Les secrets du Chateau

from Vanity Fair Secrets of the Chateau Marmont As the ultimate movie-colony clubhouse turns 90, Mark Rozzo prowls among the bungalows and crannies off Sunset Boulevard where mega-stars and ne’er-do-wells, from Garbo and Harlow to Lindsay and Britney, have whiled away...

Sunset

from The New York Times Where the Real Los Angeles Meets the Dream On Sunset Boulevard, two Californias — the lived place and the one seen on screen — run parallel for 22 snaking miles. Photographs by Jake Michaels / Text by Steven Kurutz / Produced by Eve Lyons Like...

Crazy College Kids From The Past

from The LA Times In an era of USC-UCLA pranks, one stood out. Sixty years later, its mystery is solved by Zach Helfand From left to right: Dave Visel, Mike Loshin, Wally Karabian, Jerry VanWert and Steve Marienhoff. (Photo courtesy of Maria Aparicio) A septuagenarian...

Paglia on Hefner

from The Hollywood Reporter Camille Paglia on Hugh Hefner’s Legacy, Trump’s Masculinity and Feminism’s Sex Phobia by Jeanie Pyun With the death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner on Sept. 27, cultural historian and contrarian feminist Camille Paglia...