LA Travel Guide
9/12/2008 at 8:45 AM
Tags: Celeb Travel, Britney Spears, Relative Travel (all tags)
Don't bite your cousin! Britney Spears accompanies her sons Jayden and Sean Preston to their first playdate with cousin Maddie Briann, daughter of Britney's sister Jamie Lynn. Of course, it was more complicated than loading up the SUV: Jamie Lynn and Maddie actually flew to LA where Britney's boys live in joint custody with dad Kevin Federline.
Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, Jamie Lynn was mocked in the press for sending a gift basket to this year's pregnant-teen model, 17-year-old Bristol Palin. (She had asked to make the donation anonymously but the company couldn't keep a lid on it, apparently.)
Remember the days when all the pregnancies depicted in the tabloids were fake? Those days are over, dudes.
Related Stories:
· Britney and Jamie Lynn's Family Reunion [People.com]
· Britney's Pre-VMAs Vacay [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Cele|bitchy]
by egw
8/28/2008 at 2:45 PM
Tags: Hurricanes, Travel Storms, Street Art, Banksy (all tags)
Whether we know who he is or not, Banksy is still out there making guerilla street art. And his latest paintings have shown up in New Orleans, on the eve the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall--and as Tropical Storm Gustav is taking aim at the gulf shore.
While some of the new stencils directly address The Storm, others make reference to an anti-graffiti crusader in town. Which is fitting, since at least one of Banksy's murals has already been painted over.
Related Stories:
· Hurricane Banksy--Category 5! [Flickr]
· Banksy Does New Orleans [Gawker]
· Street Art coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: infrogmation2]
by pbb
8/27/2008 at 11:15 AM
Tags: Fall-TV-2008-Map, Television Premiere Travel, TV Travel, Louisiana Travel, Supernatural Travel (all tags)
Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
"Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball got bit by the vampire craze and created HBO's new series "True Blood," about a small Louisiana town where vamps have come "out of the coffin" to coexist peacefully with humans.
Of course, the humans don't know the bloodsuckers walk among them: This arrangement is largely due to the invention of a synthetic blood beverage called TruBlood, which fills their need for the red stuff. When a mind-reading waitress named Sookie (Anna Paquin) sees a stranger (Stephen Moyer, "The Starter Wife") order a cold TruBlood at the bar where she works, they begin a relationship that if not forbidden, is plenty creepy.
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by egw
7/18/2008 at 4:00 PM
Tags: Missed Connections, Josh Brolin, Jeffery White (all tags)
We've been captivated by news of this bar brawl involving the cast of "W." Barring the delicious humor of a drunken altercation springing from the tale of a former drinker, we can't believe it was Jeffrey Wright who got Tased. Don't you know he's playing Colin Powell?!
In any case, it's time to bring the love back to Shreveport. We need to keep the place safe for our stars, before they all go to Canada or the Czech Republic. Put your fists away and feel the love at these hot spots:
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by egw
7/17/2008 at 3:45 PM
Tags: Bars, Celeb Travel, Josh Brolin, Jeffery Wright (all tags)
Looks like Josh Brolin and other cast and crew of the movie "W" weren't as rowdy as initial reports led us to believe. While no one is disputing that lighting tech Eric Felland got tossed from the bar, cell phone video taken at the scene reportedly shows cops using pepper spray on Brolin and fellow actor Jeffrey Wright.
When that didn't subdue them, a Taser was used on Wright, police admitted. But TMZ is reporting that racial slurs were also directed at the actor, who is black.
The city attorney plans to file charges against the actors for interfering with police officers, though a final decision on that hasn't been reached. We already knew that Shreveport was making a play to become the Hollywood of the South, but we didn't expect heavy-handed police tactics to be one of the ways the town would channel LA.
Related Stories:
· More Details Emerge on Brolin-Wright Incident [KTBS]
· Actors Tased, Pepper Sprayed [TMZ, via]
· "W" Caught Brawling in Louisiana [Jaunted]
by pbb
7/13/2008 at 1:30 PM
Tags: Bars, Celeb Travel, Josh Brolin (all tags)
Actor Josh Brolin and six others involved in the production of Oliver Stone's new movie "W" were arrested in Shreveport early Saturday morning after starting drama at a local club.
The Stray Cat bar had to call in the cops when lighting technician Eric Felland wouldn't leave quietly; things really got out of hand when his fellow cast and crew tussled with police trying to toss the tech.
Unfortunately, Kid Rock wasn't involved in this one, so we can't update that map.
Related Stories:
· Police: "W" Actors, Crew Arrested [CNN]
· Film Crew Arrested [KTBS]
· The Stray Cat [Myspace]
· Bars coverage [Jaunted]
by pbb
7/03/2008 at 1:30 PM
Tags: Culture Travel, National Parks, Jazz (all tags)
You can't get your picture taken with a geyser or do a rubbing of moose tracks at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. But this corner of the French Quarter, a part of Louis Armstrong Park, celebrates the legacy of jazz in the US through exhibits and concerts, some even led by specially trained, musically gifted park rangers.
The park was established in 1994 to honor the melting pot of French, Creole and African cultures that combined in the city's dance halls; its visitor center is a former Masonic temple.
The Treme Brass Band, named for a neighborhood known historically for its population of free blacks, holds jazz workshops for kids every Saturday. Other events in the park include trombone soloists and a standing Wednesday ragtime series.
Related Stories:
· New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park [Official Site]
· New Orleans Park Has Ear For Jazz [NPR]
· Music Travel: Jazz Fest Time in Montreal [Jaunted]
· New Orleans Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: misstraceynolan]
by egw
6/20/2008 at 10:35 AM
Tags: Airport Photo Shoots, Celeb Travel, Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn Spears (all tags)
Go, go, go! When life demands immediate trips, stars are just as apt as we are to look a little discombobulated. While Britney Spears' hoodie is mighty cute, she probably would have taken more time to get put together if she hadn't been rushing to sister Jamie Lynn's bedside. Spears the Younger gave birth yesterday morning to daughter Maddie. Congrats!
So when you're pulling a last-minute packing marathon, what's that one item you always forget? We know, it's not very Super World Traveler, but forgetfulness is human, and we don't all have assistants to pull us together in the last minute.
Related Stories:
· Britney Spears Flies Home to Learn Where Babies Come From [The Superficial]
· Jamie Lynn Spears Has a Baby Girl [People]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: The Superficial]
by egw
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