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[UPDATED with Pet Industry Lobby Blasts Animal Ban:] Circus Comes to Anaheim City Hall

See Update No. 2 at the end of this post on a pet-industry lobby also having opposed the ban.See Update No. 1 on the performing animal ban proposal being pulled.ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 25, 9:41 A.M.: In showbiz, timing is everything, which explains why Feld Entertainment is bringing the big guns to ton ... More >>

Anaheim's Political Circus

PETA-Ringling Bros. war spills into Anaheim council chambers, where a circus-animal ban is proposed

Lorri Galloway, Anaheim Councilwoman, Seeks Exotic Animal Ban; Ringling Bros. Pushes Back

Most serious discussions emanating from the Anaheim City Council chambers of late involve bulls on parade, but Councilwoman Lorri Galloway carved out some time Tuesday night to talk about elephants on parade, calling for a city ordinance to ban the use of exotic animals within city limits. Though br ... More >>

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Anaheim Settles Police Brutality Lawsuit Filed By Ringling Brothers Circus Protester

An Orange County man who accused Anaheim cops of committing police brutality during a 2010 animal rights protest of Ringling Brothers Circus at the Honda Center has won a settlement from the city before a federal jury could consider the case.In his 2011 lawsuit, Bryan Monell claimed that he was vide ... More >>

Ringling Bros. Pays $270k Fine Over Animal Care--and Disagrees with PETA About It

Photo by Keith May/OC Weekly​We explored in August the Rashomon reactions of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to an adult elephant hitting the ground while being loaded into a boxcar in Anaheim, with PETA claiming a sick Sarah collapsed ... More >>

Yeastie Boys Talk Clowns, Cops and Venues That Rhyme With 'Slidenard'

Photo courtesy of Yeastie BoysDirt Clown of Yeastie Boys​The Yeastie Boys might be simultaneously the best and worst band in Orange County right now--a good old-fashioned punk rock cover band that takes itself so un-seriously it's got a circus theme. Started three years ago as a way to replace ty ... More >>

PETA Chides Ringling Bros. for Federal Inspection of Tiger Hurt in Anaheim and Ill Elephant in LA

​Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was cited for "serious violations" of the federal Animal Welfare Act during this summer's engagements at the Honda Center in Anaheim and Staples Center in Los Angeles, an animal rights group charges.A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report ... More >>

Elephant on Ground Near Boxcar Brings Rashomon Explanations from Ringling Bros. and PETA

​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) claims that a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant collapsed while being loaded into a rail boxcar in Anaheim following Sunday night's finale at the Honda Center.Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait has been sent a letter from PETA "urging h ... More >>

[UPDATED with PETA Response:] Ringling Bros. Says It'll Put Its Protection of Elephants Up Against PETA's Efforts Any Time

Photo by Keith May/OC Weekly​UPDATE, JULY 27, 1:53 P.M.: Call this the battle of the dueling spokespeople: Amanda Schinke of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today emailed the Weekly a letter responding to comments made in the original post (after the jump) by Trudy Williams of F ... More >>

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Philip L. Liberatore Jumps From Political Circus to a Real One

​The last time we heard from Phil Liberatore, he was seeking the Republican nomination to knock off Rep. Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) and picking up support from Arizona's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Obviously having licked his wounds from his June primary loss to the 11-year incumbent, the te ... More >>

Olivia Munn Goes From Promoting Horse Racing in OC to Damning Circus Animals in LA

​Olivia Munn--the gorgeous Maxim model, Daily Show correspondent and Suck It, Wonder Woman! The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek author--appeared last night at a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' protest against the Ringling Bros. circus at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.It's a tes ... More >>

What You Missed: World Cup Viewing Parties, Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque, PETA Protest, Lilith Fair

Keith May​ Break out the vuvuzelas! What'd you miss this weekend? We were in Long Beach's 2nd St. visiting all the World Cup viewing parties, checking out the gals of the Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque (straight outta Huntington Beach!), dropping in on the PETA protest of the Ringling Bros. circus ... More >>

PHOTOS: PETA Combats Ringling Bros. Circus Cruelty With Near-Naked Redhead

Christopher Victorio​Another year, another Ringling Bros. stop in Anaheim, another PETA protest. Today's protest took place at the southeast corner of S. Lemon St. and W. Center St. Promenade. And how did they protest, you ask? With an almost naked, chained redhead, of course!

