Grauman’s Chinese Theatre celebrates its 85th birthday this year and in honor of the occasion, the iconic L.A. landmark will be offering admission for only 25 cents, the same price it fetched on its 1927 opening, on select Mondays beginning April 2nd. On these 25-cent Mondays, Grauman’s and the Chinese 6 Theatres will show classic films premiered at the Hollywood monument over the past eight decades. As a tribute to the birthday of one of L.A.'s greatest icons, we bring you a closer look at Graumans' rise as Hollywood's most famous movie theater and its rich history of milestones and events since 1927, from its first glamorous movie premiere to a recent Spongebob beatdown. More»

Happy 125th Birthday, Hollywood! It's hard to believe that a century-and-a-quarter ago, a real estate mogul from Kansas named Harvey Wilcox registered the area with the County recorder, envisioning "the perfect site for a utopian-like community for devout Christians, where they could live a a highly moral life free of vices such as alcohol." Well, Harvey, the tranny hooker practicing her pole dancing on the bus stop sign at Santa Monica & Highland seems to indicate that it may not exactly have worked out as planned, but Hollywood is still alive and (mostly) thriving, so kudos! In honor of Mr. Wilcox, here are some of our favorite things in the 90028: More»

We're so proud of you all for staying strong through award season; trust me, we're feeling your pain and  know it's not easy. But just think of it this way: last night's 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards means we're one event closer to the end of the season of Hollywood's drawn-out ceremonious patting of itself on the back. One of the best ways I've found to cope with this time of year is by focusing on the part I actually give toss about, which is what everyone wore. So, come with me as we take a gander at my picks for best and worst looks from the red carpet at the 2012 SAG Awards last night. More»

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner

Twihards were out in full-force last night at the Nokia Theatre downtown where they'd been camping out since last Wednesday for the premiere of the latest installment of vampire drama The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.  From the clamoring fans' most outrageous signs and the surprising/horrifying looks on the red carpet, to Taylor Lautner exhibiting the definition of gay-face-meets-neanderthal, here's the good, the bad and the ugly from last night's Twilight premiere. More»

As with all the other countless occasions for which Hollywood takes the opportunity to congratulate itself with lavish award shows, last night's 63rd Primetime Emmys gave celebrities an excellent platform to impress the world with their fancy style. Of course we're semi-interested in who went home with trophies, but what we really care about is who the winners and losers in the fashion department were. So let's get to the good stuff and see the best and worst from last night's Emmy red carpet looks.

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[Bianca Kajlich, Ben Stiller, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Ruben Fleischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Dilshad Vadsaria, Michael Pena photo via] Hollywood was en fuego this week with movie premieres pretty much every night. Unfortunately, this also meant celebrities had even more opportunities than usual to choose the wrong thing to wear and have their fashion mishaps broadcast for all the world to see. And I'm not sure if stylists had the week off or Mercury is in retrograde or what but, man, did they deliver. The fug was brought in copious amounts that we actually had to narrow the bad ones down. Let's put it this way: the best dressed person at any of the premieres this week is an eight-year-old. So without further ado, here are the best and worst dressed of this week's Hollywood movie premieres.

Happy Birthday, Hollywood sign! You were brought into this world on the side of Mount Lee 88 years ago today, making you the second-oldest L.A. landmark behind Hugh Hefner, who's 137 years old. Because you were originally an advertisement for Harry Chandler's Hollywoodland housing development, you used to be four letters heavier, but like everyone else in this town, you were forced to lose some weight.

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It's no secret that New Zealand's always harbored a little bit of a "baby brother" complex. First, to their trans-Tasman (I looked it up) neighbors, Australia, who apparently have a reputation for taking credit for Kiwi singers and desserts, amongst other things. But now that they've shot a ridiculously successful trilogy of films about some magic Hobbits who are deeply in love with each other, it seems that they're ready to fire a few shots in our direction as well. And they're getting started by aping our most famous landmark. More»

Hey you guys, did you know James Franco is better looking, more talented, and more ambitious than the rest of us? Oh you did? Well did you know he's also more spontaneous? Yup, he's just the ultimate! In between giving Oscar-nominated performances, MFA studies, throwing phones, and hosting this year's Oscars, he's also opening a secret new L.A. bar (but we know where it is!) where he'll sing for guests at his super exclusive Oscar "after-after-after-after party." More»