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ICYMI: What Happens When Movie Set Feuds Go Public?
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- The Golden State has long been seen as an ATM of sorts for fundraising politicos, but California's Republican donor class seems to be shunning The Donald.
- What happens when on-set feuds between co-stars go public? The Hollywood Reporter puts the recent Fast 8 fracas in context.
- No-fun critics are urging Governor Jerry Brown to veto the so-called "Drybar Bill," which would allow hair and beauty salons to offer customers complimentary booze without a liquor license.
- One of very favorite Angelenos, Los Angeles Fire Department public information officer Brian Humphrey, took to Reddit to exhort his fellow citizens to please, please get prepared before a wildfire strikes.
- Former magazine editor Terry McDonell has written a beautiful remembrance of the late New York Times writer David Carr.
- L.A.'s City Council President has been having some trouble paying his bills on time.
- Time travel to a more glamorous era of air travel with 1963 promo video for Los Angeles International Airport:
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