Check out the 10-ft. great white cruising the bay where Matthew McConaughey and other celebs hang 10!
The happy couple wore matching outfits (purple!) as the countdown to the Karashian's big day winds down
They are some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but even Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke and Dustin Hoffman have had their fair share of casting calamities they would rather forget.
My City_My Life producer Laura McGeary writes a diary about her experiences on the road. In this first part the L.A. shoot is caught up in one of the biggest news stories of the year.
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Plus: Justin's tequila bash, Rihanna's girls' night and more
• Jennifer Garner, treating 3-year-old daughter Violet to a sweet afterschool treat - frozen yogurt at TCBY in Santa Monica. The actress was busy keeping her daughter smiling, and an eyewitness tells us, "She was really trying to cheer up her oldest daughter with a special treat." Apparently the frozen dessert did the trick! Says the eyewitness, "When Jen and Violet left the frozen yogurt place, Violet finally looked a bit happier."
The former Grey's Anatomy star is facing eviction from his L.A. home
The recently engaged actor and Kyla Weber show off the sparkler while catching a movie
• They're already nesting! Newlywed Gisele Bündchen hit up Williams-Sonoma on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue while hubby Tom Brady waited in his black Audi with his son, John. The supermodel – who wore jeans and a sweater – looked "gorgeous and [was acting] very sweet" with employees, an onlooker tells us.
Check out the 10-ft. great white cruising the bay where Matthew McConaughey and other celebs hang 10!
The happy couple wore matching outfits (purple!) as the countdown to the Karashian's big day winds down
They are some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but even Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke and Dustin Hoffman have had their fair share of casting calamities they would rather forget.
My City_My Life producer Laura McGeary writes a diary about her experiences on the road. In this first part the L.A. shoot is caught up in one of the biggest news stories of the year.
Here are a few tips on separating truth from fiction in Los Angeles, the city of dreamers.
Plus: Justin's tequila bash, Rihanna's girls' night and more
• Jennifer Garner, treating 3-year-old daughter Violet to a sweet afterschool treat - frozen yogurt at TCBY in Santa Monica. The actress was busy keeping her daughter smiling, and an eyewitness tells us, "She was really trying to cheer up her oldest daughter with a special treat." Apparently the frozen dessert did the trick! Says the eyewitness, "When Jen and Violet left the frozen yogurt place, Violet finally looked a bit happier."
The former Grey's Anatomy star is facing eviction from his L.A. home
The recently engaged actor and Kyla Weber show off the sparkler while catching a movie
• They're already nesting! Newlywed Gisele Bündchen hit up Williams-Sonoma on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue while hubby Tom Brady waited in his black Audi with his son, John. The supermodel – who wore jeans and a sweater – looked "gorgeous and [was acting] very sweet" with employees, an onlooker tells us.
Given the ongoing state of the economy, hearing about automotive bargains may be cold comfort. But if you are in the position to pick up some new sheet metal, there has never been a better time.
The former George Lopez star and her fiancé welcome daughter Luna Marie
Juliana Redding was 21, an aspiring actress and model who, like so many others before her, had moved from Arizona to southern California in pursuit of the Hollywood dream. She wound up the victim in a real life murder mystery -- one few people are willing to talk about in any detail.
The new Congress and President Obama were talking big when it came to the green factor in any stimulus plan.
Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts and Kate Hudson all buy the same type of tree for their holidays
The men in the SUV "felt surprise, shock, fear and panic" when the actress took the wheel
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, a 65-employee firm in Santa Monica, has been designing sustainable buildings for more than two decades. The company markets its green expertise to secure high-profile projects around the world, including the new U.S. embassy in Berlin and a planned consulate in Taipei.
Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91
When Stephen Leach gave up his Rockaway, New Jersey, condo at age 48 to move back in with Mom and Dad, it was out of need -- his parents', not his.
Every gym has its share of grunters, groaners, heavy sweaters and hygiene queens. And then there are the aerobics assailants.
