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Aubrey Plaza: Stare Appeal

Whitney Friedlander
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Nobody does "jaded twentysomething" better than Aubrey Plaza. The 27-year-old NYU- and UCB-trained actress has mastered the art of the dry wit and judging stare. And that's not just on......
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Top 10 Gyms in Los Angeles

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If there's anything we are not lacking in Los Angeles, it's places to work out. But finding the perfect gym to tone, slim down or -- dare we even say it -- find a date is a highly subjective decision. Then there's that old real estate rule of location, location,......
Rabbi Mark Borovitz in his office at Beit T'Shuvah; Credit: Nanette Gonzales

How Mark Borovitz Went From Con Man to Rabbi

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It seems like the setup for a corny joke: A rabbi and an ex-con walk into a room. Except here's the punch line: They're one and the same. Rabbi Mark Borovitz, 60, runs Beit T'Shuvah, a residential treatment center and Jewish congregation in an otherwise nondescript building in an equally......
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Pools in Palm Springs

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Thinking of swimming pools in Southern California conjures up memories of idyllic postwar suburbia, either through events we've lived or those taught to us via the crisp, sunny-blue landscaped world of classic advertisements and Hollywood sets. Yes, Hollywood stars and their beautiful, adoring families often were pictured relaxing next to......