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Mike McGrady dies at 78; journalist behind sexy bestselling hoax
In the summer of 1966, Newsday columnist Mike McGrady threw down the gauntlet to a trusted coterie of fellow journalists: Produce a novel so poorly written and relentlessly focused on sex that it would fly off bookstore shelves. Two dozen colleagues,...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Periodicals, Awards and Prizes, Harold Robbins, News Media
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Critic's Notebook: NBC welcomes 'Grimm' development
In the endless prelude to the premiere of "Smash," the hand-wringing over the state of NBC was something to behold. After canning "Prime Suspect," its big ticket fall show, in what can be called only a panic, and bombing with its presumed John Grisham...Tags: Natural Resources, Prime Suspect US (tv program), The Firm (tv program), Community (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company
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You may bite the bride
The groom wore a blood-red tie, the bride a strapless blood-red gown.
The officiant emerged from a coffin.
The vampires skulked in the back of the chapel.
The guests were dumbfounded.
When Jacqueline Seidel and her boyfriend of 25 years decided to get...Tags: Holidays, Dining and Drinking, Concerts, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Arts
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Movie review: 'Trollhunter'
From Norwegian writer-director André Ovredal comes the spry, amusing and pulse-pounding "Trollhunter," a monster movie with a love for mountainous, tree-lined Scandinavian scenery and an even greater love for setting memorably ugly, hulking and...Tags: Movies, Norway, District 9 (movie), Documentary (genre), Entertainment
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Critic's Notebook: Annette Bening takes the ordinary to Oscar-worthy heights
There is a very particular art to playing the ordinary. Few actors do it well — Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney always come to mind. Of those, most fail to get their due come Oscar night — thoughts of Giamatti and Linney rise again.
The...Tags: American Beauty (movie), Hilary Swank, Laura Linney, Marion Cotillard, Julia Roberts
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From the Vaults: 'The Wolf Man' (1941)
The Daily MirrorWell, I am fudging on the year again this week, mostly because I had 1941's "The Wolf Man" in my queue and felt like watching it. And here at From the Vaults, that means I felt like writing about it! Let's go! Starring lovable lummox Lon Chaney Jr.,... -
Friday TV Highlights: “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on ABC.
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 24 - 30 in PDF format Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here This week's TV Movies ROUGH PATCH: Sally and Linus await the arrival of a Halloween...... -
'You Think That's Bad': Book review
Los Angeles Times Book CriticYou Think That's Bad Stories Jim Shepard Alfred A. Knopf: 226 pp., $24.95 It's not that Jim Shepard isn't known, exactly; it's that he isn't known enough. Although his 2007 collection of short fiction, "Like You'd Understand, Anyway," was a finalist...Tags: England, Godzilla (fictional animal), Music, Social Issues, Netherlands
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The Siren's Call: A beastly menagerie
Los Angeles TimesScan through digital images from the Aberdeen Bestiary and you'll find a marvelous stew of myth and reality. Alongside familiar animals — leopards, panthers, hyenas — this glorious 12th century illuminated manuscript includes some strange...Tags: Weather Reports, Harvard University, Science and Technology, France, Loch Ness Monster (cryptid)
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Rick Baker's 'Wolfman' regrets: 'I hoped it would bring back monster movies'
The Hero ComplexFIVE QUESTIONS: RICK BAKER Make-up pioneer Rick Baker is a six-time Oscar winner for his movie magic in films such as "An American Werewolf in London," "Ed Wood," "Men in Black" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" but there were...... -
The L.A. Times bestseller list for July 4, 2010: 'The Passage' makes inroads
Jacket CopyCan a highbrow writer's adventure in genre fiction have staying power on the L.A. Times bestseller list? The compelling novel "The Passage" by Justin Cronin just might. "The Passage," now in its second week on our hardcover fiction bestseller list,...... -
Theater review: 'Young Frankenstein' at the Pantages
Culture MonsterIn 2007, New York grabbed torches and pitchforks and went after a monster. The object of this pursuit, "Young Frankenstein," was indeed frightful in some respects, but it didn't deserve quite such bitter griping. True, moviemaker turned theater...
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