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SEEK HELP

Kathy Griffin Tells Interview Readers How to Break Into the Boys’ Club

December 22, 2025

In this month’s installment of our advice column “Seek Help,” the Emmy-winning comedian advises our readers on prenups, threesomes, and the virtues of nastiness.

IT-GIRL

“Tea, Pajamas, Japanese Incense”: The Iris Law Guide to Los Angeles

December 16, 2025

To celebrate her appearance in Casablanca’s Resort 2026 campaign, the 25-year-old Brit (and daughter of Jude Law) called us up to talk about her adoptive home.

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“Traffic Is a Monster and Parking Is a Bitch”: Josh Hutcherson’s L.A. Diaries

November 18, 2025

In this week’s installment of Search History, the “I Love LA” heartthrob takes us on a tour of his Los Angeles, from thrifting in Koreatown to hot dogs at Dodgers Stadium.

TOUR DIARY

“Somehow I’ve Never Seen Your Balls”: On the Road With Hunx and His Punx

September 9, 2025

What makes a Hunx and His Punx show special? Candy thongs, swinging scrotums, and the Bay Area band’s particular mix of silly and serious.

LOS ANGELES

John Tottenham on His Debut Novel Service, an Ode to Bookstores and Bohemians

May 15, 2025

To mark the release of his sardonic debut novel, “Service,” the LA-based poet joined us to talk gentrification, yellow drugs, and name-dropping.

DIRECTORS

“You’re Either a Storyteller or a Liar”: Charles Burnett, in Conversation With Barry Jenkins

April 17, 2025

To mark the release of two new 4K restorations of his films, the director joined Barry Jenkins for a wide-ranging conversation about his significant contributions to 20th Century cinema.

SHOWGIRL

Lexee Smith and Addison Rae on Dance, Discipline, and Dressing for Chaos

February 3, 2025

L.A.’s reigning dancer du jour talks Texas roots, toxic coaches, and killer fits with her friend and collaborator.

LOS ANGELES

“We Persist, and We Rebuild”: How One L.A. Synagogue Is Finding Strength in Community

January 24, 2025

“We lost our building, but we didn’t lose our congregation and we didn’t lose our community,” says Cantor Ruth Berman Harris. “Our synagogue is very much alive.”

LOS ANGELES

Meet Johan Michalove, the PhD Student Who Created an Interactive Mutual Aid Map for L.A.

January 15, 2025

Want to support Los Angeles? Thanks to the PhD student and technologist Johan Michalove, there’s now an app (and a map) for that.

DO YOUR PART

Here’s How You Can Help Our Friends and Family in Los Angeles

January 9, 2025

The wildfires in Los Angeles have taken a devastating toll, destroying countless homes and buildings and forcing thousands to evacuate. Here’s how to help from afar.

WOMEN

Lili Anolik Takes Us Inside the Literary Rivalry Between Joan Didion and Eve Babitz

November 14, 2024

The author of a new book exploring the parallel lives of writers Joan Didion and Eve Babitz joined us to talk about the two literary icons and their visions of Los Angeles.

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Love Island’s Leah Kateb Tells Us Why She Deserves Her Own Erewhon Smoothie

October 24, 2024

The reality superstar and part-time equestrian showed us around all the Los Angeles spots she missed the most while in the villa, from the barn to the vegan burger joint.

LIT

Jack Skelley on Hot Girls, Jungian Symbols, and the Naughty Algorithm

August 14, 2024

Shortly after the publication of his novel “Myth Lab,” the writer talked to editor Whitney Mallett about feet fetishes, Los Angeles, and his unbridled love for women.

RORSCHACH TEST

Nicole Richie on Coachella, Kathy Hilton, and Calling the Paps

April 15, 2024

To mark her starring role in the remake of “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” we asked the reality TV icon to take the hot seat for this week’s Rorschach Test.

SOUND ADVICE

Whistling Wunderkind Molly Lewis Finds Safety in Her Wired Headphones

March 18, 2024

The LA-based musician and whistler, whose new album “On the Lips” came out last month, makes us a playlist of “beloved tunes,” she says, “sealed with a kiss.”