The couple share an intimate meal with Hudson's mom in Santa Monica
• Cameron Diaz, proving her commitment to fitness while working out at the Gym on Nemo in West Hollywood. The athletic star must have worked up an appetite: The following morning she ordered a breakfast burrito while out with friends at Café Montana on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue. The fitness buff washed down her meal with a full fat latte!
Everybody talks about global warming and high gasoline prices, but who, really, is doing anything about it? Entrepreneurs, that's who. In my upcoming book, The Plot to Save the Planet, I chronicle the small-business owners who are creating the green houses, cars, and energy sources that will slash our fuel bills and help clean up our ecosystem. For the first time, big money is available to back their efforts. In 2007, venture capitalists invested $5.2 billion in green tech, up 44% from the previous year. Meet mavericks who are working on creative (and potentially lucrative) solutions to our energy challenges.
Magnetic induction may just be the best technology to hit the kitchen since the microwave oven. In the past few years this style of cooktop, which turns magnetic energy into heat, has proved itself a worthy competitor to the traditional choices - gas and electric.
It's no exagerration to say that entrepreneurs are being crushed by regulatory costs. A 2005 report by the Small Business Administration found that small firms spend $2,400 more per employee, on average, than bigger counterparts to keep up with the demands of Uncle Sam.
The tennis star says she likes to "get all the negative energy out" when she exercises
Stock-car-racing scion Brian France spends as much time in the air crisscrossing NASCAR nation as he does at the track. The grandson of NASCAR's founder took over the family's multibillion-dollar empire in the fall of 2003 and promptly put his stamp on the sport by revamping the championship point system. This season he tweaked the formula again, making individual race victories count for more in the run-up to the Nextel Cup. We caught up with France at NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., where a special team oversees car standards and runs safety testing.
Lindsay Lohan topped Saturday's Razzies, where she was awarded two worst-actress trophies for the thriller "I Know Who Killed Me," the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles
Britney Spears's latest hospitalization could finally give her the help she needs – if she's more willing to accept treatment this time around, experts tell PEOPLE.
Despite persistent rumors, Eva Longoria-Parker insists that the little extra bulge around her belly is just home cooking – not evidence of impending motherhood.
At the UN climate change summit in Bali, global deforestation -- an oft-forgotten source of CO2 emissions -- is finally getting attention
Dennis Quaid and Kimberly Quaid are the proud parents of twins Thomas Boone Quaid and Zoe Grace Quaid, born Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif., a rep for the couple tells PEOPLE.
Farrah Fawcett, who has been battling cancer since September 2006, tells Extra she's "doing well."
Whether it's dining, shopping, culture, nightlife or people, everybody has a favorite city. Some cities are great places to live and raise a family. Others provide the backdrop for that once-in-a-lifetime vacation.
When Bobby Kotick took over Activision in 1991, the once-thriving videogame company was nearly bankrupt. Kotick, a college dropout and serial entrepreneur, threw himself into resuscitating the business. He shored up the company's balance sheet, selling furniture to pay down debt.
When David Quilty of Santa Monica, California, took his cat Damon to the vet for a checkup, he didn't expect to spend $1,000 to get two of Damon's teeth pulled because of cavities.
This is the time, this is the season. After years of attending everyone else's holiday soirees, New Year's brunches, 50th-birthday bashes and other celebrations, you've decided to throw a party of your own.
Lindsay Lohan has checked out of the exclusive Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Utah, where she has been since August, multiple sources, including both of her parents, confirm to PEOPLE.
Lindsay Lohan will not be leaving the Cirque Lodge rehab program in Utah this weekend, as had been speculated, according to her mother.
Santa Monica police confirmed that officers responded to an attempted suicide at Owen Wilson's house, according to the police log.
