Thursday, November 21, 2024

Game Hype: Secret Level Concord Episode Still Coming, Valve Might Want To Moderate More & Morsels

Turns out that the Concord episode of Secret Level, the new video game anthology show coming to Amazon this December, is still coming out. Quite a few people were wondering if the episode would air with the demise of the game itself. If you don't know, Concord was a multiplayer shooter in development for almost a decade, was released by Sony this year, flopped and is now dead. The game was out for about a month before being pulled from the market. It's also been rumored to have cost Sony $400 million. And, because of this might be the biggest video game flop in history.

With no game, it might make sense to not air the episode and just consider it lost media. However, as reported by Rolling Stone, the series creator Tim Miller says it will be airing with the rest of the episodes, each based on a game that still exists.

Valve must address swastikas and other hate on Steam, writes US senator in a letter to Gabe Newell 

Valve doesn't seem to have the greatest track record it seems with dealing with moderating hate. One Senator seems like he wants the comapny do better and it's building up steam.

Never heard of "HateVision" before, that's gotta be slighty weird to program and AI tool to find what's racist.

"The searching for hateful content was done using help from an AI tool called "HateVision", which scanned the groups and user profiles on Steam for specific hatestuff, including "39 key potentially extremist and antisemitic symbols". The ADL has written up a methodology for how the findings were compiled, if you like to read that sort of thing" 

Well, this top-down roguelike looks perfectly addictive for the new year. Get it on Steam, Switch and PlayStation this Feb.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Weekly What To Do: Congrats To Nucleus For 20 Years

11am-1pm we are celebrating the epic mash-up release of TMNT x Naruto comic series by IDW with a lunchtime pizza party!

Come grab a slice and meet writer Caleb Goellner (Sonic the Hedgehog, TMNT Amazing Adventures, etc,) Free autographs on all of the amazing covers for issue #1 and pizza while it lasts!

Wed. November 20, 2024 – Wed. January 22, 2025
JAPAN HOUSE Gallery | Level 2
Free
 
The exhibition “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit” welcomes visitors into the world of the Japanese daiku, or master carpenters – the guardians of the timeless traditions and cultural heritage of Japan’s wood craft.
 
Jonathan Nolan: An American Cinematheque Retrospective
Wed. Nov 20 - Sun. Dec 1, 2024
Aero Theatre, Egyptian Theatre and Los Feliz 3
$

The American Cinematheque is thrilled to honor acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Jonathan Nolan with a specially curated retrospective celebrating both his recent work in television and his most memorable collaborations as a screenwriter with his brother Christopher Nolan. Join us as we welcome the prodigious filmmaker for an in-person discussion about his work on the critically acclaimed series FALLOUT and WESTWORLD.
 
Star Wars in Concert
John Williams Spotlight
Nov 21-24
Walt Disney Concert Hall
$
 
 Experience the entire Star Wars saga through specially edited film clips from all nine films and the power of John Williams’ unforgettable music, hosted by the man inside C-3PO! 
 
 
 
 
 
Now Dec 1st, select nigts
Montalbán Theatre - 1615 Vine St. Los Angeles, CA 90028
$$
18+ with valid ID
 
 
The hit burlesque parody The Empire Strips Back… is back at last! Making its way to Los Angeles, this previously sold-out experience drops classic sci-fi characters into the world of burlesque. Don’t miss out!
 
Thursday, November 21, 8:00 PM 10:00 PM
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz 10361 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90064
 Tickets $17 with complimentary charcuterie at intermission.
** Films in French with English subtitles **
 
Animation Fest at TRK contains themes best digested by adults, sure to inspire thought-provoking conversations during the intermission, over a glass of wine and cheese plate. The richness and variety of the proposed selection tackles eclectic themes, adopting different approaches, but always encouraging the viewers to reflect.

The audience votes for their favorite films. The winning director will be sent the results along with a congratulatory letter.
 
 
USC
$

Flux is a festival of creativity showcasing bold innovations in moving image and sound as artists experiment with emerging tools and technologies. Flux Festival presents an unparalleled snapshot of the global creative zeitgeist presented through a thoughtfully curated program of screenings, talks, sensory exhibits, hands-on workshops, and performances. The inaugural Flux Festival is presented in collaboration with AI for Media & Storytelling (AIMS) from USC's School of Cinematic Arts and Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.



