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The Name Is Kirk, Charlotte Kirk
Nobody yet knows who’ll be wearing James Bond’s tuxedo in the next 007 movie—the odds-on favorite among bookies is currently Bullet Train star Aaron Taylor-Johnson—but rumor has it a familiar face may end up...
LAFC Hopeful for CONCACAF Champions League Trophy
The team go into the second leg with heads held high and an uphill battle against Mexican side Club León
A Rollicking Race Is Par for the Course in L.A.’s Council District 14
Cityside Column: Incumbent Kevin de León could be one of four current or past officeholders in a barnburner 2024 election
Songwriting Legend Cynthia Weil Dies at 82
As a songwriter, Cynthia Weil, who died Thursday at age 82 at her home in Beverly Hills, wrote lyrics that were sophisticated and soulful, wounded and precocious.
Working mainly with her husband and songwriting partner...
The L.A. Mag Guide to Weekend Sales: Elie Saab, Bottega Veneta, For Art’s Sake
Welcome to LAMag’s Friday Newsletter, sharing the best weekend sales across the Southland. While you’re enjoying this week’s edition, sign yourself up here to have the Guide sent to your inbox every Friday.Elie Saab Sample Sale Through...
Pride Month School Assembly Sparks Protest
Tempers flared outside a North Hollywood elementary school on Friday morning where large dueling crowds of protesters clashed over a planned Pride Day assembly.
Dozens of conservative parents were met in front of the school...
What’s On in L.A. This Weekend: ThriftCon, LAFC, Paradise In The Park
Also, a special art exhibition in honor and memory of curator Bob Self
Billy Francesca’s Guide to a Fabulous WeHo Pride
A local luminary in WeHo, Billy Francesca hosts some of the area’s most popular clubs and parties year-round, but during Pride month the self-proclaimed “original bearded ladee” shines brighter and gets busier than ever. After...
Dear Abbey: A Brief History of WeHo’s Iconic Gay Bar
My first visit to the Abbey, the sprawling queer bar on Robertson between Santa Monica and Melrose, was as a visitor to Los Angeles in 2012. It was a glorious late-spring afternoon, and the...
The Gay Bar, Reimagined
Up until recently, West Hollywood had essentially two options for public libations: upscale hotel/private clubs or old-school Santa Monica Boulevard gay bars, with requisite pounding music, G-stringed go-go boys making it rain, and randy,...
