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Milestone celebration held for historic San Francisco's Chinatown theater

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San Francisco Chinatown’s Great Star Theater celebrated its centennial on Saturday.

Lion dances took place and firecrackers went off as many in the community gathered to celebrate the long-standing landmark.

Backstage, there was a VIP meet and greet with Oakland native and Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu.

From Chinese operas, kung-fu movies to burlesque shows, the theater hosts a diverse range of events.

The special guests on Saturday included former Rolling Stone Magazine journalist Ben Fong Torres and Wu.

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