We were all shocked last year when it was announced Chris Rock was hosting the Oscars. But Rock was, after all, a show-biz vet who'd already... More >>

Bombay Dreams bombed in New York; critics panned the musical as a sensory overload that blurred into monochromatic dullness. But that was New... More >>

"We have no negative contact with the Sinners whatsoever," says Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino—which, 30 years... More >>

Art has a new home in downtown Santa Ana—well, actually, it's Koo's founder Dennis Lluy's home, but art can use it as long as it stays out... More >>

Sandow Birk’s name gets dropped a lot in Southern California. People want to be around one of those guys for whom everything seems to come... More >>

On Feb. 4, while the beautiful people oohed and ahhed at the Santa Ana Artists Village during its monthly open house, the actual Santaneros... More >>

Get used to it: Ethan Stiefel will soon be everywhere. He's Ballet Pacifica's new artistic director—moving to Orange County this... More >>

"Raped" is a word that photographer Scott Mc Kiernan uses several times to describe his new show, "Stripped": 12 images of abandoned,... More >>

I've always read Edgar Allan Poe with unabashed envy, his chilling words so slippery in my mouth that I think of silverfish. His opening to "The... More >>

So nice to see a familiar face: the original and a-bit-famous skullphone—so named because it is a big black-and-white poster of a skull... More >>