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Coachella Tickets Go on Sale Friday

Posted on 5/21/2013 2:55:00 PM by Jenny Lower

The mad grab for Coachella 2014 tickets starts this Friday at 10 am PT. Read More

'Mad Men' Season 6 Episode 8 Recap: The WTF Hall of Fame

Posted on 5/20/2013 10:40:00 AM by Jenny Lower

It’s possible one day we’ll look back on "The Crash" as the exact moment when "Mad Men" jumped the shark. Read More

LEGO Sculptures Bring Artistic Life to An L.A. Cemetery

Posted on 5/20/2013 8:51:00 AM by Jenny Lower

Nathan Sawaya’s The Art of the Brick features elaborate LEGO sculptures of Mount Rushmore, massive crayons, and Rodinesque figures. Read More

Acclaimed, Controversial "Scotsboro Boys" Musical Comes to L.A.

Posted on 5/17/2013 9:29:00 AM by Jenny Lower

Using minstrels to tell the true story of nine black men falsely accused of rape, the bawdy satire marks the final act in a career that courted controversy. Read More

'Mad Men' Season 6 Episode 7 Recap: Don Draper, Meet Christian Grey

Posted on 5/13/2013 11:32:00 AM by Jenny Lower

She needs him, and nothing else will do. Read More

Mark Ryden: Midnight in the Garden of Kitsch

Posted on 5/8/2013 10:54:00 AM by Jenny Lower

To those unfamiliar with Mark Ryden — an artist with the painstaking eye of an Old Master and a baroque passion for detail — the motifs of his work read like a checklist of oddities. Read More

'Mad Men' Season 6 Episode 6 Recap: Sterling Cooper 3.0

Posted on 5/6/2013 11:03:00 AM by Jenny Lower

The words "written by Matthew Weiner" during opening credits have taught Mad Men fans to hold onto our hats, but little could have prepared us for this episode. Read More

Mad Men's 9 Best Megan Draper Moments

Posted on 5/1/2013 9:45:00 AM by Jenny Lower

Jessica Paré's gamine grace and ability to handle both Don and his clients has earned her the admiration of fans—if not the undying fidelity of her husband. Here are our favorite Megan moments. Read More

'Mad Men' Season 6 Episode 5 Recap: Two By Two

Posted on 4/29/2013 12:15:00 PM by Jenny Lower

RECAP: In an episode that featured the worst disaster this season, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mad Men’s characters stayed afloat by pairing off—into some very odd couples. Read More