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After purchasing Henson Studios for $44 million, John Mayer and the filmmaker McG have renamed the place Chaplin Studios. Their goal, they say, is to preserve the historic complex on La Brea Avenue.

John Mayer and McG are in no rush to leave their stamp on the historic L.A. studio lot they bought together a year ago, now rebranded Chaplin Studios.

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John Mayer and McG renamed the lot to Chaplin Studios to honor the figure who broke ground on the property more than a century ago.