Heath Ledger

How to Avoid a Total Recall

So, this has nothing to do with Heath Ledger's overdose, but it's news that broke today and we've been with this story for a while now, so what the hell. Last September we spent some time with the CUSD Recall Committee, a feisty, frustrated group of parents and South County residents who pledged ... More >>

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 other ... More >>

Skitch Hitchcock and the Rest of the Salt Creek Beach Crew Left Their Mark on the Skateboarding World

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 other ... More >>

Our Critics Rate the Best Movies of 2008

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 other ... More >>

The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns

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 other ... More >>

[Summer Guide] Movies to Look Forward to Now That Indy and Carrie Bradshaw Have Used Up All the Hype

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 other ... More >>

[Web Exclusive!] Summer Grows Up: The Season of Big-Budget Bangs Uses Its Brain

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 other ... More >>

Appreciation

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Heath Ledger's untimely death, and that milestone performance

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I’m Not There

Sk8er Bois

Get a chance to howl at the Dogtown casting call

Tomorrow's Misery Today

OnDVD: Children of Men

Don't Know Smack

Down from the mountain, a softly lit Heath Ledger cant save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick Candy

Homophobia On the Range

Breaking down the Brokeback hysteria

Out-bitched and Out-swished

Michael Musto Picks the Oscar Nominees

2005 in Film

Notes on the pleasures of kiddie moviegoing and weeping into your stir-fry

How Do You Disney-fy a Famous Wit and Manwhore

In Casanova, you make him a closet monogamist

Lonesome Doves

Riding the range with Ang Lee's lovelorn cowboys

Lonesome Doves

Riding the range with Ang Lee's lovelorn cowboys

By Ella Taylor

Grimm Reaper

Gilliam mines the fear and loathing in Napoleonic Prussia for fantastic cartoon-Gothic fun

Wipe Out!

Lords of Dogtown lays it down and pretty

Chewing the Scenery

Extras claw their way to second place on the Lords of Dogtown set

Worlds of Wonder

Rings soars, Monsters whores, Majestic bores

Theater Review: "The Taming of the Shrew" at Hunger Artists Theatre Company

Photos by Jennifer Blevins​ I am always so distraught when I think about 10 Things I Hate About You, a movie which was inspired by William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Watching Heath Ledger in one of his first film roles, trying to win the heart of a very stubborn Julia Stiles by singin ... More >>

Modest Mouse

The Grove of Anaheim

Last Last Night: Modest Mouse at the Grove

​Last Saturday, really: Modest Mouse and The Night Marchers at the Grove of Anaheim, Aug. 29, 2009.Better than: Getting into a thumb war during a night at the opera. Read on...I don't remember a whole lot from the last time I saw Modest Mouse, which was in 2004 at Soma in San Diego, but I do remem ... More >>

Cause Of Death Revealed: Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Died of Accidental Overdose

​[via Rolling Stone] Orange County Deputy Coroner Mitchell Sigal confirmed today that Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan died on December 28, 2009 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol. The toxicology report said Sullivan suffered "acute polydrug intoxica ... More >>

Wee Man In Mariachi Divas Video

[Mental Notes] Also, Avenged Sevenfold drummer's cause of death, Rock the Bells has Lauryn Hill

Rock, Hard Place

James Franco puts his mind to it in '127 Hours'

Animal Magnetism

Nature, nurture and the awful tale of a chimp named Nim