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Constructed in a trailer in Redondo Beach, the guitar went on to create Slash's signature sound.

There are creepy dolls, peeling paint, handwritten notes, stacks of newspapers... this place is straight out of Central Casting!

(Getty) The LAPD is investigating Charlie Sheen after he allegedly threatened to have his ex fiancée, Scottine Ross (a.k.a Brett Rossi), killed. The threat was recorded and the man on the recording, believed to be Sheen, declares: "This piece of shit needs to be fucking buried. I'd rather spend 20 grand to have her head kicked in." The 35-minute recording was leaked and reported on by Radar Online, and the police issued a search...

by CHLOE is coming to L.A. in May, but you can make their vegan bacon before that.

Fans lined up for tickets earlier this week. (Getty) Guns N' Roses, almost true to their original lineup with three original members, returned to the Troubadour in West Hollywood on Friday night—a venue they played their first show at in the 1980s (and where a David Geffen A&R rep discovered them). Fans lined up starting Thursday for the "secret" warm-up show, which reportedly had a capacity of around 250. The band also announced dates...

Happy Chrismukkah.

One of Jimmy Kimmel's greatest gags is having celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. He brought this back last night with an Oscar-worthy "special movie star edition" featuring Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, George Clooney, Christoph Waltz, Patricia Arquette, Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kevin Costner, Emily Blunt, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Hart, Richard Dreyfuss, Cate Blanchett, Seth Rogen, Oscar Isaac, and Taraji P. Henson. Ahead of the accolades they'll be receiving this weekend, watch their spirits...

Taylor Swift took home last night's big Grammy for Album of the Year (her second—this one for 1989, with the previous one for Fearless), and in accepting her trophy she used her speech time in the greatest way possible. Let's back up: when Kanye West was releasing his latest album last week, The Life of Pablo (only available on Tidal!), he released a song called "Famous," with the lyrics: "I feel like me and...

Netflix confirms they'll be hosting the (new) series finale.

(Photo via ruffcutzdtla's Instagram) Follow LAist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. This cat looks exactly like Adam Driver. Canada is hip now, eh? A Belgian radio station along with MIRA Public Observatory have honored David Bowie with a constellation, it's made up of seven stars that form the shape of a lightning bolt. It's "in the vicinity of Mars." An Indiana food cart offers up popcorn, nachos and... sex toys....

(via SpaceX) This weekend Elon Musk and his SpaceX engineers will attempt to land the Falcon 9 rocket on a ship at sea, just off the coast of Los Angeles (near San Pedro). The team has failed at similar at-sea attempts in the past—they've described it as "trying to balance a rubber broomstick on your hand in the middle of a wind storm." However, Musk says “ship landings are necessary for high velocity missions."...