Slash (music artist)

'Mongolian Bling' rappers swing to their own beat

2013-03-02 09:00:00

BEIJING — Mongolia's hip-hop scene caught Benj Binks off guard. The young Australian expected the descendants of Genghis Khan to be mostly nomads and herders, cantering over wild, bleak plains. Instead, when he arrived in the country's capital of...

Charlie Sheen tweets photo: 'Villaraigosa knows how to party!'

2012-12-29 14:52:11

Charlie Sheen caught on video uttering homophobic slur at bar launch

2012-12-30 09:42:22

Charlie Sheen apologizes for homophobic slur

2012-12-31 04:13:42

Power couple Jane Fonda and Richard Perry vote with their feet

2012-10-28 00:00:00

Just in time for the elections, actress and political activist Jane Fonda and music producer Richard Perry have sold their house in Hollywood Hills West for $8.5 million. The traditional-style home was built in 1942 for actor Ronald Reagan and his...

Billy Bob Thornton lists in Beverly Hills for $10 million

2012-10-09 12:59:00

Actor-screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton has listed his mansion in Beverly Hills for sale at $9.995 million. Built in 1929, his 11,012-square-foot Spanish-style house features a two-story living room, a recording studio, a gym, a library, nine bedrooms...

Rock 'n' Reubens in the Kibitz Room at Canter's

2011-10-14 00:00:00

Rock 'n' roll is to the Kibitz Room at Canter's what onions are to chopped liver. The two have been closely aligned since the little bar opened just off the beloved Fairfax Avenue deli's annex dining room in 1961. Only now, instead of a bunch of hippies...

Fashion books reviewed: 'City of Style,' 'By Invitation Only'

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Looking for a stylish read? Here are some very fashionable books out this spring. "City of Style" (Harper Collins, $21.99) is an approachable field guide to L.A. style in all its incarnations, whether Laurel Canyon bohemians or Mexican American cholas,...

Jim Marshall dies at 88; creator of famed rock 'n' roll amplifiers

2012-04-06 00:00:00

It was the physical embodiment of rock's power and majesty — a wall of black, vinyl-clad cabinets, one atop the other, crowned with a rectangular box containing the innovative circuitry that revolutionized the music. This was the famed Marshall...

Saturday Snapshot: Gene Simmons opens Rock & Brews in El Segundo

2012-04-07 09:00:00

The party was already plenty glam, especially for El Segundo. Tall, beautiful women everywhere. Free-flowing booze and plates of hot sausages. Rock stars from Velvet Revolver and the Village People. Lots of – maybe too much – leather. And then...

Critic’s Notebook: Rock Hall honors the yin and yang of Los Angeles rock

2011-12-07 04:34:51

Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers among Rock Hall inductees

2011-12-07 04:34:52

Rock guitarist Slash

2013-03-26 11:20:00

If there was ever a band you could actually imagine hanging out in the smoky, seedy establishments associated with pinball's early days, Guns N' Roses is it. The band's Data East-produced machine does a stellar job of translating their bad-boy image and idiosyncrasies into pinball.

2012-10-25 00:00:00

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Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (C) nurses "Calamatta", an olive python, while wildlife warrior Bob Irwin (far R) looks on during a visit to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.

2012-08-22 06:52:00