Burbank

OC Theater scene just got a whole lot worse

Letters

Return to Sender

The year in really, realy bad music publicity photos and press releases

Letters the Editor

The year in really, realy bad music publicity photos and press releases

It Wasnt the Cheese!

Health crisis hits Commie Central

Disneyland Suits Offered Buyouts

Things are tough all over--even the Happiest Place on Earth.Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is offering buyouts to 600 executives in its theme parks in Anaheim and Florida and the Walt Disney Co. in Burbank, reports the Business Journal's Orlando and Los Angeles outlets.More than half of the buyouts a ... More >>

Welcome to the Poor Haunted Mansion

If you go to Disneyland this spring or summer, you'll find great deals on Park Hopper tickets. The question is whether there will be anyone there to sell you your tickets, take your tickets and grope you. Disney is eliminating 1,900 jobs at its domestic theme parks, most in Orlando (1,400) ... More >>

CD Review

Patton Oswalt, Werewolves and Lollipops (Sub Pop CD/DVD)

Iron Chef Meets What's Up Tiger Lily

Most Extreme Elimination Challenge is still faster than a cheap shot

Diary of a Mad County

Oct. 25 - Oct. 31

Oh, the Incongruities!

A black Newport Beach filmmaker with a Nordic/Israeli/Italian-sounding name? Meet American Guns Aric Avelino

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Blake and Love

How playwright Rick Batalla put two things together that might not ordinarily fit

Blasted in Burbank

Theater director looks to LA for validation, gets screwed

And the winners are ...

The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians

Letters

The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians

Peter Torres, City Council District 9

The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians

Aerosmith and Shakespeare together at last

Theater notes

Theyre Back

Do androids dream of electric sequels?

Theyre Back

Do androids dream of electric sequels?

A View of the Bar

Do androids dream of electric sequels?

Spin Recycle

Truth still grounded after El Toro approval

Takako Minekawa and Straight Outta Compton

Truth still grounded after El Toro approval

"Art" Stands in the Way of Demolition at Irvine Hospital

The fountain of disputeInternationally recognized Laguna Beach artist Marlo Bartels creates whimsical-but-functional sculptures that grace parks, museums and even the inside of people's homes. The city of Burbank commissioned him to make "Early Burbank," a 10x10 foot tile mural. Two undulating mosai ... More >>

Dishney: More "The Princess and the Frog" News

The Princess and the Frog - First 5 Minutes Previewby theanimationblogThough it's been since removed from YouTube by Disney, the first five minutes of the forthcoming The Princess and the Frog has been released--and luckily for you, The Animation Blog still has it available. Verdict? We're pleasant ... More >>

Disney Praised for Wastewater Treatment in Anaheim, Spanked For It in Burbank

Paradise Bay: drink it in.​Sarah Tulley posts on Orange County Register's Around Disney blog today that Paradise Bay lagoon at California Adventure in Anaheim will soon be refilled with 16 million gallons of water that was recycled through central Orange County's Groundwater Replenishment System, ... More >>

Why Food Trucks Are Not Evil

desserttruck.comPlease, please, PLEASE come to OC, Dessert Truck!​Nancy Luna (the Fast Food Maven) is someone whose writing I admire, and she scoops absolutely everything about fast food in OC. I know that when the Buttermilk Truck or the Grilled Cheese Truck or any of the other, suddenly-fashiona ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Stalker in Court Today

Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Tim Burton's 'Wonderland' is not nearly curiouser and curiouser enough

Social D Moves To Epitaph Records, Announces New Record

www.myspace.com/socialdistortion​After 11 years on Epic, we just got word that Fullerton natives Social Distortion have moved on to Epitaph Records. They're also planning to release their first studio album since 2004 late this year.

A Night at the Food Auction

We were two at dinner tonight. We ordered very different things; we don't look alike. Yet, the runner brought out our plates and started with, "Um, I have angel hair. Who had the angel hair?"Flickr user sea-turtle"Champagne? What am I offered for this bottle of Champagne? Who will give me 500 francs ... More >>

Ugo Allesina of Prego, Part One

Kimberly Valenzuela​Of all the Los Angeles-area airports, John Wayne has the best food within easy striking distance. The traffic at LAX prevents people from eating nearby; Burbank's airport is in an absolute desert of food, and Ontario is even worse. Long Beach has some good options, but if you'r ... More >>

Blok: "[My Friends] Would Go, 'When Does the Song Start?'"

