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Bewitched, Bothered, Bacalld
It’s 1997 and my first year as a producer on the Golden Globes. I’m joining a “mission impossible” team of great professionals led by the legendary Dick Clark. They all have an easy, familiar way with the many superstars who come in for rehearsal. I am...Tags: Celebrity, Lauren Bacall, John Travolta, NBC, William Faulkner
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First Mates: No Longer A Girl Thing?
A feminist and a cranky guy's guy debate how far we've come, baby: Larry Since women won the right to vote in about 1978, political campaigns and news media have become well-trained in girl stuff designed to keep them interested, while the guys mull oil...Tags: Diplomacy, The White House, Political Campaigns, University of Hartford, Colleges and Universities
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Cyd Charisse dies in LA at 86
The Associated PressCyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86. Charisse was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday after suffering...Tags: Broadway, Theater, Literature, Fred Astaire, Arthur Freed
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Angelina Jolie has a killer role in 'Wanted'
Special to NewsdaySome things about the summer movie season are as predictable as ... well, the summer movie season. There will always be movies based on comic books - like "Wanted." There will always be movies worked on by five writers - like "Wanted." There will be...Tags: Thomas Kretschmann, Celebrity, Television, John Paul II, John Anderson
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Actor-Filmmaker Mel Ferrer Dies at 90
Zap2It.comMel Ferrer, an actor and filmmaker who was once married to Audrey Hepburn has died. He was 90. Ferrer died Monday, June 2 at his ranch near Santa Barbara, says family spokesperson Mike Mena. During his decades in show business, Ferrer directed nine...Tags: Tyrone Power Sr., Celebrity, Theater, Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck
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Tour Frank Sinatras Palm Springs spots
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrank Sinatra may have sung odes to New York, but the crooner called the Palm Springs area home for much of his life. Now fans can visit or drive by the places the Chairman of the Board dined, lived in and hung out. Sites include the Twin Palms Estate...Tags: New York, Christianity, Roman Catholic, Frank Sinatra
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UCLA Archive unearths gems in 'Unburied Treasures'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in...Tags: Theater, Celebrity, Joel McCrea, Billy Wilder, George S Kaufman
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Peru comes alive with irresistible rhythms
Times Staff WriterLima, Peru The penthouse recording studio of musician Manuel Miranda enjoys a panoramic view of this ancient and strangely compelling city. When he turns down the lights and turns up his bewitching brew of ancestral Andean melodies, jazzy rhythms and...Tags: Theater, Mario Vargas Llosa, Music Industry, Music, Ernest Hemingway
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Playing Howard huge
STAFF WRITER(PG-13) Profile in (a different kind of) courage: The match of Martin Scorsese and Howard Hughes makes for one of the best of the director's career. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin. Screenplay by John...Tags: Television, Tourism and Leisure, John Anderson, Howard Hughes, Jake LaMotta
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Movie Review: 'The Aviator'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic4 stars (out of 4) Howard Hughes--visionary airplane tycoon, unbuttoned movie mogul, insatiable woman-chaser and mad recluse of Las Vegas--is one of the great, wild figures of American history, a fascinating denizen of both America's shining public and...Tags: Alan Alda, Errol Flynn, Charles Evans Hughes, Leonardo DiCaprio, Howard Hughes
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SENIOR TRAVEL: Breaking up that long drive to Florida
Neither hurricanes nor harrowing gasoline prices can stop the annual pilgrimage of retirees to Florida, hopefully before the first snowfall. I have pleasant memories of the long drive, harking back to the days before I-95 knifed through the Eastern...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Smithfield, Melville, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Costume design: 'The Aviator'
Sandy Powell
While it is true to say that all five of this year's nominees were period pieces, that belies the diversity of work and range of styles they represented.
The winner, Sandy Powell, for her work on "The Aviator," re-created fashions of the...Tags: Academy Awards, Katharine Hepburn
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