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Extra, Extra: Hugh Hefner, This is Your Life
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- Playboy founder Hugh Hefner Tweeted today he is in talks regarding a movie about his life.
- In the HuffPo, Joel Epstein takes a ride along Sunset Boulevard on Metro's #2 bus line.
- The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the new webseries about L.A.'s K-Town.
- Check out some pics of the cute critters at the Orange County Fair.
- On his Tumblr, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt expresses dismay at how his GQ cover story reporter pressed him about his elder brother's 2010 death.
- Now fear this: TOXIC JEWELRY!
- Will Ferrell and newly-engaged Zach Galifianakis were at The Grove today to promote their new film "The Campaign."
- The latest Food Is the New Rock podcast is up, and it features chef Marcus Samuelsson.
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