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Fire destroys old Ruby"s Diner and damages Seal Beach Pier

Seal Beach pier California / FREESTYLEFISHING

Flames erupted Friday morning at Seal Beach Pier, destroying the old Ruby"s Diner andsending a column of smoke over the area.

The fire began just after 7:30 a.m. at the end of the pierin the 900 block of Ocean Avenue in Seal Beach.

Flames were spotted under the pier, with fire extending to the abandonedrestaurant, said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority.

At least 70 firefighters and eight fire boatstackledthe flames as they swept through the 1950s-themeddiner. By 9 a.m., most of the flames had been extinguished.

"There is some involvement to the pier but not too much," he said ."Pier inspectors will look at the integrity of the wood and determine what repairs need to be made in order for it to be safe to the public again."

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The Orange County Sheriff"s Department sent a harbor patrol boatto help fight the blaze, spokesman Lt. Mark Stichter said and the Long Beach and Los Angeles County fire departments also assisted.

The Seal Beach Pier has been damaged and destroyed several times over the decades by storms and fire. In 1983, the pier was damagedwhen huge storm waves cresting beneath it lifted 1,140 feet of the 1,835-foot deckoff its pilings. The pier, an iconic part of the city"s identity,was rebuilt with the help of private donations. The new pier was built of wood to preserve its historic look. Fire damaged the pier in 1992 and 1994, but each time it was restored.

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The restaurant closed in 2013 after operating at the pier for25 years.

At the time, Seal Beach officials saidthe restaurant chain had decided not extend its agreement with the city.

Seal Beach later declared the restaurant a public nuisance due to "multiple deficiencies and unsafe conditions," the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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9:29 a.m.: This story was updated with more information about Ruby"s Diner and the Seal Beach Pier.

This story was originally posted at 8:22 a.m.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fire-seal-beach-pier-20160520-snap-story.html

Cher"s Most Outrageous Outfits: 70 Of The Singer"s Most Fabulous Fashion Choices (PICS)

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Lets face it, pop divas these days are ten a penny, but there will only ever be one Cher - the diva so fabulous she doesnt even need a last name.

Over the course her illustrious career, Cher has seen the likes of Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Miley Cyrus come and go, but shes still around, doing her thing after decades in the entertainment industry.

Cher in some of her most memorable outfits

Shes topped the charts all over the world with her signature hits Believe, If I Could Turn Back Time and The Shoop Shoop Song to name but three (we could go on if you really want us to) while her movie career has seen her star opposite acting giants including Jack Nicholson, Bob Hoskins and Winona Ryder.

Cher even managed to bag herself an Oscar for her performance in Moonstruck where she delivered the iconic line, Snap out of it as only she really could, though for some reason she failed to make the Academy Awards double after starring in 2010s Burlesque. A cruel oversight if ever there was one.

What we really love about Cher, though, is her unusual and, at times, wild approach to fashion. Whether shes sampling an array of colourful wigs, straddling a cannon in fishnets and a leather jacket or appearing onstage semi-n**e well into her sixties, theres never a dull moment when it comes to the divas outfit choices.

And at 70 years young, she"s showing no signs of wearing beige and sensible shoes anytime soon - as these pics prove!

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/05/20/cher-fashion-outfits-crazy-pics_n_5356981.html

Sometimes Tom Hiddleston Apologizes For Almost Punching People On Set

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Tom Hiddleston is used to flashy fight sequences. In the three Marvel movies he"s made (and the fourth one that will shoot this summer), these elaborately choreographed scenes are staged in front of green screens. We may panic watching Loki dangle from the side of the rainbow bridge in Asgard, but obviously no children, small animals or hunky Internet boyfriends were harmed in the making of the "Thor" films.

Hiddleston"s latest movie, "High-Rise," is far less action-driven,and perhaps that"s why the movie"s fight scene was far more dangerous. Or at least he was worried it would be.

