Happy 4/20, everyone! No, we're not talking about Hitler's birthday, or even the creation of Wisconsin; today's the day that stoners everywhere do what they'd probably be doing anyway– smoke weed all day. Here in L.A., where it's probably more acceptable in certain social circles to light up a gigantic, Purple-Haze-filled blunt than to, say, talk about your support of Mitt Romney, you could see April 20th as just another day. But where's the fun in that? In that spirit, we present a special 4/20 edition of The WeedDown, our monthly feature collecting the latest stories, news and humorous items related to the sticky icky icky. More»

- Remember that time Vanessa Hudgens did molly at Coachella? [Popsugar]

- Well, what do you know.  Everybody's favorite face, Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, is an intern at an indie alt label.  Alt swoon. [Buzzfeed]

- J.K. Rowling's post Harry Potter book is going to be about war.  English war. [Gawker] More»

Yeah, I said it. I use a superlative only because I mean it. The hippest. If you've seen him around, and you probably have since he's everywhere, maybe you know what I mean. From the floor of the Lakers game to front row of Milan Fashion week, to the back room at Trousdale or Boom Boom Room, James Goldstein is the definition of a man about town and doesn't care if he's the oldest one in the room by a lot. More»

[Ali Larter, Christina Hendricks, Elisabeth Moss via] Nikki Reed, Kristin Cavallari and Shenae Grimes get their gamer on at The Beverly for "Just Dance 3"; Jamie Kennedy, Cheech Marin and an eclectic collection of other Angelenos party for champagne at the Jackie Treehorn house from Lebowski; L.A.'s interior designers from TV get a first glimpse of The Rug Company showroom's makeover; Christina Hendricks, Ali Larter (with a super cute new short hair cut!) and more gussy up for Club Tacori's evening of jewels at Soho House— More»

Happy holidaze, everyone! Today we come together in honor of a grand tradition that may help relieve your post-Coachella blues (sidenote: we are feeling it hard over here. People in the office have been spontaneously breaking out into tears, weeping. It's pathetic.). Thankfully, today gives everyone an excuse to ease our minds and eat an inordinate amount of raw cookie dough, so turn up the Velvet Underground and/or Jimi Hendrix Blues album (track 2!) and just say "yo world, 'scuse me while I kiss the sky." More»

• Matt Weiner, I know you're the creator and everything but you better figure out a deal with AMC and Lionsgate FAST because I cannot wait until 2012 for the next season of "Mad Men", okay? [LATimes]
• Japan's nuclear crisis worsens as even higher levels of radiation are found in several natural resources including tap water [HuffPo]
• NASA releases first photos ever of Mercury! [KABC]
• Oh dear, didn't realize things had gotten this bad: Jennifer Aniston won't just star in shitty movies, but will now actually direct them... for Lifetime [PE]
• I don't think Jeff Bridges had to dig too deep into his soul for his legendary role as The Dude and you might not either if you watch this video of him at Toscana [TMZ]

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Last Friday, M Bar threw down with the first D&D party of the year, supercharging our weekends with a "funkdafied dance party" that promised to fulfill both the Down and the Dirty of its name. But we're perfectionists, so let's go through the party pics and make sure that the event was indeed what it claimed to be... 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»