Don’t bring up Midas,” chides Sir Cameron Mackintosh with a twinkle in his eye, sipping from a cup of tea at the Beverly Hills Hotel. We know what happened to Mi
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Nipples are always at risk of attack when the drinks start flowing. Add corsets, lasers and Biz Markie and you've got one hell of a weekend. CuriousJosh brings y
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A quick update on the Joe Pytka front. Bastide, which the restaurateur is in the process of re-opening after a year-long hiatus, is set to open December 1st, accordi
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It was cool to hear City Councilman Dennis Zine on news radio this morning discounting the benefit of the purported $4 million tourist-and-shopping stimulus brought
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What's not to like about Tearist's Yasmine Kittles? She's badass, looks like the lovechild of “Rehab”-era Amy Winehouse and Polly Jean Harvey
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Steve Ellison, a.k.a. Flying Lotus, has been in a giving mood of late. Of course, we shouldn't be surprised considering the man just made a cool grand (plus), se
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The political will just isn't there on the part of the City Council to deal with the out-of-control pot dispensary business in Los Angeles. That much was clear t
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The vast Condé Nast recipe database Epicurious.com is a phenomenal resource for both home and professional cooks, kind of like The Beatles catalog for food people.
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Euripides’ The Trojan Women, the most famous in a trilogy of dramas written about the Trojan War, features the saga of the Trojan horse — the famous trick played
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Given his preference for static, symmetrical, scrupulously color-coordinated and art-directed compositions, it’s less surprising that Wes Anderson has gotten aroun
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A Los Angeles Times/USC poll over the weekend stated that California Democrats are not happy with having only one major gubernatorial candidate, Jerry Brown, who has
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L.A. Weekly's 2007 “Queen of the Angels” Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space i
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