Entertainment
When talent and influence aren’t enough
Everyday Sunshine tells the sometimes tragic, often-funny story of Fishbone, a band from Los Angeles that influenced many, yet never found a way to mainstream success...
Snapshots from the rum haze
Johnny Depp was a pal of the late Hunter S. Thompson, and the frustrating but thickly atmospheric film version of Thompson’s early novel The Rum Diary finds Depp and writer/director Bruce Robinson paying tribute to the author, freelance gonzo journalist, career ...
Unnecessary 3-D
Comic effrontery is the Bic that lights the bong in the Harold & Kumar movies, but willfully strained outrageousness can turn sour like that. For a definition of “that,” there’s A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the weakest of the three. Here, the boy-men — now ...
Portal hopping and pierogies
David Sugalski ventures to distant galaxies and inner headspaces as The Polish Ambassador, a lone emissary on a noble and funky mission through the cosmos to spread electro party vibes to every corner of the universe...
Tragic trajectory
UPDATE: Tonight's Ra Ra Riot show has been cancelled. Click the link for more info...
Clint Eastwood, Leonard DiCaprio talk about making ‘J. Edgar’
LOS ANGELES — For nearly five decades, J. Edgar...
Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson case
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s personal physician...
‘Sons of Anarchy’ gives L.A. a dose of mayhem
LOS ANGELES — A group of Irish mobsters pulled up in...
All for none
The Alexandre Dumas book The Three Musketeers still offers a thrilling adventure with the coming-of-age tale of D’Artagnan leaving home to join up with the fabled Musketeers, acting in the service of King Louis XIII against the evil Cardinal Richelieu. Sword fights, ...
