MOLACMA

from The LA Times Art marriage may yield L.A. mega-museum LACMA makes a preliminary offer for taking over MOCA. Eli Broad might need to OK any merger. Eli Broad, who is building a museum across from MOCA, agreed in 2008 to give the downtown Los Angeles institution a...

Bret Easton Ouch V Kathryn Hot-elow

from E! Bret Easton Ellis Rips Kathryn Bigelow in Sexist Rant: Zero Dark Thirty Director Overrated Because She’s “Hot” Joe Kohen/WireImage, Cindy Ord/Getty Images Bret Easton Ellis has never been one to hold back his opinions on Twitter (see: Paris...

The Greatest Hip-Hop Album Ever

from LA Weekly The Making of The Chronic By Ben Westhoff Dr. Dre’s seminal 1992 album, The Chronic, turns 20 next month. Though a sensation upon its release, the raw-but-melodic work’s legend has only grown in the ensuing decades, and today seemingly every...

World’s Greatest Lyricist Gone

from The LA Times Celebrating iconic songwriter Hal David Hal David, who helped pen iconic tunes like “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “(They Long to Be) Close to You” has died. He was 91. By Gerrick D. Kennedy Lyricist Hal David...