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[W/VIDEO] AQMD Chairman Compares Huntington Beach Fire Pit Smoke to "Carpet Bombing" Devastation of Vietnam War

South Coast Air Quality Management District chairman William Burke isn't an OC resident, but methinks he's already on the short list for this year's Scariest People issue. He probably would've ended up on the list anyway for his board's laughable move to try and ban the fire pits in Newport Beach an ... More >>

The 20 Greatest Ranchera Singers of All Time: The Complete List

See also:*The 20 Greatest Songs of Vicente Fernández: The Complete List*Antonio Aguilar, Ranchera Legend, Gets Giant Statue of Him Unveiled in Los Angeles; His 10 Greatest Songs!*The 10 Best Songs of Ramon Ayala, Conjunto Norteño Legend and Accordion HeroTrying to explain what música ranchera is ... More >>

The 20 Greatest Ranchera Singers of All Time, No. 20-11

See also:*The 20 Greatest Songs of Vicente Fernández: The Complete List*Antonio Aguilar, Ranchera Legend, Gets Giant Statue of Him Unveiled in Los Angeles; His 10 Greatest Songs!*The 10 Best Songs of Ramon Ayala, Conjunto Norteño Legend and Accordion HeroTrying to explain what música ranchera is ... More >>

[UPDATE: W/VIDEO OF CALL] KCBS-TV Channel 2 Falls for Howard Stern Prank Call During Christopher Dorner Shootout Coverage!

Read below for the latest update . . .ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 12, 2:16 P.M: Just happened a couple of minutes ago: KCBS-TV Channel 2 took a phone call from someone who claimed to be with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, whose officers engaged Christopher Dorner in a shootout earlier this ... More >>

5 Best Jenna Jameson-Tito Ortiz Twitter Wars

If two crazy kids--an ex-MMA fighter and ex-porn star--can't make it, what chance is there for the rest of us? Yes, it's tissue time as the onoffonoffonoffonoffonoffonoff relationship between UFC Hall of Fame "Bad Boy of Huntington Beach" Tito Ortiz and his Club Jenna baby mama Jenna Jameson is off. ... More >>

Robert A. Schuller, Former Crystal Cathedral Pastor, Defaults on His Million-Plus Laguna Home

Wow, how the saga of the Schullers of Crystal Cathedral gets...well, not sadder and sadder, because the family had millions upon millions of dollars for decades, but downright pathetic.We all know about Robert H. Schuller's mismanagement of the empire he created to the tune of having to declare bank ... More >>

The MTV Video Music Awards' Five Most Underrated Performances

See Also: *The MTV Video Music Awards' Five Most Iconic Performances *Did MTV Really Snub Waka Flocka Flame's Rapping Rooster? *Five Artists (Besides Lil Wayne) Who Think New York SucksWith tonight's MTV Video Music Awards as the hot topic on everybody's lips, the pop culture world is zeroed in on w ... More >>

Evan Kleiman, SoCal Food Goddess and Amiga of OC Weekly, to Close Iconic Angeli Caffe :-(

Photo by Christopher VictorioKleiman (at right) with some random weirdo...​Evan Kleiman needs no introduction to these pages, but here's a brief one for new readers: a Southern California food icon whose Angeli Caffee was one of many iconic restaurants that brought sophisticated cuisine to the reg ... More >>

[UPDATE: Ecstasy & Alcohol?] Amy Winehouse Confirmed Dead, Joins 27 Club as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

​UPDATE, 6:28 P.M., JULY 23, 2011: It seems tabloid newspaper Sunday Mirror will report in tomorrow's issue that Amy Winehouse passed away after an ecstasy and alcohol binge. See the front page image after the jump.ORIGINAL POST, 9:58 A.M., JULY 23, 2011: TMZ confirms that singer Amy Winehouse, 27 ... More >>

Five Non-Slutty Carl's Jr. Commercials

​Eater published a fun, if predictable, collection of what it calls Carl's Jr.'s Slutburger ads--you know, those ads featuring hot chicks eating burgers that made founder Carl Karcher sad in the last years of his life due to their wanton sexuality.Of course, Carl's Slutburger phase is a relatively ... More >>

R.I.P., Singer/Songwriter Phoebe Snow

​The music world lost another female force today; the New York Times reports that Phoebe Snow, bluesy singer and guitarist, died Tuesday in Edison, N.J., from complications of a brain hemorrhage she had in January 2010. She was 60. Most famous for her song "Poetry Man," Snow was nominated for ... More >>

Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz Engage in Twitter Spat Before Getting All Lovey-Dovey Again

​The relationship between Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz has gone up and down more often than a porn star on a sweaty mattress or a fading MMA fighter on a stinky mat.The latest evidence: Tweets between Vivid Entertainment's greatest-ever star and "the Bad Boy of Huntington Beach"--with side blasts ... More >>

Doesn't Make Spidey Sense: What Happened to Legitimate Theater?

