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  • Film

    April 19, 2012

    Newport Beach Film Festival's Sounds and Fury

    Its music series makes more noise

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    January 27, 2012

    Ali Achekzai, International Serial Rapist, Gets 61 Years to Life

    ​International serial rapist Ali Achekzai, who was convicted of six felony counts last month after Orange County authorities had the 34-year-old extradited from Austria, was sentenced today to 61 years to life in state prison. Before the former Ladera Ranch resident learned his fate, one of three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Ali Achekza, International Man of Serial Rape, Convicted

    ​Ali Achekzai's New Year's resolution may involve ways to self improve over the next 80 years.That's how much prison time the so-called "international serial rapist" faces at his Jan. 27 sentencing in Santa Ana, following the 33-year-old's conviction Thursday of six felony counts including forcibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Latin Alternative Explosion: Probable or Inevitable?

    Sicilia WolfLatin Alternative Songstress Carla Morrison​ The music is great and the demographics are there for the taking, so is it only a matter of time before a Latin Alternative explosion occurs Stateside? Producer and songwriter Desmond Child weighed in with his opinion in a recent Al Borde pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    On the Line: Lindsay Smith-Rosales of Nirvana Grille, Part Two

    Photo by Meranda Carter​This week's On The Line singles out Chef Lindsay of Nirvana Grill for guidance on running your own business. Her kitchen experience with Pascal Ohlats and zpizza help build the foundation for her inevitable culinary venture. She also discusses how Oprah inspires her. Want m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    On the Line: Josef Lageder of the First Cabin Restaurant, Part Three

    Photo by Meranda Carter​How can you go wrong with fried food? Seriously. Chef Josef Lageder even gives you a meat alternative, if the thought of veal makes you squeamish. (It shouldn't. In fact, it tastes even better.) He serves up a few words of cooking wisdom on the side, deeming this recipe use ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    On The Line: Josef Lageder Of The First Cabin Restaurant, Part Two

    Photo by Meranda Carter​Did you know The First Cabin is open to the public? We did. What we weren't aware of were their separate European breakfast and comfort lunch menus. Nor did we realize just how much Chef Josef digs the pig. How about the planning that goes into their month-long Oktoberfest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    On The Line: Josef Lageder Of The First Cabin Restaurant, Part One

    Photo by Meranda Carter​This week, we are treated with an ocean view at The Balboa Bay Club & Resort for our interview with Executive Chef Josef Lageder. A man of diverse culinary talent, he's not only worked alongside Julia Child, but Sam Choy, too (That explains his love of using a rice cook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    German Liquor Maker Can Now Legally Call their Drink "Fuck Schnapps"

    ​In a cheap media ploy that obviously worked, a German liquor company applied for a trademark for a brand of schnapps they wanted to call "Fuck." Their initial efforts were stymied by authorities--but now, a German high court has ruled in their favor in the most important free-speech battle since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Austria: 'When the Weather's Hot, the Music Sounds Better'

    ​Austria, a Latin Alternative outfit from Argentina, is a week into its current Southern California tour that will keep the six-piece band busy around town until the 18th. Bringing their latest album Nada along for the ride, the band's sound was described to me as Coldplay en Español. With acoust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    'Pastafarian' Man Wins Right To Wear Colander On Head in Driver's License Photo

    Supernatural Waste WatchersNiko Alm in his religious headgear, a pasta strainer. ​He calls it a "religious head covering." It looks oddly like a pasta strainer.  After a three-year effort, Austrian man Niko Alm has finally earned the right to wear the symbolic Ikea kitchen tool on his he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    [UPDATED with UCI Promising Meeting:] Dr. Hazem Chehabi Urged to Cut Ties With Syria's Brutal Regime or Step Down From UC Irvine Foundation Board

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 9, 4:31 P.M.: This morning's rally at UC Irvine targeting Dr. Hazem H. Chehabi--the UCI Foundation's president-elect, Syria's honorary consul general in Newport Beach and a prominent Orange County philanthropist and nuclear medicine specialist--went "smooth," according to an organize ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Reza Abedi's Greatest Escape

    A local high-school-wrestling coach gave up his Olympic dreams to flee Khomeini's Iran

  • Film

    April 28, 2011

    Take the Money and Run

    Action, not emotion, in 'The Robber,' a tale of a criminal who went the distance

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    What to Do With Beets: Casunziei

    ​Beets get little love. Ask people to name a dish with beets, and the first thing 90% of people will say is borscht, which in the United States is an bland, smooth, violently red-purple potage, as though a toddler with fingerpaints tried to make vichyssoise even more insipid than it already is. (B ... More >>

  • Music

    January 28, 2011

    Amos Lee Is a Man With a Mission

    Keeping it old-school, not by embracing kitsch, but by simply writing great songs

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Forking Around With . . . Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq.

    John Gilhooley/OC WeeklyOrly Taitz was the subject of a Weekly cover story in June 2009.​"Forking Around With . . ." is our occasional feature meant to spotlight the food likes and dislikes of people of prominence in Orange County. Dr. Orly Taitz, the Rancho Santa Margarita attorney and dentist wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    System of a Down is Reuniting, European Dates Announced (Is a US Tour Forthcoming?)

