Road Show

Reporting from Memphis, Tenn. It took an extra 10 minutes, an eternity in this never-draw-a-breath season, but the Lakers finally improved their road record. They got tired of the suddenly unstoppable Marreese Speights and did something about it. They countered with some force of their own, splashed in a little finesse, and beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies in double overtime, 116-111, Tuesday at FedEx Forum. Andrew Bynum had the type of game that sends whispers around the league, scoring 37 points on 15-for-18 shooting and also taking 16 rebounds, all against fellow All-Star center Marc Gasol.

Fans of the teen mystery series "Veronica Mars" have been clamoring for a movie ever since the show was canceled in 2007. Now they may finally get their wish, but it's going to cost them. Star Kristen Bell and creator Rob Thomas have paired up to launch a Kickstarter campaign and hope to raise $2 million by April 13. If their goal is reached and it appears there are enough fans willing to fork over money for a product they haven't yet seen, Thomas and Bell say Warner Bros. has agreed to fund production of the film version.

"Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through Dec. 29, is the centerpiece of a festival that in its scope is comparable only to the Olympic Arts Festival. Besides LACMA, a good dozen other museums and galleries have mounted related shows. And gallery art is just the beginning. Photography, film, music, cuisine and dance are all copiously represented. Beauty may be its own excuse for being, but so much beauty, all from one place, all at once. . .

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dustin Brown continued to build his playoff reputation and the Kings again thrived on the road. The Kings captain had a first-period assist and then scored the game-winning goal 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the third period in a 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday at Jobing.com Arena in the Western Conference final opener.. It was the Kings' sixth road victory during these Stanley Cup playoffs and eighth in a row dating to last postseason. With the score tied, 2-2, Slava Voynov found a streaking Brown, who barreled in from center ice and flicked a wrist shot past Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dustin Brown continued to build his playoff reputation and the Kings again thrived on the road. The Kings captain had a first-period assist and then scored the game-winning goal 2 minutes and 11 seconds into the third period in a 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday at Jobing.com Arena in the Western Conference final opener.. It was the Kings' sixth road victory during these Stanley Cup playoffs and eighth in a row dating to last postseason. With the score tied, 2-2, Slava Voynov found a streaking Brown, who barreled in from center ice and flicked a wrist shot past Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith.

The killing of theater impresario Roy Radin in June, 1983, was originally considered just another unsolved homicide case. But investigators soon uncovered a complex trail of drugs, corruption and dizzying amounts of cash. In Southern California, the country near the town of Gorman is remarkably rugged. There are ravines and gullies where the terrain is steep and irregular, rising and falling sharply.

MINNEAPOLIS -- A few more road starts like the one he turned in Thursday, and the Angels may be ready to fire up the bus for the Ervin Across America Tour. Showing the kind of confidence, command and poise he rarely displayed away from Angel Stadium last season, Ervin Santana gave up two runs and four hits in six innings to lead the Angels to a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the Metrodome.

The sculpture is as close to an official traffic stopper as the law allows: A stick figure with an upraised, white-gloved hand, it is one of 19 artworks that Hyattstown residents have placed along a road in hopes of slowing the cars speeding past their front doors. "If you see one, then all of a sudden, you start looking and, hopefully, your initial reaction is to slow down," said Linda Tetens, an artist who helped organize the project.

Facebook, which next week begins its road show to pitch its initial public stock offering to investors, has put the presentation on the Web so anyone can see it. Word is that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, will be on hand for the road show with institutional investors, and also makes an appearance on the roadshow video. RELATED: Facebook seeks up to $95-billion valuation Facebook selects Nasdaq over NYSE for IPO Facebook sets $28 to $35 IPO range, and you can likely ignore the $28          

'Today' Switch Delayed a Week: The debut of the latest incarnation of the "Today" show has been pushed back to June 11. Joe Garagiola and Faith Daniels had been scheduled to start Monday. But the show will be broadcasting from Washington Monday through Wednesday, and producers said it would be too complicated to put on a road show and introduce new cast members at the same time.

