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Getting The Facts On Star Jones
Little known fact about Defamer Videographer Molly McAleer ... she is a Barbara Walters superfan. When she decided that she couldn't choose between putting together tonight's To Do's and reading Babs' new book, Audition, she pulled a page out of The Hours and did both. Take that, Stephen Daldry! More »
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· AFI's Music Documentary Series is nearing the end of its six week run at the ArcLight tonight. We'd love to tell you what they're showing, but alas, the ArcLight's website contains no info. Anyway, what would life be if we never took any chances?
· And if it's music that you're looking for (or, as Molly McAleer describes, a night out with your "homies" and a few "brewskis"), might we suggest checking out The Heavy at Cinespace?
Dat Phan, AFI's Music Documentary Series, The Heavy
· Dat Phan, who you may or may not recall as the Season 1 winner of Last Comic Standing, will be performing his stand-up set at The Improv tonight.· AFI's Music Documentary Series is nearing the end of its six week run at the ArcLight tonight. We'd love to tell you what they're showing, but alas, the ArcLight's website contains no info. Anyway, what would life be if we never took any chances?
· And if it's music that you're looking for (or, as Molly McAleer describes, a night out with your "homies" and a few "brewskis"), might we suggest checking out The Heavy at Cinespace?
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Cinco De Mayo, Polaroid Picture Party, Alicia Keys
As we briefly mentioned in this space on Friday, we are switching up the way we are delivering our daily To Do's to you, the loyal Defamer reader. While we will continue to list that evening's event list in print, we thought it might add a little somethin' somethin' to have Defamer's resident videotrix, Miss Molly McAleer, present the items to you in video form. Somedays, like today, she'll be shooting them from the comfort of her secret lair, which rests high above the Hollywood Hills (if you recognize her room, that's because it doubled for Tony Stark's bachelor pad in Iron Man). On other days, though, she'll be taking the show on the road, where she'll be in search of the most (or perhaps the least) majestic place from which to relay to you that day's To Do's. So, with that in mind, please enjoy the debut installment of our brand new feature! (Event listings follow after the jump.) More »
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Your Weekend To Do's
Before we get started with this weekend's To Do's, Defamer would like to bid a fond farewell to Intern Kerry, who has been writing the copy you have seen in this space for darn near the last four years. Everyone at Defamer, both past and present, would like to thank her for not only keeping us all abreast of what we should and should not be doing on a nightly basis in Los Angeles, but also for making us laugh. Don't fret, though, To Do's will be back on Monday, albeit in a slightly different form. Now, on with the weekend activities...
FRIDAY
· Your evening's musical selections include Blind Melon at the El Rey (we're not sure how that is possible, unless The Bee Girl is now on lead vox), Stiff Little Fingers at the House of Blues, Berlin at Crash Mansion.
· Maria Shriver will be signing her book, Just Who Will You Be?, at the Barnes & Noble at The Grove. If you're looking to answer that question, we suggest that you don't choose "the governor's mistress" ... she won't be pleased. Those cheekbones will cut a bitch!
· Funny dudes Dave Holmes (a recent PrivacyWatch star!) and Scott Gimple are hosting The Friday Forty over at IO West. It's part comedy, part game show and all awesome.
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Does It Offend You, Yeah, Comedy Fest, Jennifer Weiner
· Music round-up: Does It Offend You, Yeah at the El Rey, Voodoo Glow Skulls at the Key Club, Camp Freddy at the Roxy.
· The Los Angeles Comedy Festival kicks off at the at McCadden Place Theater with "three weeks of nonstop improv, sketch, and standup comedy." Who couldn't use a laugh? We know we sure could!
· Jennifer "In Her Shoes" Weiner reads and signs from her newest book, Certain Girls, at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica.
