Jeff Bridges

Summer In the Dark

Movie by movie, here's how to get the most out of this summer without having to cake on sunscreen

Jeff Bridges and the Abiders - El Rey Theatre - April 25, 2013

Jeff Bridges isn't exactly typecast from his role as the Dude in the Big Lebowski, but it is a character he'll be remembered for as long as there are still Little Lebowski Urban Achievers out there. Sometimes, it's hard to tell where the Dude ends and Bridges begins. But it's an image he's not nec ... More >>

Fountain Bowl Rolls with Lebowski Fest

After wading through a nearly full parking lot of cars, some--according to their plate frames--from as far away Valencia, Riverside and, yes, Kentucky, which is where Lebowski Fest started 12 years ago (Louisville, to be exact), your intrepid reporter tonight ran into Barry Asher, the "master bo ... More >>

The Dude: Zen and Now

The Weekly celebrates Matt Coker's Mr. Lebowski man-crush

A Place at the Table

Art Theatre

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Weekend

Friday, March 1 Super Diamond House of Blues Anaheim Remember the movie Saving Silverman with Steve Zahn and Jack Black? It was about a couple of lovable loser musicians whose idol was none other than Neil Diamond, the psuedo-rock crooner from your parent's generation. Sometimes truth is stranger ... More >>

Stagecoach 2013 Announced: Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown to Headline

The line-up for Stagecoach 2013 was announced this morning. The annual cowboy extravaganza returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, April 26-28.Heavyweight headliners include Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown. The festival, now in it's seventh year goes on sale Saturday, October 20 at 10 a. ... More >>

Prince Edward Maryland Is Sorry

He nearly beat his wife to death, but the Ironwood State Prison resident wants you to donate to his anti-domestic-violence charity

William Friedkin's Most Disturbing Film

The filmmaker on 'Killer Joe' and what's wrong with Hollywood

The White Buffalo's Home On the Range

It took a surfing movie to get singer-songwriter Jake Smith off a couch and onto a full-on music career

The Newport Beach Film Festival: Moving Pictures

An 11th-hour relocation saves the 12th annual celebration of cinema

How the West Is Won

The Coen brothers take their tongues out of their cheeks for 'True Grit'

Inside the Computer

Blissing out on the 3-D, CGI'd, totally incomprehensible head trip of 'Tron: Legacy'

Anaheim International Film Festival Theater Site is a No-Brainer

​The announcement that UltraStar Cinemas at GardenWalk in Anaheim will be the official theater venue for the inaugural Anaheim International Film Festival (AIFF) packs all the wallop of heavily favored Jeff Bridges getting the last best actor Oscar.Seeing as how the festival office and its May pr ... More >>

Thrice As Long

These Irvine boys still marvel at their career, 12 years later

Shooter, Straight Up

Shooter Jennings lives up to his father's legacy by not doing what's expected of him

[Mental Notes] The Vacuum Bell Shines, the Eagles and the Department of Justice Suck

[Year in Film] Will Jeff Bridges Finally Get That Elusive Oscar for 'Crazy Heart'?

It's All Country Music, Faded Stardom, Liquor and Age in 'Crazy Heart'

Extended review!

Dishney: New Images and Clip From 'Tron Legacy' Released!

Walt Disney Studios​Walt Disney Studios has just released new images from Tron Legacy, the 3D sequel to the 1982 classic, Tron. With a release date of December 17, 2010, Tron Legacy promises two returning cast member from the original film: Tron Legacy is produced by Steve Lisberger, who co-wrote ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 5/20

Cocktails for a Cause, 6 p.m.A networking fundraiser benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Complimentary drinks will be provided.Sandbox Bar and Grill, 8052 Adams Ave.,Huntington Beach, CA Hybrids: New Research into the Integration Program, a lecture, 7:30 p.m.UFO Researcher Dr. Da ... More >>

[Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More

Which OC Icon Abides on the 2006 Lebowski Fest Poster?

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Lebowski Fest 2009, which kicks off with a special screening and live music event at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 7 followed by bowling night May 8 at Cal Bowl in Lakewood, which will be the scene of wild costumes, trivia contests, unlimited bowling and ... More >>

Kevin Smith Blows His Wad With 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

13 Ways to Dress for Coen Brothers Success

Edwards University Town Center 6 is billing itself as Coen Brothers Central this week as the Irvine theater will have two prints of the new film Burn After Reading when it opens Friday. Advance tickets are on sale now, and it's a sure bet University will have no trouble filling seats considering wri ... More >>

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man Is a Thing to Marvel

LAFF 2007: The Art of Bore

Thanks to the movie Resolved, discussed in a prior posting, we know that the number one fear Americans have is public speaking, and number two is death. Dare we suggest that number three might be confinement in a room with a deathly dull public speaker? It's inside the Billy Wilder Theater, and a ... More >>

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Robert Acosta joined the Army looking for a life. Thanks to an ambush in Iraq, he found it

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