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The Primer: Manson MurdersThe Primer: Manson Murders

The Primer: Manson Murders

In the July issue of Los Angeles magazine, writer Steve Oney offers a chilling oral history of the Charles Manson murders, which terrified Los Angeles 40 years ago next month. Learn more here from major figures in the drama

Photograph courtesy Ligne Roset

The GuideThe Guide

The Guide

Welcome to our online Guide. Here you’ll find our picks of can’t-miss cultural events that span music, theater, films, readings, festivals, and more. Check it out at the beginning of each month, then come back often for our Ask Chris Picks and the last-minute additions worth rearranging your schedule for

Pitch PerfectPitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

Kerry Washington’s got range. The Life is Hot in Cracktown actress has disappeared into roles as different and intense as Jamie Foxx’s wife in Ray and Forest Whitaker's wife in The Last King of Scotland. Swaying to the music at Hotel Café, she opens up about fame, writing her first screenplay, and how the world’s saddest song inspired her next performance

By Ed Leibowitz

Also from current issue

Postscript: Sign Language

Web

Postscript: Sign Language

The billboards of the '50s and '60s revealed at LAmag.com and in our June issue brought back memories for former model Judy Jacobsen

War Games

Arts

War Games

Although The Hurt Locker and In the Loop are radically different, they are the first movies to get Iraq right

By Steve Erickson

Dan Winters Exposed

Features

Dan Winters Exposed

In a new book and at a local gallery, the celebrated photographer shares some of his favorite unpublished images...

By Ann Herold

House on Haunted Hill

Features

House on Haunted Hill

Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House was just put up for sale. The recently restored house—and the drama that unfolded with its many owners—tells the story of an aging city

By Steve Oney

Cahuenga Corridor

Cahuenga Corridor

Looking for the klieg lights and the tourists? Head elsewhere. This low-key strip is the anti-Hollywood

By Sara Lerner

My LA to Z: Paul Feig

My LA to Z: Paul Feig

Whether he’s people watching at LACMA or dropping cash on groceries for dinner, the director of The Office knows what he likes from the Valley to downtown

Interviewed by Clare R. Lopez

From the Editor

I didn’t wear the glove, but I did practice the Moonwalk for a solid month every day at lunch and bought Capezio jazz shoes with those slick leather soles so I could glide across the auditorium stage as effortlessly as he did. That didn’t happen. Continue

The Digest

Morning(s) After: Dwell on Food

We were happy to see that this year’s Dwell on Design exposition expanded the idea of modern living to include new visions of food and culture...

The Chic Leak Blog

A stylist hopes to augment her coffers with Audrina's gold bikini

The Spyglass

Happy 4th of July

fireworks_t Not sure where to catch the pyrotechnics this Saturday? Don't worry...

Secret Tunnel

Ask Chris

I’ve heard there’s a secret railroad tunnel in Newhall behind Hart Park that was built by Chinese
laborers in the 19th century. That sounds far-fetched.

Your information is right about the era and the immigrant workforce, but that tunnel is hardly a secret...

The Seen

Photo Finish »
Kim Porter hosted the opening night reception for photographer Cheryl Fox's exhibit Rock N' Roll of Hip Hop at the Celebrity Vault Gallery in Beverly Hills...
King's Crossing »
Larry King stepped away from his CNN news desk and into the spotlight at a book party celebrating My Remarkable Life...

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