It’s a little early, and it probably won’t be recognized in most states, but Nov. 13 should be designated Ol’ Dirty Bastard Day. Since he passed away on Saturday, ODB fans across the country have been reminiscing not only about his contributions to the musical world, but also about how endearingly crazy the guy was (not in any clinical or legal sense of the word, of course). Read more...

FILM&TV: “Alexander” History is so much hotter when your teachers are Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Jared Leto. Take a sneak peek at the new film that chronicles the legendary epic that is the life of this sexually adventurous Macedonian conqueror as he travels all the way from Babylon to India, killing anything standing in his way and sleeping with everything else. Read more...

This year’s UCLA Wind Ensemble is the best one yet ““ at least that’s the claim made by conductor Dr. Thomas Lee. But students will get a chance to find out for themselves on Nov. Read more...

Janet Jackson’s baring performance at the Superbowl. Britney kissing Madonna at the VMA. Risqué moments like these seem almost commonplace now, but in the 1940s, sex was all action and no talk. Read more...

With his starlit gaze and sweet, smooth voice, Max Raabe is a modern-day Rudy Vallee. On stage, the tall and slender baritone’s seductiveness is further accentuated by the elegant 1920s style tuxedo he wears. Read more...

No one has e-mailed me about this specifically, but I have had numerous people in the last week or so ask me two general questions in person: 1. Read more...

Whenever I need to apologize to someone, I look to acting guru and personal role model Lindsey Lohan. See, there’s a famous scene in the epic, monumental and ground-breaking movie “Mean Girls” where Lohan plays the main character, Cady Heron, and apologizes at prom to all the girls in her school for an entire school year of smack-talking and gossip. Read more...