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Extra, Extra: 'New Eating Disorder On Rise In Calif.'
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- Yeah, you read that headline pulled straight from KNBC. Extreme health food junkies have a new name disorder to classify themselves by: orthorexia.
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- After 791 performances and 12 previews, Wicked at the Pantages will close on January 11, 2009. Hollywood and Vine will never be the same, weep. Okay, moving on...
- What's better? Odd emaciated looking soft-core girls or Woody Allen? American Apparel says yes to both! Woody says give me $10 million in a lawsuit.
- Changing faces at KCBS and KCAL: 10-15 people have lost their jobs including Harold Greene, Ann Martinand and reporters Jennifer Sabih and Jennifer Davis
- Attention Richard Neutra fans, there's a Silver Lake rental on the market.
- This morning, Blogdowntown relaunched with a wicked redesign while yesterday saw news of another downtown blog, Angelenic, announce a slow-down.
- Dancing with the Stars professional and partner to Shannon Elizabeth, Derek Hough, injured his neck today in rehearsal, forcing him to sit tonight's show out.
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