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Yojisan Sushi (Beverly Hills) - Traditional and modern sushi meet behind a sleek façade on Beverly Drive.

Outpost (Hollywood) - Old-timey Western saloon (with tons of new-timey flatscreens).

Want some un-fun news of the day? The Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film released its gender breakdown of celluloid work in 2011, and it isn't pretty. Just 5% of the top 250 domestic grossing movies in 2011 had women in the director's seat, about half of what it was in 1998. Overall, women comprised 18% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers and editors working on those films.  In TV, women did best as producers (37%) and not so well as writers (15%) or directors of photography (4%).

Life apparently resembles an episode of CSI: Los Angeles. While walking their dogs through the Hollywood hills, two hikers discovered something mildly off-putting underneath the famous sign: a human head with no body. "Two dogs were playing with it, and that's when the dog walkers looked closer and realized it was a human head," an police spokesman told Reuters. The head was recently deposited, police said, as there were no animal bites on it. With the timetable for L.A. Noire viral marketing schemes officially passed, they're suspecting foul play.

Two weeks ago, on March 26th, Dennis Hopper received a long overdue star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Prior to the event, there had been some speculation as to whether the 73-year-old actor’s ongoing battle with prostate cancer (to say nothing of his pending divorce) would keep him from the ceremony, but Hopper—looking frail but spirited—showed up for what may very well be his last public appearance. Like many, I was oft-inclined to think Hopper indestructible, and after nearly six decades of screen work, it still feels as if we’re to lose him far too soon. Nothing confirms this feeling more than Matt Zoller Seitz’ video tribute to the original easy rider, “The Middle Word in Life.” Culling moments big and small from the whole of Hopper’s magnificent career, it’s both a touching and wondrous thing to behold. Video after the jump.

Eva Mendes did it. Lindsay Lohan dabbles. Paris Hilton is a chronic offender, of course. Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra, and Posh Spice have fallen victim as well. It even happened to these two unfortunate actresses. And we're not talking about Harvey Weinstein's notorious casting dick -- this time, at least.