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Some highlights from the past week on the LA Observed blogs, for the review-minded:
Welcome to Gentrification City, Leland Wong indicted, Sunset Junction kisses up to celebrities, Dopest Lawyer makes the LAT, James Ellroy pro and con, Mystery stench invades Long Beach, Coolest house in L.A., Garlic warfare in Silver Lake.
Paramount dumps Tom Cruise, Dog Day Emmys, MySpace the magazine, Tower Records files Chapter 11, Remembering the department stores.
What Sumner Redstone means for the culture of lying in Hollywood, Surf's up for one TV writer, It really is a small world.
Toots Shor documentary, Jered Weaver finally loses, New college sports website, Luc Robitaille gets an honor.
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The week's worth of Morning Buzz