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Extra, Extra: Barbie's Take On My Bloody Valentine Is 'They Are So Emo'
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- A hero pilot of an Air Canada flight grounded an international flight to save a dog's life.
- Kim Kardashian shared a moment with her daughter, and it was super sweet and, well, normal.
- Remember Amy's Baking Company from Kitchen Nightmares? Well, she still has some things to say about Gordon Ramsey, like how he's a "lying bully who gets paid to destroy people lives and lead them to suicide." Oof.
- Barbie loves Taylor Swift and thinks My Bloody Valentine is "so emo."
- Jamie Lee Curtis recreated her mother's famous Psycho shower scream.
- An LA Weekly writer tried to bike the entire length of the L.A. River path, but it didn't turn out so well.
- Tom Brady <3s Donald Trump.
- You've got one more day left to get some cold brews and brunch at Go Get Em Tiger pop-up in Silver Lake.
- And finally, don't ever interrupt this dog while it's chewing paper:
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