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Happy birthday, Carolyn Keene!
Jacket CopyToday is the birthday of Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, who wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.... -
Happy birthday to the creator of 'The Little Prince'
Jacket CopyOn this day 112 years ago, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of "The Little Prince," was born in Lyon, France.... -
Happy birthday, Edward Gorey! And more book news
Jacket CopyBook news: Edward Gorey's fur coat, David Foster Wallace remembered, a rare Action Comics No. 1 discovered, Justin Bieber to publish photo book, and Stephen Colbert's satirically bad children's book is on the way.... -
Florence Parry Heide dies at 92; prolific children's author
Florence Parry Heide, a prolific children's book author best known for her droll illustrated picture book "The Shrinking of Treehorn" and her ability to convey in her writing what it is like to be a child, has died. She was 92.
Heide died in her sleep...Tags: Entertainment Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jules Feiffer, Mystery (genre), MGM Inc.
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The ultimate 'American Idol' power ranking: 120 contestants on, Kelly Clarkson still reigns supreme
Idol TrackerIt's often been said that "American Idol" is really just a popularity contest. Sure, singing and showmanship is important, as is a contestant's back-story and TV persona, but when it comes to advancing in the competition, many an inferior vocalist have... -
Found photography drives 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'
Jacket CopyRansom Riggs used old creepy found photography to inform his new novel "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children."... -
The not-ghastly tale of Edward Gorey's fur coat
Jacket CopyAuthor-illustrator Edward Gorey's fur coats were auctioned in December; at the Paris Review, A.N. Devers explains how she managed to win one.... -
Word Play: Pictures for the fall
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIn "Knuffle Bunny" and "Knuffle Bunny, Too," readers fell in love with the highly expressive Trixie in her pre-verbal and preschool states. Along with her, we experience the drama of (temporarily) losing her beloved stuffed Knuffle Bunny, and we strain...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Eyes and Vision, Children, Edwidge Danticat
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Art review: 'Tim Burton' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Culture MonsterIt takes great editing to make a great movie. As it turns out, the same goes for a great museum exhibition that's about the movies. "Tim Burton," the big, poorly organized traveling show from New York's Museum of Modern Art...... -
Horrible Halloween: The Tiger Lillies return to Royce Hall on October 31
Brand XThe fathers of post-punk alt-cabaret, the gloriously obscene Tiger Lillies, are headed again to UCLA's Royce Hall ready to inflict more of their signature macabre entertainment on unsuspecting audiences. Appropriately, the terror-inducing Grammy-nominated... -
Monster Mash: 'Fela!,' 'La Cage' top Tony nominees; remembering Redgrave; Turner Prize finalists named
Culture Monster-- Tony nods: The musicals "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles" have each received 11 nominations to lead the field for the 2010 Tony Awards. (Los Angeles Times) -- On the edge: A painter who specializes in scenes of tragedies,...... -
Bordello chic seduces L.A.
Inside the dimly lighted splendor of the 3-month-old West Hollywood nightclub Voyeur, the chairs look like traditional Victorian antiques. Venture closer, however, and they offer a titillating surprise. One wing chair seems to be encased in a lace-paneled...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Charles Bukowski, Social Issues, England
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