GoGo Yubari Goes Pop Princess

from LA Weekly Kill Bill’s Schoolgirl Assassin Launches Singing Career By Liz Ohanesian Japanese Actress Chiaki Kuriyama, perhaps best known to the U.S. audience as killer schoolgirl Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill, is preparing to launch a new career as a pop singer....

New York Times Applauds Depression

from The NY Times Depression’s Upside Ben Weeks By JONAH LEHRER The Victorians had many names for depression, and Charles Darwin used them all. There were his “fits” brought on by “excitements,” “flurries” leading to an “uncomfortable palpitation of the heart” and...

Roast pork tenderloin with mustard vinaigrette

from The Los Angeles Times Roast pork tenderloin and asparagus with mustard vinaigrette. (Chicago Tribune/Bill Hogan) Ingredients: 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 pork tenderloin, about 1 1/4 pounds 1/2 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper 1 pound...

Art By The Freeway

from The Los Angeles Times Art is the message on these billboards The works by several visual artists will appear in an area bounded by the 405 freeway and downtown L.A. James Welling, the creator of the blue diagonal piece billboard is a professor at UCLA. His art...