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Arts & Entertainment

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Indie booksellers, local authors return to Old Town Tustin. What to know about the OC Book Fair
The free event will feature all bookish things from shops, panels, kids’ activities and more.
See Lugosi’s ‘Dracula’ cape and Hannibal Lecter’s mask at the Academy Museum’s ‘The Horror Show’
The Horror Show exhibition
FilmWeek: ‘Clayface,’ ‘Wicker,’ ‘Wildwood’ and more!
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Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in 'Picket Fences,' 'Alien' and 'Top Gun,' dies at 93
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12 ways to celebrate Halloween on the Eastside
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  • Brad Pitt Says He Could Find Any Drug In Any City In 24 Hours
    Brad Pitt said that despite his drug days being behind him, he could find any drug anywhere within 24 hours. Ok, sure, Brad Pitt could probably get anything he wanted in any city in 24 hours because he's Brad Pitt. But Pitt explains that it's also because he believes war on drugs has been a disaster, failing to even make a dent in supply of illicit drugs—to say nothing about the demand.
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  • Get Out: Taste of Italy, OohLaLA! Festival & wild Up
    Get out so you can celebrate America, France or Italy.
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  • Superfan Who Called Himself Miley Cyrus' Husband Gets 18 Months In Jail For Lurking Outside Her Home
    A "superfan" of singer Miley Cyrus will spend 18 months in jail thanks to a September stunt in which he showed up at her Studio City home armed with a pair of scissors and hopped the fence in hopes of being united with his love.
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  • L.A. Libraries Are Lengthening Their Hours
    The hours of L.A.'s 73 libraries were reduced in 2010 in response to city-wide budget cuts. As of Monday, though, the hours are being restored. In a statement, the Los Angeles Public Library announced that they'll be staying open late on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and opening early on Friday mornings.
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  • 'Friday Night Lights' Creator Accuses Romney Campaign of Plagiarism
    The Mitt Romney GOP presidential campaign has made liberal use of the phrase "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" in speeches and on posters, but now the Hollywood writer-director who penned the phrase for use in his TV show "Friday Night Lights" is crying foul.
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  • Madonna Lends Support to Critically Injured 14-Year-Old Pakistani Activist
    Madonna has an opinion about politics, you guys, and she voice it at her performance at the Staples Center last night. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Material Girl spoke out against the shooting of 14-year-old Pakistani blogger Malala Yousafzai at her concert, declaring it "sick."
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  • Debbie Reynolds Hospitalized, Cancels Three Months of Shows
    Actress Debbie Reynolds, 80, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills because of a bad reaction to a medication, reports On The Red Carpet. It's not clear what medication she was taking, or what the reaction was.
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  • The Biebs' L.A. Home Site of Another 'Swatting' Prank
    Just like the title of Justin Bieber's album, when someone calls 911 about a person waving a gun, the cops are apt to "Believe." But in the case of the call that came in last night about such a person outside Bieber's L.A. home, well, it seems to have been yet another "swatting" prank targeting celebs.
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  • Game Changer: Deadline.com's Parent Company Buys Variety
    A big move in the showbiz trade news biz was revealed today: Penske Media Corporation, parent company of the wildly popular Hollywood insider site Deadline.com, has purchased trade rag veteran Variety.
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  • LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
    This week promises to be a funny one, with the cast of FX's "The League" putting together a show, plus some great charity work being done at El Cid. And Jesse Miller's talk show hits the two-year mark!

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