As Halloween draws ever close, what better way to spend an evening than having the shit scared out of you in a movie theater? Screamfest, in my opinion the best horror film festival out there, begins tomorrow in Hollywood. Screenings on tap include George Romero's brand new Diary of the Dead, Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D, the director's cut of Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, 30 Days of Night and the terrifically spooky......

What do you get when you mix Bruce Campbell with Duran Duran? Hilarity of course, since mixing Campbell with just about anything will crack you up. The actor teamed up with director Sam Raimi way back in 1978 in Within the Woods, the predecessor to The Evil Dead, which was the predecessor to The Evil Dead II, the movie that got them both famous. While Raimi is busying himself with talking about what it......

Oh look at me, I'm EMO-Man. This mask helps hide my shitty acting for at least half of my performances. *Warning* Spoilers and a negative review after the jump......

- The Kogasnake's experience of Black 5am Friday in the Valley was alot like ours in Hollywood (above): lots of people, lots of cars, not much parking - blogging.la - Wal*Mart's website crashed this morning, er, was down due to "scheduled maintenance" - Search Engine Journal - Tawney Kitaen allowed cops into her house and forgot to stash the 15 grams of coke. Is 15 grams alot? She could end up in the slammer......

Today we celebrate the birthdays of: iPod, miracle device Keith Van Horn, NBA forward Kaleena Kiff, Santa Monica born actress Shawn Wooden, NFL free safety Daryl Price, NFL defensive end Brooke Theiss, California-born actress Al Leiter, MLB pitcher Doug Flutie, CFL/NFL quarterback Mike Tomczak, NFL quarterback "Weird Al" Yankovic, singer/songwriter Sam Raimi, writer/director - "Evil Dead II", "Spider-Man" (more after jump) Louann Fernald, Playboy Playmate '79 Dwight Yoakam, singer/songwriter Ang Lee, director - "Crouching......

You know you've got a good thing going when people are linking to your new commercial. And they're doing it for free. And everyone will be excited to see it. Yesterday New Line released the new Snakes on a Plane commercial, which Yahoo! apparently got the exclusive rights for. That's another sign you're far too lucky -- when people negotiate to have the exclusivity to show your commercial. If Snakes on a Plane turns......

You never know when you're going to run into someone whose life is all things Entertainment, so why not use LAist to keep you in the loop on a variety of high-watermark happenings. Opening this weekend, the Sam Raimi (of Spiderman 1 & 2 fame) produced, and Lucy Lawlesss co-starred whack-a-mole horror flick, Boogeyman. Telling the story of a young man traumatized by memories of terrible events he experienced in his childhood bedroom --......