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“Any criminal investigation into this payment would likely have significant overlap with plaintiff’s assertion that the agreement, and the payment in particular, had an illegal purpose,” Otero wrote.

The Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City (sitting beneath the offices of both Creative Artists Agency and the Annenberg Foundation) is pairing with Craft to offer 10% off dinner to any of the exhibit’s attendees. Who Shot Rock & Roll opens on June 23 ~ October 7, 2012 and features images from over 100 iconicContinue reading “Stop Shooting Your Dinner”

California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] – latimes.com

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation’s biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners. Harris removed herself from talks by a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies investigating abusive foreclosure practices because the nation’sContinue reading “California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] – latimes.com”

@WaterlooandCity Rocked My Mother-Loving Socks Off Last Night

This is the food I want the night before I go to the gas chamber. Wow. I’d heard about Waterloo and City about a month ago, and it really was that good. Locavore decadence. My last comparable dining experience was the first time I ate at Craft in Century City. I started out with aContinue reading “@WaterlooandCity Rocked My Mother-Loving Socks Off Last Night”

Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA

The Chiat/Day relationship with Steve Jobs and Apple is nothing short of legendary. That legend goes something like this: Chiat was hired by Apple to create the (also legendary) Ridley Scott-directed, $1 million, only-aired-once-cause-it’s-so-goddamn-special 1984 commercial that introduced the Macintosh line of computers during the Super Bowl. When Jobs was forced out of left Apple, he usedContinue reading “Apple-Google Squabble Spreads to LA”