Lindsay Lohan will serve at least 24 hours in jail in her drunken-driving cases under the terms of a plea deal reached Thursday.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is disinclined to charge Lindsay Lohan with three drug-related felonies, a decision that could spare the troubled actress from a prison sentence, celebrity news outlet TMZ.com reported on Tuesday.
If you misplace your emory board or you're sporting bad tanning streaks, the quick fix might be as close as your kitchen. Celebrity experts share their secret remedies.
Laying low following her July 24 arrest for DUI, driving with a suspended license and cocaine possession, Lindsay Lohan, 21, quietly made her way to mom Dina's house in Long Island, N.Y., on Friday.
Refs on the take in the NBA, (alleged) steroid user assaulting the cherished 755 in MLB, dog-fighting scandal in the NFL (along with the Bengals) -- is this the perfect time for tennis to make some market gains in the States? We have the U.S. Open coming up, some great storylines, and hopefully no scandals on the horizon (save for Nadal's capris being made in an unsavory sweatshop or something). -- Brian, Santa Monica, Calif.
Don't let itches, blisters, breakouts, or burns sabotage your summer.
In the wake of her arrest for DUI and possession of cocaine early Tuesday morning, Lindsay Lohan offered a swift and simple explanation: "I am innocent."
Lindsay Lohan was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., early Tuesday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after a brief car chase, authorities confirm to PEOPLE.
Allegedly under the influence and with a small amount of cocaine in her pants pocket, Lindsay Lohan was arrested after chasing the mother of her personal assistant in her car early Tuesday morning, Santa Monica police said.
The procedure has long been regarded as a solution to many women's health problems, but some critics say it is overused
Remember the Electronic Entertainment Expo -- that action-packed madhouse of a video game conference that was once the industry's biggest event of the year? It took place again this week, only this time it was much smaller, tamer and, overall, a big snooze-fest.
That '70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama has put his sprawling San Fernando Valley estate on the block for $2.25 million.
Last summer when oil traded at a record high near $79 a barrel, gas at the pump went for about $3.03 a gallon. Today, crude's about $65 a barrel and a gallon of regular unleaded costs $3.10
Picture this: You're hiking in the woods when a spider gives you a painful bite. Instead of panicking, you snap a photo of the spider with your cell phone and e-mail the image to a poison control w...
Start saying goodbye to Styrofoam containers and plastic cutlery. Since these polystyrene products are nonrecyclable and nonbiodegradable (unlike other plastics), West Coast cities are voting them ...
James Brown, one of the pioneers of soul music, has died at 73.
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For some, over-sized store decorations and tinkling holiday Muzak are not enough to save Christmas from the most unrelenting Grinch of all: the wave of holiday advertising that begins in October and seems to gain momentum every year.
From a Santa Monica, California, office building on the West Coast to a Gaithersburg, Maryland, youth center in the East, buildings designed to be energy efficient and conserve natural resources are sprouting up across the country.
In some of the frothiest real estate markets, one of the hottest of trends is the teardown. From Greenwich to Winnetka to Santa Monica, houses young and old, well-maintained and not, are biting the dust so builders can put up something bigger or better.
To promote his books Why Do I Love These People? and the best-selling What Should I Do With My Life?, Po Bronson has submitted opinion pieces to newspapers, visited regional book fairs, kept a blog...
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THE POOL CABANAS AT high-end hotels have long been rented out by lithe young stars (no paparazzi!) and reclusive moguls. But lately they've attracted a new clientele: businesspeople.
The costs of selling a home have risen in lockstep with higher real estate prices in recent years. Americans now pay more than $70 billion a year in broker commissions.
CNN.com asked users to share their thoughts about the future of Michael Jackson's career. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.
You've driven through some of these places, the bucolic, leafy suburbs where every house is huge, every driveway circles to the entry portico, and every yard is kept manicured neater than your Aunt Tilly's parlor.
Kennedy clan member Bobby Shriver, who got involved with local politics in a fight over untidy hedges, declared himself a candidate Sunday for the City Council in Santa Monica, a Los Angeles suburb.
