Dancing with the Stars

Gladys Knight

Segerstrom Hall

Margaret Cho

Irvine Improv

Margaret Cho Gives Us the Top Five Macho Bands That Lesbians Are Secretly Into.

Comedian Margaret Cho would like you to know something about the musical taste of the average lesbian. It's not just k.d. lang and Tori Amos shuffling around in their iPods. Their musical tastes can vary as much as anyone's. And sometimes they're looking for tunes with some serious balls. As a celeb ... More >>

Beauty and The Beast Restaurant Opens at Walt Disney World

It'll probably be decades before anything resembling Walt Disney World's new "Be Our Guest Restaurant" will come to our local Disney parks in California. The eatery has a space designed to look exactly like the ballroom where Belle and her beast waltzed into movie history. It seats 500 and has soari ... More >>

Lahna Turner Will Make You Laugh So Hard, She'll Give You a Heart-Attack. No, Seriously, It's Happened

See Also: *Ralphie May Talks Jews, Dancing With The Stars' Man Pumps and Being a "Filthy Fuck" *Ben Gleib On Podcasting, TMZ, and Watching Wayyyy To Much News *Disney Makes a Parody of Double Rainbow Video for New Movie 'Tangled' Hot chicks are always appreciated in society, but meet one like Lah ... More >>

'Rock of Ages,' or 'Hair Metal: The Musical'

Adam Shankman, et al. make you happy you missed the Sunset Strip, circa 1987

Top 10 OC Comics...So Far!

Ahhh Orange County. We might be known for our beautiful weather, pristine coastlines, and gorgeous people but we are soooo much more than that! Orange County is also the stomping grounds of some of the funniest comedic talent. With that said, we thought we'd do a little bragging on some of O.C.'s fi ... More >>

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Coach House

Margaret Cho On Writing Comedic Music and Her New Cho Dependent DVD

Margaret Cho might be known best from the laughs she's provided over the years, but her talents extend beyond being funny. She has the passion to inspire and leaves you knowing that you have the right to do and laugh at what you want.  From Dancing with the Stars to Drop Dead Diva and her new D ... More >>

David Alan Grier: On Where the Fly Girls are Now, Serious Cooking and Voicing Kobe Bryant

David Alan Grier has certainly come a long way from his In Living Color days. He's done tons of movies, he kills in Poker, he's a two time Tony nominee, the author of the book "Barack Like Me," and he was even on Dancing With The Stars! The one thing that shines the brightest amongst his many ta ... More >>

Steve-O's 'Entirely Too Much Information Tour'

Brea Improv

Fred Karger Delights OC Crowd in Presidential Bid

This is Fred​With a sparkling blue Pacific Ocean backdrop at his Laguna Beach house before sunset tonight, Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger delighted a politically diverse crowd with his trademark humor and determination to make gay and lesbian equality an acceptable stance within the ... More >>

'Burn the Floor'

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Guy Fieri And Rachael Ray's New Food Network Show

First the news from Alton Brown that Good Eats is going bye-bye. It was the only show left on Food Network worth watching. Today, on the Rachael Ray Show, the annoyingly spunky Ray announced a new show premiering this summer on the Food Network with faux-bro co-host Guy Fieri.The elevator pitch? "It ... More >>

Five Musicians Who Could Easily Play Serial Killers

​So Mos Def is joining the cast of Dexter for its sixth season, huh? Well, I don't know about you, but I for one am very excited for it.True, I enjoy both Mos Def's work and the seasons of Dexter I've seen. (We're trying to catch up but with us not having Showtime, and with Netflix pulling the sho ... More >>

Bristol Palin to UC Irvine: I Want to Come There and Talk Abstinence. OC Gays to Bristol Palin: Keep Out

​Hot hater spawn, unwed teen mom and Dancing With the Stars runner-up Bristol Palin wants to talk abstinence on university campuses, including Orange County's UC Irvine.That desire has prompted some OC gays to send a letter to the University of California urging a rejection of such an appearance.

New $10 Million Dinner Theater to Debut Feb. 1 in Anaheim

Last year, we saw Tustin's Curtain Call Dinner Theater take its final bow. This year, starting on Feb. 1, Anaheim will up the net gain of dinner theaters by one. Battle of the Dance is Medieval Times meets Dancing With the Stars--a dinner theater show that aims to cover Bollywood, Michael Flatley a ... More >>

Laguna Beach, The Hills Star Audrina Patridge Gets Her Own Show

Audrina has reason to smile​There's more great news for 24-year-old Yorba Linda (or Placentia, depending on the source) native Audrina Patridge.Patridge, who appeared on MTV's Laguna Beach and The Hills, is being called a "breakout star" by heavyweight television producer Mark Burnett and thus is ... More >>

Steve-O

Irvine Improv

Celeb Watching and Tasty Vittles at Bowlmor Lanes

​For heterosexual guys who think watching a show like Dancing With the Stars is only for those who are light in the loafers, it's time to wake up. Yes, the ABC dance contest features lots of muscular and semi-shirtless male dancers, but the females are beyond compare: Edyta Slwinska, Kym Johnson a ... More >>

