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Anna Wintour Has Some Very Awesome Travel Habits

Brian Moylan · 10/20/11 01:14PM

The second worst part of flying (after having to take your shoes off at security) is that everyone dresses like slobs. Not Vogue scarecrow-in-chief Anna Wintour. She changed twice for a six-hour flight from New York to L.A. yesterday and even got special treatment at the airport.

'Mike Hunt' a No-Show at LA City Council Meeting

Lauri Apple · 09/28/11 06:04AM

Hey, has anyone seen Mike Hunt? He signed up to comment at yesterday's Los Angeles City Council meeting, but when a councilmember summoned him to speak, nobody responded. Maybe he was out getting sandwiches with his BFs Mike Hawk and Mike Rotch?

Michael Jackson Death Photo Debuts

Maureen O'Connor · 09/27/11 01:40PM

A terrible bottom-feeding tabloid called the Los Angeles District Attorney published a picture of Michael Jackson dead on a gurney today, in a gossip rag called The Prosecution's Opening Statements Against Dr. Conrad Murray. You can see it here.

Obama Heckled by Jesus' Agent

Seth Abramovitch · 09/27/11 01:20AM

Here's some unsettling footage of Barack Obama addressing a group of supporters at the House of Blues on L.A.'s Sunset Strip on Monday night. During the president's remarks, an unseen man approaches the stage, and proceeds to shout at the top of his lungs...

L.A. Firefighters Have a Porn Scandal to Call Their Own

Seth Abramovitch · 09/23/11 12:31AM

Back in April, we brought you the story of two L.A. traffic cops caught participating in a guerrilla porn production, "spanking and fondling" an adult actress who approached them in the street. Now it's the LA Fire Department's turn, as an investigation gets underway into allegations that firefighters lent their fire engine to two porn shoots, both of which are available to watch at your leisure on "one of the world's biggest porn websites."

LA Deputy Makes Scary Canyon Rescue Look Easy

Lauri Apple · 09/18/11 09:25PM

If you're acrophobic, then this video of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy being lowered out of an airborne helicopter by a thin cable to rescue some canyon climbers trapped on a cliff side will probably freak you out a bit. But rest assured, there's a happy (if somewhat incomplete) ending!

SpongeBob SquarePants Detained by LAPD

Seth Abramovitch · 09/15/11 02:15AM

There have always been a few particularly bad apples amongst the never-ending parade of costumed ne'er-do-wells that loiter outside Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Past arrests have included that of a rampaging Chewbacca and a Spider-Man gone berserk. Now to those unseemly ranks we add yet another, for SpongeBob SquarePants was "questioned but not arrested" by LAPD officers on Tuesday after a "brief incident with two females."

Reese Witherspoon Hit by Car, Sustains 'Minor Injuries'

Max Read · 09/07/11 09:46PM

Reese Witherspoon is recovering from "minor injuries" after being hit by a car in Santa Monica. The driver was the elephant from Water for Elephants. Kidding! It was an 84-year-old woman who was cited for failure to yield. [KTLA]

Rapper and Compton Sheriff Squash Twitter Beef

Jeff Neumann · 08/18/11 04:36AM

Last Friday, not so great rapper The Game tweeted a phone number that his followers should call about getting a music internship. The number was the Compton Sheriff's office, which was unsurprisingly bombarded with calls. After a little more shittalking, The Game decided to apologize on CNN: "My sincerest apologies to the Sheriff's Department.... It was a joke gone wrong." He then blamed the "mishap" on a friend and the L.A. County Sheriff's Department accepted. Oh God, is it still August?

Aspiring Screenwriter's Screenplay Literally Blows Up

Adrian Chen · 08/12/11 04:54PM

An aspiring screenwriter put his script and laptop in a briefcase and dropped it off at an agent's office in Los Angeles. But the police thought it was a bomb and blew it up. If his script were half as good as this news story, he might have had a chance.

Filmmaker Documenting History of LA's Toilet-Paper Brotherhood

Lauri Apple · 08/07/11 12:41PM

Back in 1979, long before all teenage pranks became felonies, a red-haired Los Angeles high schooler and three of his friends formed a dedicated group of surreptitious home toilet-paperers. Thirty-two years later, this group still exists! And now an ex-member's trying to make a documentary about it.

Chris Colfer's Modest Song Shack

Richard Lawson · 08/03/11 06:10PM

Golden Globe Award-winning gay angel Chris Colfer, who beams beatifically as Kurt on Glee, has purchased himself his own little home in Laurel Canyon. Look how cute and unattractive it is!