Wikipedia​This week's edition of Orange Curtains has nothing to do with Orange County theater. Which is why it has everything to do with Orange County theater... It will be several years before Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark AKA "steaming pile of actor crippling shit," will debut on an Orange Count ... More >>

"Bombshell" McGee, Jamie Jungers Set to Host "Celebrity Cheaters"; Jesse James and Tiger Woods Lead Virtual Sex Tours

​Michelle "Bombshell" McGee and Jamie Jungers--among the dozens of alleged mistresses of Sunset Beach's Jesse James and Cypress-born Tiger Woods--would host a reality show called Celebrity Cheaters currently being shopped around Hollyweird.TMZ.com has the scoop.Celebrity Cheaters was created by Bo ... More >>

Artie Lange: Back From the Bed

​Funnyman Artie Lange was once again on another unscheduled vacation this past week from his day job at the Howard Stern Show. The comedian missed all three shows last week (the gang doesn't work Fridays and last Monday was Columbus Day) and yesterday's show, but did return today.

Recommendation From Me to You

Maybe you noticed I didn't blog last week. Or maybe you didn't. OK, you probably didn't. Anyway, I hit the road and spent the week in Portland, Ore., a city I hope to call home one day. The trip was amazing -- tons of killer vegan food, the weather was nice and the beer flowed all day and all night. ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: Better Than Ezra, G. Love & Special Sauce, More

Some people might hear that Better Than Ezra are coming (Sept. 27 at the House of Blues, Anaheim), and say, "who cares? They haven't had a hit since the mid-'90s." Well, actually, lots of people care. Like "*~* CoUrTnEy *~*" on the band's MySpace, who commented on the above picture with, "You guys a ... More >>

Richard Christy's new metal band

No, that's new nu-metal, but new, as in not old. Anyway, Richard Christy, famed metal drummer and the dude who does all sorts of gay shit on the Howard Stern Show, has put together an all-star metal group. I'd tell you all about it, but just read this. "Metal Blade Records is proud to announ ... More >>

Jaime Pressly Returns to Costa Mesa, South Coast Plaza

UPDATED WITH CORRECT LOCATION! My Name is Earl and I Love You, Man's Jaime Pressly returns home Wednesday to sign books at the South Coast Plaza Barnes & Noble Borders Books. Well, at least the North Carolina-born actress attended Costa Mesa High School while living with her classical danc ... More >>

Everyday Normal Guy

Am I way behind the times? Or maybe this video isn't that popular (yet), but either way, I'm sharing it with you.The song's called "Everyday Normal Guy" by a comedian named Jon Lajoie. Now, thanks to the Howard Stern Show, my tolerance for parody music usually lasts about 30 seconds, but I actually ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: OK Go, Killers of Comedy, More

Not the busiest of week for on-sale dates, but we've still got OK Go (in case anyone needs to score a wacky montage scene from a sitcom circa 2006), a bunch of Howard Stern Show personalities, and more.

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Lisa Lampanelli

Daily Pilot Publishes Ignorant Prudes!

Today, the Daily Pilot published a piece by freelance writer Steve Smith in which he takes issue with my Feb. 10 op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times (where I'm a contributing editor) criticizing its bowdlerized edits regarding stories (the passing of former Nixon Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz ... More >>

Enter Poorman

Life's a (bikini) beach for KDOC's returning late-night host

!Ask a Mexican!(r)

Gospel Without God

Lavender Diamond preach love and peace with beautiful simplicity

LAFF 2007: And So It Begins

[Part one of an ongoing series of reports from the Los Angeles Film Festival] Parking spaces in Westwood are like special offers in spam emails -- if you think you’ve got a good one, it’s almost certainly too good to be true. So naturally, the super-sweet street space I pulled into at around 5: ... More >>

Diary of a Mad County

Jan. 10-Jan. 16

The Year in Letters

Keep It Up. You Rock. Dont Ever Change. All That Crap.

Suburban Jungle Boogie

The Boondocks brings the noise

Of National Politics

This Is AirTalk gathers the eclectic radio interviews of KPCCs Larry Mantle

Bring the Pain

Oscar host Chris Rocks Oscar blast: an appreciation

Best of OC 2004: Part 1

Burning Bush: The Issue

A year in Dubya-dumping by his conservative critics . . . and Howard Stern

Emma Caulfields Demons

Former Buffy stars new film is a long way from Sunnydale

Letters

Sweet and Loh Down

E-GATE

Wig-Wearing Hump, 1931-2003

On the Outside Looking In

A Paler Shade of Green

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

Diary of a Mad County

True Lies?

Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

SYNGEd

A year in the life of a dot-com employee

Whats Your NAAM?

The Unbearable Burden of Lightness

Chris Burden is Terribly Deep, or could be

Superstars of Special Ed

The Kids of Widney High rock harder than you

Fa Fa Fashion

Protest Chic

Welcome to Virtual U

Why is cyberspace sucking the college experience into a black hole? 'It all comes down to money'

The Great Ones

Eight Comix creators who pricked America's dark underbelly