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Legendary East, valued at $441 million, plans to go public
Legendary Pictures' new Chinese film venture will trade publicly on the Hong Kong stock market in an agreement that initially values the company at $441 million and provides it with a $220.5-million cash infusion.
Legendary East, which intends to produce...Tags: Arts and Culture, Stock Market, Technology, Hong Kong, Relativity Media
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Al Davis dies at 82; Oakland Raiders owner transformed team
Al Davis, the tough-minded owner of the Oakland Raiders who transformed a failing team into a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most successful franchises in professional football only to preside over its dramatic decline in recent years, died...Tags: John Madden, USC Trojans, Justice System, African Americans, Baltimore Colts
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Reel China: U.S. film producers are engaging the Chinese
China bought $91.9-billion worth of U.S. goods last year, including boatloads of medical devices, precious metals and electrical equipment. But when it comes to America's most celebrated cultural export — Hollywood movies — crossing China's...Tags: Entertainment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (movie), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Taking a nostalgic ride on the world's oldest roller coasters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterReporting from Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pa.-- My current travels across the great American roller-coaster belt will put me aboard five of the oldest operating coasters in the world, including the very oldest at little Lakemont Park here in Altoona....Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Astroland, Upper Marlboro, Amusement and Theme Parks, Six Flags Inc.
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Sound Garden
Las Vegas has long been synonymous with world-class entertainment. Lavish theatrical productions and big-name resident headliners have been filling hotels for decades. Yet Sin City wasn’t always a top stop for touring bands — that is...Tags: Deadmau5 (music group), Arctic Monkeys (music group), Entertainment, Thievery Corporation (music group), Fine Arts
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The Siren's Call: A horn of plenty's worth of holiday reading
One Thanksgiving lesson most school kids probably don't receive has to do with the horn of plenty adorning festive paintings. For me it always seemed like a weird choice for carrying harvested food — what about a simple, flat-bottomed basket? But...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Geographic Channel (tv network), The Washington Post, Entertainment, Herman Melville
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Nonfiction
The Age of Movies
The Selected Writings of Pauline Kael
Edited by Sanford Schwartz
Library of America, $40
Witty, entertaining and often exhilarating, this wide-ranging collection of pieces captures the film critic at her best.
Alice James
A...Tags: Mark Kelly, Diseases and Illnesses, Thomas Keneally, Wars and Interventions, Orlando Magic
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Legendary Pictures to produce movies in China through joint venture
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the last few years China has emerged as one of the world's fastest-growing movie markets, but government restrictions have limited the ability of American studios to export their films there. Now a top Hollywood finance and production company is...Tags: James Cameron, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Human Interest, The Karate Kid (movie, 2010)
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Book review: 'The Novice: A Story of True Love'
The Novice
A Story of True Love
Thich Nhat Hanh
HarperOne: 147 pp., $23.99
The novel, as a storytelling device, begins with that white parchment of possibility, turns many tricks, reveals many truths and, in the best of hands, can exploit the very...Tags: Bible, Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest, Religious Education, Buddhism
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Hawaii: Where's Lilo and other fun and games at Disney's Aulani hotel
Los Angeles Times staff writerReporting from Ko Olina, Oahu - My 11-year-old daughter, Hannah, has wanted to visit Hawaii since Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" movie came out in 2002. The wacky animated movie about a Hawaiian girl who adopts a pet that turns out to be an alien was filled...Tags: Polynesia, Entertainment, Personal Service, Orlando Hotels, Health
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Did Babe Ruth play a role in the origin of the MLB trade deadline?
The Fabulous ForumBASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: Babe Ruth played a part in the institution of Major League Baseball's first trade deadline. As we get closer to the July 31 Major League Baseball trade deadline, thoughts generally turn to where players like Carlos Beltran...... -
Did a panty raid lead to Auburn's first national championship in football?
The Fabulous ForumFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: A panty raid helped lead to Auburn's first national championship. Earlier this year, Auburn University won the national college football championship by defeating Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game. It was the first...
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