Mark Zuckerberg was not the only no-show in Boston, Facebook's second stop on its road show to pitch its initial public stock offering. Also missing in action Tuesday was the company's slickly produced video to pump up interest in the IPO. Investors who attended Monday's kickoff event in New York were frustrated they spent half an hour watching the video they could have easily viewed online instead of getting face time with the social network's...

Facebook, which next week begins its road show to pitch its initial public stock offering to investors, has put the presentation on the Web so anyone can see it. Word is that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, will be on hand for the road show with institutional investors, and also makes an appearance on the roadshow video. RELATED: Facebook seeks up to $95-billion valuation Facebook selects Nasdaq over NYSE for IPO Facebook sets $28 to $35 IPO range, and you can likely ignore the $28          

Reporting from Memphis, Tenn. It took an extra 10 minutes, an eternity in this never-draw-a-breath season, but the Lakers finally improved their road record. They got tired of the suddenly unstoppable Marreese Speights and did something about it. They countered with some force of their own, splashed in a little finesse, and beat the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies in double overtime, 116-111, Tuesday at FedEx Forum. Andrew Bynum had the type of game that sends whispers around the league, scoring 37 points on 15-for-18 shooting and also taking 16 rebounds, all against fellow All-Star center Marc Gasol.

He's confronting Republicans in the House chamber and on a sunny tarmac in front of the cameras. He's singing Al Green and busting out corny jokes. He's trying out his Spanish and taking off the necktie. It looks like the sometimes-aloof, overly cerebral President Obama has gotten some of his mojo back. Perhaps getting out of Washington has been the tonic, or perhaps it's the sight of Republican presidential contenders in Florida beating up one another in a barrage of television ads. Whatever the cause, the effect has been on clear display.

Zynga Inc., creator of FarmVille and other social games, is fixing to reap a billion-dollar bumper crop from its initial public offering after company executives spend the next two weeks trying to convince potential investors that their 4-year-old firm is worth $9 billion or more. The valuation of the San Francisco online game publisher, derived from documents filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, would put Zynga on par with Electronic Arts Inc., valued at $7.7 billion, even though EA's revenue is roughly three times that of Zynga's.

He watched for a month, and, in the span of three days, played in a win and played in a loss. The verdict? Baron Davis had positive things to say about the four-win Clippers after a careful evaluation. The point guard praised the energy of the youngsters and thought the team would eventually jell now that he has returned, along with center Chris Kaman . "I know we're going to win more games as myself and Chris get in better shape and get more acclimated and get our rhythm," Davis said Friday after the Clippers lost at Denver, 109-104, in a foul-riddled affair.

"It's the movie that's trying desperately to get made." That's how producer Donna Dubrow describes "Road Show," the romantic action-adventure about a contemporary cattle drive--that might star Sean Connery and Cher. "Serious discussions are underway. We're keeping our fingers crossed," reveals Dubrow, who's teamed on the project with husband John McTiernan (director of "The Hunt for Red October"), who'll produce and direct for 20th Century-Fox.

The Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that was seen in Chicago and Washington in 2003 has a new name and will finally turn up in New York Nov. 18 -- the first new Sondheim musical done there since "Passion" in 1994. The show, formerly known as "Bounce" but now called "Road Show," will begin preview performances at the Public Theater Oct. 28. It tells the story of the Mizner brothers, Wilson and Addison, two men in search of the American dream. They will be played by Michael Cerveris and Alexander Gemignani, with Alma Cuervo as their mother.

There will be a lot of history on display Monday night when the American Cinematheque presents Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic "The Ten Commandments" starring Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as the power-mad pharaoh, Rameses ? and not just of the biblical kind. "Ten Commandments" has a special place in Hollywood lore: It was DeMille's last film and made Heston a superstar. The blockbuster is being shown at the Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, which is celebrating its 88th birthday that night.

Guy Fieri looks at the concert-club scene and thinks it's missing food. Or maybe it's that the food scene needs more of a club-concert vibe. Actually, it doesn't really matter. "Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm," he said. "There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music?. . . . Drive it to the next level?' " You know what's coming next: The Guy Fieri Road Show kicks off Tuesday for 30 days and 21 stops featuring a concert-style cooking tour with a DJ -- L.A.'s DJ Cobra -- and an onstage mixologist to attend to, among other things, a 6-foot-tall, 25-gallon margarita maker.