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Extra, Extra: Art Critic Says LACMA's Rain Room Is 'Brainless Amusement'
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- Willie Nelson's is declaring war on Big Pot.
- Slowing down an Alvin And The Chipmunks album is equally freaky and kind of great.
- L.A. Times art critic Christopher Knight really isn't digging LACMA's "Rain Room," calling it "brainless amusement."
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- G.E.M., the Taylor Swift of China is making moves to be a star in North America. Her first stop? Los Angeles, of course.
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