Ron Wood could have just as easily been a painter.
A Bobblehead Doll of Arnold Schwarzenegger was just another slow-selling gag gift--until its makers got sued. Now the $19.99 doll, clad in a business suit and toting a rifle, is selling out, and co...
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LISA FERNANDEZ Long Beach, Calif. The two-time Olympic gold medalist in softball will try for a hat trick in Athens. The 33-year-old pitcher has also set up an international amateur softball tourna...
The Los Angeles district attorney's office filed charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence Monday against the driver of a car that struck and killed 10 people and injured 63 others at a farmers' market in Santa Monica last summer.
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Planning to pop a few corks soon? We asked Thomas Matthews of Wine Spectator and Jean-Louis Carbonnier of the Champagne Wines Information Bureau to name restaurants that offer an impressive variety...
Want an elegant alternative to desserts? Cheese courses aren't just for French restaurants anymore. The spots below slice up much-improved American offerings like local chevre and blue cheese as we...
Nothing heralds spring like sidewalk cafes filled with smartly clad urban folk sipping pink drinks from behind designer shades--or better still, a sign in a restaurant window proclaiming THE TERRAC...
All of us have scenes of Christmastime dining etched in our minds. For me, it's sitting under the towering tree at the Walnut Room at Marshall Field's in Chicago eating a grilled-cheese sandwich wi...
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You're strolling down the street when something shiny on the sidewalk catches your eye. It's a Susan B. Anthony $1 coin. Do you a) scoop it up? or b) leave it for someone who needs it more (or is l...
Hear it? That high-pitched, annoying, constant background noise? Maybe it's coming from the office next to yours, or from that little knot of people who have stopped to gossip in the hallway. Maybe...
Twenty-eight years ago, Phyllis Anderson bought a six-unit apartment building in the California beach town of Santa Monica. It was to be both a place for her to live and a source of income when she...
There's a new set of rules for retirement in the 1990s. Just ask Harvey Citerman, 49, pictured at left and on our cover. In 1993, after 15 years as a St. Louis partner of the national accounting fi...
In 40 markets around the U.S., including Houston, New York City and Seattle, consumers looking for a dentist can dial 800-DENTIST and get a referral. We were curious -- if not skeptical -- about wh...
At the vanguard of U.S. collectible design are the studio furnituremakers -- a coterie of 75 or so significant, mostly young artists. Although the movement came of age in the prosperous '80s, deman...
Small-cap funds are hot. And some experts say that even after two years of strong performance, this rowdy bunch still has room to move up. But with more than 100 funds to choose from, where do you ...
Gold is golden when turmoil brews, or so the adage goes. With oil prices up, and stocks, bonds, and the dollar behaving as so many falling leaves in a draft, you would expect individuals to be floc...
For a while there, thrift stocks were on the mend. Helped by passage of a multibillion-dollar federal bailout bill and aided by a gentle downdraft in interest rates, stocks of savings and loan comp...
Last year's stock market crash may have soured investors on equities, but it left them hungry for income-paying investments. Among the prime beneficiaries of that new appetite have been the sponsor...
Nothing in your career prepared you for this. You were the youngest brand manager -- engineering supervisor, assistant comptroller -- the company ever made. Then boom, boom, boom, right up the line...
The Consumer Credit Card Rating Service in Santa Monica surveyed 500 cards issued by 245 institutions recently and found these eight best. A revolver, who pays only the monthly minimum, will save i...
Amid the public protest over high interest rates on bank credit cards, consumers are learning that low-rate cards aren't always best. The key is how you use your card. The Consumer Credit Card Rati...
Getting organized has become chic. Arbiters of popular culture such as the New York Times and Time magazine weigh the merits of different so-called organizers -- notebooks cum planning calendars cu...
BY DISPENSING with investment advice and hand-holding, discount brokers have grabbed an estimated 20% of the retail business from full-service wire houses, up from 13% three years ago. The discount...
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