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James Ellroy, Andy Garcia, Seal
· Jack O'Connell and James Ellroy present and sign The Resurrectionist at Book Soup. We will award Star Commenter Status to anyone who goes and gets video of the Demon Dog opining about what he really thought about Keanu Reeves ruining his screenplay (or, for that matter, what he thought about Josh Hartnett's wooden performance in The Black Dahlia)...· Meanwhile, over at the ArcLight Cinemas, the AFI's Music Documentary Series offers up a screening of Cachao: Uno Mas, followed by Q&A with producer Andy Garcia.
· And if you are looking to hit a concert, try Seal at the Avalon, Mike Doughty at the El Rey (and this time, we definitely do not mean the Glass House) or David Garza at Largo.
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The Breeders, Nick Kroll, Mudcrutch
· Even though their new record is less than impressive, we still recommend going to see The Breeders· Hollywood Improv provides a night of chuckles w/ host Rob Delaney, Nick Kroll (Best Week Ever), Jen Kirkman (Acceptable TV, ASSSSCAT), Chris Hardwick (Hard & Phirm, G4's Attack of the Show) and more.
· Giulia D'Agnola Vallan presents and signs the new biography of director John Landis, with Landis on hand to sign as well at Dark Delicacies. More »
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She & Him, Hot Chip, 'Pulp Fiction'
· Tonight's musical options include She & Him at the Vista Theater (in case you don't know the people behind the pronouns, "She" is Zooey Deschanel and "Him" is M. Ward), Hot Chip at the Mayan Theater and Colin Meloy of Decemberists fame at the Henry Fonda.
· The Samuel Goldwyn Theater continues its hosting gig of the "It's Great To Be Nominated" series with a screening of Pulp Fiction, followed by a discussion with executive producers Richard N. Gladstein, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, costume designer Betsy Heimann, editor Sally Menke, set decorator Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, actress Julia Sweeney, production designer David Wasco and casting directors Ronnie Yeskel and Gary Zuckerbrod.
· The Red Cat pays tribute to the annual Ottawa International Animation Festival by highlighting festival favorites and award-winners from the 2007 edition. We're sure there is a hockey joke in here somewhere.
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Your Weekend To Do's
FRIDAY· Coachella weekend is finally upon us. Too much will be said about it, so we will not waste everyone's time with more about it here.
· Chelsea Handler will continue her impressive streak of not being funny tonight at the Wiltern.
· The Egyptian hosts a Fangoria Convention and screens Night of the Living Dead at the witchy hour of midnight with members of original cast there in the flesh. More »
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Flight Of The Conchords, Russ Stanton, 'Standard Operating Procedure'
· The Hiphopotamus will be taking on the Rhymenocerous in a fight to the death when Flight of the Conchords play at Amoeba today. Also on tap, The Black Heart Procession at the Troubadour, Caribou at the El Rey. Bonus video of our favorite FOTC song after the jump!· The L.A. Times "innovations expert"-turned-editor Russ Stanton speaks tonight about the slipping circulation and slashed budgets that face not only the LAT, but newspapers around the country. At the Steve Allen Theater. Ten bucks says he blames blogs.
· As loyal Defamer readers are well aware, director Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure examines the 2004's Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The Hammer screens it tonight, complete with some Q&A action with producer Julie Ahlberg & executive producer Diane Weyerman. [via Flavorpill] More »
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NME Awards, Bob Dylan Tribute, Cookies
· Your evening's musical selections include Architecture in Helsinki at the Echo, Her Space Holiday at the Troubadour and Nellie McKay at Largo. Or, you could head over to the NME Awards, which boast The Lemonheads, Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon, Does It Offend You Yeah? and Jane's Addiction - reuniting for the umpteenth time - at the El Rey.· The Skirball, whose Bob Dylan retrospective has been going on for what seems like years at this point, gives the man props again with a tribute concert featuring Zack de la Rocha, John Doe, Michael Franti and Lucinda Williams performing covers of his work.
· Nothing warms our heart more than men cooking. UCB presents Cookies! A Cooking Show "for guys who don't cook by guys who barely cook."
