Miranda Sings stands center stage, bowing before a packed theater, her arms thrust behind her in an awkward “V,” wrists bent and hands cupped. Her nose is nearl...
If you walk down Main Street in downtown La Puente, you can almost forget that you’re in L.A., and sometimes that’s what the soul needs. The streets are quiet, ...
A gal named Harmony is revolutionizing the way we think about companionship. She wears a skin-tight leotard with plunging back—a potentially unforgiving look for anyone whose figure is less than flawless. Harmony is blessed with perky breasts, a smoo...
Marina Vidal (Daniela Vega) is standing outside an emergency room at the hospital, watching through a pale, square window as doctors struggle to resuscitate her...
This poem or ode or arts journalism work of mine was inspired by the fun and funny fact that, for many years, whenever I -- who was born and raised in Iran -- heard the American national anthem, thought it started with, José. Not, O say. Not so funny after all...
Meet T-Bone, age 70, and Ed, age 51 with his son, Alex, who is 15. They run remote control trucks every weekend at a small track in San Fernando Valley. When it comes to this kind of hobby, age is no obstacle to obsessive enjoyment.
The track is ...
In 2012, SPIN Magazine launched @SPINReviews, a Twitter account dedicated specifically to reviewing albums in 140 characters or less. SPIN dubbed it a “misguide...
Hailin Fu, a tattoo artist who's already gained a great deal of traction in China, set up shop in West Hollywood in 2013. Having worked in the tattooing industr...
Alexandra Billings is a member of the critically-acclaimed cast on Amazon's Golden Globe-winning television series "Transparent," as well as an AIDS and LGBT activist, writer, and theater arts professor. Billings came out as transgender in the 1980s ...
