Ryan Seacrest

[UPDATED with Irvine Co. Objection:] Toshiaki Ogasawara Bids $18.5 Million for Newport Coast Estate Once Priced at $37 Million to $87 Million

UPDATE, MAY 22, 1:29 P.M.: The Irvine Co. is trying to block the $18.5 million sale of an unfinished Newport Coast mansion to 81-year-old Japanese industrialist Toshiaki Ogasawara. In court documents filed Friday, the developer of that and many other chunks of Orange County claims that the original ... More >>

Rebecca Black Is 2011's Most-Searched Subject on Google

​The most-searched subject on Google for 2011 was not Steve Jobs, nor Casey Anthony. Occupy Wall Street? Psh. Didn't even make the list. According to the Google Zeitgeist, the device that tracks how often something is searched and how fast the search catches speed, the OC's very own Rebecca ... More >>

Dwarves' Blag Dahlia: Ready to Piss On OC, But Not Tea Partiers, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents

J Fischer​Dwarves, legendary punks who intentionally offend those around them -- faking the death of their guitarist, HeWhoCanNotBeNamed, is said to have gotten them dropped from Sub Pop, for instance -- are descending into Orange County for a good ol' fashioned punk show with fellow legends LA ha ... More >>

What Day is it Today? Friday, the Day Rebecca Black Got a Manager via Ryan Seacrest

​TMZ reports that after Rebecca Black appeared on Ryan Seacrest's radio show yesterday, Seacrest "realized Rebecca and her mom were overwhelmed by the sudden burst of attention." He then hooked Rebecca up with Debra Baum, a manager with DB Entertainment. Rebecca has now signed with DB.

Rebecca Black's Ultra-AutoTuned Jay Leno Appearance Was Sadder Than We Expected

​Here are the things we learned from watching Rebecca Black on Jay Leno last night: Nick Jonas sang her song at a charity Sunday night, she's had 35 million views on YouTube and it's been watched more times than Lady Gaga's "Born This Way." Simon Cowell wants to meet her; Ryan Seacrest has been "a ... More >>

Hilbert Pineil Thomas Faces Death Penalty in Double Murder at Stanton Sales Office

​Hilbert Pineil Thomas, a 39-year-old Garden Grove resident accused of killing a mobile home salesman and his secretary in Stanton in 2009, will face the death penalty, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced today.Thomas, who is being held without bail on two felony counts of ... More >>

Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block Unite For Summer Tour

​Backstreet's back, alright! And they're touring with New Kids on the Block. Now that's the right stuff, baby. Ryan Seacrest confirmed the sausage fest, aka the Summer 2011 tour, this morning on his Facebook and Twitter pages. No specific dates or cities have been announced. Ah, '90s nos ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Leaves Children's Hospital of OC Without Anyone Trying to Kill Him

​American Idol, E News Daily and KISS-FM host Ryan Seacrest returned to Children's Hospital of Orange County on Monday to brighten the days of young patients, broadcast his radio show live and seek $5 donations to CHOC from listeners.The teeny broadcaster, who also visited CHOC in September 2009, ... More >>

Train at the OC Fair Over The Weekend

Mark Stouffer ​​TrainJuly 18, 2010OC Fair It's hard to feel sorry for Pat Monahan, lead singer for the San Francisco-based Train. Sure, the band may have peaked 10 years ago, when its Drops of Jupiter--fueled in large part by the inescapable titular song--sold more than three million copies ... More >>

Five Indie Sell Outs: Does Anyone Really Care Anymore?

Andrew YoussefPearl Jam at the Gibson Amphitheater last September​There was a time when leveling the word "sellout" at a band was the equivalent of pinning a scarlet letter to a musician's leather jacket. For some of those bands who made it big in the '90s, fame was ostensibly a lamentable state o ... More >>

Musicians Twitter News First: R.I.P., Gary Coleman

​ When you find out that Gary Coleman, child star from '80s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes died via Twitter, you know you live in the future. But it wasn't just any Twitter account; we found out Coleman was dead from the Roots' drummer Questlove's Twitter account.

