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Five things to learn about ... monologuist Mike Daisey
Chicago Tribune critic1Because Spalding Gray is no longer alive, Daisey, 35, is probably America's most prominent theatrical monologuist. Like Gray, he sits behind a desk and riffs on matters micro and macro, personal and political. But the two are very different in style...Tags: Theater, Arts, Nikola Tesla, New York
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Reporter David Carr investigates his past
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSince everyone nowadays seems to save the worst for first, it's likely you've already heard the gory bits about New York Times media columnist David Carr's former life. That tub of detergent he had to dunk his arm in to clean off the track-mark scabs....Tags: New York Times, Books and Magazines, Newspapers
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Review: 'The Night of the Gun,' by David Carr
Bloomberg NewsTHE NIGHT OF THE GUN: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life - His Own, by David Carr. Simon & Schuster, 389 pp., $26. I try never to miss a story under David Carr's byline. The New York Times' media reporter is talented, aggressive and...Tags: New York Times, Books and Magazines
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The 'Age of Fake': Fireworks, singers, and beyond
Tribune criticNo, really: Were you upset about the Chinese kid who lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland" during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing? Or about the soul-stirring fireworks at the same event--many of which were, we now know, digitally...Tags: Television Industry, Louise Brooks, Corporate Crime, Olympic Games, Dorothy Parker
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Oh well, whatever, never mind
Be honest: Were you upset about the fakery at the Olympic Opening Ceremony, when the kid lip-synced "Ode to the Motherland"? Irked by the perfidy of the fireworks display at the same event—enhanced, we now know, by digital images to make it a better...Tags: Fraud, John Edwards, Barry Bonds, Corporate Crime, Dorothy Parker
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Liz Smith: How will Oprah react to outcome of lawsuit against Jessica Seinfeld?
Now that Jessica Seinfeld is back in the tabloids being sued for plagiarism in the matter of her vegetables-for-kids cookbook, Deceptively Delicious, it leads one to wonder - if Jessica loses her fight against the original vegetables-for-kids chef Missy...Tags: Academy Awards, Celebrity, Kew Gardens, Movies, Migration
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James Frey rises from the ashes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJAMES FREY was back in his old neighborhood, strolling happily along the Venice boardwalk, enjoying a sunny day in a T-shirt and aviator shades as he passed tattoo shops and a man who was selling what he claimed to be "philosophy." It doesn't get any...Tags: Vehicles, Movies, Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, Lincoln
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New audiobooks
STAFF WRITERToo busy to read? Why not listen to your literature? Here are some recent/notable releases: Bright Shiny Morning By James Frey, read by Ben Foster. $44.95. (13 1/2 Hours, 11 CDs) When You Are Engulfed in Flames By David Sedaris. $34.98. Available June...Tags: Literature, Michael York, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh
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Laguna Niguel readies for annual full moons
ONLY IN L.A.Amtrak passengers will be greeted by a series of full moons in Laguna Niguel on Saturday. That is, folks by the hundreds will be dropping their pants along a chain-link fence just east of the tracks near the Mugs Away Saloon. It's the 29th annual...Tags: Periodicals, Weather Reports, John Wayne
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Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
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|| 1. || The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Random House: $26) A European traveler arrives at the court of the Mughal emperor with a beguiling tale to tell. || 2 ||
|| 2. || Nothing to Lose...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Los Angeles, Family, Colorado, Lauren Weisberger
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Book review: 'When You Are Engulfed in Flames' by David Sedaris
Books EditorI've long held that the power of good writing trumps all other considerations. Is it by chance that sacred ancient texts, from the Pentateuch to the Gospels, the Tao Te Ching to the Bhagavad-Gita, are without exception great literature? I submit their...Tags: Carol Burnett, Book
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HOT SUMMER READS
FICTION AMERICAN QUILT The Lazarus Project By Aleksandar Hemon Riverhead, $24.95 A young Eastern European writer becomes obsessed with another immigrant who was killed by a Chicago police chief a century earlier. Set in Chicago, emigre Aleksandar...Tags: Haruki Murakami, Police Investigations, Eating Disorders, People, Police
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