San Fernando Valley

She Wants Revenge

Unlikely Porn Star

Luke Wilson brings hardcore to the masses in Middle Men.

Unlikely Porn Star

Luke Wilson brings hardcore to the masses in Middle Men.

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace

Racial tension, above and below the surface

Swimming In Denim and Eating Ice Cream

Racial tension, above and below the surface

Our Favorite Albums of 2007

Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases

This is Their Brain on Drugs

Cassavetes Jr. and Justin "in a box" Timberlake team up for real-life tale of killer potheads

Why do Mexicans swim with their clothes on?

The Mexican replies

Rocket Man

How one enterprising Johnson Space Center physicist followed his dream to Hollywood and porn stardom

Baring Fangs

Heavily hyped L.A. punks the Distillers jump to the majors with a highly guarded new album

Happy Gilmore Gets Serious

Adam Sandler is deliberately disturbing in Punch-Drunk Love

A Friend in Need

The Good Girl transforms Jennifer Aniston into a crazy cracker everywoman

Red Hot Chili Peppers

By the Way (Warner Bros.)

Fat City

Vegetarian soul food? Naturally Yours serves up "buffalo things" and smothered steaklet

Death Rap

Heart attack survivor Everlast stares down the Grim Reaper on his latest

Going Public

Dave Alvin's private loss inspires him to search for the eternal sounds

Porn to Sell

Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

Livin' Large

Carlos Sosa promised to sell seized goods from the Port of Houston on the cheap. Many believed him. Until they learned he was a Customs Service snitch, and perhaps a con man on the side.

Porn Yesterday

The hugely ambitious Boogie Nights revisits the sex-film world of the 1970s

Super Squeak

Rick James comes clean on the past, the present -- and the CD he hopes will revive his career

Hats Off

Dwight Yoakam's the last great country singer -- and he doesn't need a twang to prove it

A Star Is Porn

Annie Sprinkle: Performance artist par X-cellence?