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From old-timey comedians like Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Oliver Hardy (Stan Laurel's rotund partner) to character actors like Sydney Greenstreet and Victor Buono to wild men like John Candy and Chris Farley, Hollywood has always had a special place for fat men, especially the funny ones. But in a body-obsessed, size 0 industry even Hollywood's corpulent comedians aren’t immune to downsizing. Fat -- whether used as epithet, compliment or neutral descriptor -- meant something...

Wait... the X-Games are over? Didn't they just start? WTF EXPN? We blinked and all those underground athletes who flip their motorcycles and bmx bikes and skateboards are gone? Where was the parade through the city like the circus used to do? Where were the banners from the light poles? We knew more about King Tut being here than we did Shaun White & Co. More people talk about the rain when it appears...

For years, driving around, certain buildings stand out. The Egyptian-style apartment building at 747 Wilcox, for example, never fails to turn heads. Built in 1926, there's nothing particularly Egyptian about the architecture. But King Tut's tomb was discoverd in 1922, and some of the Egypt-mania that ensued must have drifted over to the building's owners. Two greek-looking pillars are detailed with Egyptian-ish designs; colorful paintings adorn every detail possible. In the domed hallway to the front door, Egyptian gods parade toward the entrance, with Isis presiding over all (see photos here).

So have you heard that King Tut is coming to town? He's embarking on a 27 month tour, stopping in four US cities, and our very own LACMA gets to put out the red carpet welcome. This smacks of a high-profile rock star tour, with the main attraction being even older than the Rolling Stones. Tut and his glittering goodies haven't made a US appearance in almost thirty years; the last visit in 1978-79 sparked something akin to Tut Fever--remember Steve Martin's King Tut song parody? So how will Tut fare in the 21st Century? Well, our eyebrows raised a bit when ABC's 20/20 called Tut the 'King of Bling', so we know his golden artifacts have a current equivalent in our lexicon. And he's garnering media oomph aplenty; Good Morning America is featuring the event prominently, and the "premiere" is expected to be a celeb-heavy happening. Where does that leave the public? Well, in line, it would seem. Pre-sale tickets have been available since March, and have surpassed the 250,000 mark. We know from back in the day at LACMA's "Van Gogh's Van Goghs" show that even a ticket still means a line, and the Egyptian P-Diddy is guaranteed to attract throngs of spectators, eager to take in "more than 130 artifacts from the tombs of King Tut, several of his relatives and his 18th Dynasty (1555 B.C. to 1305 B.C.) contemporaries". Never fear--Tut isn't doing a one-night stand, he's here June 16-November 15, so we say plan to go a little later. But plan on going--who knows when this lived-fast and died-young King is going to make his comeback!