The hills may be alive with the sound of music, but the halls are bumping with a mix-tape of artists ranging from Sublime, Missy Elliott to Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. Read more...

Somewhere behind a dildo-obsessed vixen, a pair of secret agents, a hairy pedophile, a 117-year-old evil billionaire, and a narrator who’d rather be hitting the reefer, lies the crown to the kingdom of Athenius. Read more...

“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan Directed by Peter Jackson 3.5 Paws As the second installment of the famed Tolkien trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” focuses on the now-shattered fellowship of warriors chosen to return the One Ring to Mount Doom in order to destroy it. Read more...

ART “¢bull; Jennifer Steinkamp will lecture at UCLA Hammer Museum from 7-8 p.m on Dec. 5. Free. “¢bull; Artist Dave Muller will present a slide lecture at Hammer Dec. Read more...

Murder, insanity, sex and a robotic monkey had the crowd standing in applause last night at the premiere of “Woyzeck,” which will run through Dec. 15 at the Freud Playhouse. Read more...

While many may only associate Yiddish culture with short catchphrases such as “putz” and “chutzpah,” a weeklong event starting next Friday, “The Art of Yiddish ““ A Tour de Force,” hopes to shed more light on the often forgotten culture and its history. Read more...

Though different in style, the Japanese and American cultures share an affinity that runs deeper than baseball and Pokemon. And though cartoons are rarely taken seriously in America, the merits of anime are starting to change perceptions as they make their way west. Read more...