Kailyn Brown

1 week ago | latimes.com | Kailyn Brown

Growing up in Westchester, Amanda Gorman’s Sundays were dedicated to one thing: church. “I went to a historically Black church and I feel like it’s always an occasion to go to church as an African American,” says 27-year-old Gorman, who became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history in 2021. “You’re dressing up in your Sunday best and you’re going to be there for several hours.” In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town.

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Kailyn Brown

On a recent Saturday afternoon in the Arts District, a group of seven friends — plus a tiny dog — contorted and twisted their bodies to fit inside a light brown, 8-foot-tall box that had a mirrored door inscribed with the words “Memory Archive.” Once they were all mostly inside, they looked up toward a Canon DSLR camera that was peeking out of a small hole.They posed — smiling brightly, forming their fingers into peace signs and heart shapes, and holding the dog in the air like Baby Simba —...

2 weeks ago | latimes.com | Kailyn Brown

After years of quietly releasing center stage-worthy music yet averting the spotlight, British singer-songwriter Cleo Sol made her long-awaited debut on Friday night at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert took place just days after she performed stateside for the first time during a three-show run at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Kailyn Brown

In the early 1990s, Kelvin Anderson Sr. built a makeshift recording studio in the back of his Long Beach record store, a vinyl-filled paradise called the World Famous VIP Records on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. He wanted to give youth a creative outlet in the gang ridden neighborhood. Word quickly spread around the city, and aspiring artists started sprinkling in.

1 month ago | latimes.com | Kailyn Brown

Long before Leslie David Baker took on the role of Stanley Hudson — the grumpy pretzel- and crossword-loving salesman on the long-running comedy “The Office” — he was working as an administrator for the health department in his Chicago hometown, while doing commercials and community theater on the side. It wasn’t until he turned 40 that he decided to go full throttle on his acting career and move to Los Angeles.