Joss Stone, the 19-year-old British soul singer, who's probably best remembered for singing barefoot with Melissa Etheridge at the Grammys in 2005, has a new album due out in March. But LA fans have the opportunity to see her test drive her new material on Monday (1/29) in West LA at 7 p.m., courtesy of Yahoo! Music and Virgin Records. The first 200 fans to e-mail: Invites@YahooLiveSets.com will get in the doors (with a......

Reuters reports that new bootylicious mannequins are all the rage in Manhattan stores. Sir Mix-a-Lot, who sang the praises of junk in the trunk in his 1992 hit “Baby Got Back,” is credited as the granddaddy of the bigger-is-better bottom movement. However, the article lets us know we can thank J.Lo for the recent explosion of well-rounded rears gracing retailers’ windows, particularly since one of the mannequins is known as “the J.Lo butt form.”......

We here at LAist applaud Los Angeles' many diverse people, activities, restaurants, history, cultural icons, art, music, entertainment and much much more. We enjoy the quirkiness of a town where people appear to work less than in any other city. We enjoy the drama, the celebrity and the chaos. But there is one thing that is starting to get on our nerves. Over the course of the last month, while out and about at......

Since the Ventura area is so close to LA, LAist thought this story was worth a go. The Dallas Cowboys, NFL powerhouse, are holding their training camp in sunny and mild Oxnard this year. Normally such an event would be cause for excitement as sports fans throng to Ventura County's largest city in anticipation of some big-time football action. In this case, it is adding some complexity to a city ordinance. As reported by......