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CLOSED: Every Baja Fresh in the Valley After Today

Finish off that Burrito Ultimo® and take one long, last look at that salsa bar, folks. Baja Fresh is closing up shop in the Valley. See also: - CLOSED: Poblano in Central Phoenix - CLOSED: Cafe Posada in Gilbert Today is the last day of operation for all five Valley locations of the quick-casual ... More >>

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Wear The Wild Things

Commercial Art Is Keeping Phoenix Artists Afloat -- But At a High Cost

Ten Movies Kanye West Should Have Starred In

Kanye West is currently scouting locations for a short film in the vein of "Runaway" that will be filmed somewhere in the Middle East in March. Government officials based out of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha are in the middle of a bidding war to get Yeezy's contract, The New York Observer reports. S ... More >>

Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocol: Tom Cruise Lives Another Day

Mayor Gordon May Be Remembered Most for Compromising His Ethics for the Woman He Loved

Lexi Huckaby at DiVerti Bar & Grill

Zach Fowle ​The tender: Lexi HuckabyThe bar: DiVerti Bar & Grill (4 E. University Dr., 480-284-5972)The pedigree: Huckaby's father worked for an oil company, so the family moved a lot -- she  lived in Brazil, Dubai, Egypt, London, Bangkok and Turkey before turning 15. A "traveling b ... More >>

Kiddy Porn Peddler Cries at Sentencing; Gets 15 Years in Prison

www.icanhascheezeberger.com​A Peoria man was sentenced today for his role in an international kiddy porn racket, and when the judge read his sentence, he cried like a baby.David Dean, a 43-year-old trucker from Peoria, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised probatio ... More >>

Riedel's Cab Sav Glass Gives Starbucks' Trienta Cup a Run for Its Money... Glass Matters, Pt. II

The man behind some of the largest and most interestingly shaped wine glasses known to oenophiles, Georg Riedel, graced Miele Gallery with his presence and his Vinum XL glasses for a comparative tasting: 3 glasses 3 wines 1 Fiji water = New appreciation for glassware.

Asking Alexandria's Ben Bruce on Evergreen Terrace, Maturing as a Band, and Appealing to a Wider Fanbase

​ Asking Alexandria is a British metalcore band that incorporates elements of dance into its breakdowns. Lead guitarist Ben Bruce grew up in Dubai and moved to England to form Asking Alexandria in 2008. The band has been building an international fanbase since they moved to the United States two ... More >>

Asking Alexandria @ Marquee Theatre

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Lines Up $8,000 Job for his Girlfriend

Elissa Mullany continues to make money off her relationship with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, have evolved over the past year - and not in a good way.The couple used to try and hide the fact that they were using the Mayor's Office to funn ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Enjoys "High-Flying Lifestyle" in Dubai

www.thenational.ae​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has been a frequent flier to Dubai, one of the states that makes up the United Arab Emirates. It's never been entirely clear what goes on during those visits.But the National, an English-language newspaper in the UAE, offers a glimpse in an article it p ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Global Travels Tied to Girlfriend's "Global Connections" Company?

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wasn't always a travelin' man. Believe it or not, the man who is now jetting off to places like China, Qatar, Dubai, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, was once known for his aversion to hopping on a plane and leaving Phoenix.   While he touts his travels as a means to s ... More >>

Chef Claudio Urciuoli Leaving Prado

Claudio Urciuoli Staff at Prado just got the announcement today: Chef de cuisine Claudio Urciuoli will soon be leaving his post at the Italian fine dining restaurant. "It has been a great journey and I'm very grateful for the opportunity that they gave me," says Urciuoli. "I have esta ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Mum on Girlfriend Elissa Mullany's Role at City Hall

Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon still hasn't answered questions submitted to him by New Times on April 19.The questions were e-mailed to Gordon per his new policy of no longer speaking personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic -- more accurately, he won't talk to reporters who ... More >>

Z-Trip Breaks Collar Bone Snowboarding, Will He Play Coachella?

