L.A. Times - Entertainment — Standing on the 12th floor of the Capitol Records tower in Hollywood, Beck gazed through a south-facing window and pointed toward a neighborhood straddling nearby Sunset Boulevard. “We lived over there when I was a kid, and it was all bungalow ... more info

PopSugar — Image Source: Getty / Tim Boyle Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died from natural causes at the age of 91 this week, and his passing has elicited heartfelt and grateful messages from fans, former loves, and celebrities who were featured in his magazine. ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Chicago’s next pre-Broadway tryout: “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” a new show based on the 27-year-old Julia Roberts-and-Richard Gere romantic comedy about a Sunset Boulevard prostitute who falls in love with an handsome corporate raider. With a ... more info

PopSugar — Image Source: Getty / Sunset Boulevard It's hard to believe it's almost been 62 years since James Dean passed away. The Rebel Without a Cause actor was only 24 years old when he was killed in a car accident in Cholame, CA, on Sept. 30, 1955. James a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — She sat at a window in her whiskey phase, writing songs and blowing smoke over Sunset Boulevard, listening to the rattle of buses, the whispers of passersby, and the way the night moved in spectral cadences that made the wanderer in her feel alive an... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The avant-pop band Sparks has been making curiously brilliant music for over four decades, and for a lot of that time they’ve done so in proximity to Sunset Boulevard. Founded by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who were raised in Pacific Palisa... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The avant-pop band Sparks has been making curiously brilliant music for over four decades, and for a lot of that time they’ve done so in proximity to Sunset Boulevard. Founded by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who were raised in Pacific Palisa... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Music man Lou Adler lives a few miles north of the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway, where, on a recent afternoon, an anonymous musician had plugged his red Fender electric guitar into an amp and was jamming for cash as cars... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — On a recent Friday night around midnight, Los Globos general manager Sire Dhone Johnson stood on his Sunset Boulevard sidewalk next to bouncers and chatted with customers. The Sunset Strip and Hollywood may get all the historical ink, but these days ... more info