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The following post is from our advertiser, Focus Features. Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually). This high-spirited film tells the story of 8 DJs whose love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s a group of rogue DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, played by Academy Award Winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. Pirate Radio also stars Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, and Tom Sturridge, and features an unbelievable selection of music including The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Cream, and The Beach Boys, just to name a few. Pirate Radio in theatres now!

The Men Who Stare At Goats opens Friday with a big cast. The war-genre comedy stars George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey and is inspired by Jon Ronson's non-fiction bestseller, which is an eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the government's attempts to harness paranormal abilities to combat its enemies.

Lloyd Newson is bringing his radical DV8 Physical Theatre to UCLA for two shows this weekend. For those not familiar, Newson and his troupe create some of the most interesting dance performances out there today (check out these three amazing YouTube clips). This Friday and Saturday, they will bring the controversial “To Be Straight With You,” which explores tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality based on 85 interviews with the pious and apostate, straight and gay, activists, among others. It ultimately asks how modern society will reconcile faith and human rights.

After we poked fun at Adam Goldberg's video about Los Angeles, he wanted to prove his new movie's worth and give away a pair of tickets to tonight's 8 p.m. screening at The Landmark on Pico Boulevard. Goldberg, who stars in the film, and his co-star, Marley Shelton, will be there in person for a Q&A afterwards. Here's a little about the movie, titled (Untitled).

Whether you listen to classical music or not, we all know this famous music quotation: Da da da DUM! And when you hear it played by an orchestra, you're listening to it in the key of C-Minor. Does that matter? Why not some other key? Those questions and many others will be answered in an upcoming Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's concert where music director Jeffrey Kahane and the orchestra will lead the audience on a "guided tour" of the inner workings of Beethoven's 5th Symphony before performing it in full during the second half of the program.

The following post is from our advertiser, Norwegian Cruise Line.

Norwegian Cruise Line is celebrating a decade of monumental innovations - and now you can celebrate with NCL’s Deals of the Decade. Book your cruise to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexican Riviera, Europe or South America by November 1st and get up to 80% off. And while you’re saving, you’ll sail on the youngest fleet on the planet with up to 13 restaurants on board—from Sushi, to French cuisine to authentic Italian. Not to mention tons of entertainment, internet cafes, the most decadent spas, a pool playground and a lot more activities for everyone. Find a cruise now. RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

Relative newcomers Black Gold are on tour with Girl in a Coma and will be hitting The Troubadour in West Hollywood this Sunday night. The Brooklyn-based duo hooked up after touring with Panic! at the Disco!, M. Ward, Ambulance LTD, and Rachael Yamagata, among others. Since their debut album in January, the group has been busy, releasing two EPs and a remix album in August.

In conjunction with “The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis,”, which opened at the Hammer Museum last Friday, UCLA Live this Thursday is hosting a rare appearance of the famous cult cartoonist in a conversation with Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's Art Editor. A little about Crumb, via UCLA Live: In the late ’60s, R. Crumb’s psychedelic comics—including the characters Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Devil Girl and the popular Keep on Truckin’ cartoon— propelled him overnight to celebrity status in San Francisco’s burgeoning underground scene...

The following post is from our advertiser, 500 Days of Summer. This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 Days of Summer, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true-to-life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man’s no-holds-barred love affair. Tom, the boy, still believes, even in this cynical modern world, in the notion of a transforming, cosmically destined, lightning-strikes-once kind of love. Summer, the girl, doesn’t. Not at all. But that doesn’t stop Tom from going after her, again and again, like a modern Don Quixote, with all his might and courage. Suddenly, Tom is in love not just with a lovely, witty, intelligent woman - not that he minds any of that — but with the very idea of Summer, the very idea of a love that still has the power to shock the heart and stop the world. Fox Searchlight Pictures presents 500 Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. In select theaters July 17. Visit the OFFICIAL SITE for info about free screenings in your area!

The following post is from our advertiser, Virgin America

Like doing things differently? How about the way you fly? Virgin America is a different kind of airline, bringing you a better travel experience without the highest cost. Want to relax? Virgin America is the first US airline with a mood-lit cabin. Hungry? Use your touch screen to order some fresh food. Need some entertainment? Red™, the airline's custom entertainment system, is in a world of its own. It offers over 3,000 MP3s, movies on demand, access to live television programming, games, and seat-to-seat chat so you can talk with your friends onboard. Or feel free to plug in your own electronic devices right at your seat. This is how flying should be. Comfort. Convenience. Cool. And, Virgin America has just added its newest destination: Boston, with nonstop flights available to LAX and SFO starting at $189. Grab a seat.

The following post is from our advertiser, Samsung Omnia.

Like being ahead of the curve? Then the new Samsung Omnia is the phone for you. With features like high-speed internet access, GPS navigation, a 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera, a sweet multimedia package and Windows Mobile 6.1® Professional (PowerPoint, Excel and Word for your phone), you can take pride that your phone is an extreme cut above the rest. Not only does the Samsung Omnia have the most (and coolest) features, but its beautiful touch-screen interface allows you to customize and personalize the way you use your phone. The Samsung Omnia has got you covered at home, work and on the road; equipped to handle all your business and entertainment needs with just the touch of your finger. And with the holidays coming up, the Omnia could be the perfect gift for your technophile friends or yourself!

The following post is from our advertiser, Slumdog Millionaire. From Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) comes Slumdog Millionaire, the film that Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers calls “one of the year’s best” and Richard Corliss from Time Magazine calls “a buoyant hymn to life, and a movie to celebrate.” A penniless, eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, Jamal Malik is one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's ‘‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal’s incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums where he and his brother Salim survived by their wits to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out… Visit the OFFICIAL SITE for info about FREE screenings in your area.

The following post is from our advertiser, Cabana Cachaça. What sets Cabana Cachaça apart from other cachaça brands? Cabana is the only super-premium cachaça, Brasil's national spirit, that is double-distilled in pot stills from hand cut sugarcane and then mellowed in Brasilian Jequitiba wood barrels for six months. The result is a cachaça refined from its natural vegetal and harsh taste to a smooth and versatile spirit. Bottled at its source in Brasil, Cabana Cachaça is an artisanal cachaça that is central to the ultimate caipirinha. And while Cabana makes the ultimate caipirinha, it can also be enjoyed in a wide variety of interesting cocktails like the Brasilian Wax, Cabanarita, and the Gisele, all of which can be found in the mixology section of the Cabana Cachaça website. You can purchase Cabana Cachaça at places like Neomeze in Pasadena, Bel Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades, Wapango in Rancho Cucamonga, Isla in West Hollywood and Café Fiore in Ventura like BevMo!. 40% ALC/VOL BRASILIAN RUM DISTILLED FROM SUGAR CANE. CABANA CACHAÇA LP ©2008 ABB PARTNERS LLC, NEW YORK, NY

The following post is from our advertiser, Sobieski Vodka.

Spring and Summer nights in Los Angeles are some of the most beautiful around. And there's no better way to spend them by sitting under the stars in the presence of your favorite music act.

The following post is from our advertiser, This American Life on Showtime.