Marilyn Monroe

Nostalghia: A Light That Never Goes Out

Tarkovsky's great 1983 film stands un-snuffed

Yale in Cinema Celebrates a Decade at NBFF

Orange Coast College is not the only institution of higher learning celebrating 10 years at the 14-year-old Newport Beach Film Festival.This also marks the 10th anniversary of the "Yale in Cinema" celebration organized by 1983 graduate Jim Gonzales. The New Haven, CT, university that educated Willia ... More >>

'Addicted to Fame': Shame On Demand

David Giancola's documentary squeezes one last buck from Anna Nicole

The Five Best Shows in OC This Week: Nov. 9-11

Friday, November 9Haymarket SquaresSlidebar The Haymarket Squares specialize in a quick clip brand of folk music. Using mandolin, piano, and whistling, they weave a folk tapestry while busting lyrics about righteous anger and the songs of Britney Spears. N ... More >>

Misfits

The Observatory

Some Like It Hot

Regency South Coast Village

5 Strange Video Game-Inspired Dishes From Japan

​Here in the United States, we do silly things like honor our precious movie stars by naming sandwiches after them. To name a few, there are the "Woody Allen" at Carnegie Deli in New York, "The Salma" and "The Kiera" at Hot Doug's in Chicago, and "Marilyn Monroe"--a Thanksgiving-style turkey sandw ... More >>

David Guetta Is the First DJ to Have His Handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

​See also: 3hree Things: Holiday Shopping for THAT DUDE David Guetta is the first DJ to have his handprints immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The French native, whose mystical ability behind the booth has the power to reconnect the continents, was recognized this weekend by the iconic ... More >>

Some Like It Lukewarm In 'My Week With Marilyn'

Simon Curtis takes the sex out of sex symbol

Some Like It Hot

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Boob War Fourth of July Special: 13 Original Pairs of Breasts That Made America Great

​A holiday is a great excuse to run an overused concept into the ground. That's why the Fourth of July is a perfect opportunity for a Boob War Special Edition (cue percussive theme music) that takes a historical look at the pioneering woman--and their breasts--responsible for making our country g ... More >>

The Genius of Billy Wilder

Bowers Museum

Today in Music News: Trent Reznor selling stuff on eBay, Robyn new record, Marilyn Monroe caught on tape

Swedish pop chanteuse Robyn -- who I totally love -- has new collab with Diplo in the works.Trent Reznor retires NIN and is now having a rock star garage sale on eBay. For a measly $1,525, you, my friend, could have a "Nine Inch Nail Precision Fender Bass #03." Apparently all of our moms, aunties ... More >>

Twitter to Be Used to Contact Michael Jackson, Other Dead Folks

"I see dead celebrities."​Twitter has many uses: spreading important information and breaking news. Seeing super-awesome iPhone pictures from concerts that we're attending. Letting us know when Ashley Tisdale is getting her hair done. But now the limits of Twitter's power will truly be tested, as ... More >>

Maybe John Wayne's Old Yacht Will Produce Wild Goosebumps Now

Duncan McIntosh Co. Inc.Boo! It's the Wild Goose.​John Wayne's onetime yacht the Wild Goose is being trotted out to drum up interest in the 31st annual Lido Yacht Expo in Newport Beach Sept. 24-27.Don't blame organizers for pulling out all the stops. Are there really shoppers for yachts these days ... More >>

The Seven Year Itch

Maverick Theater

Frank Sinatra-The Good Years

Bowers Museum

Nobody's Perfect

Some Like It Hot

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Back to the Future,' 'Scarface,' More

[Sprawl of Sound] Bethany Owen's Vocal Impressions Will Flip Your (and Her) Wig

Da, Da, Da

Russian Passion

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

Goodbye, Cool World

OCMA sees a future in the past

Bunny boiling

Playboy Comedy

Tarts Triumphant

Christina Aguilera

Special Screenings

Movie of the week: Peel: The Peru Project

It's a Living

Robin Leach Impersonator

This Week in Ships, Tits 'n' Glitz

Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit

This Week in Devil Music

Dick Dale

Honk if You Love Mickey . . . and Marilyn!

Guerrilla artist tries to get bigger than his billboards in The Art and Crimes of Ron English

More Guidebook Than Manifesto

The Motorcycle Diaries follows a young Che Guevara on a lengthy detour

More Cliche than Risque

Bordellos and Boudoirs has no climax

Portrait of the Art Critics

Bradford Makes Em Tastier

The Last Resort

Iraq is rocked, but our desert rocks

The Power to Deflower

A few dirty questions with the Fuse!

How to Be a Feminist and Still Pose for Playboy

Diary of a Mad County

The Great Escape

WideScreen fest lets you stop thinking for a few hours

Big Screen Blowouts

Prepare your bums for funky film fests

Someones Gotta Die

A View From the Bridge

Bondage . . . Beki Bondage

The true story of a Vice Squad sexpot

The Needle and the Damage Done

Tiffany Billings: friendly, neighborhood renaissance girl

Olde

The past isnt dead for Daniela Turudich. It isnt even past

Putting the FUN Back in Funerals!

Last requests of the grateful dead

Tick, Tick . . . Kablooey!

15 Minutes and Company Man

Drag Queens Prefer Blondes

You cant help but like Some Like It Hot

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County?

CINEMA NON-VERITE

Re-creating Re-creations