Subject: Arrested Development

• Arresting Arrested Development non-developments

  Mitch Hurwitz, the pride of Estancia High who created the fab but now sadly departed Arrested Development, which had been the best show set in Orange County until that reality knock-off Coto de Desperate Housewives came out, tells Entertainment Weekly that wrestling and an animated Saturday morning cartoon called Arrested Development Babies may be in his future. He's kidding about at least one of those. There is one telling quote, though. Hurwtiz tells the interviewer that it was not Fox pulli

  April 4, 2006

• Real Reason Why UCLA Lost!

  Much ink and megabytes has been and will be spilled regarding UCLA's embarrassing loss in the Final Four yesterday, but no one has yet discussed the "Final Countdown" curse. Before tipoff, the UCLA band played a brass version of the 1986 glam rocker immortalized by GOB Bluth in greatest-show-about-OC Arrested Development (see below for a great SpongeBob Squarepants version). The last time couple of times I've seen a sports team play this song before the game, they've lost. Why oh why, UCLA did

  April 6, 2008

• Sandra Hutchens' First Action as OC Sheriff Should Be...

  ...Getting her boys and girls in green off Segways. Yesterday, as I was waiting for someone to pick me up from John Wayne Airport, I saw a sheriff's deputy traipsing around in a Segway, those overhyped, useless monstrosities of technology. If I see a deputy walking around, I respect their authority. In a car, I run; in a helicopter, I hide. When they're on horseback, I stare at their beautiful equine; on bike, I might snicker. But when I saw the deputy last night, I did the only logical thing:

  June 13, 2008

• The Mother of All Movie Curses?

  As you no doubt have heard by now, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a car accident today. As you probably heard from Mark McGrath by now, Freeman's accident is now being lumped in with a supposed “Curse of The Dark Knight,” a spate of recent tragedies suffered by others involved in the production of the monster hit Batman movie that still reigns as No. 1 at the box office. For those keeping score at home, special effects technician Conway Wickliffe died while wor

  August 4, 2008

• To Do Tonight 8/6

  PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS, 8:30 p.m. I miss Arrested Development. Sigh. Laguna Beach Festival of Arts 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach CA 92651 949-494-1145 COMIX ART, until 9 p.m. Featuring the work of R. Crumb, Bob Kane, Will Koffman, Jack Kirby, Rick Griffin and more! WORLD GALLERY OF FINE ART 1980 Placentia Ave. Costa Mesa CA 92628 949-646-6612 SUGARLIGHT GIRLS, 9 p.m. Sweet 'n Low Sisters Alex's Bar 2913 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach CA 90804 562-434-8292 2 FOR 1 DAY, every Wednesday San Juan

  August 6, 2008

• Even Our Sister Paper Thinks Orange County Is Lame

  I'm not naive--I knew before coming here that Orange County didn't have the best reputation among outsiders (too conservative, not hip enough, not enough to do, etc.). I didn't think it was a big deal; where I come from doesn't exactly have the most street cred, either, and I've really enjoyed my time here thus far and find the stereotypes to be largely untrue. But the negative perception persists, even among one of our Village Voice Media sister papers, the SF Weekly, who had this to say last w

  January 21, 2009

• Nixon, Watchmen, Queerty, Archie Bunker and Tobias Funke

  Frost/Nixon may have gotten skunked at the Oscars, but it did win "Best Picture for Grown-ups" in AARP the Magazine's awards for movies those over 50 enjoy. Otherwise, the media's fixation with Opie's flick is waning, but not with Richard Nixon himself, who is rolled into the plot line of a movie that will likely be seen by many more people (especially if they are under 50), Watchmen. It's 1985 and Watergate never happened. Richard Nixon is still U.S. president, having

  March 4, 2009

• Welcome to the Poorhouse: Relief Agencies Need Relief

  A big hole is ripping through the safety net, according to the Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations that today released results of a countywide study that found 58 percent of responding nonprofits are facing declining revenues in 2009 and more than 66 percent are seeing a greater demand for services. "It's a perfect storm," says Michael Ruane, Children and Families Commission of Orange County executive director, of the study's conclusions. "Reduced donations, increa

  March 12, 2009

• The Newly Dumbed-Down 'DayBreak OC' Is the Funniest OC-Centered Sitcom Since 'Arrested Development'

  October 2, 2008

• [Trendzilla] 'Gossip Girl' Prep-School Chic

  September 18, 2008

• Boston Transplants Audible Mainframe Are Carving a Niche for Live Hip-Hop in OC/LBC

  July 3, 2008

• Blue-Doo

  January 10, 2008

• Star 69The Shark ClubEvery Saturday

  September 2, 1999

• A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

  August 11, 2005

• Candid Cameras

  July 20, 2006

• Soul Contrarians

  Liqdzunshine ain't your father's hip-hop crew, but they may be your mother's

  April 19, 2007

• Like Pigs to Slaughter

  Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good in Wild Hogs

  March 1, 2007

• [Special Screenings] 'Rats Is a Four-Letter Word,' 'Gandhi, My Father,' 'The Toxic Avenger,' More

  April 23, 2009

• Letters

  'I mean, just look at those Victorias Secret models. Every one of them has a prominent mound. I think this bears out the idea that the moundier, the better'

  December 21, 2006

• New Reviews

  Let's Go to Prison; Sweet Land
  

  November 16, 2006

• Shake and Break

  'State of Emergency: Disaster Response in California'

  October 26, 2006

• New Reviews

  November 23, 2006

• Tempestuous Teen Triangles

  August 24, 2006

• Hail Maria, Full of Grease

  June 15, 2006

• Ask Not for Whom the Toll Blows

  April 27, 2006

• This Week in Long Goodbyes

  February 9, 2006

• This Week in Comedy Essentials

  January 12, 2006

• This Week in Kitchen-Sink Humor

  January 5, 2006

• This Week in Dropping It Like It's Hot

  December 29, 2005

• San Juan Capistrano

  October 20, 2005

• This Week in Someone's at the Door

  October 20, 2005

• Arrested Development Cant Get Arrested

  October 6, 2005

• July 28 - Aug. 4

  July 28, 2005

• KILL YOUR FANS

  July 21, 2005

• !Ask a Mexican!

  June 2, 2005

• Two Minutes in the Closet with David Cross

  February 17, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  February 17, 2005

• The Envelopes, Please

  February 3, 2005

• Best of OC 2004: Part 5

  October 21, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 23, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 15, 2004

• Stirring It Up

  February 12, 2004

• Who Stole Christmas?

  Grinch and bear it

  December 18, 2003

• Movin on Up

  December 11, 2003

• Fame!

  December 11, 2003

• The Most Horrible Man in the World

  November 20, 2003

• The Real The O.C.

  November 20, 2003

• Clubbed!

  September 4, 2003

• Built to Spill Playing at the Galaxy Theatre!

  Built to Spill are playing the Galaxy Theatre on August 25--yes, Built to Spill, the Boise-based icons of '90s and '00s indie rock. Pretty nifty.This is at least a mild surprise, given the types of shows that usually come to the Galaxy: pop/hip-hop/dance (LMFAO and Shwayze both their earlier this month) and nostalgia acts (the Smithereens there this Friday, Arrested Development next month). But certainly a pleasant surprise!Tickets are on sale now for $20. The openers, Woods and Kurt Vile, are t

  July 21, 2009

• Miss Coco Peru

  August 20, 2009