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Scene of the crime
A director, shot dead in his own apartment. Three actresses linked to him romantically -- one by a monogrammed silk nightie she'd left in his closet. Studio thugs trying to cover up the details of a life that turned out, to everyone's surprise, to have...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Celebrity, Book, Movies
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'The Chris Farley Show' by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 22, 2008 In 2004, the E! network counted down the 101 most unforgettable "Saturday Night Live" moments. Chris Farley was the only person to be featured in the top 10 more than once. No. 9 on the list was the infamous Chippendales sketch in which...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Chevy Chase, Celebrity
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Donate this! (In my name)
Arelatively new trend has emerged, and it needs to be stamped out right now. This summer, for my birthday, my literary agents sent me a card informing me that a donation in my name had been made to the "Victims of Childhood Sunburn" or some such...Tags: Democratic Party, Charity, Charlie Chaplin, George Clooney, Beverage Industry
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'Code Name: The Cleaner'
SPECIAL TO NEWSDAY"One wing of his brain has shut down," the doctor says of Cedric the Entertainer's character Jake, who can't remember who he is or how he got in a hotel room full of money, broken glass and a dead FBI agent. The doctor may be a quack, but the...Tags: John Anderson, Jim Carrey, Lou Costello, Theater, Celebrity
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U.S. Highway 395: California's 'mother road'
Times Staff WriterEVERY road sings its own tune. Route 66 is a classic, sometimes raucous ditty from Chicago to L.A.; Highway 1 a twisty ballad to the voluptuous California coast; and U.S. 395 a mandolin-driven ode to the West that evokes images of cowboy boots and...Tags: Earthquakes, John Wayne, Fishing, Gene Autry, Christmas
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His school of shock
Special to NewsdayThus far, the Vatican has remained silent. But that doesn't mean there isn't another theological controversy simmering at movie theaters this summer. The issue: Can a man of God - specifically, a chubby, shirtless Mexican in a ski mask and Spandex - find...Tags: Jim Carrey, Jack Black, Celebrity, Movies, Wrestling
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Momma's funny, right? Fat chance
Los Angeles TimesTaking in the bulbous, dimpled totality of Martin Lawrence's plus-size getup in "Big Momma's House 2" - whether in a high-riding one-piece bathing suit or the customary flower print dress - it's not hard to marvel at the advances in drag technology...Tags: Martin Lawrence, Queen Latifah, Mark Moses, Orange (Orange, California), Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Those Hollywood nights
Special to The TimesWhen the film industry set up camp in Los Angeles in 1909, migrating actors from the East looked around for nightlife action in Hollywood and found a scene that was largely a big snooze. Downtown, the city's social hub, teemed with burlesque halls, and...Tags: Dance, Clara Bow, Casino and Gambling Industry, Clubs and Associations, Venice
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'Big Momma's House 2'
Special to The TimesTaking in the bulbous, dimpled totality of Martin Lawrence's plus-size get-up in "Big Momma's House 2" — whether in a high-riding one-piece bathing suit or the customary flower print dress — it's not hard to marvel at the advances in drag...Tags: Martin Lawrence, Queen Latifah, Mark Moses, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Movies
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Brightwaters
Beginnings: For two centuries after John Mowbray was given a royal patent in 1708 for the tract that included Brightwaters, nothing much disturbed the bucolic section of saltwater swamps, freshwater lakes and woods adjacent to Bay Shore. Real estate...Tags: Great South Bay, Wetlands, New York, Turning Point, Bay Shore
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Summer in Brightwaters a Century Ago
Staff WriterTHE SUN, the sea, a summer afternoon. What better way to while away a summer day than boating, bathing, clamming or just hanging out on a beach of the Great South Bay? As New York City in the early 1900s became increasingly crowded and stifling with...Tags: Great South Bay, Long Island, Book, Movies, History
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They Lived Here
Staff WriterThe notion of Long Island as home to chic colonies of film actors hardly started with the recent influx to the Hamptons. Way back in 1915, the Vitagraph Co. opened a studio in Bay Shore. And for a while, Norma Talmadge, Fatty Arbuckle and Marie Dressler...Tags: Douglaston, Clara Bow, Lou Costello, Broderick Crawford, Clifton Webb
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