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Call it counterprogramming: 600 posters making fun of celebrities popped up throughout Hollywood during the self-indulgent love fest that is Oscars weekend. "Cult of Personality," one proclaimed, displaying the faces of John Travolta, Tom Cruise and Kirstie Alley, who evangelize for the controversial Church of Scientology. "President of Nothing," said the poster featuring Martin Sheen, who inhabits the Oval Office on "The West Wing" TV series. To read rest of article click here.

In Artist's Freeway Prank, Form Followed Function Transit: Unauthorized addition to sign went unnoticed for months. No charges planned. The origin of the added directions on this sign escaped official notice for months. (Photos credit: ALEX GALLARDO / LAT) May 9, 2002 By HUGO MARTÍN, Times Staff Writer What more could an artist want? An unusual medium. A chance to take a jab at the establishment. An almost endless audience, speeding to see the work. Richard Ankrom created that enviable milieu above an unlikely canvas--the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. For two years, the rail-thin artist planned and...