Another Nekkid PETA Lady Precedes the Ringling Bros. Circus Arrival in Anaheim

​A year ago, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced its July 2009 show in Anaheim, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced its pre-circus protest featuring a nude woman in a cage, and Ringling and PETA went on to hold their respective elephant-parade/caged-babe pre-show spe ... More >>

Lay It Down, Clowns!

[Locals Only] Yeastie Boys fight for their right to play punk covers

We'll Always Have 'Paris By Night'

At least on DVD. But thanks to all the pirated discs, the iconic, over-the-top Vietnamese-language variety show might be facing its final curtain

PETA-Ringling Bros. Elephant Spat Gets Curiouser (Plus Bonus Nude PETA Spokesmodel Flap)

Photo by Keith MayVegan Mel spreads the word.​When Clockwork reported in June that Melissa "Vegan Mel" Sehgal confined her nude painted body to a cage to demonstrate against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' treatment of elephants and other animals as the circus prepared to come to An ... More >>

Rub a Dub Dub Them Elephants Are Tubs!

Photo by Keith MaySpray today, perform tonight.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus scored a rare two-fer today, generating attention to what it considers generous treatment of its performing animals and butts in seats for a 12-day run that begins tonight at the Honda Center. Actually, make ... More >>

One Good Ringling Bros. Demonstration Deserves Another

Courtesy of ElephantCenter.comA Ringling Bros. elephant performer gets a washing.When Melissa "Vegan Mel" Sehgal of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) carried out her nude and caged protest against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus late last month in Anaheim, a representa ... More >>

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Ringling Bros.: We Do Care For Our Animals

Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Hon ... More >>

Can "PETA Girls Gone Wild" DVDs Be Far Behind?

Courtesy of Vegan Mel's MySpace pagePETA's Melissa Sehgal (right), who also goes by "Vegan Mel," demonstrates against McDonalds.Melissa Sehgal, who vows to strip down to a nude body painted like a tiger and confine herself to a cage with a banner above reading, "Wild Animals Don't Belong Behind Bars ... More >>

Vegan Mel Carries Out Her Nude Protest

Photo by Keith MayHear Vegan Mel roar!You were told this morning about the vow made by Melissa Sehgal, who also goes by Vegan Mel, to sit in a cage in Anaheim while her nude body was painted like a tiger. If you point your eyes in that direction, you can still make out the smoke trail produced when ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Luke and Brie Are On a First Date,' 'The Godfather,' More

Album Review: T-Pain, 'Thr33 Ringz'

T-Pain Thr33 Ringz (Nappy Boy Entertainment) How has T-Pain done it? He’s not attractive, his fashion-sense leaves much to be desired (for those without Dr. Seuss/ LSD fetishes, in any case), and without the benefit of auto-tune his voice is nothing special. And yet, considering his hip hop and R ... More >>

NOMO Modernize Afrobeat, Make Kids Dance Like Freaks

Kiss and Makeup

Clownzilla exorcises your clown demons

Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Total Idiot

Fatal Femmes! In the July 30 issue of Time, Sean Gregory reports on the Fatal Femmes Fighting Championship for all-female mixed-martial arts caged combat. Need I say more? Well, okay. In an enjoyable read based on the event in a Compton casino earlier this month, Gregory describes the brutality and ... More >>

Attack of the Clowns

Dont be afraidthese guys are funny!

Commie Girl

Clown On Their Fingers and Clown On Their Toes: And we shall have music wherever we go

Let's Talk About Us

Orange County Museum of Arts Biennial knows us better than we do

Babar-ians at the Gate

We write about elephants, you write us letters!

Dumbo and Dumber

Handlers give circus Elephants the bullhook

Street Theater

Cirque Lili is a small, sweaty, slightly miserable spectacle

Welcome to Hell

Its the Bates Motel

Diary Of A Mad County

Shrewing Around

The Bard, balls out

Hairy Pottery

Looking for rare stuff at Bowers

Take the Skinheads Bowling

Sustained!

Juror No. 11 makes a case for Civic Center eats

Freak No-Show?!

Was it Pat Buchanan who said global capitalism would destroy the American circus?