Join Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. for the Official City of Santa Monica Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, November 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the 1300 Block of Third Street Promenade (between Santa Monica Boulevard and Arizona Avenue). Celebrate the start of the holiday season with a festive ceremony, featuring the lighting of the official city tree by Santa himself. The celebration includes live performances by local choirs, a special Nutcracker performance and “snowfall” on the Promenade. Guests can also enjoy FREE photos with Santa, holiday crafts, hot cocoa and a holiday dance party with

2024 LA AUTO SHOW
NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 1
LA Convention Center
$

"Get on the road to your next new vehicle! Explore over 1 million square feet and discover HUNDREDS of the latest gas, hybrid and EV models from Acura, Alfa Romeo, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Genesis, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Hyundai, Ineos, Jeep, Kia, Lucid, Nissan, Polestar, Porsche Downtown LA, RAM, Rivian, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, VinFast, Volkswagen and Volvo!

Plus dive into the fun of car culture with hundreds more customs, exotics, classics, lowriders, motorsports and offroad vehicles showcased at every turn!"

ZERO LOUNGE GRAND OPENING PARTY
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
Doors Open @ 6pm
1710 N Hudson Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90028
21+

Hollywood’s first ever Y2K-themed cocktail lounge.
 
John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic
Friday, Nov 22, 8:00PM
Largo at the Coronet
Los Angeles, CA
$$

Please join John C. Reilly for an evening of love, longing and song accompanied by the sweet sounds of a crackerjack band including Gabe Witcher, Davíd Garza, David Pilch, and Charles De Castro.Come alone, with a love or with a love to be but please do come and share some magic with ole Mister Cellophane himself. You might just feel a little less alone…

What the world needs now is Love, sweet Love…

If you wonder what this is about, read this
 
Holiday in the Park
Friday, Nov 22, 5:00 pm
magnolia blvd and hollywood way Burbank CA 91502
Free

 
Kick off the holiday season in Burbank with this holiday street festival. Over 100 exhibitors and artists will be joining in on the celebration that stretches 9 blocks and 3 parking lots! 






Select dates from November 22, 2024 - January 5, 2025
WHERE: OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Dr. Costa Mesa, CA 92626
TICKETS: Early bird special anytime use general admission tickets available now for $29.99 for adults and $24.99 for children 3 to 12 years old
 
Home of the region’s largest outdoor ice skating rink, an 8,000-square-foot real snow play area, and a 150-foot ice tubing slide, Winter Fest OC brings a snowy paradise to Southern California. The event is open for 35 select days of family-friendly and date night fun in Costa Mesa through January 5th.

Knott's Merry Farm
Nov 22, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025
8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
$Admission

The holiday spirit shines bright at Knott's Merry Farm. Experience a Christmas celebration with winter wonderland-inspired décor transforming the entire park into a classic holiday festival, featuring a landscape of thousands of twinkling lights, miles of themed garland, jumbo snowflakes, and a variety of picturesque seasonal settings. Knott's Merry Farm offers Christmas activities for families and joyful experiences inspired by the spirit of the holidays.

November 22nd & 23th
Lot 613, 613 Imperial Street Los Angeles, CA 90021
$16.74
21+
 
Come experience one of the largest pop-up art movements to hit North America over the past decade. Celebrate 15 years serving FREE PANCAKES and introducing you to some of the nation's leading emerging artists.
 
Reception / Nov 23, 5:00PM - 8:00PM
NUCLEUS
210 East Main St
Alhambra CA 91801
Free
 
Join us at Gallery Nucleus in celebrating our 20th year! We have been honored to provide a space for artists and lovers of art to interact and bond over the skill and talent of artists in the entertainment and illustrative industries. In celebration, we're hosting a special month-long art sale as well as a one-night-only auction, featuring some of the amazing pieces from our shows from the past two decades.
 
*Congrats again, Nucleus. We were only just writing about your 15th Anniversary just yesterday. 
 
 
Reception / Nov 23, 5:00PM - 8:00PM
November 23, 2024 - December 5, 2024
NUCLEUS
210 East Main St
Alhambra CA 91801
Free 

Gallery Nucleus welcomes back acclaimed illustrator Junko Mizuno for the second phase of a series of solo shows based on the major and minor Arcana, which will culminate in a spectacularly unique Tarot deck.
 
