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A group of people sit around a stage of musicians set up in a record store, some standing and others sitting on chairs, a sofa and the floor.
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.
TV rooms came true. Self-cleaning kitchens didn’t. Inside LACMA’s ‘Home of the Future’
Gallery view of mid-century modern chairs in blond wood and leather displayed on a white platform, with two blue anatomical blueprint-style drawings on the left wall and a colorful modular shelving unit and lamps on a pedestal at right.
SoCal's gay bar scene isn't what it used to be. There might be a silver lining
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FilmWeek: 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'You Can See Everything,' 'La Bola Negra' and more
A female-presenting person with a long, blonde half-up, half-down hairdo is center frame, wearing a bluish-green zip-up jacket. She smiles and looks down at a diaper in her hands. On the right, a baby sits with its back facing the camera. On the left, a male-presenting person with short, dark hair stands a few feet behind the female-presenting person while wearing a black sweater. He is out of focus, but it is clear that he is looking at the female-presenting person with a straight face. All three are in a room with orange walls, lit by a set of three windows.
Chuck Lorre on getting TV viewers to laugh
A person in a navy suit smiles while holding an award at a podium with a green draped backdrop.
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  • DC Comics Is Moving to Burbank
    DC Comics is leaving Gotham for the sunny Burbank by 2015 the website Comic Book Resources confirmed.
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  • Chris Brown Goes To Rehab... For Anger Management
    Chris Brown at a performance in September (Getty Images) After getting arrested outside a D.C. hotel this past weekend, singer Chris Brown has checked into rehab facility in Malibu, for anger management. Brown's latest brush with the law, which saw him charged with assault (and accused of using a slur), in the nation's capital has very real repercussions in Los Angeles: He could be found in violation of his probation related to beating then-girlfriend...
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  • Bob Barker To Return to 'The Price Is Right' for 90th Birthday
    Bob Barker will celebrate his 90th birthday in perhaps the most fitting way: he will present one of the showcases during the Showcase Showdown on "The Price Is Right" reported the L.A. Times.
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  • Britney Spears Songs Used As Weapon Against Somali Pirates
    What's the best defense against pirates? Turns out, it's "Oops! I Did It Again."
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  • Sloths Get Own TV Show On Animal Planet
    The show follows a sloth sanctuary with over 150 sloths on location and will unfold like a "daily sloth soap opera."
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  • Jonas Brothers Officially Announce Break Up
    The Jonas Brothers have decided to call it quits and tween fans will be sobbing across the country today. After an abrupt cancellation of their tour, the family band has come out today saying that "it's over for now," according to People.
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  • Our 10 Favorite Events Happening This Week In Los Angeles
    We're playing around with ways to let you know of some of the best events happening in LA. Here are 10 of our favorite events happening this week (through Thursday), and we’ll be back to help you plan the weekend. This week's column features a number of Halloween-themed events, but we couldn't list them all, so check out an earlier column of Halloween suggestions or feel free to post other suggestions in the comments section below.
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  • A New Yorker Gets Tips On Living In Los Angeles
    In Die Hard, John McClane played a New Yorker visiting Los Angeles For the month of November I'll be abandoning the great city of New York for Los Angeles, and in an effort to "get" this whole L.A. thing before touching down in the unfamiliar land of driving everywhere, I reached out to some experts. Some bi-coastals. Some people who I thought just might have some advice for a scared, pale New Yorker who...
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  • How To Visit The Page Museum At The La Brea Tar Pits For Free Today
    The museum offers a look into Ice Age fossils ranging from mastadons all the way to tiny snails; there have been more than 300 species discovered at the tar pits. The tar pits have preserved these fossils and animal bones over the course of tens of thousands of years.
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  • Ellen DeGeneres Could Be Back In The Sitcom Game
    Ellen DeGeneres and NBC will partner for a lesbian-themed comedy.
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