Kelsey Whipple

Exactly one week before she turns 17 on Nov. 7, Ella Yelich-O'Connor, better known by her stage name Lorde, will release Pure Heroine. This debut full-length album has been so rabidly frothed over that the usual "highly anticipated" tag seems almost insulting. But behind the hype and those dark waves......

In the hair-raising, limb-slashing world of classic horror, one date will live in infamy: Friday the 13th. That cube on the calendar and its namesake film franchise have already lived through 12 (not 13, somehow) films, more implausible plot turns than Sharknado and enough fake blood to fill Echo Park......

One of the most lasting elements of burlesque -- along with skimpy costumes and the high-art sexiness -- is the behind-the-scenes argument of just what exactly counts as "burlesque." For the creators of the Burlympics, the answer includes vaudeville, comedy, magic and drag alongside the staple striptease, and so they......

Twice a year, Hermosa Beach gives adults and their kids a chance to escape work, routine and, if they play their cards right, even each other, for three days of art, live music and street food, all in the downtown blocks of this laid-back, party-loving suburb. During its 40 years......

At 53 years old, the Manhattan Beach Open now is older and more established than the dozens of players battling in it for their chance to win a piece of the $200,000 kitty. (For those paying attention at home, that's twice last year's purse.) The tournament, located at the Manhattan......