October 2010
Editor’s Letter—October 2010
October brings our annual health, beauty and wellness issue, with tales of medical advances, healthy regimens and inspiring recoveries.
Categories: Celebrities / Editor's Letter / Fitness
Q + LA Michael C. Hall
The star of Dexter opens wide on his cancer battle, his Lebowski love and his character’s decidedly feline prowess.
Categories: Celebrities / Interviews / Pictorials / Q and LA / Q In LA
Back/Story What Lies Beneath
The harrowing true-life account of a CIA deep-sea search for Soviet nuclear warheads off the U.S. coast—and the role L.A. played
Categories: Back/Story / Pictorials / Power Play
Tête-à-Tête Bryan Ferry
The spotlight this month is on Roxy rocker Bryan Ferry, who's bringing in the biggies on his new solo effort; plus, our panel picks the tunes you should know.
Categories: Music / Turn It Up
The Style List—October 2010
It's a zero-sum game when models purport to be something they're not...or maybe it's not just models? Plus, the loveliest in lace.
Categories: Fashion / The Style List
Culture(d)—October 2010
It's a decidedly photographic bent with a William Eggleston exhibition at LACMA, a book on reefer films and a tribute to Julius Shulman.
Categories: Art / Books / culture(d) / L.A. History
The Illusion of Allusion
For a lady who isn't all she seems—and for the rest of us who may not be either—Lonely Hearts Book Club pulls a little poetic bait and switch.
Categories: Books / Lonely Hearts Book Club
Bare Maximum
In a revealing Q&A, Tamara Drewe’s British stunner Gemma Arterton shares that she’s ready to take center stage—and isn't afraid to do it decidedly dowdy.
Categories: Celebrities / Interviews / Photos / Pictorials
Where the Wild Things Are
With African tribal artifacts and homegrown L.A. pieces, Ernie and Diane Wolfe’s wonderfully eccentric house suits the idiosyncratic couple to a T.
Categories: Feature Story / Photos / Pictorials
Body of Knowledge The Way Back
Inside the art and science of aging gracefully—and rest assured it's a whole lot of both.
Categories: Feature Story / Health+Wellness
Body of Knowledge Full-Frontal Assault
The battle against breast cancer continues unabated on all fronts—we go to the experts for a checkup to see how itÆs doing.
Categories: Feature Story / Health+Wellness
The Long Run
Overcoming bullet wounds to his legs was a must-race for track star Bryshon Nellum—and he would not settle for second place.
Categories: Feature Story / Photos / Pictorials / Sports
Exercise Authority
Want a better body? One of L.A.'s premier celebrity trainers share her fitness A-to-Z’s. She helped Madonna get her guns—she knows.
Categories: Feature Story / Health+Wellness
Social Studies
by Jean-Philippe Delhomme “I’d hoped this desert hideaway would help me concentrate, but it was...
WEB EXCLUSIVEThe Best Medicine
He may not actually be funny himself, but for the past two decades, Dr. Steven Sultanoff has been an evangelist for therapeutic laughter.
Categories: A Picture of Health
WEB EXCLUSIVEFriends Cook at Canelé:
The Encore
An intrepid food lover steps up once again with an ambitious menu featuring her homegrown honey—is twice on the line tempting fate?
Categories: Food / Square Peg