WHAT'S COOL WHAT'S HOT WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR ROBERT NOVAK TO GET HIS MOUTH WASHED OUT WITH SOAP, CHECK THESE OUT ...Byline: - Staff and Wire Services COOL READINGS The Dumb Angel Gazette - an arty theme magazine that last published 15 years ago - wants to be the sharpest-looking thing on your coffee table. The publication just relaunched as an immensely likeable 148-page music/pop culture 'zine subtitled ``All Summer Long,'' chronicling the '60s surf and tiki Tiki Tick of Dow Jones Industrial Average component issues. scenes, Los Angeles pop and modernist architecture, illustrated by the likes of Dennis Hopper, Rick Griffin and others. ``I want people to read Dumb Angel and feel like they're right in the middle of 1964, experiencing how relevant these musicians and sound designers are today,'' said publisher/co-editor Brian Chidester, who's also a documentary filmmaker (``The Secret Map of Hollywood,'' ``Feel Flows: A Tribute to Carl Wilson''). The mag has a back story: issue No. 2, dedicated to Brian Wilson's ``Smile'' album, became the largest-selling fanzine fan·zine n. An amateur-produced magazine written for a subculture of enthusiasts devoted to a particular interest: a science fiction fanzine. of all time (more than 100,000 copies sold), and has never been out of print since its original issue. ``All Summer Long'' (conceived and edited at the last remaining Tiny Naylor's restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard) costs $19.95, available at art galleries, book and record stores; www.dumbangelmagazine.com. It may not matter who John Twelve Hawks John Twelve Hawks is the reclusive author of the 2005 dystopian novel The Traveler and the 2007 novel, The Dark River, the first two novels in the Fourth Realm Trilogy. is, but the author of ``The Travelers: A Novel'' (Doubleday,) has created a hit. It's basically a story of good vs. evil in a ``Matrix-like'' world. ``The Travelers'' has been called fast-paced, with intriguing characters with ``the genre-bending between fantasy and thriller seamless.'' But the intrigue revolves around Twelve Hawks, himself, who his agent and editor say they have never met, leading to speculation that he's either some cool world traveler (according to Q&A on the Doubleday Web site, he's fought in martial arts tournaments) or a middle-age geek A technically oriented person. It has typically implied a "nerdy" or "weird" personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s. living in his mom's basement. SUPER TROUPER Former TV Wonder Woman Lynda Carter is everywhere these days: playing Principal Powers in the teen superhero su·per·he·ro n. pl. su·per·he·roes A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. comedy ``Sky High''; keeping wild boys of all ages in line in the ``Dukes of Hazzard'' movie; even taking the stage in a production of ``The Vagina Monologues.'' More amazing still, she's not the only screen superwoman su·per·wom·an n. 1. A woman who performs all the duties typically associated with several different full-time roles, such as wage earner, graduate student, mother, and wife. 2. A woman with more than human powers. in these days of big-budget ``Fantastic Four'' and ``X-Men'' movies. There's even a ``Wonder Woman'' feature film in development. No meek alter ego A doctrine used by the courts to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers, and directors of a corporation in reference to their limited liability so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly or when , Carter has a few suggestions. ``That whole group is too old,'' Carter, who turned 54 a week ago, says of actors such as Catherine Zeta-Jones who have been floated to play the Amazon princess. ``I think that she should be a not-really-famous person, and about 20. And with a Sandra Bullock-like quality where she's approachable and you get her immediately. I want to pass the baton and have her be wonderful and fabulous.'' SHE'S ALL THAT Catch Rachel McAdams tonight and Monday at 8 p.m. in ``Slings & Arrows'' on the Sundance Channel. McAdams has been on a roll of late, as Owen Wilson's love interest in ``Wedding Crashers'' and the object of Ryan Gosling's desire in last year's romantic ``The Notebook.'' Before that, she was a mean girl in ``Mean Girls,'' and up next, she's being roped into a murder plot in Wes Craven's thriller ``Red Eye,'' opening Aug. 19. In the 2003 Canadian comedy series ``Slings & Arrows,'' McAdams plays an ingenue in·gé·nue also in·ge·nue n. 1. A naive, innocent girl or young woman. 