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UPDATE: Facing a crowd of about 100, the Fountain Valley School District Board of Trustees told anti-Islam activists to go pound sand . . . in Sacramento (see end of this post) . . . Local members of a national group “concerned about” Muslim terrorists posing as Mexicans to illegally cross the southern U.S. border, …
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Sports Illustrated had a recent article which reports that half of all major ballparks in the U.S. of A are now offering all-you-can-eat tickets. That's right, for a flat ticket fee (a cost of around $40 at some parks), you can get through the turnstiles and go directly to concessions to gorge yourself on as …
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Besides San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest comic book event to happen this week has been the release of the sixth and final volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's musical-video game-romantic epic, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. (Oh, and you might've heard that the series is getting the big-screen treatment from Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright. …
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We love when former OC natives become successful and move to LA. No, really. So even though Voxhaul Broadcast left San Clemente for LA, we still get to claim them. That gets kind of cool in terms of flipping through radio stations, hearing a song you can vaguely recognize–and realizing Voxhaul Broadcast is performing, live, …
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Wouldn't it be something if substantial help for Orange County “motel kids” and adult foster children comes not from local churches, Loretta Sanchez or the social-program slashing Orange County Board of Supervisors but a Los Angeles charity, Jermaine Jackson and the daughter of Nancy Pelosi? The loud pops you just heard were from heads exploding …
In May we told you about a food truck festival would be hitting Long Beach in much the same way that the LA Street Food Festival hit downtown Los Angeles in February (hopefully this time without the disorganization and massive crowds). Well, that glorious, taste-bud-satisfying, potentially artery-clogging day is finally here: The First Annual Long …
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On July 8, Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz filed an application with the Supreme Court of the United States in a (maybe) last-ditch attempt to avoid paying the $20,000 in fines levied on her by a federal judge last year. On Thursday, though, Justice Clarence Thomas denied her appeal. ] Taitz's reaction is contained in a …
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Our sister publication LA Weekly has an exclusive interview with Dublab and Low End Theory-affiliated DJ, Justin “Kutmah” McNulty. He was detained by Department of Homeland Security authorities in May, after failing to honor a voluntary deportation notice that he had signed over a decade earlier. Despite a Twitter campaign to prevent the musician from …
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Perhaps even more than the OC Fair, the Giant Orange Festival over in Irvine's Great Park is a classic example of “put everything together and see what works” in action–all in the space of a day. ] Is it an '80s revival concert due to the presence (in one form or another) of bands like …
Make sure you leave room in your plans this Friday night to head up to Culver City to check out the Off the Strip art show opening at the WWA gallery! Get all the details on this comic-strip based art show after the jump. ] The WWA Gallery asked 25 artists (including Casey Weldon, Jeff …
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As you well know, Clockwork has declared Steven Seagal Lawman “the Greatest, Best TV Show God Ever Gave Man” and blogged incessantly about the A&E reality show. When we discovered filming of the show had been suspended because of a sexual harassment allegation against the burly martial arts master out of Fullerton and Buena Park …
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Twelve years is a full career for most public figures. An athlete is either preparing to retire, hanging on in a desperate effort to avoid “has-been” status or long gone. By year 12, actors—unless they really break through—are hunting for any role worth their salt. Remember when Jean-Claude Van Damme could carry a blockbuster? Musicians …