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ICYMI: Angelina Jolie Bought A Baller Malibu Beach Pad
It's always time for Dodger Baseball. (Photo by gunthersalami via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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- Vin Scully Appreciation Night at Dodger Stadium last night was predictably #emotional. Here are some of the best sights and sounds from the pre-game festivities compiled by the MLB, including speeches by Sandy Koufax, Kevin Costner (?), and Vin himself. Have your Kleenex handy, is all we're saying.
- Speaking of the Dodgers, on this day in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbetts Field.
- Angelina Jolie wasted no time in acquiring a baller Malibu beach pad.
- However, Lady Gaga bought Frank Zappa's old house, which looks waaaay more baller.
- Trump and Mark Cuban are in a Twitter fight.
- The first week of fall hasn't felt very fall-y, and remember: it's only going to get worse! We recommend celebrating the season by sitting indoors with the A/C, and Cold Sun, blasting:
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