Travel

Cannes 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio space flight goes for $1.5 million

2013-05-23 16:35:00

A guest at a charity auction at Cannes has paid 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for a trip into space with Leonardo DiCaprio. AmFAR, a nonprofit devoted to AIDS research, held the auction Thursday night�at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc as part of its...

Ice cream tour delivers the scoop on L.A.

2013-05-23 22:40:00

How early is too early for ice cream? How many scoops constitute too many scoops? No doubt there are some who fret over such matters. But none of them was on the big black bus that set forth on a warm Saturday. It carried more than 40 people —...

Cannes 2013: Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska' draws strong notices

2013-05-23 16:57:00

Alexander Payne’s new movie, “Nebraska,” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to largely favorable yet occasionally qualified reviews. The film focuses on an aging resident of Montana (Bruce Dern) who's convinced he's won $1 million...

European Tour CEO apologizes for using term 'colored' in interview

2013-05-23 11:32:00

George O'Grady, the CEO of the European golf tour, apologized Thursday for using the term “colored” during a live television interview about the feud between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia. “I deeply regret using an inappropriate word...

Ancient redwood forests evoke look of future in 'After Earth'

2013-05-22 05:00:00

When producers of the upcoming science fiction movie "After Earth" wanted to create an image of what the planet might look like 1,000 years in the future, location manager Dow Griffith knew just the place. He immediately thought of the mystical...

Memorial Day travel expected to drop slightly for SoCal residents [video chat]

2013-05-22 15:05:00

Are staycations coming back into fashion? The number of Southern Californians expected to travel at least 50 miles for the Memorial Day weekend will drop about 2.1% compared with last year. The annual forecast by the Auto Club of Southern California...

Kim Kardashian hits Paris for final vacation before giving birth

2013-05-22 14:36:00

Kim Kardashian is taking in the sights of Paris before giving birth. Kardashian, 32, pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, visited the City of Light for a "babymoon" before welcoming her child in June. And from the looks of her baby shower invitation,...

Auto Club of Southern California cuts car insurance rates

2013-05-22 00:00:00

About 1 million customers of the Automobile Club of Southern California will get an average $65 reduction in their annual car insurance premiums, the company and the state insurance department announced Wednesday. The total rate cut came to $70 million,...

Diggin' It

2013-05-22 15:17:00

� You’re an archeologist searching for a lost desert city. A Navy Seabee helping build the Burma Road. You’re James Bond commandeering a bulldozer to get away from the bad guys. Or you’re just a guy digging a really, really big ditch....

Tiger Woods calls Sergio Garcia's fried chicken comment 'hurtful'

2013-05-22 06:44:00

The feud between golfers Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia took a turn for the worse Tuesday when Garcia, asked at a European Tour awards banquet whether he would invite Woods to dinner during next month's U.S. Open, said: "We will have him 'round every...

Britain: Horror attraction combines dark ride with haunted maze

2013-05-20 07:00:00

A unique new haunted attraction opening this summer at a small United Kingdom theme park will combine a walk-through horror maze featuring live actors with a dark ride journey inside an abandoned mine shaft. The Hobs Pit maze and ride is set to open...

'Brady Bunch' kids reunite to celebrate Kings Island episode

2013-05-20 16:42:00

Kings Island, an Ohio amusement park, doesn't get the headlines and attention of Disneyland and Disney World, but for a shining moment in 1973 it was the center of the pop culture universe. Why? Because those lovable Brady kids from "The Brady Bunch"...

Holiday weekend travel

2013-05-23 08:10:00

Sharks Underwater Grill Where: SeaWorld Orlando The lowdown: The dining room faces the aquarium of the theme park's Shark Encounter attraction, and diners are treated to a constant parade of marine life.

2013-05-22 15:14:00

holiday travel

2013-05-22 11:31:00