 
Nov. 23rd 2024 from 11am to 6pm 
9449 De Soto Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311
Free

There will be 30+ vendors selling Video Games, Toys, Collectibles, Comic Books, Trading Cards, VHS, Food and more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SATURDAY 12-5PM is Golden Apple's 45th Anniversary Celebration! There will be an outdoor festival of merch vendors IN THE BACK PARKING LOT that are iconic to LA like Giant Robot featuring co-founder Eric Nakamura signing his GR30th HC Book, Pigmy Hippo Shoppe, Revenge Of Pinball Arcade & more. Also there will be a sidewalk sale in front with 1000's of comic book for only 45 cents each and inside the shop, we will have a table full of items for 45% OFF!
 
$
 
This landmark exhibition features more than ninety paintings, drawings, and sculptures by forty-four artists, largely North American, from across generations who have embraced and expanded photorealism’s representational aesthetics and the ethics of its labor-intensive techniques.

Nov 24, 2024–Jul 13, 2025 
LACMA
Admisssion

Over the last four decades, image-editing software has radically transformed our visual world. The ease with which images and text can be digitally generated and altered has enabled new forms of creative experimentation, while also sparking philosophical debates about the very nature of representation. Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film examines the impact of digital manipulation tools from the 1980s to the present, for the first time assessing simultaneous developments and debates in the fields of photography, graphic design, and visual effects. Featuring over 150 works, the exhibition traces the emergence of distinctive digital aesthetic strategies, relationships to realism, and storytelling modes.

Now-Nov 26
Multiple Theaters
$

Movies from Israel, back in LA.


Now - November 30, 2024
Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
$

What’s on the menu? As the holiday season brings people together around the table, the American Cinematheque invites you to Late Night Bites to feast on a collection of films that explore the joyful, and sometimes sinister, sides of our relationship with food. Featuring a collection of flavors — from heartwarming feasts to unsettling macabre meals… there’s something for everyone to snack on!
 
Extra: 
 
Free Hours at the Autry
Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.

Let the Autry cover your next visit with Free Hours at the Autry. Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. will be free to all Autry visitors. Enjoy access to all the Autry's exhibitions including Imagined Wests, Reclaiming El Camino and more by reserving your spot today!
 

Thanks to the generous support of the Autry Foundation, Free Hours at the Autry* are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-4 p.m.
 
UCB, a cheapo comedy show almost every night, see comedians before they make podcasts and have
stories about the UCB and before they hit the big time.
 


American Cinematheque-A celebrated independent theater group that brings both the talent and catalog of films to make for some of LA's best movie nights.
 

Street Food Cinema-Outdoor cult or recent hits you'll love.

Check out classics and cult movies just a few stories above street level. Rooftop Movies at The Montalbán.


 New Bev-Tarantino owned independent theater with old school style

Cinelounge - Hollywood based tiny theater, showing off indies you've never heard of
 
Brain Dead Studios-manages to fill its schedule almost every night
611 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
Vidiots -A one-of-a-kind hub for film lovers, filmmakers, and everyone curious about cinema. A small theater is more than made-up for with the constant content and special screenings.
4884 Eagle Rock Blvd
 
Art
 
Now-2025
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Admission $

Giant Robot Biennale 5 features artists Sean Chao, Felicia Chiao, Luke Chueh, Giorgiko, James Jean,
Taylor Lee, Rain Szeto, and Yoskay Yamamoto, among others. Since 2007, JANM has partnered with Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot, to produce the Giant Robot Biennale, a recurring art exhibition that highlights diverse creative works celebrating the brand’s ethos.
 
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Thankgiving Races of Doom, Don't Forget

 

We're not gonna do it over here at TTDILA, but we have plenty of friends who love running real early on Thanksgiving. You can too and get a t-shirt and wear a silly hat. Turkey Trot LA is probably the biggest of the races you can sign up for and gets you downtown. We've heard of a few more all over SoCal. So, if you don't want to have to schlep all the way some where to run, just look for the closes Thanksgiving related run near you.

