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Pop open that can of PBR. Orange County has been ranked as the No. 1 hipster place in America, surpassing San Francisco, Portland, New York and Austin. (Go ahead and lift your jaw off the floor–we'll wait.) Hipsterness, of course, isn't easy to quantify–ironic mustaches can disappear with the swoop of …
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CNN reports that Etta James has died from leukemia complications in Riverside. She was 73. The singer, known for her definitive rendition of “At Last,” was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010. She had been battling Alzheimer's disease for a few years, and also had hepatitis C. Her husband, Artis Millsm and her sons were by …
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Snoop Dogg's company Serious Pimp Inc., (which was founded in 1999 by Damian Kutzner with Snoop and Bishop Don Magic Juan), is suing Michael Sorrentino, aka The Situation, for breach of contract. According to the civil suit, the star of MTV's Jersey Shore had agreed two years ago to, uh, pimp Serious Pimp sunglasses and …
January's GQ has a fascinating piece on a fellow who turned up in our crime coverage the past couple years: Luis Mijangos, the so-called “sextortion” hacker out of Santa Ana sentenced Sept. 1 to six years in prison for cyber-terrorism. The 32-year-old undocumented immigrant hacked into dozens of computers to obtain personal data–and in some …
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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 sandwich served at Flashback Diner …
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Over the nearly six decades that have passed since its debut, many things at the Happiest Place on Earth have either been lost over time or met with a wrecking ball during one of the park's many expansions and refurbishments. After the jump, we list five original Disneyland artifacts that existed in the park back …
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Electronic Arts today announced its collaboration with Katy Perry for The Sims. The life-simulation game will feature Perry-themed content and virtual goods such as clothing, hairstyles, props and furniture. The Collector's Edition expansion pack for The Sims 3 Showtime will be out in March. Steve Schnur, worldwide executive of Music for EA, explained the company …
“Irvine International Film Festival is Full of Hidden Gems” gives an overview of the inaugural event running through Monday at Edwards Westpark 8 in Irvine, but more advance word is in order for Vic Losick's In God We Teach. Though it mostly chronicles a New Jersey high school student outing his history teacher proselytizing for …
UPDATE, Jan 12, 2012, 3:13 p.m.: Stan Freese got in touch with us today and said that the casting requirements have been amended; the characters don't have to play specific instruments, as the original audition stated. Original post, Jan. 11, 2012, 10:58 a.m.: Can you play a mean guitar riff while rocking a Tim Burton …
Teen movies, in general, have great music. I don't know how that is, but when you think about it, teenagers take music more seriously than any other demographic I can think of, so if you're making a movie by/for them, it's gotta have a great soundtrack. Some of the choices may be silly, but, then …
As Southern Californians we take for granted our In-N-Outs. It's only when we hear of our out-of-state neighbors going ape shit when one opens in their neck of the woods, with people sobbing as if they've just seen the Messiah Himself, that we take stock on how beloved our homegrown burger empire just is. It …
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Looking back at the past year on our music blog, Heard Mentality, here's what stood out: • Rebecca Black, a 14-year-old from Anaheim, turns a mega-bad song into a mega-hit. Even bit players in the “Friday” video became famous. Benni Cinkle, we salute you! • Long Beach-born and -raised musician Nate Dogg, born Nathaniel Dwayne …