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Extra, Extra: New Star Wars Already Snagged $1 Billion At The Box Office
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- The man who doused a woman with gasoline and set her on fire on Christmas Day has been arrested. According to NBC L.A., police received a tip after a person saw the suspect board a Metro bus in Pasadena.
- A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Barstow in the Mojave Desert Sunday morning, and was reportedly felt in parts of Pasadena, Hollywood, and Northridge. Did you feel it?
- Say goodbye to the Valley junkyard that has been the final resting place of some of Hollywood's most iconic props (like the Shark from Jaws!)
- In some unsurprising news, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already snagged $1 billion at the box office, making it the fastest film to do so. Adam Driver will never have to go hungry for mayonnaise again.
- The brush fire that raged near a Ventura County beach on Saturday is at 70% containment as of Sunday evening, and no structures were lost. The cause of the fire has been linked to a fallen power lines.
- Here's a long profile from the L.A. Times on the two Russian sisters tied to the San Bernardino attacks.
- Mel B. a.k.a. Scary Spice hinted at a Spice Girls reunion, saying it would be "rude" not to celebrate the gang's 20th anniversary. I think it would be rude not to invite me!!
- Marlene Dietrich was born on this day in 1901. Here she is in 1972 singing "Falling in Love Again":
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