The Showbiz Issue

Employees of the Month

Kimberly Kane’s ascension to the top of the adult-film industry began shortly after she moved to LA in 2003, and was capped by her winning the AVN Award for Best Actress in 2010 for playing a very horny Scully in The Sex Files. Full story

Records

This is one of the last things Jerry Fuchs recorded before his death three years ago. I don’t drum and can’t tell you the first thing about what is going on here or why he was as good as he was, but oh God, me rikey. Full story

Jumping Bunnies

Why isn't there a television channel devoted to broadcasting bunny show jumping 24 hours a day yet? Full story

Comics

Eastbound & Brown

Kenny Powers's baby can throw a baseball faster than an electric butthole. Full story

VICE Presents Your Guide to Movieland Homes

Come with Sean Tejaratchi on a star-studded, surprisingly intimate tour of the most glamourous estates in Tinseltown! Full story

A Shrimpy-Batdude Adventure

Suddenly, Shrimpy Batman senses trouble! It's lunch time. But what should he and the LOLS (Legion of Look-Alike Superheroes) eat? Full story

Him, Himself, and He

Corey Ian Haim Speaks from Beyond the Grave

An anonymous source gave me Corey Haim's mother’s phone number. When I called, he answered. Full story

Solid-State Transmissions

Joe Carducci on the Glory Days of SST Records

When Joe came on board, he made the city better for music than it ever had been (and arguably has been since). Full story

Kool Krazy Kiwi Kreatives

Kick the Krap out of Hollywood Advertising

If whoever’s running Hollywood were smart, they’d better take notice of New Zealand’s movie ad campaigns—specifically those from Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB. Full story

Sheppard’s Video Game Pie

Journey

Journey is destined to be a classic video game, I think, but I found it more confused than anything. Full story

Combover

That's Tokyo Town

He might have the glow of a Nazi, but he hates himself just like a good Jewish boy should. Full story

Blow Up the Audience

Inflatable Crowd's custom-made blow-up people have been clothed, wigged, and masked for more than 80 major films. Full story

Ron Galella Hates Gang Bangs

The Original Paparazzo Talks About His Lifetime of Party Crashing

Before the concept of paparazzi became what it is today, Ron Galella was sneaking into parties via dumbwaiters, snapping shots of Madonna and Bowie dancing post-rails at Studio 54. Full story

Skinema

This Ain’t Dracula XXX

This recent fascination with vampires really has got to end already. Full story

Stallone Hates Bulgarian Bats

Sylvester Stallone’s latest pièce (of shit) de résistance, "The Expendables 2," has sparked quite a bit of controversy. Full story

Planet Lol-Lywood

Surveying the Apocalypse of the World’s Most Depressing Restaurant Chain

Among all the shitty themed family restaurant chains on this doomed rock, Planet Hollywood is undoubtedly the saddest, as is the story of its demise. Full story

A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee

I tried to drink 20 cups of David Lynch's signature blend of beans in one day. I made it to 11 before I had to stop and switch over to chewing ice cubes. Full story

Better Off Dead

Or Why Quitting the Movie Industry Was My Path to Salvation

Most people in showbiz are either bitter that they aren’t huge stars or unhappy that they are. Here’s my advice to them and to all of you: Quit. Full story

Julia Roberts Tats Out the Yin-Yang

Miljenko Ladislao Konstantin Parserisas Vukovic is a 57-year-old Chilean who became famous around the time he got his 83rd tattoo of Julia Roberts (specifically, as she appears in Erin Brockovich). Full story

The Town That Built the Titanic Is Sinking

Somebody Needs to Bail Out Rosarito, Mexico, Before It Capsizes

Business in Rosarito, Mexico was booming when the "Titanic" was filmed there. The only thing left behind from that era are the faceless extras. We talked to them. Full story

Boccaccio '70

Photos by Lele Saveri; Styling by Anna Carraro Full story

The Romanian Woman Who Voiced Chuck Norris

Irina Margareta Nistor has the most recognizable voice in Romania, because she dubbed more than 5,000 movies from 1986 until the Communist regime collapsed. Full story

Ed Koch ♥s Movies

And He Recommended That the MTA Use Wild Wolves to Stop Graffiti

The former mayor of NYC hosts his own film-review show called “Mayor at the Movies.” So, we chatted with the statesmen turned cineaste about motion pictures. Full story

Too Old to Fight It

A Trek Through the Perils of the Music Industry with Dan Keyes

If you’re a “songwriter” or “producer” and don’t live in LA, chances are you’re also a barista or a waiter or, if you have business sense, a drug dealer. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Full story

Which Celebrity Do Tween Girls Love Most?

We thought it might be fun to ask a few very young ladies about their favorite superstars. Full story

Pap Smear

Giving the Paparazzi a Taste of Their Own Disgusting Medicine

I confronted a few members of the paparazzi and asked them stupid questions while a photographer shoved his camera in their faces. Full story

This Is Hollywood, Isn’t It?

My Time with Marilyn

Marilyn glowed as if some radioactive core lay beneath her skin. Her breasts came to uplifted peaks, the nipples traced like two short fingertips. Full story

It's Probably Not Going to Be OK

Terence Winter on His Struggle to the Top and Why He Likes Playing with Dolls So Much

The creator of "Boardwalk Empire" talks candidly about the perils of Hollywood, bad TV, and how he became the man he is today. Full story

Once Upon a Time in Almería

The Saga of the Italian-Spanish Wild West

More than 600 spaghetti westerns were filmed in Almería, Spain, transforming this region into a caricature of the Wild West as imagined by Italian directors. Full story

Girls of Hollywood

Making It in La-La Land, from Fantasy to Reality

Photos by Kimberly Kane, Styling by Giuliana Mayo Full story

Comics

The Audition

Well, according to this the audition is supposed to be in this cave... Full story

The Most Glorious Bazoombas in the World

Kitten Natividad’s Life of Hollywood Deviance

Kitten, the ultra-vixen known for her 44-inch chest, talks with us about her stint in porn, her marriage with Russ Meyer, and getting a boob job after breast cancer. Full story

California Spirit

Photos by Matthew Frost, Styling by Annette Lamothe-Ramos Full story

Mozart's Tailor

The Czech Costume Designer Who Won the Oscar and Lost His Country

Academy Award winning costume designer Theodor Pištěk shows us how to make clothes of pomp and pageantry in a country run by pinkos. Full story

The Sordid Secrets of Babylon

Kenneth Anger Knows Them All

Filmmaker Kenneth Anger—the guy who literally wrote the book on Hollywood debauchery—talks with us about the strange and dark realms of celebrity. Full story