by | Jan 22, 2018 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
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...
by | Nov 14, 2017 | Los Angeles, Mirth
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...
by | Oct 2, 2017 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
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...
by | Sep 14, 2017 | Los Angeles
from KCET The 5, the 101, the 405: Why Southern Californians Love Saying ‘the’ Before Freeway Numbers by Nathan Masters This 1939 plan, developed by the city of Los Angeles, refers to its proposed freeways by name rather than number. Priority parkways are...
by | Aug 16, 2017 | Los Angeles, Weirdness
from The Los Angeles Times Should the LAPD use drones? Here’s what’s behind the heated debate by Kate Mather For more than three years, a pair of drones donated to the Los Angeles Police Department was locked away, collecting dust after a public outcry...
by | Aug 4, 2017 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The Hollywood Reporter The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne’s Real Identity Is Finally Solved by Gary Baum Scott McKiernan/ZUMA Press/Newscom Way before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, the enigmatic blonde bombshell was famous for being famous,...
