Liz Ohanesian

Decades ago, Melrose Avenue was the spot that drew young people with unusual tastes to shop and congregate. Now they're heading to Little Tokyo. Stop by on weekends and you'll see large groups of high school and college-aged kids from across the city dressed up to browse shop racks, snack......

"I'm a late bloomer in animation," says Fred Seibert. The founder of Frederator Networks and Studios was already 40 when he got into the cartoon game more than two decades ago. Today, he sits in the lobby of Frederator's office, a large suite in the corner of a modest Burbank......

Hatsune Miku isn't a real person, but she's nevertheless a pop star presence who's won fans across the globe. The turquoise-haired character is by far the most popular mascot for Vocaloid — the Japanese software program that mimics human singing voices — spawning countless fan-made songs, videos and art. Her......

Now in its sixth year, Los Angeles Haunted Hayride turns the Old Zoo area of Griffith Park into a scare fest you're unlikely to forget. The hayride itself is a 25-minute jaunt through devilish scenes; the attraction will include encounters with massive hydras, a larger-than-death Grim Reaper and even Cerberus,......

It's just a few days before Saturday's opening of "Scars and Stripes," British artist D*Face's biggest solo show to date, and the finishing piece is still lying on the floor of the pop-up gallery at 315 S. Robertson Blvd., a former American Apparel outpost. Large chunks of D*Dog, a round-faced......

At the monthly Tournament of Nerds!, the pop culture–obsessed test their oratory skills in front of the Upright Citizens Brigade audience, with celebrity guest judges contributing to the discourse. Hosted by Justin Donaldson and Hal Rudnick, competitors debate the merits of film and TV characters, historical figures, maybe even the......