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The women of 'Mad Men'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIN ITS first season, "Mad Men," AMC's glossy series about a group of guys on Madison Avenue, received critical raves for its finely drawn portraits of the employees of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency. Set in 1960, it focused on Don Draper, a...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Los Angeles, Lucille Ball, Movies, Celebrity Mothers
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'The Marvelous Wonderettes' at Laguna Playhouse
Special to The TimesAs if in response to the midsummer heat, "The Marvelous Wonderettes" returns to captivate us, with an aerated glee that is virtually irresistible. In its splendid new Laguna Playhouse staging, Roger Bean's long-running hit about four singing archetypes at...Tags: Theater, Brian Baker, Hermosa, Music, Hermosa Beach
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'Nobody, nothing was sacred'
Shortly before midnight on Aug. 3, 1958, Lenny Bruce got off an airplane at Midway Airport. No one knows exactly what he did the next day until, at 8 p.m., he walked onto the stage of the Cloister Inn nightclub and said, "I've been thinking a lot about...Tags: Second City, George Carlin, Diana Ross, Bars, Los Angeles
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Interviews with Fringe's most anticipated artists
Sentinel Theater CriticIt's the 17th annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival (phew!), the 12-day celebration of everything onstage — plays, musicals, dance, comedy, music, performance art and just about anything else that moves. We talked to some of the...Tags: Music Theater, Mississippi, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Festive Event, Literature
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Shows playing at the Fringe Festival
A complete list of performances playing at this year's Fringe Festival. A Brief History of Petty Crime, The Roodie Pancake Experiment, London. Solo-comedy. $10. After the success of 2007's Curriculum Vitae, Brit Jimmy Hogg returns to Orlando to...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Literature, Music, Academic Progress, Theater
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Miley Cyrus photos may tarnish squeaky-clean image
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen a 15-year-old girl flashes a hint of her green bra in a playfully naughty photo on the Internet, hardly anyone -- aside from perhaps her parents -- blinks. But when the teen is Miley Cyrus, the face of the billion-dollar "Hannah Montana" Disney...Tags: Game Playing, Mickey Mouse, Consumer Electronics Industry, Music, Television Industry
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WATCHING
1. 'It's a Wonderful Life' 7 p.m., WMAQ-Ch. 5 Now that this 1946 holiday classic isn't being screened around the clock anymore, it doesn't hurt to give folks a couple of chances to watch it -- especially on Christmas Eve. James Stewart is...Tags: Christmas, James Stewart, American Idol, New York, Central Park
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What's so wonderful about it?
Idon't much care for films that celebrate "small-town values." I always feel judged, even personally attacked, by these movies. When the restless Jenny in "Forrest Gump" leaves town and ends up an ex-junkie dying of AIDS, I read it as a threat to any...Tags: Jimmy Stewart, Colleges and Universities, Movies, Heavy Engineering, Pennsylvania
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Oscars: 'Jones,' Poitier, Neal
From The Times: April 14, 1964
The 2,600-odd members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences spread their statuettes around much more liberally than was expected during the 36th annual Oscar presentation ceremony Monday evening in the Santa...Tags: Ed Begley, Edward G Robinson, Academy Awards, Jack Lemmon, Sammy Davis Jr.
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This 'Wonderful' dials up a winner with retro warmth
Tribune arts reporterCombine the phrases "It's a Wonderful Life" with "A Live Radio Play" and you seem to imply irreverence — a seasonal mess of potage gurgling with exaggerated Jimmy Stewart impressions, faux Donna Reed-style sap, campy sound effects and enough fake...Tags: Jimmy Stewart, Theater, Frank Capra Jr., American Theatre, Public Holidays
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WGN-TV Historical Timeline: 1968
1968 February Pat Boone's singing is featured on WGN's coverage of the 1968 Chicago Auto Show. April 5 WGN celebrates its 20th anniversary. April 8 WGN begins around-the-clock programming May 13 WGN televises the Chicago Emmy Awards from the...Tags: Chicago Auto Show, Pat Boone, Richard M. Daley, Emmy Awards, Television Industry
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'From Here to Eternity'
Times Staff WriterSome motion pictures are born great, others achieve greatness over time, but only the truly exceptional have had it both ways. Rapturously received from the moment it was released in 1953, "From Here to Eternity" remains, half a century later, a...Tags: Jimmy Stewart, West L.A., Imogene Coca, Ava Gardner, Joan Crawford
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