Liz Ohanesian

Credit: World Goth Day

L.A. Artists Win World Goth Day Awards

Sunday was World Goth Day and with that came the end of voting for the annual World Goth Day Awards. The winners were announced on Monday and we were happy to see that several people from the L.A. scene received awards. See World Goth Day's website for a full list......
Credit: Timothy Norris

Live Review: Kylie Minogue at the Hollywood Bowl

View more photos in Timothy Norris' slideshow, "Kylie Minogue @ Hollywood Bowl." Who: Kylie Minogue Where: Hollywood Bowl When: 5/20/11 It's been just about ten years since Kylie Minogue released "Can't Get You Out of My Head," the monumental global hit that went on to become one of the inescapable......
Mari Iijima

Mari Iijima: Anime Idol

Mari Iijima, an L.A. resident for more than 20 years, has released 21 pop albums, in both Japanese and English. She's worked with famed musicians Ryûichi Sakamoto and Van Dyke Parks. Yet in her native Japan, and to an extent in Los Angeles, she's still best known as the voice......
Sarah Toon

Sarah Toon: The Dark Minimalist

When Sarah Toon moved to L.A. in 1994, she knew only one person and "had no concept of what the city was about." "My only draw to the city was that I was obsessed with the movie Repo Man when I was a kid. I thought it would be like......
James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak: Dr. Red Herring

James Urbaniak says one of his friends calls him "Dr. Red Herring," a guest star whose appearance throws mystery-show investigations off course. Law and Order fans will recall what is perhaps his most memorable "red herring" role. He played the creepy brother of Amy Sedaris' tech-savvy character on SVU, a......
Yoshiki

Yoshiki: The Kei Master

Not too many people in L.A., no matter how famous they are, can say there is a Hello Kitty doll patterned after their likeness. Yoshiki can. Yoshikitty, as the plush character is called, was a bit of an accident. As drummer and spokesman for the world-renowned Japanese rock band X......
Ginger Burton of SoCal Cosplay Ball; Credit: Shannon Cottrell

Otaku Sanctuary Presents SoCal Cosplay Ball

See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's photo gallery, "SoCal Cosplay Ball." Back in January of 2009, when Shannon Cottrell and I covered Anime Los Angeles together for the first time, we met Ginger Burton. At the time, Burton was a student at California State University Northridge who had started a......
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Virtual Singer Hatsune Miku to Appear in 3D Concert at Anime Expo

Hatsune Miku, the wildly popular character from the Vocaloid family of synthetic voice programs, will appear in concert Los Angeles on July 2 at Nokia Theatre in connection with this year's Anime Expo, according to the Miku-Fes 2011 website. Much like her sold-out show in Tokyo (see the above video),......