A giant Eddie Murphy head on the Paramount lot. Taken about 1:30 pm.......

It it 80 degrees on LAist's thermometer today | Photo by delara-photos via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Shivering puppies can remove their little sweaters: it was warm today, wasn't it? 80 degree weather, when it was cold and rainy a mere 48 hours ago. We're not complaining. Naomi Campbell was hospitalized in Brazil this week...no, not for "exhaustion," but for treatment and removal of a small cyst. Man, that's so uncontroversial!......

It's scary song season at LAist. Thanks to Finetune for getting things started with a playlist of spooky songs for All Hallow's month. This broad selection just cracks the surface of the zombie-sphere... we'll have to dig up even tastier Halloween gems later in the month.......