From playing with different bands to practicing together in secret, the boys of the indie-rock band Hippo Campus never expected a future of music festivals, headlining tours and two full length albums. Jake Luppen, the lead singer, and bassist Zach Sutton met at a...
The LA84 Foundation’s Student Athletes in Motion ambassador program, known as SAMbassadors, allows youth athletes to get involved in the foundation’s “play equity” initiative. Middle to high schoolers involved on this student advisory board offer support on the...
When Matt Danner and a team at Disney Interactive created a two minute CG short of the “Muppet Babies,” they introduced the once 2D characters from the original 80s animated series to a new 3D world. The short caught the eyes of a team over at Disney Jr., to which...
In the garage of their Laguna Beach home in 1987, 3-year-old Jennifer Kucera watched her father Don carefully shape a piece of wood into one of the mechanical puzzles that he created with his wife Lee. Around 32 years later, Jennifer Kucera, her husband Jesse Rothman...
From food to extracurriculars, Riona Sheik loves to try new things, which came from her years of traveling. By going to more than six countries including Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Costa Rica, and all over the United States, Sheik has met all kinds of people...
The arena was illuminated with twinkling pink lights, which came to a halt as Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes emerged from under the stage. Backlit by a bright spotlight and a guitar slung across his back, the singer began his first of two shows at the Staples Center...
Strobe lights, masterful harmonies and sweaty bodies filled up the Santa Ana concert venue the Observatory on May 10 as Bad Suns played their sold-out show. Years ago, the band had played the smaller room of the two at the venue — the Constellation Room — which was...
Disney Channel’s new original show “Sydney to the Max” follows the life of Sydney, a young girl entering into the complicated world of middle school, while living with her single father and grandmother. Through many flashbacks, the show parallels Sydney’s life to the...
Disney Channel’s newest show “DuckTales” will have its season two premiere on Sat., Oct. 20. The season's first episode “The Most Dangerous Game...Night” takes the ducks to new stakes in the show. The show opens with an Indiana Jones-inspired setting; the nephews,...
Just a day before the release of their first album, the boys of the Orange County pop/funk band, Candid!, gathered together on a musty brown couch to discuss their music. Two members wore hats stitched with a small banana, a symbol that ties to their four-song EP...
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