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Why dirty is funny
When a federal appeals court judge who is presiding over an obscenity trial is himself revealed to have a "porn stash" on a personal website, as happened a couple of weeks ago, some might get indignant. Others might titter. But what if it turns out that...Tags: Justice System, Court Administration, Pornography, Book, Judges
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The Joke Is in the Male
Special to NewsdayIn that old family favorite, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," the tragically chaste Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) finally works up the chutzpah to call Trish ( Catherine Keener) and ask her for a date. He's nervous. Hesitant. Quasi-apoplectic. His Steve Austin...Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Jay Roach, Celebrity, Movies, Kristen Bell
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Eureka! Honeymooners have found their way here
Special CorrespondentImagine a wedding-and-honeymoon magnet that marries more than twice as many people each year as its entire population — but isn't Las Vegas. Picture a bohemia in which trolleys transport lovers up the most crooked streets in the world, climbing...Tags: Arkansas, Ray Charles, Personal Service, Family, Architecture
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10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT SCREENWRITERS
the Tribune's foreign/national news editorThe Writers Guild of America went on strike last week, idling wordsmiths for both the small and big screens. Just think of the fun that W.C. Fields, who wrote scripts under such pseudonyms as Mahatma Kane Jeeves and Otis Criblecoblis, might have had...Tags: Tina Fey, Cinema Industry, Weather Reports, Diseases, Chevy Chase
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Whitehouse takes Gonzales to the woodshed
Sheldon Whitehouse sounds like a character who would be played by Franklin Pangborn, the fussy second banana to W.C. Fields in The Bank Dick. Actually, Whitehouse is a freshman Democratic senator from Rhode Island who has been the breakout star of the...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Government, Rhode Island, Corporate Crime
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The Hottest Property
Times Staff Writer1880s Isaac Newton Van Nuys, entrepreneur and member of the homesteading Lankershim group, has built the San Fernando Valley's first wood-frame house, its curb appeal immediately driving up prices in an area of adobe structures. Van Nuys' house, which...Tags: Ava Gardner, Ravenswood, Farms, San Fernando, Beverly Hills
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Bottoms Up
Down the hill from Whitley Heights, at the joint where Robert Mitchum and W.C. Fields used to knock 'em back, I sat on a sticky pleather barstool and confidently ordered the lowest-sounding drink I could think of: a Depth Charge. "We don't have that,...Tags: Robert Mitchum
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Whitley Heights
Times Staff WriterThe best time I've ever had in Los Angeles was the three months I lived in Whitley Heights. It was last summer. I had just moved from a town of 354 in New Mexico, and Los Angeles was daunting. Luckily, I had friends living on what locals call The Hill,...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), New Mexico, Building Material, Marlene Dietrich, Venice
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California, here we come ...
South Florida ParentingEnjoy a week in sunny Southern California A trip to the Golden State might seem like an awfully long way to go from Florida - particularly since California has much of the same to offer: a Disney resort, Universal Studios, and miles of sandy beaches and...Tags: LEGO Group, Tennis, Theme Park Vacations, Elizabeth Taylor, Movies
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DVD releases
Metromix StaffApril 24 Movies • "Night at the Museum" • "The Queen" • "Deja Vu" • "Thr3e" • "Code Name - The Cleaner" • "10 Items or Less" Television • "NCIS - The Complete Third Season" • "The Odd Couple - The First Season" • "WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete...Tags: Spider-Man, William Shakespeare, Crimes, Juvenile Delinquency, Police
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Overview
When the insults finally soaked in - just in time for America's bicentennial in 1976 - the city began renovating. The soon-to-follow Rocky films sentimentalised Philly's tough-guy reputation, born in the Ben Franklin fraternity of rebellious...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
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Grounds for insanity
STAFF WRITERWe have questions. Sit still. This shouldn't hurt. 1. Are you incapable of eating a Baby Ruth candy bar near a swimming pool? 2. When contemplating a chess move, mixing a cocktail or, more to the point, lining up a golf putt, do you find yourself...Tags: Buddhism, Rodney Dangerfield, Katharine Hepburn, Matt Damon, Film Festivals
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