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Tonight in Rock: Hello, Cyndi Lauper

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And today is the first day of the first Sunset Strip Music Festival.
Tonight
Cyndi Lauper @ Jimmy Kimmel Live
Oliver Future, The Gray Kid @ Spaceland
Grandmaster Flash, EPMD @ Crash Mansion
Sara & Sean Watkins @ Largo at the Coronet
The Movies, Pizza!, The Savages, The Voyeurs @ The Echo
Katt Williams @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Citywalk
Everclear, Soul Asylum, Camper Van Beethoven @ House of Blues
Meiko, Dan Wilson, The Quiet, Brandon Mayer and the Hidden Powers @ Hotel Cafe
The Parson Red Heads, Transfer, The Fast Computers @ The Prospector (Long Beach)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Nikka Costa @ El Rey
B Real, Slash @ Whiskey A Go Go
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Dilated Peoples @ House of Blues
No Age, DJ King Shade @ The Getty
Juliette and the Licks @ Viper Room
Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone @ The Echo
Fol Chen, The Health Club, WEAVE! @ pehrspace
Hot Hot Heat, The Deadly Syndrome, The Shys @ The Roxy
Sam Shelton, Cory Chisel, Lucy Schwartz, Anahita, Kirsten Price @ Hotel Cafe
Guttermouth, New Skool Kings, Tiltwheel, Vultures United @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)
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Donald Trump was a fading TV presence when the WGA strike put a dent in network schedules.
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Pickets are being held outside at movie and TV studios across the city
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For some critics, this feels less like a momentous departure and more like a footnote.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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Every two years, Desert X presents site-specific outdoor installations throughout the Coachella Valley. Two Los Angeles artists have new work on display.