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​The phrases "family act" and "hip-hop" seem incompatible--the combination conjures images of squeaky-clean congregants waving their hands gleefully while rapping about such subjects as being down with G-O-D. But just because Orange County rap trio Blok likes to keep it i ... More >>

Airport Airspace Changes Prompted by Mid-Air Collision Warnings Come in for Criticism

​Looking up at the skies over north Costa Mesa a couple weeks ago produced a most disturbing site: a JetBlue plane making its normal descent into Long Beach Airport was passed maybe 100 feet above by another airliner heading for either LAX or the landing line at John Wayne Airport. Maybe that's a ... More >>

We Need More Colombian Food in OC, Parte Dos

Chuzos, papas, tomates verdes, and the ubiquitous arepa​Okay, we've waited long enough. Turns out the power of suggestion was not sufficient to correct our county's dearth of comida colombiana. (Though Dave Lieberman and I were helpful enough to suggest road trips to Burbank or Hollywood.) Looks l ... More >>

Disneyland Hotel Workers Urge Academy Award Members to Not Vote for Toy Story 3 as Best Picture

​I don't really go to movies anymore, but I don't think Toy Story 3 is on anyone's short list of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Picture, even with its expanded roster--it's a cartoon! [Editor's note: Actually, it is on several people's short list for the award, and Disney is actively camp ... More >>

PHOTOS: Disneyland Hotel Workers' Union vs. Toy Story 3--The Protest at Walt Disney Studios

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​As Gustavo Arellano reported earlier, members of the UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing the Disneyland Resort's hotel workers in an ongoing labor dispute, gathered to protest a screening of Toy Story 3 at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. The union is urging m ... More >>

A Small Suggestion For the Canter's Truck--Come Down Here

Flickr user calott23​Burbank's not exactly groaning with great restaurants, and they are one of the cities that has really benefited from the food truck craze; the areas around the studios are surprisingly bereft of good restaurants and surprisingly full of little pull-ins where food trucks can pa ... More >>

BJ Papas Has the Sweet Smell of Soy Success

[Trendzilla] Her Relight candlemaking operation makes great-smelling options—even of beer!

Formal Disaster

'Prom': As if experiencing your own wasn't bad enough

Mickey and Minnie Mouse arrested at Walt Disney Studios

​Yes, I know that reads like a headline from The Onion, but this is the real deal, folks.According to police reports, two protesters were arrested at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank yesterday morning after chaining themselves to the front gate. Oh, and they were wearing Mickey and Minnie Mouse ... More >>

[UPDATED with Correction:] XR Brands, Surf City Bondage Gear Maker, Up for Fetish Company of Year

​CORRECTED, JUNE 10, 12:15 P.M.: The original version of this post reported that XR LLC of Huntington Beach makes adult novelty products for Pipedream Products. That is incorrect, according to Kevin Johnson, the Chatsworth-based company's PR manager. That's me being gagged at right as punishment. ... More >>

No. 86: Breakfast Burrito at Troy's Drive-In

Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the 2011 edition of Stick A Fork In It's 100 Favorite Dishes. We've just kicked off our countdown to #1 (which will appear the same week as our compendium on all that's good and right about Orange County).

Joel Lee Craft Jr., Seller of Telemarketing Leads, Indicted in $25 Million Indie Movie Investment Scam

​David Mamet's independent movie (and play that preceded it) Glengarry Glen Ross is about slick salesmen using underhanded tactics to rope in would-be property investors culled from what is known as "lead lists."  The CEO of a San Clemente information company that sells such lists to telemark ... More >>

LA Times X's Out Brand X But Expands Community Coverage to Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel

​The Los Angeles Times is pulling the plug on Brand X, a website and print insert with event and cultural coverage aimed at young adult readers.Today marks the final print version of Brand X, while the website will cease to exist after July 8.Some good news for Brand X editors and photographers wh ... More >>

[UPDATED: Sold Out!] JetBlue Will Fly You Over Carmageddon For $4 Each Way

JetBlue​UPDATE, JUNE 12, 5:50 P.M.: The deal is sold out! To those who nabbed a ticket: Have fun laughing at all of the suckas on land!  ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 2:40 P.M.: Whether it's sheer marketing brilliance or proof that Southern Californians have completely lost it, JetBlue is offering& ... More >>

Cyclists Race JetBlue's Carmageddon Flight, Win

Flickr user waltarrrrrThe Wolfpack Hustle on the Tour de Carmageddon. ​The biggest Carmageddon victors weren't the road workers (though they did a fantastic job completing their bridge-demolishing project about 17 hours ahead of schedule), or the Southern California drivers who emerged unscathed b ... More >>

Six Reasons I Don't Want To Open A Restaurant

Flickr user kalyan3​I post pictures and descriptions of the food I cook on Twitter and Facebook, and I certainly have earned a reputation as someone who knows his way around a kitchen. I am honored to have received a lot of compliments, but the one I hear most often is, "You should open a restaura ... More >>

California Adventure's Golden Gate Bridge No More

​The concrete C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters are gone. The large sunburst that served as the backdrop for the fountain in Sunshine Plaza is scrap metal. And now the Golden Gate Bridge that greeted park-goers since California Adventure first opened its gates in February 2001 has officially been disman ... More >>

[UPDATED with Feinstein Fooked!] Kinde Durkee, Democratic Treasurer Accused of Fraud

​UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 11:05 A.M.: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the latest Democrat claiming to have been hornswoggled by campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee. Feinstein first revealed her accounts had been totally cleaned out, but her spokesman later corrected that to say the amount of missing funds is c ... More >>