Skateboarding (and a whole lot more) is allowed today Downtown because the X Games are in town. / Photo by ~db~ via LAist's flickr pool. Can you believe it's already July 31? Well, here's a few interesting items tonight to celebrate the end of the month: GAMES: X Games 14 kicks off today and ends on Sunday. Performance venues are Staples Center, the Event Deck at LA Live and Home Depot Center. On the......

When we saw this video on Boing Boing today, it sounded too good to be true. Who knew that Fred Astaire's moves edited to Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal would make the perfect mashup. Take a look to see the master dancer at his best. You can't go wrong with the intro with Leslie Caron in "Daddy Long Legs" and scenes from "The Band Wagon" with the gorgeous Cyd Charisse too. Enjoy!......