Margaret Cho at the Grove of Anaheim Last Night

Ali Lerman/OC Weekly​Margaret ChoGrove of AnaheimSept. 23, 2010The Hype: Gays and straights packed the house and laughed in perfect harmony last night at Margaret Cho's "Cho Dependent" comedy show at the Grove of Anaheim. For a Thursday "school night" the size of the crowd was pretty impressive. T ... More >>

Margaret Cho: Yes She Can (Sing, That Is)

Lindsey Byrnes​These days, you can tack on whatever label to Margaret Cho and it would be accurate--comedian, actor, reality TV star, singer. Yup, singer. On her first musical full-length, Cho Dependent, she collaborated with  Andrew Bird, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple, Patty Gri ... More >>

Cloris Leachman: A One Woman Show

Laguna Playhouse

Ryan Seacrest Leaves Children's Hospital of OC Without Anyone Trying to Kill Him

​American Idol, E News Daily and KISS-FM host Ryan Seacrest returned to Children's Hospital of Orange County on Monday to brighten the days of young patients, broadcast his radio show live and seek $5 donations to CHOC from listeners.The teeny broadcaster, who also visited CHOC in September 2009, ... More >>

Michael Bolton

Cerritos Center

Smucker's Stars on Ice

Honda Center

Mario Lopez Signing

Barnes and Noble

Long Beach Grand Prix

Downtown Long Beach

Muhammad Ali's Daughter Hails Laguna Beach

Knockout for Laguna Beach​In a profile published today, the Chicago Tribune reports that Laila Ali--the second youngest daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali's nine children--loves Orange County's premier oceanfront community, Laguna Beach."I live in Los Angeles, and one of my favorite getaways i ... More >>

Southland Strutters Ball

The Woman's Club of Orange

New Food Network Reality Show Features OC Contestants

Food Network​So the Food Network is close to debuting a food competition show called The Worst Cooks In America on January 3rd. Yes, if the Bravo show is called Top Chef, this would have to be referred to as Bottom Chef. But here's my question: How hard is it to find a bad cook, really? You ... More >>

[UPDATED WITH LA TIMES RESPONSE] For Times Reporter, It's Dancing With the Company You Cover

Adam Larkey/ABCDancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron, Times reporter Dawn C. Chmielewski and her partner Jonathan Roberts soak in applause. ​UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM LA TIMES VP . . . Perhaps it does not fully descend into the unethical bog like the revenue-sharing arrangement with the Stapl ... More >>

Latin American Dance Fiesta

Bowers Museum

Deep Sea Diver Not Playing with the Fling Tonight, Should Be Fun Anyway

​Deep Sea Diver, that always-enjoyable Long Beach band headed up by the multi-talented Jessica Dobson, were originally scheduled to play Detroit Bar tonight as part of the Fling's residency--they're still on the flier on Detroit's website, even--but that's no longer happening, per no less a source ... More >>

The Autumn of Our Content on Local Stages

Crime Time: Methed Mom, Nitrous Oxide, a Full Moon, a Gutted Black Cat and a Skateboarding Giant Ax Carrier

It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 3/5

Charlie Murphy, 7 p.m.Better known to the world as Eddie Murphy's brother, Charlie Murphy became a household name after producing a series of successful skits on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show about being Eddie Murphy's brother.Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, CA; 714-482-0700 ... More >>

Last Night: Coldplay at the Honda Center

Photo by Christopher VictorioLast Night: Coldplay at the Honda Center, Anaheim, Nov. 25, 2008.Better than: Staying home to watch the six-hour long "Dancing with the Stars" season finale.Most mixed message: Booths in the lobby promoting anti-poverty organization Oxfam, just mere feet away from merch ... More >>

Tonight: Francisco the Man!, The Sweet Sweet Things, Free at Detroit Bar

One thing that I've noticed since moving here is that the local TV news, the ABC affiliate at least, seems to be obsessed with "Dancing with the Stars." Sure, it's a popular show (still?), I get that, and it's filmed in LA and our local news is from LA. I've been known to watch it a time or too myse ... More >>

Barbeau-dacious!

Adrienne Barbeau

Sock Hop

Battle in the Ballroom

Hot, Hot, Hot

Salsa Mondays

Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: A Blue Flame For Republicanism!

Cal-infernos Rage On: Residents at 248 Modjeska Canyon homes were evacuated in the middle of the night thanks to the arson fire that’s now burned a massive 15,000 acres in Orange County. Before sunrise the winds were relatively non-existent but the air was nasty with ash. Mail delivery folks were ... More >>

No Deal

Robbie Miller thinks inside the box

The Big Valley

OnDVD: Twin Peaks: The Second Season

Who Cares?

Heres hoping the Who dont die before you get old

Diary of a Mad County

Oct. 25 - Oct. 31

tucker carlson, welcome to dumpsville

population: you. see, tuck (can i call you tuck? of course i can!), i used to love mostly everything about you: your cute wittle lisp, your cute wittle bow tie, your cute wittle suits. sure, i would leave the volume on the TV wayyyyy down, so that i could barely hear that lisp (for sanity's sake) b ... More >>

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Commie Girl

Something About Mexicans
Its time we had a conversation with Gustavo Arellano