Today’s Headlines

 
 

The Dodgers are an October surprise

Sports | By Bill Plaschke | 7:00AM
CHICAGO – October arrived Wednesday on the back of a chilly lake wind and a nasty neighborhood roar. Read more
 

Passage expected as Senate debates revised bailout plan

Business | By Maura Reynolds, Richard Simon, and Nicole Gaouette | 12:18AM
With both presidential candidates returning to the Capitol to lend support, the Senate was debating a modified $700-billion Wall Street rescue bill this afternoon and planned a vote this evening. Read more
 

Credit freeze puts businesses on thin ice

Business | By Marla Dickerson, Tiffany Hsu, and Jerry Hirsch | 12:06AM
Janet Hildreth is gearing up for Black Friday at her San Francisco flooring company. Read more
 

Mr. Playboy’

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
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The life and times of an alpha male

Entertainment | By David Cotner | 12:00AM, October 2
IF HUGH HEFNER hadn’t existed, the 20th century would have had to create him. Read more
 

Scare yourself silly at Universal Studios.

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
BOO! If you already thought Universal Studios Hollywood’s Jurassic Park and Revenge of the Mummy rides were scary, its Halloween Horror Nights should turn things up a notch. Read more
 

North Hollywood arts scene

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
NOHOYES The NoHo Scene festival is an annual celebration of North Hollywood’s vibrant arts community, and this year’s edition features an expanded offering of full-length plays at select theaters. Read more
 

Invited to dinner, they end up sitting ringside

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
Dear Amy: A few weeks ago, my husband and I invited some of our friends over for dinner. Read more
 

This weekend

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
An American Carol | A cynical, anti-American Hollywood filmmaker learns the true meaning of America. Read more
 

Eagle Rock Music Festival

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
EAGLE ROCK ROCKS Not in the mood to shell out $40 to go check out the Detour festival? Read more
 

Weinstein Co.’s latest misfire?

Entertainment | By John Horn | 12:00AM, October 2
THE “KILLSHOT” collaboration certainly looked intriguing on paper: John Madden, the director of best picture winner “Shakespeare in Love,” adapting a colorful crime novel by Elmore Leonard, the author of “Get Shorty” and “Out of Sight,” with Quentin Tarantino serving as executive producer. Read more
 

Pete Seeger is still hammering away at 89

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
At 89, folk music legend Pete Seeger still has more to say. Read more
 

Rosemarie DeWitt

Entertainment | By Michael OrdoƱa | 12:00AM, October 2
THE VIBE was like a good poetry slam or something,” said Rosemarie DeWitt of working on the set of Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married” with its upscale-bohemian, groovy, multicultural backyard wedding. Read more
 

Paris Hilton’s My New BFF

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
Paris Hilton’s My New BFF’ Where: MTV When: 10 p.m. Read more
 

Screen teen angel

Entertainment | By Lisa Rosen | 12:00AM, October 2
KAT DENNINGS doesn’t play your ordinary teenager. Read more
 

Cast your vote for ‘43 Plays’

Entertainment | By David C. Nichols | 12:00AM, October 2
If Jon Stewart, the Smothers Brothers and the League of Women Voters invaded the Hall of Presidents at Disney World, the results might resemble “43 Plays for 43 Presidents” at Sacred Fools Theater. Read more
 

News balance bails out entirely

Entertainment | By Scott Collins | 12:00AM, October 2
IT DIDN’T take long for the credit market crisis to reveal both the good and bad sides of television news coverage during a major crisis. Read more
 

Fifth annual Etnies GvR Skateboard Contest

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
WHERE SICK IS GOOD The fifth annual Etnies GvR Skateboard Contest calls on the sickest professional skateboarders, with the raddest decks in tow, to answer the burning question of which riding style, goofy or regular, reigns supreme. Read more
 

Malibu Pie Festival at Malibu Country Mart

Entertainment | 12:00AM, October 2
PIE NIRVANA There’s apple, banana cream and blueberry. Read more
 
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