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'The Internship,' now starring ... Google

latimes.com — Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google. The company campus in Mountain View, Calif., is the setting for the movie in which Vaughn and Wilson play down-on-their-luck watch salesmen searching for a second chance as Silicon Valley interns.
RT @dannysullivan: 'The Internship,' now starring ... Google - great read from @jguynn & @dawnC331 of @latimes lat.ms/10wLpKD
'The Internship,' now starring ... Google - great read from @jguynn & @dawnC331 of @latimes lat.ms/10wLpKD
Move over Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson. The real star of'The Internship,' is Google.latimes.com/entertainment/…
"We all started laughing". Oh, audiences won't be so lucky. lat.ms/175KLeW
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Old Apple-1 computer sells for record $671,400 at auction

latimes.com — Maybe instead of Apple stock, we should all be buying old Apple computers.
RT @latimestech: Old Apple-1 computer sells for record $671,400 at auction lat.ms/Zl9CZ4
Old Apple-1 computer sells for record $671,400 at auction: Maybe instead of Apple stock, we should all be buyi... lat.ms/177mNjk

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RT @samfbiddle: Great read by @jguynn touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/ar… Yes, "The Internship" is just a giant ad for google.
Looking forward to this Google ad starring Owen Wilson and friend. Won't have to "search" for laughs! p-bu.mp/qx5 via @samfbiddle
RT @paleofuture: "Google did have approval over how its products and culture were represented in the film..." touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/ar…
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Setting Times stories to music: from Nick Cave to Dionne Warwick

latimes.com — By Kari Howard This week, I came across a website called Six Word Stories. The website, its creators say, was inspired by a bet from Ernest Hemingway 's pals that he couldn't write a story in six words. So I thought I'd do six-word versions of this week's five Great Reads.
Setting Times stories to music: from Nick Cave to Dionne Warwick lat.ms/12V8tWt @KariHow's #storysongs picks for the week
Carla Bruni? Setting Times stories to music: from Nick Cave to Dionne Warwick by @karihow (2nd try) latimes.com/la-setting-tim…
RT @karihow: I want to hear Nick Cave sing "What the World Needs Now is Love." The dark man, Dionne Warwick and five Great Reads. http://t.…

Charlie Sheen changes name to Carlos Estevez for 'Machete Kills'

latimes.com — Charlie Sheen is changing his name to Carlos Estevez in the upcoming film "Machete Kills," according to reports. The actor is going back to his birth name and Latino roots, using the moniker Carlos Estevez in the opening credits of the upcoming action film "Machete Kills," TMZ reports.
RT @LATimesEnt: Charlie Sheen changes name to Carlos Estevez for 'Machete Kills' lat.ms/1ak3NdH
Saw the trailer, you can drop “reportedly.” MT @latimes: Sheen reportedly billed as Carlos Estevez in "Machete Kills" lati.ms/loCAe

Angel Flight plane crash kills at least 2; search on for pilot

latimes.com — Rescue workers move a tracked ATV that is towing a recovery sled to the site of an Angel Flight plane crash in Fulton County, N.Y. (Peter R.
2 killed in plane crash while being ferried for medical treatment by Angel Flight volunteer pilot. latimes.com/news/nation/na…
Angel Flight plane crash kills at least 2; search on for pilot lat.ms/13U9Jqq

'Arrested Development': 10 foods the Bluths ate; you can do better

latimes.com — " Arrested Development" is so close we can taste it, and it tastes like a mix of cornballs, hot ham water, martinis for breakfast and just a hint of frozen banana. To get you fully prepared for Season 4 (15 episodes!)
10 foods the Bluths ate; you can do better — a great food story by the lovely @sleasca for the @latimes: latimes.com/features/food/…
Celebrate the return of @ArrestedDev the right way- with Bluth food. Check out 10 foods the Bluths ate: su.pr/1ujExH
Watching @arresteddev this weekend? Here's how to throw a watch party with Bluth-inspired foods: lati.ms/lovGq

20 fresh recipes for 5 vegetables

graphics.latimes.com — By Russ Parsons When the garden or the market offers up corn, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant and peppers, try these creative ways to bring that seasonal bounty to the table.
RT @Russ_Parsons1: Puzzled at the farmers market? Here's 20 great dishes using summer vegetables. Lots of pictures too! http://t.co/tNubAVQ…
@hgalanoy@AliceShort3: For vegetarians and healthy -eaters everywhere: 20 fresh recipes from @Russ_Parsons1 ... bit.ly/173z2xt

John Fogerty takes a new tack with his classic songs

latimes.com — When John Fogerty's wife, Julie, suggested over dinner one night that he revisit his catalog of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs with artists he admires today, he wasn't about to let the music take a back seat to technology.

1,850 pounds of pot seized from boat in Manhattan Beach; two held

latimes.com — Authorities seized nearly a ton of marijuana Saturday morning from a Mexican fishing vessel that came ashore in Manhattan Beach, federal officials said.
RT @latimes: 1,850 pounds of pot seized, two men detained after Mexican fishing boat comes ashore in Manhattan Beach lati.ms/loA52
RT .@latimesharriet 1,850 pounds of pot seized from boat in Manhattan Beach; two held lat.ms/Zl3rUG

Drone program had largely run its course

latimes.com — WASHINGTON - President Obama took pains to place the new restrictions on targeted killings he announced Thursday into the context of a broad reappraisal of the nation's anti-terrorism effort. Drones are not "a cure-all for terrorism," he said in his speech at the National Defense University.
RT @longdrivesouth: LAT: #Drone program had largely run its course latimes.com/news/nationwor… ("We're running out of viable targets.")
Slinging drones 4 sake of slinging drones becomes counterproductive @KenDilanianLAT on practicality behind O speech latimes.com/news/nationwor…

‘Candy Crush Saga’ gives addicted mobile-game players a sugar rush

herocomplex.latimes.com — I slide three shiny red jelly beans together. Trumpet blast. I put three lemon drops in a line. A xylophone sounds a jingle of approval. Then I get five purple jujubes in a row, and they snap into a single, multicolored, disco-ball-looking nonpareil equipped with deadly lasers.
I may know a few @LATherocomplex: 'Candy Crush Saga' gives addicted mobile-game players a sugar rush lati.ms/2x9Ggn

Electric Daisy Carnival getting documentary

latimes.com — "EDC 2013: You Are the Headliner" is being directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of production company Magical Elves. The film will focus on next month's Electric Daisy festival in Las Vegas, a music event that is expected to draw 345,000 people.
The new film isn't first Electric Daisy Carnival documentary -- a 2011 doc on the rave caused a riot in Hollywood: latimes.com/entertainment/…
Controversial Electric Daisy Carnival getting documentary from filmmakers behind Katy Perry and Justin Bieber movies: latimes.com/entertainment/…

Tornado aftermath: A picture saved is worth a thousand memories

latimes.com — MOORE, Okla. - Hours after Monday's tornado plowed through town, volunteers who had helped with search-and-rescue operations began pouring into a makeshift shelter carrying boxes and bags of valuables - precious links to lives that had just been shredded by disaster: Hundreds of photographs, a smiling elderly couple, a mother holding a newborn.

Senators push alternate budget plans

latimes.com — Senate Budget Chairman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), right, discusses the state budget with Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) last year. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press / ) SACRAMENTO -- Bolstered by higher revenue estimates from the legislative analyst, the Senate budget committee on Friday advanced a spending plan that differs from Gov.
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