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Peter J. Levinson dies at 74; publicist and biographer of big-band legends
Peter J. Levinson, a veteran music industry publicist who worked with some of the leading names of the big-band era and later wrote biographies of three of them, has died. He was 74.
Levinson died Tuesday at his Malibu home of injuries suffered in a...Tags: Fred Astaire, Jack Jones, Tommy Dorsey, Literature, Dave Brubeck
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The Hollywood Palladium gets a second wind
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSIXTY-EIGHT years ago this month, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and its new singer, a skinny 24-year-old New Jersey crooner named Frank Sinatra, welcomed a cheering crowd to opening night at the Hollywood Palladium. Dorothy Lamour was there to snip the...Tags: Halloween, Paul McCartney, Tommy Dorsey, AEG AG, Dancing
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Divine Find: House of Vintage / House of Sweets in Delray Beach
South Florida Sun-SentinelHouse of Vintage (House of Sweets located inside) Address: 123 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-7477, myhouseofvintage.com; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Owner: Michelle Parparian (Amanda Watkins co-owns House of Sweets) Quote: "I love vintage...Tags: Photography, Delray Beach, Shoes, Oscar de la Renta, Kohl's Corporation
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Largo gets new lease on life at the old Coronet
Special to The TimesJON BRION'S last night at Largo was epic. The singer-songwriter's free-for-all Fridays at the tiny Fairfax Avenue nightclub had been drawing capacity crowds for more than a decade, but his May 2 show was historic: his final turn before owner Mark Flanagan...Tags: Theater, Galileo Galilei, Woody Guthrie, Aimee Mann, Jack Black
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'Falcon Crest' Actress Jane Wyman Dies at 90
Special to The TimesJane Wyman, the Academy Award-winning actress whose long and distinguished film and television career was nearly overshadowed by her real-life role as the first wife of actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan, died this morning. She was 90. Wyman died at...Tags: Jane Wyman, Celebrity Mothers, Cinema Industry, Christianity, California
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Boys, girls and 9/11
It is time to consider a post-9/11 stupidity amnesty. Anybody who recalls the tidal wave of inane public speech that battered the country in the months after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, during what one writer...Tags: Books and Magazines, Sociology, Diplomacy, Society, Armed Forces
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Designer uses blasts from past to liven up laptop bags
Fashion has been slow to arrive in the laptop bag market. In fact, tracking down a stylish computer tote takes more stamina than most shoppers care to endure. Enter Chicago-based designer Jay Moore, founder of Maddie Powers Inc. The 42-year-old...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, California, Electronics, Anaheim, Best Buy Company Incorporated
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Kidman Married to 'Millionaire'
Zap2It.comNicole Kidman is expected to produce a remake of "How to Marry a Millionaire" for 20th Century Fox. In addition to producing through her busy Blossom Films shingle, Kidman may also take one of the starring roles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The...Tags: Baz Luhrmann, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Cruise, Movies
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From Justin To Kelly
STAFF WRITER(PG). Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, freshly scrubbed and pressed from TV's "American Idol," splash and sing on the teen-swept beaches of Miami. Twentieth Century Fox, the studio that invented the Betty Grable musical, is responsible for this wan and...Tags: Television, American Idol (tv program), Miami Beach, Beach Vacations, Natural Disasters
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We must remember this: Films give solace
Chicago Tribune movie criticGreat wars and social tragedies can make the movies seem temporarily irrelevant. But, in the end, the emotions those cataclysms arouse and the memories they leave almost always enter into the movies -- and, eventually, they change them just as...Tags: Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Chicago International Film Festival
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Comfort in crisis
Tribune Movie CriticIn times of war and trial, America has found relief and solace at the movies. They've rallied us, eased our fears, attacked our enemies, soothed our worries and, most of all, raised our spirits. No doubt they will again, even in the aftermath of last...Tags: Donald Crisp, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Adolf Hitler, John Garfield, Vincente Minnelli
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Shot at the big time
PARK CITY, Utah--So there he was, 31-year-old Pete Jones of Chicago, director of the moment, walking up the line of paparazzi who were shouting his name as he posed for photographs alongside two of Hollywood's bigger movie stars, Matt Damon and Ben...Tags: Theater, Kevin Pollak, Television, Sean Penn, Bonnie Hunt
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