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Chris Rock, Oliver Future, Cartoon Dump
· Fresh off his rousing, one night only performance at the Pellicano Playhouse, Chris Rock will be serving up the yuks tonight at the Gibson Ampitheater. Just don't ask him what he thinks of the "Chippendales" sketch.
· Tonight's concerts include Oliver Future at the Troubadour, Trainwreck at Spaceland and Kayne West's second night at the Nokia Theater.
· It’s the fourth Tuesday of the month. Therefore, it is time once again for the Cartoon Dump at the Steve Allen Theater.
· Did you know: “In terms of its ticket sales and the number of movies released, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world.” The Arclight celebrates this worthy contributor to the medium with the Indian Film Festival.
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Kanye West, John Lasseter, Curtis Hanson
· Kanye West brings his Glow In The Dark Tour to the Nokia Theater, You, Me & Iowa will be at the Echo (with Radars to the Sky!) and indie wuss Jonathan Rice will be performing at Spaceland.· Animation pro and Academy Award winner John Lasseter (of Pixar fame) screens and discusses Dumbo with Curtis Hanson as part of the UCLA Archive’s “The Movie That Inspired Me” series at the Billy Wilder Theater. [via]
· Marya Hornbacher discusses and signs Madness: A Bipolar Life at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.
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Your Weekend To Do's
FRIDAY· It's Friday. Go grab a root beer or two and enjoy Ghostland Observatory at the Henry Fonda, Helmet at the Key Club or The Sword at the El Rey.
· Zombie Strippers at the Nuart. Mind = blown.
· Alex P. Keaton doppelganger Dana Vachon presents Mergers + Acquisitions at Book Soup. Now in convenient paperback form! More »
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Nick Stoller, Jason Segel, Bent Festival
· See his naughty bits, then see him in the flesh. The Forgetting Sarah Marshall screening at the Arclight tonight includes a Q&A with director Nick Stoller and star Jason Segel.· We don't know where to begin describing the Bent Festival at the California Plaza, so we'll just let Flavorpill do it: "An international movement attracting musicians, artists, performers, noiseniks and mad scientists, circuit bending typically involves the manipulation of simple electronics — especially those found in children's toys like talking dolls — into avenues of sonic expression that Playskool just wouldn't understand. This year's Bent Festival is LA's fifth and most ambitious to date, with concerts by celebrity benders from all over the world, plus workshops, demonstrations, and parties over three days at two downtown locations." Yes, what they said.
· Western States Motel at Spaceland, Arlo Guthrie at Royce Hall, Oliver Future at Safari-Sams.
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Paul Wall, June Casagrande, Vilmos Zsigmond
· Grab yo grillz and go see Paul Wall at Crash Mansion, Subhumans at the Echo or Rocco DeLuca at Spaceland (for the latter two, grillz are optional only).· June Casagrande is signing Mortal Syntax: 101 Language Choices that Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs: Even if You're Right at Vroman's in Pasadena. Too bad she's going to be attacked by the punctuation snobs for having a book title that includes two colons.
· New Beverly Cinema screens The Sadist, followed by The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover. The Sadist's legendary cinemtographer, Vilmos Zsigmond (The Deer Hunter), will also be appearing in person.
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Sloane Crosley, Pattie Boyd, NOFX
· "Most popular publicist in New York"-turned-memoirist Sloane Crosley presents her first book, I Was Told There Would Be Cake, at Book Soup. We've read this collection of short stories and would like to relay that it's well deserving of all the hype that's been bestowed upon it. Definitely recommended.· Check out "The Photography of Pattie Boyd", who was the former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, at the Morrison Hotel Gallery (which is named after a rock star she didn't bang — at least that we know of).
· Punk rock legends NOFX will be performing at the Knitting Factory tonight, Radars to the Sky are at the Echo, Jonathan Rice is at Spaceland and Apocalyptica will be at the Roxy.
