James Dean

Courtney Aoki, a.k.a Kitty Kitanna, Danced at a Weekly Best of 2012 Spot and was Engaged and Pregnant--But Was the Slain Woman an Escort?

The young woman whose murder in Ladera Ranch apparently kicked off last Tuesday's Orange County freeway shooting spree that ended with a total of four dead (including the shooter) has a connection to the OC Weekly.A very loose connection, that is.

The New Limb Releases Single, "Blood Lust," In Anticipation For West Coast Tour

 OC-bred indie pop darlings, The New Limb, are kicking off the New Year right with a brand new single. Entitled "Blood Lust," the track's message couldn't be further from its title. The quintet--now based in L.A.-- premiered the song on PureVolume earlier today and vocalist Joey Chavez explaine ... More >>

A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951

Art Theatre

Babe Ruth Stars in Film Footage Found in Orange County and Rolling Tonight in Orange

Newly discovered film footage of baseball legend Babe Ruth is scheduled to roll in Old Town Orange this evening.Author and baseball historian Chris Epting hosts the free 6 p.m. screening at Moonlight Graham, the Americana and pop culture retailer next to the historic Orange Circle at 401 W. Chapman ... More >>

'Orson's Shadow' Is Citizen Screwed-Up

The Long Beach Playhouse production fictionalizes Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier playing each other for one big gig

East of Eden

Bay Theater

Langhorne Slim: Incisive Alt-Country From a Guy Who Digs Wu-Tang

Myspace.com​Langhorne Slim (a.k.a. Sean Scolnick) is the latest descendant of a storied line of troubadours steeped in Americana and rusty folk--an aging ancestry built on stark guitar work, broken hearts and lifetimes of regrets to contemplate. Like A.A. Bondy, Elvis Perkins or any number of arti ... More >>

OCMA's Close-Ups Are Ready for You

You'll need a lot more than 15 minutes to digest this collection of portraits

[Special Screenings] Local Screenings of 'Sir! No Sir' and 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 >>

[This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Smokin' Hoagies, Hookahs at Janna Cafe in Anaheim

Trendzilla

'Who doesnt love a bit of side boobage?'

Trendzilla

Wayfaring the right way

Requiem for Surfing's Black Knight

The sanctioned Miki Dora

Trendzilla

Don Ed Hardy

One Last Long Night

11 years of the Starvations

Love Spreads Germs

The Last Unthinkable reunion

Pop Goes the Artist

And: Where Is Taylor Meads Ass?

Get Sick, Get Well. Hang Around an Inkwell

Dylans Volume 1 saves the best for Volume 2

Up In Smoke

Youd not only want to sell a burned-out car, but youd also have to

All This Useless Boozy

Miss Huntington Beach takes on drunks driving

I Got The Bullets!

Brando and Dean re-define the tight, white T-shirt for a generation of macho, delinquent lunks

Portrait of the Art Critics

Bradford Makes Em Tastier

Car Crash Fetish

The art of Register photographer Mell Kilpatrick

In Platos Cave

Chance Theaters A History of the American Film

Brandi Lyon

Their Charming Man

Dispatches from the Latino Morrissey love-in

The Revolution Is Being Advertised

I, Bug

On Spider-Man and Woody Allen

Deadly Quiet, Noisy Death

Killing time in the Badlands

Worlds of Wonder

Rings soars, Monsters whores, Majestic bores

Comfortably Numb

Buster Keaton as the poster boy for the new millennium

Whole Lotta Love

Mark Wahlberg, movie star

In a Lonely Place

Soderberghs Traffic, plus Cast Away and The House of Mirth

Country That Still Ain't Cool

One Step up, Two Steps Back

Doheny Blues and Bruuce!

Outlaw Poetry?

How to keep poetrys wild frontier wild

A Sweet Little Life of Jesus

The Hysterical Jesus

Gay activists are ready for a fight over a Santa Ana production of Terrence McNallys worst play ever

Down These Mean Equestrian Trails

Middle-aged rage kills more kids than student gunners

Yes! Dornan is Completely Nuts!