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PINKAPALOOZA



1,2,3) The Fall Out Boys perform on L.A.’s legendary Santa Monica Pier during Victoria’s Secret PINK'S PINKAPALOOZA on July 17. 2008. Victoria’s Secret PINK is celebrating the launch of their back-to-school collection. 4) Danny Masterson (AKA DJ MomJeans) spin everyone’s favorite summer tunes during PINKAPALOOZA. Masterson is an actor known for his role as Steven Hyde in 'That '70s Show.' 5) A girl and her mother check-out Victoria’s Secret mascot on the Santa Monica Pier. 6) The Pacific Wheel's LED reader board promotes Victoria’s Secret PINK'S PINKAPALOOZA event.
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Hannah Montana

(ABOVE) Actress, singer, and songwriter Miley Cyrus, AKA Hannah Montana, is interviewed at the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, July 19, 2008, while filming an episode for Disney Channel's hit television series. (TOP) A Hannah Montana double stands in for a scene. Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006, on Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night. Concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family.
Emily Osment

Actress Emily Osment, 16, who plays Lilly Truscotton on Disney Channel's hit television series, 'Hannah Montana,' signs autographs, takes photos with her fans and poses for a portrait at the Santa Monica Pier while filming an episode on Tuesday, July 15, 2008.
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GLOW

The GLOW event will feature an array of live art exhibitions, entertainment, and music, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. July 19, and glowing through the night until 7 a.m. This unique event is free to the public and will introduce a new way of participating in, and experiencing art. GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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(TOP) Art instructor Millie Greene (left) teaches a plein-air oil painting class to Cathryn Sacks (center) and Rhanda Nelson (right) at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, July 08, 2009. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors (such as in a studio). (ABOVE) Millie Greene's oil painting on Wednesday, July 08, 2009.
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