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BAHRAIN: First all-girl rock band fights taboos, dreams to jam in public
It's their biggest dream to perform live in concert but they doubt Bahrain is ready for two girls jamming and playing rock and heavy metal on stage. So at night, 30-year-old "Emz" and 23-year-old...
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Rob Reiner on Warners exec succession plan: 'What a boneheaded move'
Rob Reiner has got to be enjoying life. His new film, "Flipped," which opened today in selected cities, has earned the director some of his best reviews in years, with my colleague Betsy Sharkey saying...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: BP starts last leg of relief well [Updated]
BP resumed work Friday on the drilling operation meant to spell the ultimate end of its notorious gulf well as it continued to scale back its massive cleanup operation. “We’re far from finished,” said...
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Pacific Time podcast: Developments in Bell saga, the story behind Project 50,...
The salary scandal in Bell continues to unfold. This week, The Times revealed that allegations of election fraud have been raised about the election that made the runaway salaries in the city...
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Traveling in style
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a story about hotels collaborating with fashion designers on exclusive products. And now I hear about a new example right in our back yard. Coinciding with the opening of...
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Google acquires social games and apps maker Slide
Google made another play for the social networking space Friday with its acquisition of Slide, which makes games, applications and widgets for websites such as Facebook and MySpace. The San Francisco...
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L.A. gallery opens a door to 'The New American Porch'
Architect Davida Rochlin only started to think about the new American porch after devoting much of her life to pondering the old American porch. She spent her childhood in a Craftsman house that had...
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Glenn Goldman's books, up for auction
They all came to Book Soup -- writers Martin Amis, Hunter S. Thompson and John Updike, former President Bill Clinton, artists Ed Ruscha, Helmut Newton and Andy Warhol. At the West Hollywood bookstore,...
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Tommy Hilfiger celebrates 25 years of style, five decades (plus) of life with...
Tommy Hilfiger is celebrating its 25th anniversary in fashion (yeah, I’m feeling kinda old too) by producing 1,000 handmade, limited-edition books. Presented in a linen box (perfect to accessorize any...
View ArticleSam Fuller at LACMA: Have a wild weekend with Hollywood's orginal bad-boy...
If you want to see a film that might be a tad more demanding than Will Ferrell's "The Other Guys" this weekend, head over to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is showing a host of great films...
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Pisgah Village, feeding the spirit in Highland Park
Pisgah Village in the Highland Park neighborhood of northeast L.A. has won Governor's Historic Preservation and L.A. Conservancy awards since the renovation of the Craftsman-style compound -- more...
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Pokemon champs worldwide will catch 'em all in Hawaii
Following up on the "monumental battles" of last year's Pokemon World Championships in San Diego, Jevon Phillips gives us this piece about the competitions taking place next weekend. Hawaii will soon...
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Mexico Supreme Court upholds gay marriage law
Mexico's Supreme Court has upheld a landmark law permitting same-sex marriages in Mexico City, rejecting the conservative federal government's claim that the law is unconstitutional because it...
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LEBANON: Government considers suspending BlackBerry services over security...
Lebanon could be the next country in the Middle East to suspend certain BlackBerry smart phone services over security concerns if the government cannot reach a compromise with the Canada-based...
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105-year old Dawson's Book Shop begins clearance sale
Dawson's Book Shop, founded in 1905 by Ernest Dawson, begins clearing its stock when it opens at 10 a.m. today. For the next two weeks, more than 3,000 collectible books will be marked down as much as...
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Scholar Tony Judt has died
Tony Judt, a leading thinker, scholar and writer, died in New York on Friday from complications due to ALS. Judt had described the illness -- the slow and irreversible neurological disorder also known...
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The Last Tour of Endor party will send off Disney's Star Tours in style
Nothing is quite so sad as the tears of an Ewok, but they won't last long as Disney Parks' Star Tours attraction in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., prepares to be rebuilt for 2011. Before that happens,...
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