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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2013

    Tamra Barney Spin-off Extends Orange County's Real Housewives of Orange County Nightmare

    The long Real Housewives of Orange County nightmare not only continues but it is expanding as Tamra Barney is getting her own Bravo spin-off.The untitled, unreal reality show will be the fourth in the Housewives' franchise surrounding a cast member getting married, following Bethenny Frankel's Bethe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2012

    Top Five Comics to Watch Out For in 2013

    It's been a good year in the world of comedy and in 2012 we once again got to talk to some kick ass comics. We're not saying goodbye or that we want to put all those greats behind us, we're just saying that with a new year comes a new spotlight on another batch of stand-up comics that are making big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2012

    Original Iron Chef Gets New Chairman; Japan Not Happy

    Can someone be too young and too handsome? Apparently if you've been anointed the new chairman of Iron Chef Japan, you can. Kotaku is reporting that Japanese fans of the original Iron Chef are up in arms over the striking good looks and youth of the new chairman producers have chosen to preside over ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2012

    Meiko and Bobby Long

    Yost Theater

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2012

    Alexis Bellino and Her "Jesus Jugs" Leaving The Real Housewives of Orange County

    After three seasons, Alexis Bellino is leaving The Real Housewives of Orange County--and the 35-year-old mother of three is taking her "Jesus Jugs" with her!The "reality" show cast member is partly blaming the co-star who coined that nickname with helping push her back into obscurity.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Exclusives: The Secret Circle, Person of Interest and Alcatraz at WonderCon

    ​Guess who's coming to WonderCon? Warner Bros. TV (WBTV) will be screening a never-before-seen episode of The Secret Circle (Thursdays at 9 p.m. on The CW) and an episode of Person of Interest (Thursdays 9 p.m. CBS) on the big screen on Friday, March 16. On Sunday, Alcatraz (Mondays 9 p.m. FOX, mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Top Chef: Texas--Five Predictions

    © Bravo​ Did you watch last night's first episode of Top Chef Texas? Episode summaries are usually Edwin's beat, and he usually weighs in toward the end of the season after we've learned which cheftestants to root for. I'm going to take a different approach at the head-end of the season and make ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2011

    Gavin Degraw and David Cook

    Fox Pomona

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Huffington Post Gets Punked by Fake Ben & Jerry's Arrested Development Ice Cream Flavor

    ​It is amazing (and hella disturbing) how most people even bother to scan, let alone read a story anymore before spreading it around the Internet. Sign of the times, I guess. But when the offending organization is the Huffington Post (which carries my ¡Ask a Mexican! column), such a rush for web ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2011

    'Keepin' It Reality' with Gretchen Rossi

    Irvine Improv

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2011

    Kathy Griffin

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    The History of 'Mahna Mahna': From a Swedish Sex Film Soundtrack to the Muppets and Beyond!

    ​Mahna mahna...You couldn't help yourself, could you? It's alright. It's almost impossible to hear someone say (or in this case, read) the words "mahna mahna" and not follow it up with a "doo doo doo-doo-doo."This childhood classic was recently re-imagined for the upcoming album Muppets: The Green ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    OC Housewives Respond to Suicide of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Husband Russell Armstrong

    Russell and Taylor Armstrong.​Sad news in the real-life world of the Real Housewives.  ​Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong, was found dead in his bedroom last night. The 47-year-old venture capitalist hanged himself, according ... More >>

  • Food

    July 28, 2011

    Posch Is Pish-Posh

    Jimmy 'Z' Parvin's flashy John Wayne Airport-adjacent restaurant needs a lot less Real Housewife and more him

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Guy Fieri And Rachael Ray's New Food Network Show

    First the news from Alton Brown that Good Eats is going bye-bye. It was the only show left on Food Network worth watching. Today, on the Rachael Ray Show, the annoyingly spunky Ray announced a new show premiering this summer on the Food Network with faux-bro co-host Guy Fieri.The elevator pitch? "It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    The Sticky Pig Featured On Food Network This Friday!

