Venice Beach Performers: Tony Vera – “The Fireman”

Venice Beach Performers: Tony Vera – "The Fireman"

Before he was a paparazzo and documentarian of all things Venice with his video camera, Tony Vera was "The Fireman" on the Venice Boardwalk. Peep the new HQ footage that Chainsaw Juggler Mad Chad has put up of "The Acts of Venice Beach" on 60 Second TV!

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Real Channing Tatum Stripper Videos Go Viral as 'Magic Mike' Opens (Photo, Video)

Real Channing Tatum Stripper Videos Go Viral as 'Magic Mike' Opens (Photo, Video)

The "Magic Mike" star's exotic past is slowly emerging on the internet ahead of his new film's release.

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Santa Monica Police Promise to Play Nicer With Mountain Lions

Santa Monica Police Promise to Play Nicer With Mountain Lions

 

The Santa Monica Police Department has been accused by animal rights activists of not playing nice with the young mountain lion that roamed into a courtyard near the Third Street Promenade, and now the department has vowed to change its ways with wildlife. 

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YouTube Is Developing a Secret Weapon Against the Internet's Worst Commenters

YouTube Is Developing a Secret Weapon Against the Internet's Worst Commenters

YouTube will overhaul its comment system to better control its notorious peanut gallery.

Three X-Treme Theme Park Designs Debuting This Year

Three X-Treme Theme Park Designs Debuting This Year

Walt Disney never wanted his park to be completed. "It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world," he said. Today the heirs to Disney's legacy continue to push the limits of what is possible, redesigning?the whole theme park experience from roller coasters to ice cream to tchotchkes. In 2012, this is the state of the imagination.

Gravity Falls finally answers your prayers for an animated version of Eerie, Indiana

TV: What's On Tonight?: Gravity Falls finally answers your prayers for an animated version of Eerie, Indiana



Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Gravity Falls (Disney Channel, 9 p.m., Friday): Television has been lacking a “creepy goings-on in a small town” series since the cancellation of Happy Town—and no, neither The Vampire Diaries nor The Secret Circle counts. And you’d have to reach back to the glory days of Eerie, Indiana to find such a show attuned to the macabre interests of middle-school outcasts. All that changes with the debut of Gravity Falls, a supernatural curio that does the children of former video-store clerks and current roller-derby brawlers the solid of providing entry points to Twin Peaks and the work of Kristen Schaal. Alasdair Wilkins will meet you there for some damn fine coffee and… whatever food they liked on Eerie, Indiana.

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Twenty Twelve ...

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CBS Report On Sequel To "The Big Lebowski" All A Big Fake

CBS Report On Sequel To "The Big Lebowski" All A Big Fake



The Coen brothers are making a sequel to The Big Lebowski, a bunch of fuckin' amateurs "report."

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Comic-Con thinks a Firefly reunion might interest its attendees, if they're not busy with something else

TV: Newswire: Comic-Con thinks a Firefly reunion might interest its attendees, if they're not busy with something else

The canceled cult sci-fi show Firefly will have a special 10-year cast and crew reunion at this year's Comic-Con, where attendees will probably be like, "Oh, I guess maybe I'll duck into the Firefly thing while I'm waiting for the Shameless panel," potentially risking their seats at both that and the one for The CW's Beauty And The Beast reboot just to see Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, and the rest of the Serenity crew pretend like they're going to make more someday. Also offering some distraction during the downtime between My Little Pony and Psych panels: another, larger Community Q&A (for the first time sans Dan Harmon), another giant Game Of Thrones gathering, and hours devoted to stuff like Breaking Bad, Archer, Django Unchained, and The Hobbit that we suppose it's possible Comic-Con attendees might also be ...

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Why Nora Ephron's Films Made Such an Impact: A Critic's Take

Why Nora Ephron's Films Made Such an Impact: A Critic's Take



THR's David Rooney analyzes the legacy of the writer-director's screen work, which often traded successfully in old-fashioned romance.

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Comic-Con 2012: Hasbro Premieres Star Wars, Marvel and G.I. Joe Exclusives

Comic-Con 2012: Hasbro Premieres Star Wars, Marvel and G.I. Joe Exclusives



Also making its debut will be a Hollywood Jem doll from "Jem and the Holograms," as well as toys from Transformers and My Little Pony.

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Nora Ephron: Before 'Harry Met Sally'

Nora Ephron: Before 'Harry Met Sally'

Lisa Schwarzbaum appreciates late writer's films, but points back to her essays to find her purest voice

How L.A. Used To Have Fun: 100-Year-Old Water Slides and Roller Coasters

How L.A. Used To Have Fun: 100-Year-Old Water Slides and Roller Coasters

                            

How did Angelenos used to have summer fun 25, 50 or even 100 years ago? Pretty much the same way we do now. Angelenos went to the beach, hung out at Disneyland, hopped on roller coasters on local piers and built massive water parks to help them cool down.

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June 26, 1974: Supermarket Scanner Rings Up Historic Pack of Gum

June 26, 1974: Supermarket Scanner Rings Up Historic Pack of Gum

A supermarket cashier scans a multipack of chewing gum across a bar-code scanner in Troy, Ohio. It?s the first product ever checked out by Universal Product Code.

'Abraham Lincoln': What it got right

'Abraham Lincoln': What it got right

OK, the ''Vampire Hunter'' part isn't real, but two historians do find accurate details around the edges