Arrested Development Crime-iny: Infographic

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Karen Clark, who describes herself as a "freelance designer, writer, TV junkie," saw the Weekly's exhaustive coverage in anticipation of the new Arrested Development season coming Sunday and offered to provide an add-on. After the jump is her detailed infographic breaking down how each Bluth family member has been breaking bad.

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Tamra Barney Spin-off Extends Orange County's Real Housewives of Orange County Nightmare

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The long Real Housewives of Orange County nightmare not only continues, but it is also expanding, as Tamra Barney is getting her own Bravo spin-off.

The untitled, unreal reality show will be the fourth in the Housewives' franchise surrounding a cast member getting married, following Bethenny Frankel's Bethenny Getting Married?, Kim Zolciak's Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding and NeNe Leakes' I Dream of NeNe, which has not yet polluted cable television.

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John Campbell and Loretta Sanchez Confronted Over High Rents Paid to Campaign Contributors

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Lisa Guerrero, the centerfold-worthy "hardest-working sports reporter" per the Los Angeles Times who now does ambush reporting for the syndicated Inside Edition program, recently confronted representatives John Campbell (R-Irvine) and Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove).

Each was asked to justify high office rents taxpayers shell out to their respective Orange County landlords, who are also big campaign contributors.

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Lindsay Lohan Won't Have Newport Rehab to Kick Around Much Longer if City Gets Its Way

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It's a good thing Lindsay Lohan blew off Morningside Recovery for the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage because the Newport Beach rehab may have closed with her in it!

Following an Orange County Superior Court judge's preliminary ruling that the Lido Village location violates city law, Newport Beach is now going back to court to force the closure of Morningside and six other rehabs.

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Petition Drive Launched to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand to Newport Beach

Categories: Events, TV

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As a guest food blogger brilliantly reported on the Weekly's Stick a Fork In It, NetFlix is promoting new Arrested Development episodes by taking Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand to London, New York and Los Angeles. That's sparked a petition drive to bring the stand to the wacky family's "hometown," Newport Beach.

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Ben Hansen, Fact or Faked Host/Investigator, Sees UFO over Huntington Beach

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Ben Hansen saw a UFO over Huntington Beach Friday.

He may be more in tune to see such things, as he's the host and lead investigator on the SyFy channel's Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files.

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Lindsay Lohan Ditches Newport Beach Rehab After 3 Minutes for Betty Ford Center

See the update at the end of this post about Lindsay Lohan apparently spending three minutes in the Newport Beach rehab before resurfacing at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage late Thursday.

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Lindsay Lohan is Newport Beach's now, bitches!

No, she's not here for the next 90 days to show off bikinis, nor shoot a movie, catch a rave or follow a band who has no interest in her.

The hot mess of an actress has checked into the Morningside Recovery drug rehab.

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Arrested Development Fans Can Rejoice "I Just Blue Myself" at Santa Ana Art Gallery Exhibit

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You know it takes mucho to tickle us cynical bastards at the Weekly, but we see late May as Christmas with the Netflix release of new Arrested Development episodes.

See, to us, Arrested Development is far realer than any "the real Orange County" reality show, except for the ones about our former neighbors in jail. So you can magine our delight in learning "I Just Blue Myself" is opening in Santa Ana.

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Mark Lijek, Real-Life Embassy Worker Depicted in Argo, Held Hostage by Rick Reiff Tonight

Categories: Film, TV
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Argo won the Oscar, Sir Ben is back on top and all is right with the world, at least through the Hollywood lens.

Or is it?

That's what Rick Reiff aims to find out tonight, when the veteran Orange County journo has on his teevee show one of the American embassy workers portrayed in the potboiler.

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[UPDATED with More Pic and Tweet Tributes:] Annette Funicello R.I.P.: Photos and Videos of the Best-Known Mouseketeer at Disneyland

Categories: Dishney, Film, TV
See the update at the end of page 3 about a local blogger's pictorial tribute to Annette and funnymen busting out tweets.

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ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 8, 1:51 P.M.: Annette Funicello today "died peacefully from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years," according to a statement from Disney. She was 70. Her rise to national prominence, which began with TV's The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s and continued with her Beach Blanket Bingo movies with Frankie Avalon in the 1960s, coincided with the opening of Anaheim's Disneyland, which is where she made one of her last public appearances.

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