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LA Man Creates Tour of Gangsta Hot Spots

(May 31) -- Tourists who visit Los Angeles often visit Grauman's Chinese Theatre to see the footprints of the stars. Now they can also dip their toes into gangsta culture. For the last six months, an L.A. company, LA Gang Tours, has been offering tours of the city's hottest gang spots, including the county jail, the...

Kentucky Flunks Economics on Calipari

As if there were any doubt Kentucky has sold its soul for basketball glory, its $4-million-a-year coach is about to get more money. Wow, imagine what John Calipari would be worth if his team's GPA were higher than Kentucky's equestrian team. Not the riders' GPA, the horses'. "I'm extremely proud of what Coach Calipari...

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05/24/12 Eastern State Penitentiary's Prison Break Weekend,... Source: PR Newswire PHILADELPHIA , May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern State Penitentiary will host a Prison Break Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last entry 4:00 p.m. ). The event, designed to commemorate some of the most infamous prison breaks in American history, will feature interactive and family-friendly activities all weekend long. Visitors can try their hand at Bocce Ball, a means of escape for inmates in the 20th century, or decide which inmate is truly responsible for Eastern State's 1945 tunnel escape.
05/24/12 RIFF RAFF: Moonshine chez nous. Source: The Mirror I'm not much of a drinker, as anyone that has seen me do the Asian blush after so much as a sip of wine cooler can attest.
05/21/12 Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jessica Chastain attend... Source: In Case You Didn't Know Tom Hardy , Shia LaBeouf , Jessica Chastain , Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce attend a photocall for their new movie 'Lawless' at the Cannes Film Festival.
05/19/12 First 'Lawless' Clip Puts Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce on... Source: RopeofSilicon.com If you read the review of Lawless I just posted from here at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival this following clip, which serves as Guy Pearce 's introduction as special deputy Charlie Rakes, will likely put some of what I wrote into perspective.
05/10/12 Untouchables in L.A., Cohen as Capone Source: Hollywood Elsewhere I haven't read Will Beall 's screenplay (which is based on Paul Leiberman 's 2008 seven-part L.A. Times series titled "L.A. Noir: Tales From The Gangster Squad"), but the just-released trailer for Ruben Fleischer 's The Gangster Squad (Warner Bros., 10.19) indicates a fairly fast and loose approach to facts a la Brian DePalma 's The Untouchables ('87).