    ​When we featured Tara Simon's business, The Sticky Pig, on Food Profiling last month, she was dying to squeal an announcement."I'm working on something BIG, but I can't tell you just yet," she told us, graciously waving off our pleas for more deets--something to do with disclaimers and liability, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Boxcar 7

    PCH Lounge

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Terry Bradshaw, Treated for Brain Injury in OC, Wants NFL to Better Protect Players' Heads

    ​Whenever Terry Bradshaw says something stupid during a Fox NFL halftime show, you might yell at the screen that he ought to have his head examined. Turns out he already has.A Newport Beach physician says he's treating the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and Fox Sports football analyst for a brain in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    FOX's Kitchen Nightmares Looking for OC Restaurants That Need Gordon Ramsay's Tough Love

    FOX​If you know of an OC restaurant that needs a big kick in the pots, FOX wants to hear from you. In his reality show Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay spends a week at sinking restaurants, trying to whip them back into shape--and now he's looking for his next stops. We got an e-mail from a casti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Bravo's Andy Cohen Says They're Done Expanding the Real Housewives Series

    Andy Cohen​About time! According to OK!, Bravo exec Andy Cohen confirmed that Miami has gotten the last gaggle of Real Housewives. "I really feel like we're done," he told the magazine, indicating the franchise won't be expanding with new cities. Sorry, Boise.

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain

    Cerritos Center

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Jamie Oliver Not Allowed Inside LA Schools

    Jamie Oliver, the Naked Chef turned food activist, was forced to halt the filming of his ABC show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution at West Adams Preparatory High School in South LA last week after he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't make the district look bad on TV. The LAUSD spokesman cited the unwant ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    A Believe-It-or-Not Interview With Imperial Stars

    [Mental Notes] Are the 'Traffic Jam' band idiots or marketing geniuses? Or both?

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    One Real Housewife of Orange County is Hit with Lawsuit and Another is Just Hit

    Gretch​Went to The Real Housewives of Orange County and Cops broke out.Dueling gossip sites are reporting that Simon Barney, husband of Real Housewife Tamra Barney, was arrested this morning on a domestic violence charge, and that after arriving at a get acquainted dinner at the home of new Real H ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010

    Cloris Leachman: A One Woman Show

    Laguna Playhouse

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Steven Tyler New 'American Idol' Judge

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​MSNBC reported yesterday that Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is the new American Idol judge, although Fox officially says "no comment."   Apparently negotiations were finalized late last week, meaning Tyler got his request for a top-notch wardrobe and makeu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Yo Gabba Gabba Party it Up with MGMT

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​MGMT wrapped up a two-night stand at Radio City, with Tuesday's opening night documented in full by NYC Taper (download it here). Too bad they didn't tape last night's show, when, according to PopCandy, MGMT started playing Kids as the last song of their proper set. About ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Lt. Dan Choi Makes Daily Show Cameo

    ​Last night, in a segment brilliantly titled "Gay Reichs," Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones examined the claims made by one Scott Lively: that the nazis were gay. It includes the invention of the excellent term "glitzkrieg."Towards the second half, Tustin military-man-turned-gay-rights-activis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Last Night's Top Chef Masters Didn't Have Me Saying "D'Oh!"

    ​Did you catch last night's Top Chef Masters? Finally, a worthy episode on what seemed like a season in danger of backsliding into the histrionics of regular Top Chef with the F-bombs and manufactured drama. That's not to say there wasn't some of that last night, just less.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Local Bloggers Judge This Week's Top Chef Masters

    Photo Courtesy of Eddie LinFrom left to right: Jay Rayner, Kelly Choi, Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Food), Eddie Lin, Marc Moss (Weird Food Festival), Bill Esparza (Street Gourmet LA).​I know we write a lot about Eddie Lin. He--the author of Extreme Cuisine and the blog that started it all, Deep End ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Mario Lopez Signing

    Barnes and Noble

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Five Food Network Shows First In Line For Reanimation

    Believe it or not, children, there was a time when the Food Network actually concentrated on teaching people to cook. The idea of ten hours a day of inane food "battles" was unheard of, Iron Chef still came to us from campy Japan, the appetite suppressant known as Sandra Lee hadn't yet created her f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Forget Same-Sex Marriage, Here's the Real Gay Debate of the Now