HIddleston plays Dr. Robert Laing, a 1970s pathologist who moves into a chic, full-service London apartment tower seized by a dystopian class structure.In the 40-story building, the privileged reside in the top half, while the underclass is relegated to the bottom floors. The besuited Laing moves to the 25th story following the death of his wife, and he is quickly invited to opulent parties thrown in the owner"s penthouse. After a power outage, resources dwindle and a surreal tribe warfare breaks out. From there, the movie -- based on J.G. Ballard"s novel and directed by Ben Wheatley -- gets pretty bonkers.

None of it is as adrenaline-inducing as Hiddleston"s superhero work, but that"s precisely why the 35-year-old Brit had to apologize in advance to a stuntman in case he inadvertently clocked him. The scene in question is a raid at the high-rise"s in-house supermarket, where supplies have grown scarce. A brawl erupts.

"The raid ... was very, very chaotic," Hiddleston said. "I shook hands with a stuntman who I knew was going to play somebody involved in a fight with me. Ben had said, "I dont want this to look like a superhero fight," and he said that as a huge fan of superhero films. He said, "I dont want this to look choreographed so that it has kinetic action. ... Do what you need to do, warm up, plan whatever you need to plan.""

Wheatley shot the scene with handheld cameras so as not to need unnecessary cuts in the editing room, meaning the action was captured continuously. He offered for Hiddleston to wear pads for protection, but the actor"s "transparent" white dress shirt didn"t allow it.

"But the stuntman was padded up," Hiddleston said. "We just shook hands and we were on a parquet floor, and we just rolled around. We warmed up a bit and we looked at each other and I said, "I apologize in advance if I accidentally clip you on the ear.""

Both men made it out unscathed, and Hiddleston called the experience of staging a fight sequence on the fly "refreshing." Now he"s off to the end days of Ragnark, where the character stakes are high but the actors" physical risks, if all goes well, are relatively low. (No offense to Robert Downey Jr., of course.)

"High-Rise" is now in limited released and available on-demand. It also stars Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller,Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans and James Purefoy.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-hiddleston-high-rise_us_573e1bd6e4b00e09e89e76bf

Here"s the video of the woman in the Chewbacca mask that everyone is talking about

Laughing Chewbacca Mask Lady

Apparently, this Facebook Live video of a woman laughing in an electronic Chewbacca mask that she bought at Kohls is now the most-watched Facebook Live video in the short history of Facebook Live videos.

We must admit, it is pretty funny and we understand why it has over 55 million views as of this post.Check it out(Fast-forward to 2:00 when she puts it on):

For comparison purposes, the video from BuzzFeed imploding a watermelon had only about 10.7 million views to date.

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Source: http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2016/05/20/heres-the-video-of-the-woman-in-the-chewbacca-mask-that-everyone-is-talking-about/

Tom Hiddleston reveals childhood Indiana Jones inspiration

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Tom Hiddleston talks about his early inspirations to become a movie star, including his love of the Indiana Jones films.

Hollywood superstar Tom Hiddleston"s love of movies began when as a child he pretended to be Indiana Jones.

The actor, 35, is now one of the world"s most in demand stars, as he plays villainous Loki in the Marvel superhero movies and is British bookmakers" favourite to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond.

However, Tom admits that as a child there was one part he especially wanted - Harrison Ford"s role as adventure loving archaeologist Indiana Jones.

"I spent my childhood running around my parents" living room pretending to be Harrison Ford on a horse, wearing a hat, with the Indiana Jones theme tune playing in the background," he tells Britain"s Daily Mail newspaper.

But with Harrison still going strong in the role aged 73 - with a fifth Indiana Jones movie featuring the movie veteran being announced by Disney bosses in March (16), he may have to settle for his role as G*d-like mischief-maker Loki.

And Tom, who will return as Loki next year in Thor: Ragnarok, says that when he got a little older, it was villainous characters who he loved seeing on screen, adding, "When I was a teenager I loved watching Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard or Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Batman."

The movie hunk"s early acting career was mostly spent on stage, although he did not always seem destined to be the star. He admits that when at prestigious British independent educational establishment Eton, he was upstaged in school productions by another schoolmate who would go on to great things, Eddie Redmayne.

