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'The Jewel of Medina' by Sherry Jones
Special to The Times"THE JEWEL of Medina," a novel by journalist Sherry Jones, was originally to be published in August. But Random House decided to drop this historical romance about A'isha, the child bride of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, after an alarm was sounded by an...Tags: Gloria Steinem, Censorship, Book, Laurel, Salman Rushdie
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Terror in the graveyard!
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the place to be for offbeat screenings in the summer: sitting in the grass in the dark, the lights of Hollywood aglow overhead, flirting over open containers of Trader Joe's nosh. The formula – screening a...Tags: Movies, Smokey Robinson, James Brown, Donald Sutherland, Quentin Tarantino
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On Aug. 23, 1754, Louis XVI, the last king of France in the line of Bourbon monarchs before the French Revolution of 1789, was born at Versailles. In 1775 Britain's King George III proclaimed the American Colonies in a state of "open and avowed...Tags: Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Richard Hatch, Spiro Agnew, Baseball
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Lost art of vaudeville back with 'Pazzazz!'
We were lunching at Musso & Frank's, which is a glorious old restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard once filled with luminaries from the worlds of literature and cinema, but almost empty on this particular day. The place was opened in 1919 by John Musso and...Tags: Lillian Russell, Theater, Music Theater, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), F Scott Fitzgerald
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Douglas Fairbanks' 125th birthday at Hollywood Forever
At the end of an impressive if murky reflecting pool in the middle of a lawn so verdant it seems out of place, the original Hollywood swashbuckler, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., lies buried in one of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery's most ostentatious mausoleums....Tags: Tyrone Power Sr., Texas, Movies, Santa Monica, Pen Argyl
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Authentic 'My Brother' is a keeper with texture, soul
(A-) It's been nearly five years since the six-hour Italian triumph The Best of Youth debuted at Cannes and then came to America. Those who saw it soon understood that nothing in the current cinematic world is as rare as this kind of serious, adult...Tags: Family, People, Movies, Teen-agers
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Italian Gem Worth Checking Out
LOS ANGELES TIMESIt has been nearly five years since the six-hour Italian triumph "The Best of Youth" debuted at Cannes and then came to America. Those who saw it soon understood that nothing in the current cinematic world is as rare as this kind of serious, adult...Tags: Family, People, Movies, Teen-agers, James Woods
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A flurry of projects
Special to NewsdayMark Fergus grew up in the shadows of Astoria's Kaufman-Astoria studios, the onetime incubator of an infant film industry, the place where Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson vamped silently, and Groucho Marx later made jokes about shooting an elephant...Tags: Groucho Marx, Movies, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Anderson, Jon Favreau
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Raising the bar in Los Angeles
Times Staff WriterWhere the action is (and will be) Currently open Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 273-1912. http://www.barnineteen12.com The stylish, post-Deco companion bar to the famed Polo Lounge looks to remain...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Game Playing, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Popular Music, Road Accidents
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ZaZa takes its show to Houston
Tribune staff reporterHotel ZaZa 5701 Main St., Houston, Texas; 713-526-1991; www.hotelZaZa.com/houston Whatever image you've formed of Houston, it plummets into the abyss at the darkly fascinating Hotel ZaZa Houston. Flush with Hotel ZaZa's rousing success in Dallas...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Personal Service, Texas, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Bayside
Special to amNewYorkAlthough you'll never see a subway car in this northeast Queens burg, you can find just about everything else you might want. A mall full of chain stores? Check. A quaint strip of mom-and-pop stores within easy walking distance? Check. History? A Civil...Tags: Theft, Tourism and Leisure, Long Island Expressway, Imperial and Royal Matters, Barnes & Noble Incorporated
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Seduced by a naughty past
Special to The TimesAfter selling the Derby in Los Feliz, nightlife impresario Tony Gower hoped to cash out of L.A. for good. He moved to Hawaii with visions of running a little tiki bar and relaxing on the beach. That was before he learned that island bars are typically...Tags: Tim Burton, Music, Baz Luhrmann, Dance, Madonna
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