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James Franco on ‘General Hospital,’ from WSJ
— Swine flu scare prompts L.A. theater to cancel performances / Culture Monster
— Happy hour at Froma on Melrose / GrubStreet LA
— Eat My Blog Bake Sale at Zeke’s Smokehouse in WeHo Sat / Dishing Up Delights
— Alcove in Los Feliz gets a bar / Daily Dish
— Layoffs at DailyCandy, [...]

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Newman posing with the gratis product
So, today was the day when department stores had to give away free beauty product to the public as payback for a class action suit for price fixing, one product per store. I hit up all the department stores within walking distance—Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s at the Beverly Center and Nordstrom [...]

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In case you haven’t heard, as a result of a 2003 lawsuit against major department stores, starting January 20, stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s have to pony up $175 million worth of beauty products nationwide to customers—one item per cosmetics company, Chanel, L’Oreal, Lancome included.
Per Fashionista, “it seems some [...]

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