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The World Cup's Stars Wear Their Flags And Little Else For Annie Leibovitz

The World Cup's Stars Wear Their Flags And Little Else For Annie Leibovitz

Thanks for the heads-up, Bill!!

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Just saw this flick tonight. It's more a movie about Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash) than Banksy. But, it's still worth seeing, especially if you're into the street art scene. I also LOVED the use(s) of Richard Hawley's "Tonight the Street are Ours"; the perfect late night graffiti song!

Rant & Rave

On Monday, October 5th! Featuring Rob Dodd!

Tickets via Rogue Machine Theatre

Los Angeles Theater

My pal, Rob Dodd, is in Rogue Machine's new production, Shorts and Sweets.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!

More Important But...

I know there are more important things in the world, but...

1) Caught the David Lynch photography exhibit, DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, yesterday. It wasn't terribly impressive, but the accompanying soundtrack (a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehouse) was really cool.

2) I also caught the movie MOON. It was a tad boring overall, but I enjoyed the set design and special effects.

3) Congrats to Andy Murray on winning the warm-up tournament before Wimbledon at Queen's Club today!

4) YAY! TRUE BLOOD is back on tonight (on HBO)!!

i-Dub Eye-Candy

As I walked into the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Friday, March 13th, the first thing I noticed was that some of the smaller match courts that were by the South entrance last year were now being used as practice courts. And the first person I noticed was (Russian player) Teimuraz Gabashvili practicing shirtless in the hot desert sun. Next to his court, two other ATP players were practicing shirtless, (Frenchmen) Julien Benneteau and Paul-Henri Mathieu!

What a beautiful way to start my weekend tennis adventure; shirtless tennis pro eye-candy greeting me at the entrance!

Unfortunately, I was too gun-shy to start snapping pics. But, not to worry, I soon warmed up my trigger-finger and start scoring pics of pros practicing (sans shirts). Aside from the obvious beauty of the desert landscape, Indian Wells is such an amazing tournament for the access you have to the pros. Please TO (sic) enjoy the following pics (as always, click on any pic to enlarge):

David Ferrer (Spain)






Tommy Haas (Germany)

And the PIECE DE RESISTANCE: Marat Safin (Russia)
(Please also see The Legendary Marat post)

And, at the risk of being cliche, I have to throw in some scenic pics:

Art & Sport

1) The Ladies and I checked out the Hammer Museum last night for the opening of the NINE LIVES exhibit. It was a lovely members opening shin-dig, but I wasn't blown away by the exhibit. There were a few cool works in the group show, but nothing that I would rush out to see. (However, a thank you again to Lady Lorelei for the hook-up).

2) David Beckham is officially staying at AC Milan until the end of the Serie A season, and then he'll come back to the Galaxy. Whatever... I really don't care if he comes back to the Galaxy or not. But, he does look cute in the AC Milan kit, and it ain't too shabby seeing him play along all those foxy Italians. Grrrrrrr...

Clip o' the Day

A Big Day!!!

A beautiful day; check out 2 images that my friend, Amanda, sent in celebration of President Barack Obama's inauguration:

(Photo taken by Amanda Erlinger)

(Photo via this LINK)

Art & Sport

1) I'm dying to see this new exhibit called Under the Influence: The Official Art Tribute to the Beastie Boys! Thanks again for the heads-up, RD.

2) Chelsea FC have their new podcast up and running; it's called INSIDE CHELSEA FC and is available for free via iTunes.

Art & Sport

I went to LACMA this afternoon and caught 2 exhibits that I've been dying to see: VANITY FAIR PORTRAITS and HARD TARGETS - MASCULINITY AND SPORT.

Both were quite good; not amazing overall but each had a few pieces that are definitely worth checking out!

In the Hard Targets exhibit, I especially loved the multi-screen installation of the 2006 World Cup Final between Italy and France; could have watched it for hours...

A Big Day!!!

Today was my busiest day in NYC...

I started out my day by going to NEVADA SMITHS ("Where Football is Religion!") to meet up with the NEW YORK BLUES to watch Chelsea take on Newcastle. Unfortunately, Chelsea drew 0-0, but I nonetheless had such a cool time meeting fellow Chelsea fanatics.
Then, I met up with AJ and Erik at a really yummy diner called GOOD STUFF DINER.

Afterwards, AJ and I headed to the NEW MUSEUM to see the exhibit that I've been dying to go to: Elizabeth Peyton's LIVE FOREVER. The exhibit exceeded all of my expectations! It was so cool to see Peyton's strokes up close, and the colors are so much vibrant in person.

Then, after the exhibit, AJ and I checked out UNIQLO, which is basically the Japanese Gap. Think any sweater in any style and color you can imagine...

My evening started with a night at the theatre (pronounced thee-AH-Tah). Erik and I saw EQUUS at the Broadhurst Theatre, starring a (nekked) Daniel Radcliffe. I'm not a theatre fan, but I really (and surprisingly) enjoyed this production. Everything was great; the acting, the direction and the set design.


But, my evening didn't end there. I met up with Jed and AJ and headed down to Brooklyn to a craZAY party called RUBULAD. AJ and her pals played a fun super-late-night set with Bruno of THE HOMOSEXUALS! (BTW, in a previous post, I had mistakenly thought that AJ's band LOOKER was going to play).

Off to NYC!

Kids, I'm heading to New York tonight for a little vacation and will be there through Monday.

In the meantime, don't forget to watch Chelsea take on Newcastle on Saturday (11/22 at 7am PST on FSC). I might try and catch the game with my fellow Chelsea fans on the East Coast, the New York Blues. Come on, Chelsea!

I also plan to catch a LOOKER show and finally see the Elizabeth Peyton exhibit "Live Forever" at the New Museum; CAN'T WAIT!

I'll report upon my return.

Random LHK Update

1) I just came across this awesome Nicole Atkins EP of covers called "Digs Other People's Songs". It's available digitally and features covers of Mama Cass (the vocals are uncanny), The Church, Nada Surf and The Doors. It's really fabulous, so check it out:


2) The Silverlake Art Crawl is this weekend. Sumi's, a good LHK friend, is one of the store/gallery participants.

Yowza!

Okay, this may be sort of old news, but have you seen James Franco on the cover of the October '08 issue of INTERVIEW?!?!? YOWZA!

(Photo from OH NO THEY DIDN'T)

What an issue! There's an article on Elizabeth Peyton (one of my favorite painters) too! I might have to buy 2 copies of this issue, and keep one in my mag archive.

Speaking of Elizabeth Peyton, there's an exhibit of hers in NYC ("Live Forever" at The New Museum) that I'm dying to go to!!!

Art Shows

1) The lovely Yumiko Kayukawa has a new show starting on Sept. 20th at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester, ENGLAND! Ooh, I wish I could be there to see it (and catch an EPL game too; a Lady Hooligan can dream).

2) Lady Lorelei attended the opening of the Taryn Simon photography exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, and she definitely recommends checking it out.

What's this? What's this?

The official 2009 ATP calendar features top tennis pros showing a little skin!?! Hey now!

Unfortunately, Marat Safin and Robby Ginepri are missing from its pages, but I might buy a copy anyway.

Tonight in Venice

Come check out this cool event in Venice tonight:

Mr. Anatomy

Here's a pic of Mr. Anatomy as promised...