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more about #defamer more comments → manchops: hey richard, gawker, defamer whateves, I love you to death but this whole post is actually rather elistist in the worst way. we are in the worst reces... more » MisterHippity: "Bestowing the top trophy on a film no one has seen (grosses still total under ten million) is a potentially suicidal move for Oscar." Says who? In t... more » J-No: I have lived this life. I traveled 4-6 nights a week for years. I collected hotel points and airline miles as sport. I have flown places just to f... more » shostakobitch: You can take a date to a movie. It is boring but it is totally culturally acceptable. If the movie is shit who cares you can still get laid. If Tra... more » JacquesPaysan: And the Oscar for "Best exploding robot" goes to ... more » miss_msry: Mr. Busby Berkeley, we're ready for your closeup. more » Magister: Now that I've read the article... one industry that might want to pay attention is the restaurant. The other night, the wife and I went to a show and... more » AzureTexan: The real answer, I think, is simpler: Collective misery is inversely proportional to the demand for quality entertainment. People are broke and desper... more » Old Ocho: Numbers 3 (Up), 4 (Hangover) and 6 (Star Trek) of the 2009 Box Office Top 20 were all very good. Still, that pales in comparison to 2008, when the num... more » unclevanya: Watching TV hasn't been free for years. At least not for people who left the caves. more » Magister: For a lot of people, it was either a trip to Disney World or a trip into Disney's world. more » PaisleyPajamas: *raises hand sheepishly* What about The Blind Side? It's kicking butt at the box office, has superb direction by John Lee Hancock and is such a book... more » Steverino Begins: Hmm, your sight unseen Avatar review furthers my suspicion that these up/down awards lists are made by people who haven't even seen these movies. more » Xylo: I wish "Moon" was more of a contender. Sam Rockwell was fantastic in that film; great, basic, man-v-machine sci-fi. more » eatsshootsleaves: Granted, I've only seen four of the movies on this list, but A Serious Man was by far the best. I thought it was better crafted than even No Country f... more » -
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Who's Louder: Thurston Moore, Or The Oscars?
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· Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore makes the solo rounds with The Haters, Dead Machines and Hive Mind at the Smell. More » -
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It's The Darwin Poetry Jam!
· In honor of Darwin's 200th birthday, USC's Master of Professional Writing program brings acclaimed scientists and poets to the Natural History Museum to examine Darwin's influence on poetry in Darwin Among the Poets. More » -
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Fly Like An (Andrew) Bird
· Glockenspiel master (among other instruments) Andrew Bird plays the Orpheum. It's sold out, but that shouldn't stop you. More » -
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Let Annie Lennox Be Your Valentine
Friday
· Annie Lennox appears at the Grammy Museum for a Q&A/mini-performance. More » -
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Mel B Wants You To Drop And Give Her 20
· Or, in a simpler variation, just drop 20 on her DVD Totally Fit and call it good. She'll sell it to you personally tonight at the Virgin Megastore. More » -
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A Truly Mortifying Valentine's Day
· Mortified LA: Doomed Valentine's Show offers an evening of epically humiliating romantic raconteurship. Misery loves company, especially around this time of year. At King King. More » -
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It's Your Choice: Sparks, or Cat Power
· The exquisite Cat Power takes the stage at the Avalon. Will it be one of those mental breakdown quickies? Or a 3 1/2 hour set that exhausts her repertoire? Either way, go. More » -
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Grow 'Roid Boobs: Let Nitro Tell You How!
· American Gladiators alumnus Nitro — née Dan Clark — will share good, bad, ugly and 'roidally deranged tales from the old days while reading his new biography at Book Soup. More » -
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Who's Afraid of Edward Albee?
Friday
· U.K. rapper Lady Sovereign brings her rhymes to the Echo.
· Stormy Weather, the Lena Horne biographical musical with Leslie Uggams in the title role, continues at the Pasadena Playhouse. More » -
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Let Ernst Lubitsch Take You Away
· The Silent Movie Theatre screens Ernst Lubitsch Musicals, from the silent film pioneer who combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of film to produce the first Hollywood musicals. Tonight: 1934's The Merry Widow. More » -
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Where Eagles Of Death Metal Soar
· Be among the baffled public to help Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes work out their deafening joke-rock identity crises when the Eagles of Death Metal appear at The Music Box. More » -
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One Night Only: Take A Leak On David Denby
· Joyless, dyslexic, elitist fungus of a film critic David Denby discusses his book Snark at the ICM Screening Room. Should be fun! More » -
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Meet 'Milk' Writer Dustin Lance Black
· It's Dustin Lance Black night at Book Soup! He'll sign just about anything, but preferably Milk: The Shooting Script. It's your chance to brush up against a possible Oscar-winner. (No groping.) More » -
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Don't Stop Believin' It's Super Bowl Weekend.
Friday · Ultimate unisex Journey tribute band Infinity—with members from L.A. bands like Longstocking and Patsy and led by Steve Perry-channeling Michelle "Woody" Stevenson—plays Spaceland. Start believin'. More » -
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LaBelle Apologizes For Keeping You Waiting 30 Years
· After three decades and a half-million hairstyles, Patti LaBelle finally reunites her eponymous R&B trio in LA at the Nokia Theater. More » -
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Decision Time: Brian Wilson, Or The World's Sex-Change Capital?
· Brian Wilson will sing some of pop history's most influential songs at the Wiltern. Indigo Girl Amy Ray will present less important songs at the Troubador, but is likelier to sing in key. More » -
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Tiny Vaudeville, Felon O'Reilly, North by Northwest
· 826LA's monthly Tiny Vaudeville series comes to the Echoplex, with the musical stylings of Pop Levi, Dave Foley, Al Madrigal, Dave (Gruber) Allen, and James Adomian. More » -
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Phantom of the Opera: 'Yup. I'm Gay!'
Friday · The Phantom of the Opera fills the void left by Wicked at the Pantages. Everyone loves Phantom: It has a falling chandelier! More » -
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Balls, Walkmen, Huston
· The Mayan hosts the Art of Change Inaugural Ball, featuring multimedia vaudeville troupe the Mutaytor and the Crystal Method, helping move your feet in the right direction. More » -
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Shearer, Manhatta, MLK
· Join Harry Shearer as he throws George W. Bush a going-away party at Largo. He'll perform selections from his Grammy-nominated album, Songs of the Bushmen. More »
