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Pasadena's Healing Force wants to turn the Beastie Boys' old studio into one of LA's chillest venues
The record store and venue, a destination for local musicians and music fans, is fundraising to move to a bigger space.
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Hipsters rejoice! Furthering the hip revitalization of Downtown Los Angeles, the Ace Hotel is set to open its newest location in the old United Artists building in January.
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LAist gets a lot of event announcements—the good, the bad and the downright ugly. We comb through them to bring you this curated list of what’s happening in LA this weekend, from art openings to roller derby to a Dr. Who party and a Beck songbook played by the LA Phil. Read on for all the details and have a great weekend!
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Goddess, soul-penetrator, white witch, and all around perfect human Stevie Nicks has finally arrived on set of American Horror Story: Coven, where she has lived in spirit all season through the character Misty Day.
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I'm embarrassed to admit this, but here goes: I haven't been to the beach in four years! Should I feel guilty?
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The results Angelo Bertolotti found revealed that Murphy, the 8 Mile actress who died in Dec. 2009, had elevated levels of heavy metals in her hair. One of the leading reasons heavy metals are detected in hair is from hair dye, and that coroners normally do not test for this unless there are signs of extreme poisoning, according to Slate
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Chris Brown got booted out of anger management rehab after only two weeks for—surprise, surprise—getting violently angry.
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The latest news out of the Coachella camp is that Outkast will reunite for the desert music festival.
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It's great when Uber or Sidecar or Lyft can bring you from the bar to your bedroom, but what about those shorter distances, like when you're just too tired to transport your own damn self to the next room, or upstairs? Enter Ruumber, an Uber for your home. Because sometimes the weight of life is a heavy one, and you just need some help getting to the Pringles....
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Through their hour-long conversation (the first of a two-parter!), we get to hear the Yeezus rapper divulge on how his music compares to 12 Years A Slave and what he thinks about Breaking Bad with the American Psycho author.
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After years of fighting in courts, Bertolotti was able to secure samples of her hair, blood, and tissue to submit for independent testing. The results were surprising—there were ten heavy metals found in Murphy's samples that were multiple times higher than the World Health Organization's high levels.
