December 14, 1959- Bob Paris: “Every gay person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same … [Read more...]
Lindsay on the Loose
Lindsay Lohan, braless and showing nipular bumps on her tank top, played hooky from her legal and mental problems and her lockdown rehab sentence yesterday and went shopping in Venice Beach, buying some vintage clothes and looking at but not stealing an assortment of jewelry. So … [Read more...]
Snap!
Chris Evans snaps the ball to co-star Luke Wilson (not pictured, sorry) killing time between takes on the set of A Many Splintered Thing, shooting on location in Venice Beach, California. (Photo: Pacific Coast News) … [Read more...]
Putting Boys on a Pedestal
Back before Jeff Stryker, before John Holmes, before the peep-show booths that showed 8mm film loops there was Bruce of LA. Bruce Harry Bellas came to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s hot to shoot the musclemen of Venice Beach. The Golden Age of Physique Photography was … [Read more...]
Shelf Life: Killer Cereal
Guerilla artist Ron English altered the boxes of some popular cereal brands and mixed them in with the regular ones in a Ralphs supermarket in Venice Beach, California. Because that's the sort of … [Read more...]