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By  Lindsay William-Ross
Published Jul 20, 2009 11:00 PM
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  • The posh St. Regis Hotel in Dana Point is in foreclosure--its lender seized ownership today.
  • Looks like Sony is winning the rights race for the final footage of Michael Jackson's last concert tour rehearsals.
  • The Autry Center announced today that they are having to cancel this summer's annual Pow-Wow, scheduled for July 31-Aug. 2 due to the event's cost.
  • Apartment Therapy takes a look at how the new film 500 Days of Summer depicts life in Downtown LA.
  • Another day, another movie premiere, another reason to avoid the traffic snarls in Hollywood.
  • Okay, now we here in LA are cuckoo for cupcakes, but how about this one in Minneapolis, that weighed in at 151 lbs?! (PS It set the Guninnes World Record for Largest Cupcake, obvs).
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