Jay Leno

The Gibson Amphitheatre To Close Its Doors

The storied L.A. venue announced today that it will officially close in September following a special grand finale concert honoring its history. The full press release is available below...

'The Hobbit' Is a Never-Ending Story

Peter Jackson's first installment of the J.R.R. Tolkien classic unexpectedly covers little ground

The Rise of Found-Footage Horror

Why the new scary movies don't look like movies at all

Kanye West and 50 Cent's 9/11/07 Album Showdown Revisited

See Also:*Five Unexpected Cover Songs From the Insane Clown Posse*Five Artists (Besides Lil Wayne) Who Think New York Sucks*Kai: Street Artist Painted Kanye and Eminen How They Act--Like Medieval Kings Believe it or not, at one point Kanye West was considered an underdog. Before we were watching the ... More >>

Ron Paul Ends Campaign: Who Wins The Pot Vote?

It's being widely reported today--including right here on Navel Gazing, like one minute ago--that Ron Paul is bowing out of the 2012 presidential race, or more accurately, ceasing any campaigning in states that have yet to hold their Republican Party primary elections.This is not good news for peopl ... More >>

Four Best Madonna Feuds--Ever!

​ On Sunday, Madonna, the aging goddess of pop music (okay, we kid) will be embarking to where many of her younger counterparts have already performed: the Super Bowl Half-Time Show. The 53-year-old has made no qualms about being nervous about the mega show, telling Jay Leno that it's "the most ... More >>

Forget Jersey Shore, it's All About Sebastian Maniscalco

​Some might say that Sebastian Maniscalco was given his break on the Wild West Comedy Show, but in reality, he's been in this game bringing the laughs for a while. From stand-up on George Lopez to corresponding for Jay Leno and a Comedy Central special, you could say Sebastian has staying power, s ... More >>

[UPDATED with Looming Federal Regs:] Windpower Convention Blows into Anaheim

​UPDATE, MAY 26, 8:33 A.M.: Talk about taking the wind out of your sails.An official of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) informed attendees of the Windpower 2011 Convention & Exhibition at the Anaheim Convention Center that a process begins next year to formally reg ... More >>

Mike Posner

House of Blues

Tweets From the Park!

Flickr user katutaide​Time for Tweets From the Park, where we gather the funniest, weirdest, grossest and most interesting tweets from Disneyland Resort for your reading pleasure. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!IamAlbeezy: @CeeDana I went to Disneyland on a Tuesday too in the Summer, shit crowded ... More >>

Who Else Did Ryan Jenkins Need to Kill to Rank Higher on List of TV Bombs and Blunders?

Buena Park Police Dept.The late Ryan Jenkins​At No. 30 on the list of "TV's 50 Biggest Bombs and Blunders" in the Jan. 29 issue of Entertainment Weekly is "Casting Ryan Jenkins on Megan Wants a Millionaire (VH1, 2009)":The hiring of the 32-year-old contestant--who hanged himself soon after police ... More >>

Q&A: Adam Carolla Says He'll Take Conan O'Brien's 'Raw Deal'

Adam Carolla has made a career of riffing on everything from pressing social issues to campus blow job etiquette with just the right mix of street smarts, snark and locker room charm. A generation of young men (and probably even some women) learned about sex, partying and having a blast pissing peop ... More >>

Comic: Leno's "Tonight Show" Rise Mirrors Nixon's Political Rise

​By the time you read this, the ink may already be dry on a $30 million to $40 million settlement that would allow Conan O'Brien to leave NBC so Jay Leno can reclaim The Tonight Show.Meanwhile, one of the many comedians backing CoCo has compared Leno's late-night TV ascension to the political maki ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Team Conan

When something big hits the news, it's always interesting to see how that translates on Etsy. Take the big Jay Leno / Conan O'Brien controversy on NBC right now. It seems that the Etsy community leans more in favor of Conan (and rightfully so!) - do a search for Jay Leno and ... More >>

2/1 Odds Set Conan Splits "Tonight Show" by June

​An Irish bookmaker is offering short odds of 2/1 that Conan O'Brien quits as The Tonight Show host before June 2010.

Five Other Shows NBC Fucked Up On

So now that Conan O'Brien has decided he will not do the Tonight Show if it means following Jay Leno, we're sort of, kind of, well, livid, that NBC is seriously jeopardizing our nightly dosage of Conan. After almost a week of speculation, it's clear that the network--which has  history of not-s ... More >>

'Fame Kills' Killed; Kanye West and Lady Gaga Scrap Tour

​From the "well, you kind of had to see this coming" department: Kanye West and Lady Gaga have canceled their much-publicized, co-headlining "Fame Kills" tour, which was to stop at Anaheim's Honda Center on November 15. (Yes, surely a lot of people are going to be using "'Fame Kills' Killed." Who ... More >>

Tough Choice: Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs. The Killers

​It's battle of the sold-out shows! Two of the genuine biggest artists in rock and/or roll are playing in our coverage area tonight, and tickets to both shows are more scarce than people saying nice thing about last night's premiere of The Jay Leno Show.

The Alley Cats: Friday Night's Barbershop Quartet

​In another edition of what this writer's going to call "Free Things to Do This Weekend" (it's unofficial!), So-Cal's own barbershop quartet, The Alley Cats, comes home Friday night with a free concert at Chapman University.  Formed in 1987 at Fullerton College, the group is considered as "Am ... More >>

Gosh Darn Funny

Clean Comedy Night

Last Night: Jose Gonzalez @ OCPAC

Last Night: Jose Gonzalez at the Orange County Performing Art Center's Samueli Theater on September 25, 2008. Better Than: Shopping at IKEA. Download: "Killing For Love" video from the Jose Gonzalez website The "Off-Center" concert series at the Samueli Theater closed out their concert season wi ... More >>

Searching for—and Finding—Secret Barbecue at Blake's Place in Anaheim

Meet the Poundstones

Paula Poundstone

The Reg-O-Meter© - week ending April 19

Our weekly anal probing of the Orange County Register continues... MONDAY, APRIL 14: ● Not that we’re in the habit of making fun of old people, but strangely, 70-year-old columnist Jane Glenn Haas sure is. Haas, whose beat is chiefly comprised of the same curmudgeonly senior citizens who pen ... More >>

Great Shakes

Bobcat Goldthwait's back onstage, whether he likes it or not

Flame and Misfortune

Orange County Fire Authority Pipes and Drums honor fallen heroes

Fly Me to the Moon

Astronaut Farmer dares to dream

A True Horror Classic

When the Levees Broke

Younger and Better Than You

The Green Room

A Friend in Weed

Pot coulda been a contender in DeVore race. Then the Terminator harshed his mellow

Voter Fraud

Barry Levinson wags the dog again, but his bark is worse than his bite

Homophobia On the Range

Breaking down the Brokeback hysteria

I Was a Liberal

Dennis Miller stays right. But hes charming!

Capitol Punishment

How Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped worrying and learned to love selling out to special interests

Diary of a Mad County

By Steve Lowery

Diary of a Mad County

Diary of a Mad County

LOVE THAT BOB

Letters

Total Recoil

The recall movies over. Now what?

Total Recall

Schwarzeneggers business scams

Total Recall

Welcome to the politics of outercourse

Rolling on the Hooker Bus

One night at Rodmans

Jazz Is Not a Dirty Word

John Pizzarelli: People not stupid

Zip It!

Henrik Ibsen vs. Harley-Davidson

High Cost of Freedom

Patriotism means opening your wallet

Chill With Hill

*%#@!

Richard Nixon and the rise and fall of a slang term for intercourse

More bass on Ms. Pacman

Tommy Tallarico, video-game-music composer