Jennifer Swann

Koreatown-based musician/producer Z. Woods is the target demo for Metro's music video–style ads

Metro Manufactured a Band to Be K-Town Cool, but It Backfired

In a music video circulating on Facebook, a saccharine girl group dances inside the Wilshire and Western subway station wearing oversized sports jerseys with chunky gold jewelry and sideways ball caps. “It’s an easy ride/and it feels just fine/no parking or traffic lights/choose the easy ride,” the Auto-Tuned pop chorus......
Wildfox's new Barbie line is the perfect thing to wear while nursing that hangover.; Credit: Photo courtesy of Wildfox

Wildfox Designed "Hangover Clothes" for Real Life L.A. Barbies

In the midst of a serious Barbie backlash, one L.A. fashion designer is taking Barbie's side — by attempting to bring back her pastel-colored, jazzercise-ready wardrobe of the early 1990s. The new fashion collection, designed by the West Hollywood-based women's brand Wildfox, is called "Welcome to the Dreamhouse: At Home......
Jen Candy; Credit: Photo by Mickey Blaine

John Candy's Daughter Loses Her Stand-Up Comedy Virginity

Jen Candy had never done stand-up comedy when her friend Jeff Garlin convinced her to give it a try. They'd met on the set of a children's show where 34-year-old Candy was hired as a stand-in for Garlin — an odd staffing choice considering that the two actors look nothing......
Credit: Photo: Betsy Newman Photography

We Found the Wildest Party in L.A. — and It Starts at 6:30 a.m.

The party is in full swing at V Lounge in Santa Monica. Twenty-somethings in animal-print jumpsuits and glow-in-the-dark face paint form a circle around a break-dancer in a furry dragon costume. When he jumps out of the circle, a tiny woman in a formfitting storm-trooper bodysuit glides in and executes......