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Extra, Extra: L.A.'s New Architecture Is Either Really Inspiring Or Totally Ugly

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- With the upcoming opening of the flashy Petersen Auto Museum and the futuristic Oscars museum gleaming on the horizon, the debate rages on whether some of L.A.'s most ambitious architecture is ugly or visionary.
- In case plans for a fifth Rambo movie wasn't enough excitement for you, grab your green beret because Fox now has plans for launching a TV series based on the iconic film series.
- Chris Hemsworth seems to really enjoy cuddling kittens while daydreaming about surfing and there's video to prove it, if you're into that sort of thing.
- In grim news from the high seas, Japan is investigating dozens of mysterious wooden boats loaded with decomposing bodies that were found off their coast this past month.
- There's a massive—and really colorful—new mural by local artist GERMS in Pacoima's “Mural Mile” that is definitely worth checking out in this video (and in person).
- We're still #1! L.A. still leads the U.S. in manufacturing jobs, particularly when it comes to apparel and jobs related to aviation and space.
- If you're looking for a great selection of craft beer on tap or to go in Eagle Rock, you're in luck with the opening of the new Craft Beer Cellar.
- The awards season buzz out on Fury Road has started already as the latest Mad Max installment takes home the top prize for best film by the National Board of Review.
- The "parking peacekeeper" of the Silver Lake Trader Joe's is thankfully recovering after a horrible bicycle accident earlier this month.
- In real estate-porn news, Tyga's new home above the Sunset Strip really is pretty bananas and don't even get us started on the Predator statue that greets you at the door.
- And, finally, we're totally impressed by this 5 year-old's drumming work on a cover of System Of A Down's "Toxicity" and wish we started drumming at birth, too: