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ICYMI: A Museum Exhibit On George Takei Opens Saturday
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- The Palm Springs boutique hotel that the late Mexican singer Juan Gabriel transformed into his home has sold for $1.63 million.
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- A brief history of outlawing abortion in America.
- On the New York art world's fraught relationship with the First Daughter.
- Little Tokyo's Japanese American National Museum has an exhibit on the life of living L.A. legend George Takei, which opens tomorrow.
- This video of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' facial reactions while watching her college basketball player son's game is the best thing we have seen all day:
You earned this @NUMensBball's Charlie Hall.
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 10, 2017
And, @OfficialJLD, we love your reactions in the split screen. https://t.co/5doCz0S63l
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