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'The Black Balloon' gets family right
Eschewing feel-good bromides in favor of messy authenticity, "The Black Balloon" is a tough-minded coming-of-age drama. At the center of the Australian independent film is 15-year-old Thomas, who as the son of a career army man is adjusting to yet another...Tags: Peta Wilson, Steve McQueen, Theater, Texas, John Malkovich
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Letters to the editor
Magnitude of blame Re “Terrorism in India has many faces,” Opinion, Nov. 30 The problem with Martha Nussbaum's article is that it seems to distract attention from the horrendous events in Mumbai. It also fails to emphasize the differences...Tags: Los Angeles, Terrorism, Thanksgiving, Rancho Palos Verdes, John Taylor
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First AME pastor's spending examined
The pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest and most prominent black congregations in Los Angeles, used church credit cards to pay for at least $122,000 in personal expenses over a three-year period, including jewelry,...Tags: Al Gore, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Internal Revenue Service, Embezzlement
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Quilters give injured veterans their handmade, heartfelt warmth
In one corner of the classroom at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, a group of women knotted blue thread atop layers of star-spangled fabric and cotton batting. In another corner, a sewing machine hummed over floral-patterned strips.
About a dozen ladies...Tags: Los Angeles, Palmdale, Healthcare Policies, Northridge, Anglican
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Stonefire Grill serves a need
Restaurateurs across the nation are conducting focus groups, cooking up promotional campaigns and generally struggling in vain to get their old diners to start eating out again. Then there is Mary Harrigan, whose small local chain of five Stonefire Grill...Tags: Government, Lemons, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Chatsworth, Sales
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'Iron Man' lifts Marvel Entertainment's profit 39%
The Associated PressStrong box-office receipts for the film "Iron Man" lifted Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s third-quarter earnings 39%, according to a report Tuesday from the movie, licensing and comic-book publishing company, which also raised its full-year forecast for 2008....Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Earnings Forecasts, New York, Iron Man (movie), Viacom Inc.
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Marvel's profits take flight on the back of 'Iron Man' success
Of The Associated PressStrong box office receipts for the film '' Iron Man'' lifted Marvel Entertainment Inc.'s third-quarter earnings 39 percent, according to a report Tuesday from the movie, licensing and comic-book publishing company, which also raised its full-year forecast...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Earnings Forecasts, New York, Iron Man (movie), Viacom Inc.
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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), Connie Francis, Doris Day, Paul Whiteman, Diseases
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In the celeb sex-tape trade, there's more flirting than hookups
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe callers are usually nervous, cagey about their identities and vague when it comes to facts, but to the porn companies on the other end of the telephone, their message is easy to decipher: I know of a celebrity sex tape and I want money. "Not a week...Tags: Justice System, Colin Farrell, Pamela Anderson, Television, Adults
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Global alert issued for stolen artwork
LOS ANGELES — Police have issued an international alert for a dozen paintings worth millions of dollars by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera and other masters that were stolen from an elderly couple's suburban Encino home. A $200,000 reward was offered...Tags: Auction Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera
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We Built This City: Soil Survivors
This isn't going to be one of those romantic stories about how Tapia Brothers is one of the last holdouts of the old-time produce stands (even though it is), a dusty place in Encino with a wooden counter and bins of fresh veggies and fruits, roosters...Tags: Road Accidents, San Fernando, Valencia, Halloween, Holidays
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Jesse James Hollywood appeal turned down by the Supreme Court
It was an unusual true-crime tale of kidnapping and murder that made its way onto the movie screens before the man accused of orchestrating the crime stood trial in court. But on Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for prosecutors in Santa...
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