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"Real Hot Property," "Where the Bodies are Buried," "Digging Up the Dirt," "Nuclear Reactions"new

AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Michael Collins  |  04-21-2008  |  Media

"American Babylon": 1, 2, 3new

AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andrew Gumbel  |  04-21-2008  |  Media

Jackie Chan and Jet Li Bring the Monkey King to Hollywoodnew

The most obvious selling point of The Forbidden Kingdom is the first-ever onscreen teaming of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, the world's two best-known martial arts stars. But it also represents another first: It's the first big Hollywood production in two decades to really absorb the kinds of Chinese stories that have formed the basis for much of Hong Kong action cinema.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  04-21-2008  |  Reviews

'Expelled': Another Expression of the Right Wing's Victim Complexnew

The film claims not to be about atheism vs. religion or Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design, but rather about academic freedom. I'll agree with the first half of that: Among the reasons this film was made, religion is second and science (at best) third. But the No. 1 agenda has much less to do with academic freedom than with political ideology.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  04-21-2008  |  Reviews

Musicial Treasure Chris Gaffney Needs Your Help to Livenew

Two months ago, friends and fans were alarmed to learn that Gaff had become desperately ill. After he was originally diagnosed with hepatitis C, further tests uncovered cirrhosis of the liver; about a month ago, a large tumor was discovered on his liver. He will eventually need an organ transplant.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Chris Morris  |  04-04-2008  |  Music

The Quick and the Deadnew

Shine a Light and Chapter 27 prove again how '60s culture continues to haunt us.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  04-04-2008  |  Reviews

Ailene is 11 and Homelessnew

Where will she and 13,000 others go to school today?
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Matthew Mundy  |  04-04-2008  |  Children & Families

DJ Kazell Helped Put L.A. on House International Mapnew

That DJ Kazell has become one of America's great spinners is no joke: True DJ fans appreciate the extra work and skill that goes into opening and sustaining a big night, including setting the mood, modulating energy, and handing off the baton off to the next spinner with aplomb.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Dennis Romero  |  03-28-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Cadence Weapon Raps With Breakneck Flownew

Ordinary rappers rarely try to distance themselves from party funk, and even more rarely try to align themselves with cerebral electronica. But 22-year-old Cadence Weapon is no ordinary rapper.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Greg Katz  |  03-28-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Success Remains the Best Revengenew

Junkie XL remains a music-industry iconoclast, having pushed beyond accepted practices of marketing and distribution well before Internet downloads hobbled the major-label machine.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Matt Diehl  |  03-28-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

'21' is Full of Plot Implausibilitiesnew

For most of its length, 21 seems like a cautionary tale ... at least, until the whole point is negated by a tacked-on happy ending.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Andy Klein  |  03-28-2008  |  Reviews

Good Guy or Bad Guy?new

The big Kahuna of bad guys on Lost, megalomaniacal Others leader Benjamin Linus (Michael Emerson), has made a habit of insisting he's one of the good guys. How can a guy who once killed a bunch of his own people with nerve gas be good?
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Natalie Nichols  |  03-28-2008  |  TV

McCain's Baghdad Spring Breaknew

Several U.S. senators also made a "fact-finding" trip to Iraq this week, but it was McCain who got all the attention, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and as a longtime supporter of the invasion, occupation, and surge.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Editorial  |  03-21-2008  |  Commentary

Simple as Brown vs. Blacknew

LAPD chief denies what others see as clear cases of racial violence.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Annette Stark  |  03-21-2008  |  Crime & Justice

The Adulterer's Perp Walknew

As with Spitzer's self-destruction in New York, sex scandals are spectacular but brief.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Mick Farren  |  03-21-2008  |  Media

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