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The love story of musicians Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger was fortified in a…

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I was hanging out with my friend Patrick, comparing notes on our dating lives. We…

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This story is part of Image’s November Lost & Found issue, exploring the many lives…

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Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and…

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Tourists view a variety of locations during the Sony Studios lot tour, with Tony Tasset’s…

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As the Latin trap anthem “Singamo” rings over the speakers at the Echo in Echo…

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His Bumble bio and photos were appealing. He traveled frequently and loved to dance. Over…

When Jessica Alba reminisces about her Sundays as a child, the first things that come…

Nothing screams “summer” more than a day spent by the water. And Angelenos have many…

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She was 63. I was 33. We shared cocktails at a rooftop bar overlooking Sunset…

“Want a glass of wine?” my friend yelled at me down the hall, yanking a…

(Beth Hoeckel / For The Times) Not everyone may want to encounter a Virgo, but…

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A few minutes after the play begins, the actors stop, empty their pockets and repeat…

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“Have you ever pickpocketed?” No, I have not. At Knott’s Berry Farm, it was suggested…

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I sat in my car, in an El Segundo shopping mall parking lot, looking up…

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Imagine that your local public library is inhabited by an undiscovered race of tiny people.…

Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis. As the…

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