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Oscars by the Numbers
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Red carpet fashion statements
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticWith a lifetime of red carpet misses ranging from uncomfortably busty Guinevere gowns to something reminiscent of Grandma's doily tablecloth, Disney princess Miley Cyrus hasn't exactly been fashion It Girl material. Until now. The sleek and chic...Tags: Artists, Gucci Group NV, Uma Thurman, Academy Awards, Roksanda Ilincic
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Cesaria Evora dies at 70; Grammy-winning singer known as the 'Barefoot Diva'
Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in bayside bars on the West African island nation of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy Award in 2004 after she finally took her music to stages around the world, died Saturday. She was 70.
Evora,...Tags: Entertainment, Dining and Drinking, Western Africa, Cape Verde, Portugal
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Pacific Symphony season to star Lang Lang and honor Ellington
Culture MonsterPianists Lang Lang and Andre Watts and cellist Alisa Weilerstein are key soloists for the Pacific Symphony's 2012-13 season. The annual American Composers Festival will focus on the music of Duke Ellington.... -
Jerry Leiber dies at 78; lyricist in songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller
Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78.
Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at...Tags: Artists, Human Interest, Radio, Jerry Wexler, Popular Music (genre)
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Influences: Patti LuPone
Culture MonsterLuPone will perform a concert Tuesday at UCLA's Royce Hall as a benefit for Reprise Theatre Company. "Gypsy in My Soul" will feature the actress singing an eclectic array of songs with a 10-piece band. She talks of the people who influenced her.... -
Roquefort, France: Where the blue blood of blue cheeses lives
Special to the Los Angeles TimesA cool water droplet hit my forehead as I descended narrow stairs into the caves. An overwhelming smell — ammonia meets dirty feet — assaulted my nostrils. Chilly, stinky, damp. It was heaven. I had entered the caves of Roquefort (rohk-FOR), a...Tags: Landforms, Mountains, Caves and Caverns, France, Breads
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Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLet the other ships have their rock climbing walls and their water slides, their come as-you-are and do-as-you-please ambience. On the new Queen Elizabeth, it's lawn bowling and croquet, formal nights and afternoon teas, assigned seating and fixed...Tags: Elizabeth II, Human Interest, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Television, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Book review: '13 rue Thérèse' by Elena Mauli Shapiro
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen Elena Mauli was a little girl growing up in Paris in the 1980s, an old woman named Louise Brunet lived alone in an apartment above her family. When she died, no one came to collect her things. The landlord allowed the other tenants to take...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, Education, Maurice Chevalier, Colleges and Universities
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Live review: Vanessa Paradis at the Orpheum Theatre
Pop & HissFor more than a decade, Americans have pondered the appeal of the French singer-actress-model who captured the heart of Hollywood's sexiest leading man. Outside of Chanel ads and foreign films, Vanessa Paradis has remained a primarily European enigma.... -
U.K.'s Anna Calvi on her widescreen approach to music
Pop & HissThe artistic reference points in the largely glowing reviews out of the U.K. of the debut album from English guitarist, singer and songwriter Anna Calvi, which came out this week in the U.S., are more often cinematic than musical. Her...... -
MOCA gets its hands on Francesco Vezzoli's 'Greed,' starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams
Culture Monster'Greed,' starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, heads to MOCA...
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