David Letterman

An Open Letter To Michael Lohan

Dear (and I use that term loosely) Michael Lohan: I won't apologize for the way I really feel regarding your daughter Lindsay and I don't think I stand alone here when I say that she has no doubt received preferential treatment for being a celebrity. If any one of us "common folk" had pulled half ... More >>

Top Five Beavis and Butthead Special Appearances

This week, we at the Weekly have been celebrating 20 years of Beavis and Butthead, and we'd be remiss to not mention the many memorable moments the boys had outside their standard MTV timeslot. Yes, while the catchphrases and riffs are the memories we hold most dear, it's important to remember exact ... More >>

Top Five Unforgettable MTV Duos

This week, MTV premiered its new show "Nikki & Sara LIVE." A fun skewering of pop culture, the show continues in the tradition of razor-sharp wit and disarming charm from buddy-outings that has brought some of the most fun moment of original programming for almost the channel's entire existence. Bei ... More >>

YouTube Prank: Invisible Customer Goes Through A Drive-Thru

The ingredients of a well-played prank are present in a YouTube video going viral right now: 1. A simple concept (a car seat costume in this case). 2. Hilarious reactions from the victims. The prankster is Rahat the Magician who has done a series of drive-thru pranks before...but this one is maste ... More >>

Top 10 Recent Rock Star Meltdowns

We get it. There are some pressures of rockstardom that no mere mortal should ever have to endure. But for some, it goes beyond the typical frustration of playing the same songs night after night, brutal scrutiny from the press, copious amounts of drugs, and road fatigue. Take the volatile combinati ... More >>

Milo Greene

Fingerprints

Impressions of Lady Gaga: 'She's Weird and She Wants People to Buy Her Weird Music'

​It's been a Lady Gaga overload for the past year. She graced the cover of this week's Rolling Stone, and she's been featured in almost every blog almost every day for months. Frankly, I'm sick of reading about what eccentric outfit (meat dress, pregnant suit) she's sporting, what "little monster" ... More >>

Watch the Strokes on Letterman!

​"Are you alright?" David Letterman asked the Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas after they performed "Taken for a Fool." He seemed more than alright; the Strokes are back! "Taken for a Fool" is from their latest album, Angles. Watch the performance after the jump.

A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

Joaquin Phoenix Implodes to Prove a Point

'I'm Still Here' takes on the Hollywood machine. We think

Runner Runner Get Set to Go

Pop-punk band market to the masses for fame and fortune

"Fuck the _______," says Andy Kindler

www.andykindler.com​Last Comic Standing judge Andy Kindler might consider himself an anomaly, but you can consider him hilarious. From cameos on David Letterman to writing the "Hacker's Handbook," to almost having a career in music, Andy Kindler is a complex breed of funny man. Get a taste of how ... More >>

Sublime With Rome With Tour Dates

[Mental Notes] Also: Re-liking the Like, running with Letterman, and much love for Avi Buffalo

Comic: Leno's "Tonight Show" Rise Mirrors Nixon's Political Rise

​By the time you read this, the ink may already be dry on a $30 million to $40 million settlement that would allow Conan O'Brien to leave NBC so Jay Leno can reclaim The Tonight Show.Meanwhile, one of the many comedians backing CoCo has compared Leno's late-night TV ascension to the political maki ... More >>

The Top 10 Changes to "The Late Show" in Light of the David Letterman Scandal

​10) "Stump the Band" now brought to you by Cialis. 9) Green room double padlocked when Hollywood starlets are inside. 8) While promoting the new season of The Girls Next Door, a creepy old man who bangs much younger women will be in one chair and Hugh Hefner will be in the other. 7) G Love ... More >>

Richard Nixon, Leonard Bernstein and Frank Gannon

UC Irvine history professor Jon Wiener has mined books, lectures and a documentary film consulting gig out of the FBI spying on John Lennon at the behest of the Richard Nixon White House. So when TheNewNixon.org featured a post this week on Nixon-era surveillance of Leonard Bernstein, you had to wo ... More >>

Cursive's Tim Kasher Keeps Busy With Multiple Creative Projects

[Summer Guide] This Offbeat Summer Theater Season Features Camp and Carnage

Big Mac

Norm Macdonald

Standing Tall

Jake Johannsen

Return to Norm-alcy

Norm MacDonald

'Never Be Daunted'

Hes not a stalker, just a smart guy from a small university who makes it a habit to befriend the worlds greatest artists

Mark Axelrod

The Chapman University English professor shares some of his favorite things

Hummers Still Humming

It was such a good story that David Letterman worked it into last night's monologue. And before Letterman, there was our own Matt Coker pointing out the story on the Weekly's ur-blog, A Clockwork Orange. The story: according to London's Daily Mirror, Arnold Schwarzenegger had taken his commitme ... More >>

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Diary of a Mad County

June 21 - June 27

Bo$$ Dogg

Is Snoop selling out or just selling?

Best of OC 2004: Part 1

Not The Tom Green Show

Tom Green puts away childish things

HotFlix

The Monsters Progress

Jonathan Franzen teaches you how to survive a mass society

Jazz Is Not a Dirty Word

John Pizzarelli: People not stupid

A Paler Shade of Green

Tom Green: an Andy Kaufman talent in a Carson Daly age

Never Heard of Him? Perfect!

Ben Kweller happy to be a retread at 21

Who Got More What?

Davy Jones says Marcia Brady needed a good pounding

Requiem for a Wiseguy

Chuck Jones, 1912-2002

Jokes, Not Jizz

Jerry Zuckers Rat Race

Goodbye, Gurza

Plus, the powers out! The Times bites! Let Freedom wring!

Happy Helloween!

Holidays with the quarter-century-old Cramps

Kill Your Idols

But let them play until they embarrass themselves first