2. a. The role of an ingénue in a dramatic production. b. An actress playing such a role. who's part of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theater company. It may seem like a weird subject for a laffer but, as The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times says, ``whatever you call 'Slings & Arrows,' it's good.'' Yes, the Bard can be funny, and even funnier are those who try to perform his works. Or, as the Hollywood Reporter notes, the six-part series ``could easily prove addictive.'' HEY! CAN U HEAR ME NOW? Eyeglasses eyeglasses or spectacles, instrument or device for aiding and correcting defective sight. Eyeglasses usually consist of a pair of lenses mounted in a frame to hold them in position before the eyes. and Bluetooth headsets don't mix well. The headsets, which let you talk on your cell phone hands-free, are often bulky and unstable, falling off your ear at inopportune in·op·por·tune adj. Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune. in·op  por·tune moments. Oakley
and Motorola have teamed up to solve this problem, at least for those
who are willing to make an aggressive eyewear fashion statement. The
Razrwire, which is available online at hellomoto.com and at Cingular
stores for $249, consists of a small Bluetooth headset attached to a
pair of Oakley sunglasses. The headset can connect wirelessly to
Bluetooth-enabled phones and music players. It uses a rechargeable
lithium battery for up to six hours of talk time and 100 hours of
standby. The Razrwire comes in silver, bronze and black, and the headset
can be moved to either temple piece of the glasses, which use
Oakley's lightweight lenses and frames and are rimless around the
bottom. Oakley also offers a version for prescription lenses. It may not
be as natural as peanut butter and chocolate, but the combination is, at
the very least, a head-turner.
CELEBRITY JEANS Another sample sale? Oh, goodie good·ie n. Variant of goody1. . But is it really worth the drive into Hollywood? It is if sporting the same vintage-inspired Chip & Pepper jeans as celebs Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom matters to you. Chip & Pepper jeans, also a wardrobe staple on ``The O.C.,'' normally retail for $150 to $300, but you can save up to 40 percent when you shop at the Sunset Stage, 6063 W. Sunset Blvd., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. In addition to jeans and one-of-a-kind creations, you'll find knit pieces, outerwear, T-shirts, hats and accessories for fall. COCO Coco, river, c.466 mi (750 km) long, rising in S Honduras and flowing E into Nicaragua and then NE to the Caribbean Sea. Part of the Mosquito Coast region, and once the object of dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua, the middle and lower course forms the boundary LOCO Chocolate Loco, new this week at Universal CityWalk, goes where ordinary chocolatiers fear to tread. It's a Mexico-themed candy store that acknowledges the historic roots of the confection con·fec·tion n. A sweetened medicinal compound. Also called electuary. with jalapeno chocolate brownies, tequila-flavored taffies and specialty bebidas such as hot or iced Mayan mochas. In a more conventional vein, there are sugarless selections, toffee pretzels and Oscar-shaped chocolates. The Dia de Los Muertos Día de los Muer·tos n. See Day of the Dead. [Spanish : día, day + de, of + los, the + muertos, pl. of muerto, dead.] decor gives new meaning to the concept of ``death by chocolate This article is about the dessert. For chocolate poisoning, see theobromine poisoning. Death by Chocolate is a marketing term for various desserts that feature chocolate (especially dark chocolate or cocoa) as the primary ingredient. .'' IT'S TIME TO GET THINGS STARTED ... Vincent Price doing ``You Got a Friend'' and Phyllis Diller playing the sax can only be found at one place - the newly remastered first season of ``The Muppet Show,'' which is out on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. on Tuesday (Buena Vista; $39.99). That initial season (1976) boasted an impressive and game group of guest stars - Juliet Prowse, Joel Grey, Charles Aznavour, Ethel Merman (doing ``There's No Business Like Show Business,'' of course), Lena Horne, Rita Moreno (``Fever''), Peter Ustinov, Jim Nabors, Candice Bergen, Ben Vereen - but they all played second fiddle to Henson's irreverent creations, led by Kermit, Miss Piggy and Fozzie the Bear. The humor was silly then, it's silly today and still funny whether you're 5 or 95. CAPTION(S): 7 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (eyeglasses, headset) (2 -- color) no caption (book: ``All Summer Long'') s(3 -- color) no caption (book: ``The Travelers: A Novel'') (4 -- color) no caption (Lynda Carter) (5 -- color) no caption (Chocolate Loco) (6 -- color) no caption (Rachel McAdams) (7 -- color) no caption (Miss Piggy and Kermit) |
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