Thank god it’s NOT Black Friday again! Celebrate not shopping by club hopping instead this weekend! From fashion fetes to raves to Latin music jams to draggy song and dance, Los Angeles has fun and festive haps to keep you happy all weekend long. Recs by Lina Lecaro and Melynda Choosthesa. Friday, November 30th: CHAMBERS [...]

Al Pacino has given some stellar performances throughout his career, but it’s the cocky intensity of Tony Montana in 1983′s Scarface that will surely be his defining role in film history. Pacino’s zeal, even when he’s uttering somewhat ridiculous dialog (“Say hello to my little friend!”) and Brian Depalma’s unrestrained direction saves this lurid gangster [...]

You don’t have to be boozer or a writer to like Hemingway’s, but it kinda helps. Since the day it opened, we gravitated to the cozy cocktail lounge inspired by the great novelist. From varied entertainment such as burlesque, live jams (we saw Macy Gray here once; see photo) and party promoters, to its somewhat [...]

Christmas and the hectic holidays are here, but before we immerse ourselves in the seasonal social swirl, we’ll be taking a look back at all the fun we had this past Fall. Look for “Flashin” photo galleries (like this one) and “Hollywood Swingin” scene report wrap-ups all this week! Here, our party gal/style correspondant, Couture [...]

As years pass, the holiday season seems to be less about giving thanks and more about getting things. If we’re not all clicking through Cyber Monday deals, we’re flipping through newspaper leaflets for the best Black Friday deals. In the chaos and commercialism that envelops this time of year, a glimmer of altruism has come [...]

The Hollywood Christmas Parade, formerly called the “Hollywood Santa Parade” or “Santa Claus Lane Parade,” has long been a Hollywood tradition around Thanksgiving weekend. Last night, it once again kicked off the season with sparkling lights, floats and stars of the big and small screen. If you missed it, it will be aired soon on [...]

For those of you who managed to make it through Black Friday shopping without completely maxing out your credit card(s), prepare for yet another onslaught of discounted designer duds to bleed you dry and bring you back to your ramen noodle diet of yesteryear. With the annual horror stories of endless lines and vicious shoppers, [...]

Independently-owned businesses aren’t always the cheapest, but there’s an attention to detail and personal approach that no corporate mega-store can match. In general, we all tend to frequent indie-owned shops in our own neighborhoods, and that’s great. But today, we suggest exploring other areas throughout the city. Small Business Day, is, if we’re honest as [...]

Black Friday morning has passed and even though you told yourself you were NOT going to participate in the consumerist chaos of this faux holiday, you’re feeling the itch a bit. You really don’t want to wait til the last minute to shop for your friends like you always do, and well, it would be [...]

There’s a reason why A Club Called Rhonda continues to top  party people’s going out lists. The music and DJ line-ups at this dance club are always stellar for one, but it’s the energy that fills the room (whatever room Rhonda chooses to inhabit, and we’ve covered many over the years) that makes it unlike [...]