Tony Cuccio stood on Venice Beach in 1981 with just $200 in his pocket. Years later, he’s the founder and CEO of Cuccio ...

Pedestrians peer into the window of Gold's Gym in Venice Beach Credit: Photo by Ken Papaleo / Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection / Los Angeles Public Library 23 locations of Gold’s Gym, the ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The first Gold’s Gym® opened in Venice Beach, California in 1965 and forever changed how the world thought about fitness. Founder Joe Gold’s approach pushed limits, ...

From heritage to heavy swings, this challenge proves that old-school strength training still dominates in today’s fitness world. Lawmakers Start to Break Ranks Under Shutdown Pressures Warren Buffett ...

I’m standing in the center of the Venice Beach Boardwalk on a stubbornly bright late afternoon in mid-September, watching a street vendor work amid smoothie and souvenir shops. He’s hawking a tangle ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

Lil Jon shows off his bulging muscles and ripped abs while making his debut as a bodybuilder. In photos obtained by Page Six, the “Yeah!” rapper, 54, flexed his toned pecs and smiled after competing ...

Lil Jon may want to reconsider his diminutive stage name after his shocking finish in the annual Muscle Beach championship in L.A.’s Venice Beach. The 53-year-old, Grammy-winning “Turn Down For What” ...

Rapper Lil Jon placed third in his first-ever bodybuilding competition this week at Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Video of the 54-year-old musician's impressive accomplishment went viral on the ...

Lil Jon, already an icon of crunk, can now add Muscle Beach Venice glory to his stacked list of accomplishments. As the Crunk Rock artist celebrated on social media, Jon recently bagged a third-place ...

The last edition of the Toronto Film Festival came and went with a shrug. Movie lovers would be forgiven if they’ve never heard of any of the fest’s high-profile world premieres, such as “Eden,” ...

Lil Jon made a surprising debut on Labor Day at the 2025 Muscle Beach Championship in Venice Beach, California, and walked away with an impressive third-place finish. The King of Crunk proved there ...