​Arizona-bred DJ Hero Z-Trip broke his clavicle snowboarding last week and has canceled all his shows leading up to Coachella.The Tripster also dropped out of the upcoming A-Team movie soundtrack. The DJ, raised here but now based Los Angeles (apparently this is something The Arizona Republic doe ... More >>

David Hasselhoff Spotted in Tucson Discussing Women's Rights

www.agodamongmen.com Don't hassle "the hoff"​As New Times predicted back in January, when we first learned of David Hasselhoff's new reality show, the former Baywatch star was spotted at the University of Arizona Wednesday, where he gave a speech to his daughter's psychology class."The Hoff ... More >>

TheEroticReview.com Founder, David Elms, Pleads Guilty to Trying to Hire Hit Man

  ​The founder and former owner of a popular hooker-finding Web site pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to hire a hit man to kill a prostitute who's suing him. David Elms founded TheEroticReview.com in 1999 and eventually became one of the most influential men in the call-girl biz. His ... More >>

La Hacienda Reopens at the Fairmont Scottsdale

​Why try to come up with a new concept when you can resurrect and refresh a time-honored Valley favorite? La Hacienda at The Fairmont Scottsdale was an iconic fine dining destination before it unexpectedly closed back in 2008, a high-profile victim of the recession. It was one of only ... More >>

Strip Searches at Maricopa County Jails Are Under Fire, As Is PMT Ambulance; But Phil Gordon's Romance Is in the Clear

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Is Paying His Girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, Big Bucks

Elissa Mullany Big Beneficiary from Phil Gordon's Federal PAC

Elissa Mullany​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon established a federal political action committee in late 2007, hoping, he later said, to "educate members of Congress on the needs in Phoenix."But in its two years of activity to date, the committee's biggest beneficiary has been Gordon's girlfriend, ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon and His Girlfriend/Fundraiser Elissa Mullany Have Some Explaining To Do

Mayor Gordon is paying -- and dating -- his fundraiser, Elissa Mullany.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon hasn't needed to raise money since he waltzed to reelection in the fall of 2007, leaving a war chest stocked with $370,000. Yet in the last two years, Gordon has paid his chief fundraiser big bu ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Receives Four Years in 2006 Drug and Weapons Case

Thanks to one of our on-the-ball online commenters, we can tell you that David Elms, founder of a popular Web site for finding quality hookers, has been sentenced by a California judge to four years in prison. California authorities say Elms, 38, may do the time in Arizona, where prosecut ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Arrested in California; Was On Run from Maricopa Charges

The founder of the call-girl-finding Web site, www.theeroticreview.com, David Elms, has been arrested in California after two months on the lam from Maricopa County criminal charges. Phoenix police say Elms: ...was arrested today south of San Diego while trying to cross the border from Mexico into ... More >>

Junket to Saudi Arabia for Mayors Includes No Women; Mayor Phil Gordon and Nine Men Selected by Mayors' Group

Image: City of Phoenix Mayor Gordon recently signed a pact with DubaiPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and nine other mayors will travel to Saudi Arabia this month on a junket paid for by the Saudi government, Arizona Republic reporter Scott Wong reports this morning. When we looked at the list of ma ... More >>

Hot Links: State Dems to Obama: Take Jan Brewer Away; More Drug Tunnels at the Border; British Couple Escape Jail for Dubai Beach Sex

They can't be serious. Democrats want Barack Obama to appoint Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer to some cushy federal post -- doesn't matter which one -- so she won't be governor when Janet Napolitano abandons the state to run Homeland Security. When that doesn't work maybe state Dems will just ... More >>

Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies Is the Post-9/11 Thriller We Deserve

Scott Coles: The story behind the life — and death — of the flamboyant owner of Mortgages Ltd.

The Greatest No-Show on Grass

For Tiger Woods, the desert’s always greener in Dubai

What a Blast

Revolver dredges up the worst New Year's tales -- and here's our guide to making yours the best

Bordertown Riot

Culture Clash opens Actors Theatre's 20th season

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Future Shock

Sci-fi fans "clamoring for gunplay, rooftop chases or killer robots will be sorely missing the point"