by | May 11, 2013 | Literary News
from The Bold Italic The first time I went to a strip club, I was so nervous I spiked my morning coffee with a pour of Baileys. I was anxious because I didn’t know what to expect: Would the clientele be trench-coat-wearing men with slack jaws and red eyes? Would the...
by | May 10, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The New York Times Recognition Grows for Poets of Streets, Main or Otherwise By NORIMITSU ONISHI Jim Wilson/The New York Times FRESNO, Calif. — This city has long been an object of ridicule. Even seemingly innocuous details like the flatness of the land,...
by | May 9, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from SPIN Skrillex Is Building a Warhol-Inspired Bass Factory in Los Angeles’ Chinatown by Philip Sherburne 11,000-square-foot OWSLA nest will give “in-the-box” producers their wings After living in hotels for the past decade, Skrillex seems to be...
by | May 8, 2013 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from USA Today Hollywood effects wizard Ray Harryhausen dies at 92 The legendary filmmaker was best known for using stop-motion model animation in movies such as ‘Jason and the Argonauts’ and ‘Clash of the Titans.’ Way before movies like Star...
by | May 7, 2013 | Culture Music Art
from KSWT Newsman and “Rocky III” and “Scarface” actor dies LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as “Rocky III” has died. Mario Machado was 78. KCBS-TV...