…
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Lewis Bailey's grandson has a name & new pix!
We told you this morning that legendary videographer, Country Western music authority and Tabloid Baby pal Lewis Bailey has gone and become a granddaddy for the first time (and his better half Gail has become a grandma!). Proud Lewis sends us more photos of the latest tabloid baby... and…
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