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The Hunger Games' tagline is "The World Will Be Watching", which isn't that far off. Should you hunger for even more fighting this weekend, Indonesian actioner The Raid: Redemption promises wall-to-wall carnage.
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More than 65 years after her mysterious murder in Los Angeles, “Black Dahlia” Elizabeth Short’s unsolved case is now part of the “Elizabeth” exhibit at the Los Angeles Police Museum. The mutilation slaying of 22-year-old Short, nicknamed "Black Dahlia" by reporters, has captivated the public since her bisected body was found on a vacant lot in Leimert Park on January 15, 1947. The exhibit is sponsored by bestselling crime fiction author James Ellroy, who penned The Black Dahlia in 1987.
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There are a number of eclectic events going on around town tonight, including a release party of an LA lit map at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart; two Warblers in concert in Hollywood; wild Up's new classical music; the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival; an opera by Overtone Industries and the Duckbits clown duo. Read on for all the details.
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If you can see how this pathetic little human condition of ours is also pretty funny (at least while you watch it happening to someone else), then Samuel Beckett's mid-century modernist classic play "Waiting for Godot," now getting a richly satisfying production at the Mark Taper Forum, should be right up your alley.
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It wasn't a huge surprise that cocaine ultimately lead to Houston's demise since she had struggled with it for years. The only real mystery was why there wasn't any coke found in the Beverly Hills hotel room where Houston died, especially since the coroner said that there was evidence she had used it shortly before she died.
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The iconic Rialto Theatre Sign in South Pasadena that was damaged during last year's Windpocalypse will be staying up. The South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce announced that the Landmark Theater, the company that owns the shuttered property on the National Register of Historic Places, has a plan to keep the sign up.
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There's a ton of events happening around LA tonight, including salons at Mindshare LA, Rubix Hollywood; an ALOUD performance by Mark Salzman; Risky storytelling at NerdMelt; food-inspired classical music on the Westside with J. Gold and book signings at Vroman's and Family. Read on for all the details.
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Under the direction of Casey Stangl, The Illusion is visually enchanting and peppered with fine performers and a most excellent surprise ending. While the philosophical undertones of The Illusion are geared toward a sophisticated adult audience, the charming staging of this production has tons of kid-friendly appeal and is perfectly suited for budding theatre patrons.
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80s R&B star Eldra "El" DeBarge was arrested earlier this week in Encino on suspicion of being involved in a drug transaction, however today city prosecutors say they will decline to file a case against the singer, citing insufficient evidence.
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Did you know there's an award for using Twitter? We talked to Shorty Awards co-founder Greg Galant to find out his thoughts on the state of the Tweet around the globe, what the heck "Mad Men" has to do with all this, and more.