    Advocate.comBarney's boy​Over at the Advocate.com, the jury's still out on whether Real Housewives of Orange County spawn Ryan Vieth posting a self-photo of himself on the predominantly gay (and NSFW) site Guys With iPhones is news.The jury would be the Advocate's online readers.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Ellie Krieger to Give Demo, Signing at SCP

    ​You know, it's never too early to be a buzzkill. New Year's resolution season is coming soon, and if, like just about everyone else in the world, one of your goals is to eat healthier food, you might want to come meet Ellie Krieger.Krieger, who is the host of Food Network's "Healthy Appetite" (on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    [UPDATED WITH LA TIMES RESPONSE] For Times Reporter, It's Dancing With the Company You Cover

    Adam Larkey/ABCDancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron, Times reporter Dawn C. Chmielewski and her partner Jonathan Roberts soak in applause. ​UPDATED WITH RESPONSE FROM LA TIMES VP . . . Perhaps it does not fully descend into the unethical bog like the revenue-sharing arrangement with the Stapl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Los Angeles: Not Grubby Enough For Adam Richman

    The Travel Channel​ We reported earlier this month that Adam Richman of Travel Channel's Man vs. Food would be doing a one-man show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles in December. That show has been cancelled due to "an unexpected change in his production schedule". The show should be rescheduled f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Travel Channel Bought By Owner Of Food Network

    Photo Courtesy Travel Channel​I don't like where this is going. Scripps Network Interactive Inc., owner of the Food Network, which has slowly but noticeably descended into semi-homemade mediocrity, bought a controlling stake in the Travel Channel last week. For Anthony Bourdain's sake, I hope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Jaime Pressly Returns to Costa Mesa, South Coast Plaza

    UPDATED WITH CORRECT LOCATION! My Name is Earl and I Love You, Man's Jaime Pressly returns home Wednesday to sign books at the South Coast Plaza Barnes & Noble Borders Books. Well, at least the North Carolina-born actress attended Costa Mesa High School while living with her classical danc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Get Smarter-er Mystery Dinner Show

    Hilton Hotel

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Hot Soup

    Joel McHale

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Rappers or Republicans?

    In May, we posited that southern hip hop and Fox News share much in common. Possessing both an anti-intellectual streak and a populist one, they’re beloved by red-staters and hated on by the coastal elites, be they liberals, hipsters, Ghostface or Nas. The piece concluded: If you're still not conv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    No Strings Attached

    The Muppet Movie

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Bonus Bobcat Goldthwait

    When you interview a comedian, there are nearly always more good lines than can fit in an article. So go check out my interview with Bobcat Goldthwait first; then come back here and check out the extra stuff that didn't quite fit. Bobcat likes OC "I’ve performed behind the orange curtain a few ti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Smile Like You Mean It

    Miss Teen Newport Beach

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Bert & Ernie: Masters of Blastbeats

    What were the producers of Sesame Street thinking when they allowed this utterly mad, apocalyptic drumming exhibition by Bert and Ernie to get transmitted to the fragile, eggshell minds of American youth? How many delicate child constitutions were traumatized by this percussion inferno? I dunno, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    Boo Bravo!

    Apparently Bravo can't get enough of The Real Housewives of Orange County and now we're all going to suffer. The network just green lit a one-hour pilot for ousted housewife Jo De La Rosa as she searches for love and tries to become a famous singer in Los Angeles. I didn't think television coul ... More >>

  • Film

    March 29, 2007

    Bigger, Dirtier and Uncut

    Trailer Park Boys: The Movie is funnier than whats playing in local cineplexes

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    Railroad Accident

    Bobby Brown crawls out of the wreckage and waits for help to arrive

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2006

    Mischa Barton Bailing!?!

    Say it ain't so! Someone whom we'd never expect to pass this along just passed this along... Barton To Say Goodbye to The O.C.? Actress Mischa Barton may be set to leave hit TV series The O.C., according to media reports in the U.S. The 20-year-old actress, who plays Marissa Cooper on the show, has ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 22, 2000

    Love Goddess

    Judy Tenuta makes you buff her toes

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