"Eddie and I are very good friends still," he explains. "We"ve actually been fellow actors for 20 years now. There was a production of E.M. Forster"s A Passage To India at school. I had a small part in the chorus and he had one of the leading roles, and one of my jobs was to play the right leg of an elephant he was riding on, which I still remind him of!"

The big break that would eventually take Tom to Hollywood came when Kenneth Branagh, who would go on to direct the first Thor film, saw him in a production of the William Shakespeare play Othello.

"I was in a production of Othello and Ken Branagh, being the Shakespearean he is, came to see it," the British star says. "He said he"d like to work with me, so we did a radio play, and then a Chekhov play in the West End, and then he cast me to play his number two in the TV series Wallander.

"When I first came to Los Angeles, I was auditioning for everything, big movies, small movies, superhero movies," he adds. "Ken cast me as Loki in Thor. Bizarrely enough, Joss Whedon (The Avengers director), who had also seen that Othello production, had loved it so much that he wrote me a very good part for Loki in The Avengers."

Tom"s latest film, a biopic of American musician Hank Williams was released in the U.S. in April (16), and opened in U.K. cinemas earlier this month (May16).

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Source: http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/203836/Tom-Hiddleston-reveals-childhood-Indiana-Jones-inspiration

Friday Flicks: "The Meddler" "The Nice Guys" "Neighbors 2"

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By Alexandra Corradetti | acorradetti@wcia.com

Published 05/20 2016 10:33AM

Updated 05/20 2016 10:52AM

CHAMPAIGN

The Meddler

An aging widow (Susan Sarandon) from New Jersey follows her daughter (Rose Byrne) to Los Angeles in the hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away. Filled with the best of intentions, Director Lorene Scafaria, based the film on her experiences after her father passed away. The result is a sometimes effective look at the blurring of boundaries between family members that may be born of the best of intentions but wind up being intrusive. In the end this is a hit-or-miss affair. 2 stars (Chuck Koplinski) Rated PG-13. 100 minutes.

The Nice Guys

A mismatched pair of private eyes (Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling) investigate the apparent suicide of a fading p**n star in 1970"s Los Angeles. The humor and chemistry between Crowe and Gosling is an unexpected delight, while the film"s mystery and its solution prove intriguing and satisfying. Unfortunately, the presence of a young character who"s perpetually in danger breaks the spell the cast and Director Shane Black labor so hard to create, preventing the film from reaching its full potential. 2 stars (Chuck Koplinski) Rated R. 116 minutes.

Neighbors 2

After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more raucous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly (Seth Rogan & Rose Byrne) have to ask for help from their former enemy, Teddy (Zac Efron). There"s nothing new here as this film. Much like its predecessor, is filled with great ideas that aren"t developed to their full potential. In the end, this is simply a lazy movie. 2 stars (Chuck Koplinski) Rated R. 92 minutes.

Source: http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/friday-flicks-the-meddler-the-nice-guys-neighbors-2

Your daily music news: Billboard Music Awards, death of a Beastie Boys member and EODM gets pulled from French ...

John Berry, founding member of Beastie Boys, dead at 52

2. The passing of Beastie Boys Member

Guitarist John Berry, an original member of the Beastie Boys passed away in hospice in Massachusetts yesterday morning. Although he was only with the Beastie Boys from 1981-82, he is credited with giving the group its name. He played on the first EP Polly Wog Stew and was later replaced by Ad-Rock. He was 52.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/original-beastie-boys-member-john-berry-dead-at-52-20160519

3. Eagles of Death Metal pulled from festivals over terrorism comments

EODM has been dropped from two French music festivals after singer Jesse Hughes released comments suggesting his security staff were involved in theNovember 13 Paris attacks at Le Bataclan.In an interview with Takis Magazine, singer Jesse Hughes said, I saw Muslims celebrating in the street during the attack. I saw it with my own eyes. In real time! How did they know what was going on? There must have been coordination.

http://pitchfork.com/news/65613-eagles-of-death-metal-dropped-from-festivals-over-terrorism-comments/

Source: http://radiomilwaukee.org/discover-music/daily-music-news-billboard-music-awards-death-beastie-boys-member-dropping-eagles-death-metal-festivals-terrorism-comments/