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More than one-hundred iconic costumes from Hollywood s golden age to the present are now on display. KTLA s Gayle Anderson has all the details, plus other activities happening around Southern California.
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While the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles undergoes a major one year renovation, we can still see amazing automobiles at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum at the new exhibition AMAZING AUTOMOBILES: THE ULTIMATE CAR EXHIBIT.
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