 From the Turkey Trot press release:

"Over 6,000 participants, dressed as everything from turkeys and pilgrims to pies and mashed potatoes, will gather in front of the iconic Los Angeles City Hall to run, jog, and walk through some of the city’s most scenic landmarks. The route winds past the glittering Disney Concert Hall, the Broad Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and historic Spring Street, offering a truly unique way to experience the heart of Downtown L.A.

But it's not just about the fun — the Turkey Trot is a charity event benefiting The Midnight Mission, a vital organization helping those experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. The goal is to raise $100,000 to provide essential services, shelter, and hope to those in need."

There's also the Drumstick Dash LA if closer to the valley.

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Flux, Fall 2024 & MoMA Contenders 2024 Dec

 We got two events to check out over at the Hammer.
 
 Flux, Fall 2024
 Wednesday Nov 20, 2024 7:30 PM

"The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe, with wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances.

The 15th season anniversary edition of Flux presents the theatrical world premiere of Evan Forrest Mann’s Opulent Round Edible Object and the visually captivating poem Just Kids by director Jackie Bao. Also featured is Grant Spanier, who will debut his music video for Dua Saleh’s want—a project for which he provided both creative direction and photography for their album I Think You Should Call Them. In Beetlebugs, director Sondock and musician Nick Leng contribute a fresh entry to the mysterious detective genre of music videos."
 
Dec 3-19th select nights

"The Hammer Museum presents MoMA Contenders, The Museum of Modern Art’s renowned series of influential, innovative films from the past 12 months. Whether bound for awards glory or cult classic status, each of these films is a contender for lasting historical significance."

Tickets
$10 Hammer members | $20 general admission 

Hoo boy, they've got The Substance and Late Night with The Devil playing as part of it. And, actor David Dastmalchian is coming out for his Devil movie. Both of these have some gnarly ways to go. So glad, they're being screened in art museum.
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Biggest Heist Ever Dec 6th

 

We've been waiting on this one and with sentencing just carried out it makes sense Netflix releasing it this holiday season, Dec 6th to be exact.

Synopsis: She rapped. He hacked. How did Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein and his wife Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan pull off one of the biggest crypto crimes ever? From Emmy winner Chris Smith, the director of "Bad Vegan" and "Fyre," comes this stranger-than-fiction documentary about a couple dubbed Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde.

There's just so much cringe to see from "Razzlekhan." The awful rapping we'll surely make your holidays, happy.

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Friday, November 15, 2024

Gladiator II, Say What You Want, That's Good Marketing

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Hoo Boy Hallmark Christmas is Starting Up: Hot Frosty, Finding Mr. Christmas & Mistletoe Murders


Yup, that's the actual reason we have a movie on Netflix about a snowman turning into a hot guy this holiday season. The writer, Russell Hainline, might be gay. If he is, it wouldn't be surprising with such a premise.  

Hot Frosty might not be a Hallmark movie (it's on Netflix), but it easily feels like one. Especially, since the writer has multiple movies coming out on Hallmark this year alone.

There's far too much to breakdown on how utterly insane this looks in pure, why? Oh no, this exists, passes through in our minds. We might have a breakdown of it after a company watch party later this holiday season. But for now, watch at your own cringe Christmas wish.

We are amazed Netflix has no put more silly marketing into this or tie-ins like hot frosty coco melts. Or somehow freezing naked men in snowmen somewhere around LA.

Wait, what about Hallmark proper? That was a bad questions to ask. (Sighs)

 

Finding Mr. Christmas is an actual game show on Hallmark+ where ten good looking dudes battle it out to star in a Hallmark Christmas movie. Yes, this is also real.

Here's the official synopsis: Ten aspiring actors compete in a variety of entertaining challenges, with a Hallmark twist, to be crowned Hallmark’s next leading man and take home the title of “Mr. Christmas” in Hallmark’s first reality competition series, Finding Mr. Christmas.  Co-created, executive produced and hosted by Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls, The Holiday Sitter) and starring lead judge Melissa Peterman (Reba, Haul Out the Holly), special guest judges will join this duo throughout the series and put these “hunky” men to the test to determine who has the most talent, heart, authenticity and charisma to be the next Hallmark superstar. At the finale, the winner will receive a special leading role in one of this year’s Countdown to Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel.

Guys, it's based on the Audible Original so you know it's good! Mistletoe Murders is also on Hallmark+. Ah, yes the two things women love the most on television: Christmas and homicide procedural. We guess it makes sense?

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