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Behind the Scenes at the Sundance Labs
Building a better screenwriter
By ELLA TAYLOR
Two days before the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, all is calm and hushed here in Utah. No, really. While Park City prepares to morph from sleepy ski town into hyper Hollywood annex for the world’s most overcrowded film festival, I’m headed up to the peaceful resort that houses Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and plays… Keep Reading »
Behind the Scenes at the Sundance Labs
Building a better screenwriter
By ELLA TAYLOR
Two days before the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, all is calm and hushed here in Utah. No, really. While Park City prepares to morph from sleepy ski town into hyper Hollywood annex for the world’s most overcrowded film festival, I’m headed up to the peaceful resort that houses Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and plays… Keep Reading »
New Fiction: "Sunday"
Laura Branigan, Old Milwaukee and a tough angle on the eight ball: A short story
By JOE DONNELLY
It started up again. … Keep Reading »
Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine's Way
The director on flying nuns and his Mexican Michael Jackson
By JOSHUAH BEARMAN
It’s been more than a decade since Harmony Korine was the 19-year-old NYU dropout who, so the story goes, turned around the screenplay for Kids in just three weeks. Korine quickly advanced his reputation as a curiously challenging young filmmaker, earning mainstream scorn and selective critical praise for his meandering, difficult profiles in human… Keep Reading »
Is Antonio Lying About Taxes?
The mayor says he allowed a record deficit, not knowing the economy had soured
By D. HEIMPEL
With City Hall this month looking to tax, charge and assess new fees on 4 million residents to make up for the biggest budget debacle in Los Angeles history — $406 million in the red — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is seeking to duck blame by claiming that he had no clue last year that… Keep Reading »
5/8 Nightranger Photos
Campe Freddy brings out the big guns including Lemmy and Check Yo Ponytail's final party … View Slideshow »
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Mecca for the monied can't get a loan, but is likely to get City Council's nod
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By Lina Lecaro
Ed Banging; Ponytail checks out; rock-star mash-up; Lemmy see that
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Not As Seen on TV
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Hispanics and high-speed chases — bad boys, bad boys, or just a bad rap?
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Down and out at Disney Hall and coming soon to a theater near you
LACMA East: "Phantom Sightings" Chronicles the Rise of Post-Chicanoism
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Two collections of erotica feel us up
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By PATRICK RANGE MCDONALD
Opening of West Hollywood's "ridiculously fun" Saturday-night party at the Ultra Suede club
Lakers Beat: Team Dinner
By MICHAEL KRIKORIAN
Crowd at Mozza saw the Lakers squad gather in a private dining room to study the Jazz-Rockets game over pizza. Guess who paid?
Pucker Up
The New Wave of Trans Cinema
By Tristan Taormino
I spent my weekend watching transpeople fuck on film. A lot. OK, a lot…
I Also Want to Irresponsibly Report on Kid Icarus Wii
Fri, May 9, 4:14 pm
Here's the timeline:1989—Nintendo releases Kid Icarus, which is awesome.1990-2007—Nothing.2008, Yesterday—IGN's Matt Casamassina says he's "really looking forward to Kid Icarus Wii" on an IGN podcast.So […]
Fan Fiction Friday: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawn in "TeenHook"
Fri, May 9, 3:08 pm
If Sagat's impossibly toned butt doesn't strike your fancy, I'm today's Fan Fiction will. It's an epic tale of Buffy, that indomitable vampire slayer, and […]
Savage Love
Kiss Me Undeadly
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Safe sex, safer bondages and readers' comments on the "campsite rule"
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Old-school indie rock drawn from the venerable spring of Pavement, the Pixies, Archers of Loaf
Cute Overload!
By Gendy Alimurung
Kittens, puppies, ducks and all sorts of Awww...-inducing critters
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What to do in Los Angeles this week
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Movie Reviews: The Fall, I for India, Mister Lonely
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Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film
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Music
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Hot Week for Latin Lovers
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Latin Jazz Festival 2008 at the Greek, plus spicy fare at Catalina, Jazz Bakery
LA Vida
Primetime Pilot Panic: Even Hotter Info
Fri, May 9, 11:16 am
To date my April 24th "Hot List" of primetime pilots is holding up. But one alarming trend I'm seeing is that Big Media is demonstrating even more reluctance than usual to develop pilots their studios and networks don't own. This is yet one more reason so many primetime scripted series fail. Here are my updates:ABC COMEDIESThe fact [...]
2008 Cannes Film Festival Events Sked...
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By JOE DONNELLY
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Is City Hall corrupt, or just inept?
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