Crumbtown is populated by ex-cops who now play cops on television, half-twins who have the same father and birthday but different mothers and a former child TV star who’s now coke-addled and method acting. Read more...

My divine quest to bring la revolucion to network television was at an impasse. The trail I had followed last week connecting Colin Farrell to the Big Four’s infamous “Inner Circle” went cold. Read more...

Dear Loyal Readers, This is it, ladies and gents: the first issue of dB Magazine. The theme, if we want to be so transparent as to pretend a single theme could embody this complex free-flowing entity, is spring. Read more...

War has always had a huge impact on the arts community, influencing productions from “Hair” during the Vietnam era to current endeavors such as the “Lysistrata Project,” which was performed all over the world in a plea for peace. Read more...

UCLA Performing Arts Director David Sefton takes a while on the phone before he can talk. He wishes he were at the South by Southwest Festival in Texas at the moment, but he’s stuck in his office looking at his budget for the 2003-2004 season. Read more...

“Stevie” Directed by Steve James Lions Gate Films Watching someone you care about self-destruct can be a painful, saddening experience. In Steve James’ (who brought us 1994’s brilliant “Hoop Dreams”) new documentary “Stevie,” we get to observe as the filmmaker becomes immersed in a life spinning wildly out of control. Read more...

Kurt Voss may be down, but he’s not out. After two years of cinema limbo, Voss’ latest feature, “Down and Out With the Dolls,” has found its way into American theaters. Read more...