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London Calling Thursday

Three years ago today, Joe Strummer shuffled off this mortal coil; tonight it's a Joe Strummer tribute with a passel of bands at the Anarchy Library in Downey.
Jon Brion does his thing at Largo for the club's last show of 2005. Dinner is sold out but tickets for drinkers are still available.
Mellow singer-songwriter Io Perry with the chanteusey Order of the Wand at Taix in Echo Park.
Rockin' like Dokken! Guitarist George Lynch at the Malibu Inn .
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.
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His latest solo exhibition is titled “Flutterluster,” showing at Los Angeles gallery Matter Studio. It features large works that incorporate what Huss describes as a “fluttering line” that he’s been playing with ever since he was a child — going on 50 years.
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It's set to open by mid-to-late February.
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The new Orange County Museum of Art opens its doors to the public on Oct. 8.
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Cosplayers will be holding court once again and taking photos with onlookers at the con.
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Littlefeather recalls an “incensed” John Wayne having to be restrained from assaulting her and being threatened with arrest if she read the long speech Brando sent with her.