Vacationing family frisked on 405 Freeway in stolen vehicle mix-up
A family of five heading on a camping trip was stopped at gunpoint and handcuffed Friday on the 405 Freeway by L.A. officers who thought their minivan was a stolen vehicle. Officers in a half-dozen...
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Britney Spears tweets her 'Glee' -- literally
Looks like the fictional McKinley High featured in "Glee" is in full Britney Spears glory, thanks to a sweet tweet from the pop star this week."Had so much fun on set today. My new BFF’s," Spears...
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UCLA football notebook: Injured quarterback Kevin Prince making slow progress
UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince threw longer, and harder, on the sideline Friday morning, finishing it off by spiking the ball hard enough to bounce back to him. "That was a happy spike," Prince said...
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Music review: Lionel Bringuier and Augustin Hadelich at the Hollywood Bowl
Conducting at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York earlier this month, Lionel Bringuier was described as "startlingly young" by the New York Times. A few days later, he made his Proms debut in...
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John Tejada debuts a new work at Disney Hall Saturday
Ever since Steve Reich made repetition into a compositional ethic, contemporary classical music and electronica have been learning from each other. This Saturday, the local techno-minimalist John...
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Are 'Twilight' fans slacking? Stephenie Meyer only the second-highest-earning...
It's almost enough to get your blood boiling -- Stephenie Meyer, author of the "Twilight" books, is ranked only second on Forbes' 2010 list of the highest-paid authors, behind the prolific James...
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Jennifer Aniston: Exactly why is she a movie star?
Let's face it. When it comes to enduring mysteries, it's hard to come up with something more mystifying than how Jennifer Aniston became a movie star. After all, she's made an almost-unbroken string...
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Chief brings its bicoastal harmonies back to Los Angeles
This year’s Sunset Junction is a bit of a return to its roots in local music – The Fold is curating a stage that synopsizes much of the recent moments in Silver Lake guitar rock. But one of its marquee...
View ArticleBow Wow bets George Lopez that the Heat will beat the Lakers on Christmas Day
After this, rapper and Lakers fan Snoop Dogg may tell Bow Wow he's no longer worthy of bearing the name he gave him. Bow Wow recently appeared on "Lopez Tonight," betting comedian George Lopez $25,000...
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Dress Barn to change name to Ascena
Dress Barn Inc. is trying to ditch its dated name, looking for something a little more flashy and sleek to help it ascend to hip new heights.“Ascena,” or ASNA for the stock market tickers, seemed to...
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Man commits suicide at Swell Season concert
A man jumped from a roof onto the stage during a Swell Season concert in Saratoga, Calif., on Thursday night in an apparent suicide, according to news reports and witnesses. Glen Hansard had just...
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Serena Williams pulls out of U.S. Open
World No. 1 Serena Williams will not play in the U.S. Open later this month because she is still recovering from cutting her foot last month. According to the Associated Press, Williams' agent and the...
View ArticlePan Pac swimming update: Aaron Peirsol, Katie Hoff fail to get out of heats
Aaron Peirsol and Katie Hoff fell victim to the unforgiving format of the Pac Pacific Championships and did not advance out of the preliminary session on Friday morning in Irvine.Peirsol was the...
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Indies in L.A.: Alpha Pup and Not Not Fun talk about the thriving L.A. scene
In an era when a high-speed Internet connection and impeccable taste is all that a small record label needs to eke out a living, is there still value in being near the source? The people tending to Los...
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Wyclef Jean reportedly ineligible to run for president of Haiti
Apparently, Wyclef Jean won't be gone till November after all. Earlier this month, the former Fugees rapper and philanthropist announced his candidacy to be the next president of Haiti, but...
View ArticleMojave Desert off-road race approved for this weekend following deadly crash
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced Friday that it has approved an off-road vehicle race this weekend in the Mojave Desert, where eight people were killed Aug. 14 during a similar race when a...
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