James Ellroy

Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in 'Street Kings,' a Shallow Look at Dirty Police

DVDish

Boy Trouble

Dumb-Ass Jamboree

Jackass Number Two: Unrated

Paint It Black

De Palma and Ellroy tap one of LAs darkest mysteries

The French Really Like Us

American Vertigo expands upon Tocquevilles territory

Head-Turning

Catching up with the guy who made the scariest movie everand then did opera

Who Shot the Sheriff?

Star witness against ex-Assistant Sheriff Jaramillo is tanking, evidence reveals mischief by Sheriff Carona

You Didnt Reed it Here First

Reg flubs Election Day story, blames Weekly

Conflict-of-Interest Story

Burlesque babe Dita Von Teese plays coy for the boys at the Galaxy Concert Theatre

Training Days

Screenwriter David Ayers hard, miserable, lonely path to the big paycheck

Our Dark Blue Places

Ellroy via Shelton

CROONERS

Re-created mob dining

James Ellroy, the "Demon Dog of Crime Fiction," Brings LA Noir to Orange County

​Los Angeles-based crime novelist and essayist James Ellroy makes the trip south Saturday as the Orange County Screenwriters Association's latest speaker.The author of The Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential, White Jazz, The Cold Six Thousand and his autobiographical My Dark Places, speaks at 10 a.m. ... More >>

Miles Corwin Goes From Times Cop Reporter to UCI Professor to Novelist with Kind of Blue

UCI.edu​"The victim is often forgotten," Miles Corwin told my class on our first day in January 2009. He began the lecture by talking about "The Black Dahlia," the most famous murder case in LA. It's famous because it was such a graphic murder, Corwin explained, and because it was said a beautiful ... More >>

From Crime Time to Prime Time for UCI Prof Elizabeth Loftus, LA Noir Novelist James Ellroy

​In a television world overpopulated with laws, orders, CSIs and whatnots, it should surprise no one that two crimey types have new shows in the works.One even got the OC Weekly cover treatment.Paramount/CBS in September snatched up Law & Order: SVU writer Roger Wolfson's Mind Games, which is ... More >>

'Rampart' Shows Off Some Police Misconduct

Woody Harrelson goes from bad cop to worst