Just a few years ago, the thought of an artist like H.E.R. breaking out seemed impossible. She’s a multi-instrumentalist performing contemporary rhythm and blues in the truest sense. Her music is steeped in complex melodies, lush arrangements and deeply personal lyrics — a near-radical approach considering hip-hop’s influence on pop music is so pervasive it […]
Blog: They left their jobs at a law firm and digital ad agency to create hoodies that fold into plushies
Zac Park, 29, and Spencer Markel, 35, are co-chief executives of Cubcoats, a company on the Westside of Los Angeles that makes children’s hoodies that can fold into stuffed animals. The 25-person enterprise originally offered eight animal hoodies but has since expanded to include licensed characters from NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Co., such as Mickey […]
Blog: Indie Focus: And the top 10 films of the year are …
With a trio of directors in Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, a screenplay by Rothman and Phil Lord, and with Lord and his frequent collaborator Chris Miller producing, it would be understandable for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” to feel like a jumble of ideas. But for it to result in a fresh and […]
Blog: L.A. Phil violinist Vijay Gupta is leaving the orchestra and taking his song to the streets
When Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Vijay Gupta won a MacArthur fellowship earlier this year for his social justice work, an award that came with a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend, the obvious question was: What next? The answer: Gupta told The Times that he will give up his seat as one of the L.A. Phil’s first violins […]
Blog: Indie Focus: And the top 10 films of the year are …
With a trio of directors in Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, a screenplay by Rothman and Phil Lord, and with Lord and his frequent collaborator Chris Miller producing, it would be understandable for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” to feel like a jumble of ideas. But for it to result in a fresh and […]
Blog: L.A. Phil violinist Vijay Gupta is leaving the orchestra and taking his song to the streets
When Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Vijay Gupta won a MacArthur fellowship earlier this year for his social justice work, an award that came with a $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend, the obvious question was: What next? The answer: Gupta told The Times that he will give up his seat as one of the L.A. Phil’s first violins […]