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'Able Danger,' 'Fear(s) of the Dark,' 'Just Buried,' 'Little Big Top' and 'Splinter'
Since film noir's shadowy dread reflected a genuine post-World War II existential unease, it makes some sense that a movie about post-9/11 conspiracy theorists would boast a faux-noir style, as if the term had quotation marks around it.
But "Able Danger"...Tags: Los Angeles, Fear(s) of the Dark (movie), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), John Carpenter, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Ray Ellis dies at 85; arranger worked with Bobby Darin, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, scores of others
Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis, has died. He was 85.
Ellis, a longtime resident of Ojai, died Oct. 27 of liver cancer at an assisted-...Tags: Star Trek (movie), Bette Midler, Century City, Popular Music, Diseases
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Smokey Joe's Cafe: 'Infectious fun' in Coral Springs
Forum Publishing GroupIt is unfortunate that all of life cannot be the infectious fun that is the Stage Door Theatre's "Smokey Joe's Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller." "Smokey Joe's Café," the longest running musical revue on Broadway, was nominated for seven Tony awards...Tags: Stage Door Theater, Carole King, Theater, Rock and Roll, Jim Ryan
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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: Stan Getz, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, University of Virginia
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Visionary Arts museum returns to its inspired roots
When the American Visionary Art Museum opened in 1995, founder and director Rebecca Hoffberger sought to provide a new kind of institution for Baltimore and beyond.
It was not meant to be a science center that focused solely on technological achievements...Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Arthur C. Clarke, Libraries and Museums, Family, Alabama
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'Jukebox' launches music season
The regional concert season begins this evening with South County Concert Association's American Jukebox, featuring hits of the 1950s, Motown and disco performed by six singers and dancers backed by a six-piece band at Southern High School. On Saturday,...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Dance, Doris Day, Carnegie Hall, Theater
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Revival of 1992 comedy suffers from overwrought staging
Sun-Sentinel.comWendy Wasserstein's 1992 comedy "The Sisters Rosensweig" seemed to affirm, among other things, that the playwright took over the mantle of what passed for American boulevard comedy from Neil Simon. An Outer Critics Circle Award winner, it moved to...Tags: Madeline Kahn, Neil Simon, Wilton Manors, Theater
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"American Idol:" And the Winnah Is...
The TV ZoneYup, that should just about do it. The fat lady has sung and she's not even fat, and she's not even a lady: She's a he and he's from Utah, accessorized with a stage dad from hell, a golden......Tags: Chris Brown, David Cook, Music, David Archuleta, Television
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Sam Budnyk: Biography, fun facts
Born: Oct. 11, 1933 in Hammond, Ind. Alma mater: Notre Dame (1955) Family: Married to Maurita since 1961. Has five children, 13 grandchildren. Career coaching records at Cardinal Newman: Football (278-172-4, 44 years); softball (437-109, 18 years);...Tags: Vince Lombardi, National Football League, Football, Roman Catholic, Tim Brown
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Review: 'Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon'
Special to The TimesIf the name Jack Sheldon doesn't ring a bell, consider this: Music elite and bebop fans widely consider him the greatest living jazz trumpeter. This unheralded maestro, a founder of the West Coast jazz movement, has, since the 1950s, performed...Tags: Billy Crystal, Ray Charles, Merv Griffin, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman
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'American Idol': Top 3 perform
Reality CheckIt's top three time on tonight's American Idol. And that means three songs apiece, too, as each contestant will sing a judge's choice, a producers' choice and their own choice song. (Random celeb sighting: It's Lloyd -- aka Rex Lee......Tags: Chris Brown, David Cook, Television, Poetry, David Archuleta
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Queen Latifah: still defying one-note labels
The Associated PressEven though Queen Latifah is now on her second jazz album, there are still some who expect her to be spitting out raps instead of singing riffs. But the 37-year-old entertainer has never allowed herself to be defined by one talent, let alone one genre....Tags: Stevie Wonder, Jazz Music, Music, Georgia, Jay-Z
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