International Monetary Fund

Operation Stolen Treasures

Amid the nation's economic meltdown, financial-conspiracy theories fueled a tax-fraud case for the ages

Bill Gross, PIMCO's Billionaire Investment Guru, Breaks Bad

When Bill Gross talks, people listen, as the billionaire investment guru out of Newport Beach and that tony beach town's PIMCO firm can make calls on markets around the world that ultimately shake the global economy (Hello, Greece . . . Greece? Are you still there?). But Gross' just-posted monthly i ... More >>

'Cosmopolis': Twilight of a God

David Cronenberg's film limos through the mind of a master of the universe

'Ghost Protocol' Features a Man on a Mission

Tom Cruise, Bankable Movie Star, lives another day

Michael Delgado, 300 Pounder, Accused of Raping Maid He Hired Off Craigslist

​A Fullerton man answered a Craigslist ad from a maid he is alleged to have raped in his apartment, according to police.Michael Delgado, 27, was scheduled to be arraigned today on two felony counts of forcible rape, two felony counts of forcible oral copulation, one felony count of sexual penetr ... More >>

Taco Bell Thinks Shrimp are "Fancy Party" Food

​Shrimp prices on the commodity market are near an all-time high--nearly $8 per pound, according to the latest figures, but wayyyyyyy below the $189-per-pound price at which the International Monetary Fund is pegging beef prices. Shrimp was always the one seafood we could afford to bring home, the ... More >>

Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation at Gibson Amphitheatre Last Night

​Danielle Bacher/ OC Weekly​Massive Attack and Thievery CorporationNovember 7, 2010Gibson AmphitheatreBristol, UK trip-hop stalwarts Massive Attack joined D.C.-based dub/electronic collective Thievery Corporation for an evening of downbeat musical exploration. The gig capped off the LA ... More >>

Oliver Stone's South of the Border Out on DVD

​South of the Border, Oliver Stone's documentary about the leftist revolution in several South American countries, wasn't exactly embraced by critics when it hit theaters in June. Entertainment Weekly summed it up as "rose-colored agitprop."

Experts Kick Around Obama's State of the Union Speech

Photo by Pete SouzaThe Prez​If you drop what you're doing and head over to Fullerton right now, you can catch a live viewing of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech followed by a forum examining what the leader of the free world just said.The global anti-poverty group ONE in Orange C ... More >>

Obama, Economy, War, Swine Flu, Iran Election Crack Alamanac's Top 10 News Topics of 2009

Here are The World Almanac and Book of Facts Top Ten News Topics of 2009:​1. Obama Presidency Begins. With the U.S. at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Barack Obama swearing in as the nation's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, DC.her ... More >>

Nip Tuck

Dick Tuck is not a new procedure offered by your plastic surgeon but a "legendary political hoaxster" and former frequent tormentor of Orange County Disgraced Favorite Son Richard Nixon, whose visit from Arizona to a friend's home in Colorado drew the ink-stained wretches of the Aspen Daily--and ... More >>

Not Easy Votin' Green

Dying Another Day

‘Spy-Fi’

Cruise in Control

The Syracuse kid saves the world in style

The New Death

Don DeLillos Cosmopolis

Dollars and No Sense

Clintonesque Cox

Cox loses China, gains Russia

No-Show Perot

Hip! Hop! Shop!

Black Guys Imitating White Guys Imitating Black Guys: The strange end of the hip-hop revolution

Shut Em Down!

Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC

This Year in Lost Letters