Many of you know Rooney Mara as the girl who broke Mark Zuckerberg's heart in The Social Network, but we'll soon be acquainted with her take on the ass-kicking, pierced-up bisexual hacker, Lisbeth Salander, in the highly-anticipated Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Here's the low-down on the lucky girl who beat out a countless number of starlets for young Hollywood's most coveted role. More»

As you may already know, it got a little awkward at Dim Mak Studios the other night. It happens to all of us, right? Well, sure, but I can't help but think that some of this awkwardness could have been avoided if L.A.'s partygoers took a little time out of their grueling schedule of underemployment and Lucky Charms consumption to listen more closely to the sage advice of their dear, sainted mothers. Because really, the vast majority of this silliness is just stuff your mama warned you about. More»

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Are you afraid of having an awkward moment? You shouldn't be, we live for awkward moments. And we're here today to shed a little light on some standout examples that occurred Tuesday night at Dim Mak Studios while residents Dan Oh and Them Jeans and guest DJs Anna Lunoe and Bag Raiders did they thang. More»

Art director, curator, and Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) founder Shamim Momin (Oprah declares her as one of "10 Women on the Rise") is holding court at "The Island"—an actual islet just a short boat ride away from the Mondrian hotel in Biscayne Bay that she's helped convert into an installation. The conceptual, enigmatic project on the isle features site-specific works by Terence Koh, David Benjamin Sherry, Scott Campbell, Hanna Liden, and Bozidar Brazda, amongst others. More»

This kind of made our day and gives us yet another reason to look forward to summer. For all the children out there who never got over the cult classics of the '90s, enjoy Monty Python, and are down with experimental, music-driven films, Insomniac Cinema will be screening "classics" every Friday for the months of July and August in Westwood Village this summer.  More»

Whether you've been looking forward to this day for months or like me you didn't remember it was National ganja day until the smell of it smacked you in the face when you walked into your hall this morning, we thought we'd give you another option of how to celebrate 4/20 if you aren't into public parties and pot pageants. Here's a list of the Top 10 Movies that celebrate the art of toking, the beauty of bongs, and just about everything in between in regards to Mary Jane. More»