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Week Around the Ists

- Torontoist gawked at photos of all the celebrities who made it to this year's Toronto International Film Festival: George Clooney! Megan Fox! Ewan McGregor! Natalie Portman! And co-star of the smash hit White Chicks, Marlon Wayans!
- Shanghaiist found out that somebody (possibly government related) is sending journalists in China targeted malware ridden emails, though we haven't figured out why yet.
- Seattlest enjoyed the songs and F-bombs of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia live show.
- Bostonist analyzed why LA doesn't like Boston and why Catholics don't like reiki.
- LAist realized that there's a clear media East Coast bias that's selling LA sports teams short...in favor of...Boston?! Shudder.
- Gothamist found out that the same fish has been residing in a Queens pet store's fish tank for the past 41 years. Also, his name is Buttkiss.
- Chicagoist sat down with writer/director Kevin Smith and found he had a lot to say.
- DCist followed the arrest on bribery charges of the chief of staff of a popular city councilman and all the details still unfolding in the case.
- Phillyist ran the gamut of funny this week. Very funny: an interview with Christian Finnegan; not funny at all: wrapping a cat in duct tape and leaving it to die.
- Londonist did a couple of shifts on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.
- SFist saw a PETA protester smack Ronald McDonald in the face with a pie at a kids' event.
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Michael John Mammone, 58, was riding his bicycle Wednesday along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point when he was assaulted.
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Please don't hurt yourself.
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Anthony Lowe was shot and killed by Huntington Park police on Jan. 26. 'Thank goodness that we’re in the era of videos,' said the family attorney as they file a federal civil rights lawsuit
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The mountain lion's death comes about a month after the beloved P-22 was euthanized.
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With two hikers still missing — one the well-known actor Julian Sands — expert mountaineers say the usual scarcity of snow in the L.A.-area makes it especially hard to get enough experience to safely venture out in harsh conditions.
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But Yeoh is the first to publicly identify as Asian. We take a look at Oberon's complicated path in Hollywood.