Natasha Case: The Scoop on the Coolhaus Co-Founder

Natasha Case: The Scoop on the Coolhaus Co-Founder

Dick Clark Puts $3.5 Million Flintstone Inspired Estate on the Market

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Dick Clark Puts $3.5 Million Flintstone Inspired Estate on the Market



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The one-bedroom home sits atop a sprawling 22.89 acres of mountain with panoramic views of the city and ocean.

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Grunion to Run the Beach

Grunion to Run the Beach

Tis the season for the grunion run. The silvery fish were set to make their first appearance of the year Thursday night, according to the California Department of Fish and Game.
From now until about August, the grunion will wriggle ashore to spawn. This ritual takes place the night of full or new moons, and continues for about three nights following, according to the state department.
"This doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world, and it’s a very unique experience," Melissa Studer, project director for Grunion.org, a Pepperdine University group of scientists, environmentalists and community members, told Patch last year.
During a grunion run, the fish leave the ocean to spawn on beaches. The females create nests in the sand, where they deposit eggs. The males follow, curving around the females to fertilize the eggs.
Females lay between 1,600 and 3,600 eggs during one spawn, according to the state department. The eggs hatch about 10 days later when there is another high tide.
Grunion, a toothless fish, typically grow to be between five and six inches long. While humans, other large fish and shark eat grunion; shorebirds prey on grunion eggs.
"Look for the shorebirds—they always know where to find the grunion," Studer said.
Grunion runs can be seen by beachgoers at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, according to the state department. Another main landing spot for the grunion has been in Hermosa Beach, near 33rd Street.
Some other beaches known to have runs are Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Cabrillo Beach, Long Beach, Belmont Shore, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Doheny Beach, Del Mar, La Jolla, Mission Beach and the Coronado Strand.
See accompanying fact sheet under photo for a full schedule of expected grunion runs this season.

Back In the 90s Jon Hamm Had More Parking Tickets Than Acting Jobs in L.A.

Back In the 90s Jon Hamm Had More Parking Tickets Than Acting Jobs in L.A.



Sound familiar? Guy arrives in Los Angeles with a 10-year-old car and a head full of dreams of Hollywood, only to be bested by parking tickets and towing fines and then left to chase his stardom with a bus pass when the city hauls the car away. [ more › ]

Kids Find Bald Eagle Chick During School Field Trip in Big Bear

Kids Find Bald Eagle Chick During School Field Trip in Big Bear



Big Bear is home to snowboarders, L.A. escapees and nature-lovers, and now, it's also home to a bald eagle chick. The baby bird was discovered by a group of third-graders and their guide on a field trip, reports NBC Los Angeles. [ more › ]

Why 'Game Change' Chose Julianne Moore Over Tina Fey for Sarah Palin

Why 'Game Change' Chose Julianne Moore Over Tina Fey for Sarah Palin



Jordan Zakarin
While the "30 Rock" star was famous for her impression, it wasn't the tone the HBO film wanted to present.

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How Davy Jones and the Monkees Impacted Music, Hollywood -- and Jack Nicholson

How Davy Jones and the Monkees Impacted Music, Hollywood -- and Jack Nicholson



Andrew Sandoval
With the death of the legendary frontman, the band's former manager reveals the impact of the "Prefab Four."
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Your Kinect Is Watching You

Your Kinect Is Watching You

There is a wave of concern—completely justified, to my mind—over the privacy implications of our increasing reliance on Facebook and Google. What most people don’t realize, however, is that these issues are dwarfed by the potential for privacy invasion that’s presented by a seemingly innocuous platform: video games.

Disney Channel, Radio Disney Execs, Stars Celebrate 'Platypus Day' in Honor of 'Phineas and Ferb' (Photos)

Disney Channel, Radio Disney Execs, Stars Celebrate 'Platypus Day' in Honor of 'Phineas and Ferb' (Photos)

THR Staff
Some of the top players from multiple Mouse House platforms united to introduce a new song and dance, designed to inspire kids and families to pursue active lifestyles.

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Star Wars: Episode I actor Jake Lloyd has been through "living hell"

Film: Newswire: Star Wars: Episode I actor Jake Lloyd has been through "living hell," according to Jake Lloyd

When he was hired at the tender age of 8 to play the lead in Star Wars: Episode I, Jake Lloyd wanted nothing more than to take the iconic character of Darth Vader and reveal his heretofore-unexplored inner, giddy child who really enjoyed pod-racing, laughing, and saying, “Yippee!”—thus establishing a dramatic bookend to his innocence-destroying, “Nooooooo!” Unfortunately, Star Wars fans were less than thrilled about meeting Darth Vader as an adorable young moppet, and they soon laid into him with a rancor uncharacteristic of Star Wars fans, except those Star Wars fans whose favorite character is the Rancor.
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Brian K. Vaughan Returns to Comics With Sci-Fi Epic Saga (NSFW)

Storyboard: Brian K. Vaughan Returns to Comics With Sci-Fi Epic <cite>Saga</cite> (NSFW):

Huffington Post Launches Video Series About Why Readers Moved to L.A.

Huffington Post Launches Video Series About Why Readers Moved to L.A.

If you're from the Northeast, like I am, your memory of leaving home for the brighter shores of Los Angeles may be saturated with people mocking you, and asking you things like "why the hell would you want to live there?" Ah, family. Anyway, if you've bottled up the answer to that last question for fear of bringing on more ridicule, you don't need to be scared anymore -- The Huffington Post is asking readers to share their personal relocation tales [ more › ]

Did Social Media Take Down Rush Limbaugh?

Did Social Media Take Down Rush Limbaugh?

On Monday, AOL announced in a Facebook post that it was joining the flood of advertisers pulling their spots from the Rush Limbaugh Show. The sponsor defections started last week, when the radio host called Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" for testifying before Congress in support of a birth-control mandate. Online outrage eventually boiled over when Limbaugh encouraged Fluke to publish a sex tape. His rationale: If "we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch."

SeaWorld San Diego Launches Live Penguin Cam

Cute Overload: SeaWorld San Diego Launches Live Penguin Cam

 

Some Mondays need a little adorable, and we're bringing you a lot of adorable via today's video lunch. SeaWorld San Diego has launched a live penguin cam, granting viewers intimate peeks at our feathered friends 24 hours a day throughout March and April. [ more › ]