The Ten Worst Things About The New "A Nightmare On Elm Street" (Out Of 100)

​WARNING: This post CONTAINS SPOILERS for "A Nightmare on Elm Street," the largest one being this: It's poop. If you don't want to get spoiled, keep moving. There's nothing to see here.First and foremost, you should know that I absolutely love the original A Nightmare on Elm Street and, for some r ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Stalker in Court Today

Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>

Black Lips Leader Cole Alexander on Keeping it Crazy and How Ryan Seacrest Has Always Been a Douche

Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>

Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>

Crime Time: Ho' Attacker, Hammer Head, Bushman Packing Heat, Monkey Off the Market and Ryan Seacrest

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more ho' attackers, hammer heads, short robbers, skateboarding nazis, bloody bandagers, bushmen packing heat, baseball bat-wielding robbers, monkeys that are not for sale and Ryan Seacrest.Center photo by Melinda Nagy/Dreamstime.comBE ... More >>

Chubby British Chef* Looking For American Town To Kickstart His Anti-Obesity Crusade

*No, Not Gordon Ramsay, but Jamie Oliver.Not satisfied with a worldwide culinary empire that includes several charity restaurants, numerous cook books and various TV shows and appearances (over here, Jamie At Home airs on the Food Network), Oliver wants to take on the seemingly insurmountable task o ... More >>

Milkalicious Mamas' Live Feed to Seacrest Radio Show

The "Manny on the Street" segment of KISS-FM's Ryan Seacrest Show is scheduled to come to Aliso Viejo's favorite "community-based lactation destination" between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. "Expectant and breastfeeding couples, family and friends are invited to attend, have fun, win prizes, see what w ... More >>

Two OC Locals in 'American Idol' Top 36

American Idol finalized their top 36 last night, and Orange County is responsible for two of them--that's 5.555(and so on) percent! Not too shabby.Irvine's Mishavonna Henson (left) and San Clemente's Kai Kalama both made it through into the live episodes, which start this Tuesday with the first crop ... More >>

'American Idol' 'Bikini Girl' From Not Too Far From Here

The star of tonight's American Idol eighth (I know, only eight?) season premiere of American Idol is surely Katrina Darrell, already known the world over as "Bikini Girl." That clever nickname is derived from the fact that she wore a bikini to the audition, which seems to be the only reason she made ... More >>

Live from KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, a.k.a. Bizarroworld

I didn't know there were people--especially this many--that would actually be happy to see Ryan Seacrest. But tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, for the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, they were not only happy but, I dunno, elated?Jubilant? What kind of twisted, parallel universe have I stepped into?Katy ... More >>

More From Jingle Ball!

This guy next to me is eating a baked potato. That's like the weirdest thing you can eat at a concert. Well, in the realm of possibility, at least. I guess like, elf meat would be weirder. Because elves are fictional, natch.They're playing all sorts of goofy videos between sets, like thinly veiled c ... More >>

KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008

This guy next to me is eating a baked potato. That's like the weirdest thing you can eat at a concert. Well, in the realm of possibility, at least. I guess like, elf meat would be weirder. Because elves are fictional, natch.They're playing all sorts of goofy videos between sets, like thinly veiled c ... More >>

Rihanna to Make 'Special Guest Appearance' at KIIS Jingle Ball

Live Nation by way of the inimitable Ryan Seacrest announced this morning that Rihanna (she of "Disturbia," "Umbrella," "S.O.S.," "Shut Up and Drive" et al. fame) will be making a "special guest appearance" at the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim. "Special guest appearanc ... More >>

Tickets for KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball Going Fast

As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio stat ... More >>

Ex-Sutra Chef Stephane Beauchamp's New Manhattan Supper Club Does Steaks Like They Do in the NYC

As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio stat ... More >>

Friday - 11/23

Antarctica at Pitzer College, Kathy Griffin at OCPAC, Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band at the Olde Ship

Aural Reports

Mic of Dreamz: DJ Alex Rules the Airwaves—and the Clubs

Readers' Poll Winners

Dont blame us: You picked em

The Mark of The Beast

The Beast, the alt paper that howls at the world from the wintry, chicken wing-splattered wasteland that is Buffalo, now has the 2006 version of its always entertaining 50 Most Loathsome People in America online. The list of the loathsome features those you might expect (Bush, James Dobson, Ryan Se ... More >>

Commie Girl

Is It Hot in Here: A week among Republicans

Diary of a Mad County

April 12 - April 18

Commie Girl

This Ain't No Picnic

Crabby, grabby at the Southern California Music Awards

Beloved By Bluehairs!

Mr. 80%s swishy high jinks

!ASK A MEXICAN!

Mr. 80%s swishy high jinks

Eight Days

Mr. 80%s swishy high jinks

Green No More

Mr. 80%s swishy high jinks

Adios, Maria

As Shriver resigns from NBC News, millions wonder: Who will do the stories of rich women who cant have everything they want?

The People Love Loud

Notes from the American Idol Tour

Cleaning House!

Arnold & Arianna, happy at last