    ​ When news broke that our beloved System of a Down was reuniting and playing in Europe for two weeks in June 2011, my brain started shorting. After going on indefinite hiatus in 2006 (just a few months after releasing their fifth album, Hypnotize), System of a Down left a discernible gap in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Ali Achekzai, Serial Rape Suspect Captured in Austria, to be Back in Orange County Tonight

    ​R. Scott Moxley told you in January about the capture of Ali Achekzai, a onetime Ladera Ranch resident and alleged Southern California serial rapist who was found living in Salzburg, Austria, through a DNA match. Tonight, the 32-year-old on District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' Ten Most Wanted list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Five Pretty Cocktails

    Flickr user alpha du centaure​Oh, stop scoffing. We can see that face you're making: Ain't no shame in admiring a pretty drink every once in a while. While you'll usually find the cutesy cocktails with the cutesy garnish at things like bridal showers, outdoor wedding receptions, beach-side resorts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    #56. Chicago Dog at Portillo's

    Flickr user meghannmarco​We're nearly halfway through our list of 100 great dishes to eat in Orange County and its environs. See the previous choices at the end of the post.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Boob War Fourth of July Special: 13 Original Pairs of Breasts That Made America Great

    ​A holiday is a great excuse to run an overused concept into the ground. That's why the Fourth of July is a perfect opportunity for a Boob War Special Edition (cue percussive theme music) that takes a historical look at the pioneering woman--and their breasts--responsible for making our country g ... More >>

  • Film

    June 24, 2010

    Tom Cruise Keeps Talking All 'Knight and Day'

    Always wondered what it would look like if Jason Bourne were a mouthy asshole? Wonder no more

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Angelique Smith of the Breakers Makes First National Women's Football Team

    SportsPageMagazine.comAngelique Smith (86) in action with the Southern California Breakers.​Angelique Smith, a women's pro football player from Costa Mesa, has been selected to play for USA Football's 2010 Women's National Team--the country's first--which competes in the inaugural women's world c ... More >>

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    February 11, 2010

    Fritz Suter Exhibit

    Demossa Gallery

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    February 4, 2010
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    September 10, 2009

    Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company

    Irvine Barclay Theatre

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    July 21, 2009

    CNN's Rick Sanchez, Guests, Viewers vs. Obama Birther Wingnuts

    CNN.com Rick Sanchez: Tonight's top non-story...CNN's Rick Sanchez aired a story around noon Pacific time on what he characterized as a non-story: the growing "birthers" movement that claims President Barack Hussein Obama was not born in the U.S. and is, thus, constitutionally unqualified to ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 26, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    CNN.com Rick Sanchez: Tonight's top non-story...CNN's Rick Sanchez aired a story around noon Pacific time on what he characterized as a non-story: the growing "birthers" movement that claims President Barack Hussein Obama was not born in the U.S. and is, thus, constitutionally unqualified to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Salute to Vienna

    Orange County Performing Arts Center

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Schwartzenn-Hater Terminates the Environment

    The former muscle-man from Austria who works in the State Capitol has announced that not only does he support the 241 toll road extansion, BUT in his infinite, ass-groping wisdom, he believes that the TCA's current environmental mitigation plans are suitable. I spent the past week replanting nativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2006

    Deconstructing Borat

    You've probably seen Borat, and if so you've probably seen Borat drunk, and you may actually be drunk now, and that puts you in a good state of mind to process this scene-by-scene dissection from Salon. Philosophical guy, the Borat: not many other movies this year have everybody asking questions lik ... More >>

  • Features

    June 22, 2006

    Be the Board

    Pravdas Valentin Shmidov wants to teach you the true art of surfing

  • Film

    April 14, 2005

    No Justice? No Kidding

    Todd Solondz on being stuck with who you are

  • Film

    April 14, 2005

    Whassup? Docs!

    2005 is the year of the documentary at Newport Beach film fest

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    Air Guitar Hero

    The Year in Being Fingered

  • Food

    November 20, 2003

    Some Ziing New

    Our salacious savant seeks vintage erotica and miso-seared ahi in historic Fullerton

  • Columns

    July 3, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Our salacious savant seeks vintage erotica and miso-seared ahi in historic Fullerton

  • Columns

    November 14, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Our salacious savant seeks vintage erotica and miso-seared ahi in historic Fullerton

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Witness for the Persecution

    Our salacious savant seeks vintage erotica and miso-seared ahi in historic Fullerton

  • News

    May 9, 2002

    Searched and Seized

    Our salacious savant seeks vintage erotica and miso-seared ahi in historic Fullerton

  • Film

    March 21, 2002

    Ordinary Heroes

    Harrisons Flowers transcends its star power

  • Columns

    February 22, 2001

    End of Grays

    Harrisons Flowers transcends its star power

  • Music

    August 10, 2000

    Sugar High!

    Harrisons Flowers transcends its star power

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    October 14, 1999

    Sellouts

    Harrisons Flowers transcends its star power

  • Culture

    January 21, 1999

    Bittersweet Symphony

    Seen any good Holocaust plays lately?

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    September 17, 1998

    We Couldn't Find 10

    Our Top 8 list of the upcoming theater season

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