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Cruise, 64, has worked in film for more than four decades.
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This week's edition of Overheard in L.A. features bits of overheard conversation from Trader Joe's, Melrose and other places that remind us a little of the 405. Our Overheard in L.A. feature relies on you to send us the strange conversations you overhear in this city.
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Get out so you can celebrate spring, head to the opera or catch some classic movies.
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Get out so you can go to a roller derby, enjoy a food truck haven or check out the last night of UCLA's Festival of Preservation.
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Chess playing was a big deal in Los Angeles in the 1930s. To illustrate the life-size fun of chess, on April 11, 1933, Herman Steiner played Cuban-born chess virtuoso Jose Capablanca in what was known as a "living game," using people as the pieces on a giant floor board.
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It appears that no amount of jail time, community service or bad publicity will deter Lindsay Lohan from her righteous quest to steal shit from anywhere she can: TMZ reports that the actress lifted clothes and jewelry recently from the set of "Anger Management," to wear to go clubbing.
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A letter written by Marilyn Monroe to her mentor, Lee Strasberg from her LA home is going up for auction on May 30, reports the New York Daily News. The letter, which is written on Hotel Bel-Air stationary, details her feelings and fears during a dark time in her life.
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Tower Records on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood closed its doors for good in 2006, and while there had been talk it would meet the wrecking ball, the issue of its preservation is still under consideration.
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Lil Wayne is speaking out for the first time about how he ended up in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Yesterday he told Power 106 in L.A. that he suffers from epilepsy and that he often has seizures, though he hasn't spoken out publicly about them: "Like, this isn’t my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I’ve had a bunch of seizures, y’all just never hear about them."
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It's the dream of many a young lady and gent to get the chance to kiss Brad Pitt, Sexiest Man Alive for many a year and perfect specimen of a man circa "Fight Club." But for one young lady, kissing the actor was nothing short of "disgusting," and that young lady is none other than Kirsten Dunst.
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What's that you say? You thought that Jay Leno was done insulting NBC executives because it's obvious that he's out the door, and doing so would make him look like a sore loser? How wrong you were.
