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Life as Gore Vidal finds it, sans apology
Special to the Times"I guess there is something wrong with me, Mr. Beckman, because I can't for the life of me see what business it is of anyone else what I do." So says the protagonist of "The Zenner Trophy" -- an exceptionally bright young man about to be expelled from a...Tags: Book, Minority Groups, Key West, Police, Alfred Hitchcock
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Rod Hagwood on Fashion: Tom Ford directs; Armani undresses the Beckhams
Fashion ColumnistHandsome hottie Tom Ford has been rumored to be heading to Hollywood as an actor for years. Then three years ago, the dapper designer formed a production company called Fade to Black. Now comes word that Ford is going to sit in the director's chair this...Tags: David Beckham, National Football League, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Soccer, Julianne Moore
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Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance gets go-ahead
Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance gets go-ahead A Frank Gehry-designed museum can rise in Jerusalem on a site that was once a Muslim cemetery, Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for L.A.'s Simon Wiesenthal Center to build a Holy Land...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Yves Saint Laurent, Justice System, Thousand Oaks, Robert Downey Jr.
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Tom Ford Fashions His 'Single Man' Cast
Zap2It.comColin Firth has landed the lead in "A Single Man," the apparently long-awaited feature directing debut of fashion icon Tom Ford. The industry trades say that Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode will also star in the independently produced adaptation of...Tags: Los Angeles, Movies, Film Festivals, Colin Firth, Mamma Mia!
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Gay movie festival has 2 fine documentaries
Sentinel Movie CriticA couple of excellent documentaries and a pair of feature films comprise the lineup of the sixth Gay Orlando Film Festival, running this weekend at the Enzian Theater in Maitland. 'Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon' **** (Sat. 1:30) The phrase "gay porn...Tags: Minority Groups, Pornography, Fort Lauderdale, Natural Science, Maitland
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'Chris & Don: A Love Story'
Special to NewsdayGiven the threat gay people pose to lasting relationships, it's positively astounding what directors Guido Santi and Tina Mascara reveal in their affectionate nonfiction, "Chris and Don: A Love Story." Christopher Isherwood is probably as famous now as...Tags: Minority Groups, Tennessee Williams, Michael York, Movies, Gays and Lesbians
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'Chris & Don' is a romance for the ages
(A) The complexities that attended writer Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy's early romance aren't hard to grasp. There was the three-decade age difference, Isherwood being 49 when he met the 18-year-old Bachardy on a Santa Monica, Calif.,...Tags: Minority Groups, Movies, Chris & Don: A Love Story, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Santa Monica
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Longtime love story a window on culture
Chicago Tribune critic" Chris & Don: A Love Story" is a fascinating documentary, one much better than its rather flat and unimaginative title. What an extraordinary and unusual love story it turns out, by its end, to be, that of the long, devoted gay partnership between...Tags: Minority Groups, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Cotten, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Montgomery Clift
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'Chris & Don: A Love Story'
Special to The TimesThe complexities that attended writer Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy's early romance aren't hard to grasp. There was the three-decade age difference, Isherwood being 49 when he met the 18-year-old Bachardy on a Santa Monica beach in 1953....Tags: Movies, Minority Groups, West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Michael York
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Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy: a personal and artistic union
Special to The TimesEsteemed British writer Christopher Isherwood met 18-year-old Don Bachardy at Will Rogers State Beach in October 1952 and by early the next year, the two had begun an intimate relationship that lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986. They were a high-...Tags: Minority Groups, Mental Illness, Cinema Industry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Celebrity
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The List: Art Openings
So much art, so little time. How to best navigate the Los Angeles gallery and museum scene? Here are critic's previews, openings and continuing shows for the week beginning Thursday, June 26. Critic's Preview Christopher Knight, Times Art Critic Chris &...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Minority Groups, San Marino, Long Beach Museum of Art, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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Discoveries
Playing With the Grown-Ups
A Novel
Sophie Dahl
Doubleday/Nan A. Talese: 272 pp., $24
"She does have children, you know," Kitty's magisterial grandfather would tell potential suitors who called looking for Kitty's beautiful mother, Marina. Kitty grew...Tags: Book, Adults, Company Information, People, Adolf Hitler
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