Following the Oscars this weekend there are free film screenings all over town this week. Edify thyself and make new friends running across 5 different genres of movie for no expenditure whatsoever. Monday: The Duke Mitchell Film Club is holding heist night at the Cross …
LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the …
Maybe it’s the heat, but May in London has become a veritable political gay-fest. Last week, a gay man took the helm of Richmond Borough Council for the first time, and announced ‘diversity’ as a key theme for his year in office. This happens just …
You were thinking that the 2012 Olympic Games were going to be an employment bonanza, right? You are a security guard or a retired policeman and were hoping to lend a hand for the extra police presence that will be required. In your mind you’re …
Theatre is a form of escape but oddly, while we like to believe our seat in the upper circle is a way out of our daily grind of office / home / office / home / office / home, sometimes we’re in the theatre watching …
It’s official – today was very fucking hot: Britain is sweltering on its hottest recorded July day as temperatures hit 36.3C (97.3F) near Gatwick Airport. It is also the hottest day of the year so far, beating Tuesday’s 2006 high of 33.2C (91.8F). British temperatures …
When a school band from Florida decides to pull out of London’s 2007 New Year’s Day Parade you may think the correct reaction would be a shrug of the shoulders and perhaps a “who cares?” before moving onto bigger things, but it seems that Ken’s …
Hacks across the nation were gearing up today to shout a group “Ha Ha!” in a Nelson from the Simpsons stylee, as they anticpated the announcement from Multiplex, Australian constructors of the new Wembley, that the stadium was NOT going to be ready for the …
We didn’t catch all of Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners, but then we’ve never been able to stomach one of his Sainsbury’s ads all the way through never mind a TV show. Nevertheless, the faux cockney has done the country a great service by finally getting …
Last weekend Channel 4 screened the results of its online poll to find the
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