Detroit Free Press — It was just before noon today, and a line of characters, many of them dressed in U-M, MSU, Red Wings and Lions and other Detroit-themed garb, were wrapped around the corner on Sunset Boulevard, waiting for a little Motor City flavor in the heart of m... more info

ContactMusic — Cult singer/songwriter Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer has died of heart failure in Los Angeles. The 1960s stalwart, who battled schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, was a street busker on Sunset Boulevard when he came to the attention of Frank Zappa..... more info

Perez Hilton — Yikes! Thankfully, he's okay. Michael Lohan was involved in a car collision on Friday when a bus crashed into his blue Jaguar in the middle of rush hour in El Lay. According to an eyewitness, Michael was approaching a stoplight on Sunset Boulevard w... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Mötley Crüe will celebrate its 30th anniversary by headlining the three-day festival that has created a "renaissance" for the legendary strip and shuts part of Sunset Boulevard. Mötley Crüe, Matt & Kim, Public Enemy, a reunited Bush and Cobra Sta... more info

L.A. Times - News — Artwork Jamal was convinced he'd become a famous entertainer or a music engineer. Then the voices of schizophrenia showed up. Now, 350 pounds and in ill health, he mesmerizes audiences singing about the travails that never seem to end.Things were jus... more info

Detroit Free Press — Can the coney cut it in Hollywood? Will the loose burger find love on Sunset Boulevard? Actor-comedian-director Mike Binder has no doubt they'll be a smash hit when he and several other famous Detroit ex-pat pals open a 24-hour coney restaurant ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The small Sunset Boulevard imprint Dangerbird Records, home to Silversun Pickups and Fitz & the Tantrums, didn't prove to be immune to standard record industry woes, as the label was forced to cut five of its 13 full-time staffers and refocus its lic... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is begging Madonna to star in a big screen adaptation of Sunset Boulevard, insisting she would be perfect for the lead role. The British composer turned the classic 1950 film noir into a musical, which was staged in London ... more info

ContactMusic — Madonna is being pursued for a role in remake of 'Sunset Boulevard'. The 52-year-old star - who will soon release her directorial debut 'W. E. ', a two-tier tale about the relationship between Britain's King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis..... more info

L.A. Times - News — The station, which has been struggling to rebuild viewership after its split from PBS, plans to move to a smaller location, real estate brokers say.Financially strapped KCET-TV is in talks to sell its landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of... more info