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    Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. And the Golden Hatchet goes to ...

    There’s a certain joy that comes with reading a great literary takedown, the kind of mean but intelligent and precise review that eviscerates the pretensions and the sloppiness of a truly awful book.
    There’s a certain joy that comes with reading a great literary takedown, the kind of mean but intelligent and precise review that eviscerates the pretensions and the sloppiness of a truly awful book. Over in Britain, they think of a good pan as...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Book, Authors

    2. Jul 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Marilyn Monroe's eternal beauty

    Marilyn Monroe certainly achieved fame in the course of her 36-year lifetime, but in the five decades since her death, she's become such a celebrity-branding superstar, it often feels as if America's proto-platinum pinup never really left the building at all. She is routinely referenced in store windows and on runways; her image graces such products as glossy magazine covers and wine bottles; and her persona regularly flickers to new life on TV and movie screens.
    Los Angeles Times
    Marilyn Monroe certainly achieved fame in the course of her 36-year lifetime, but in the five decades since her death, she's become such a celebrity-branding superstar, it often feels as if America's proto-platinum pinup never really left the building...

    Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Heroin, Elvis Presley, Celebrities, Entertainment Events

    3. Jul 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The literary side of Marilyn Monroe

    Since her death on Aug. 5, 1962, hundreds of books about Marilyn Monroe have been published by various writers, ranging from famous names such as Norman Mailer, Gloria Steinem and Joyce Carol Oates, to people who worked with her on movie sets. With so many choices, its hard to navigate through the Monroe oeuvre, but here are 10 volumes that should nourish the soul of her most ardent fans.
    Los Angeles Times
    Since her death on Aug. 5, 1962, hundreds of books about Marilyn Monroe have been published by various writers, ranging from famous names such as Norman Mailer, Gloria Steinem and Joyce Carol Oates, to people who worked with her on movie sets. With so...

    Tags: Norman Mailer, Book, Arts and Culture, Photography, Arts

    4. Nov 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Holiday gift guide 2012: ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Star Wars,’ superheroes, more

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.com
    Call it Christmas, call it Hanukkah, call it Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus. The truth is, we here at Hero ......
    5. Oct 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. NYCC: Guillermo Del Toro expands ‘Pacific Rim’ empire with comic

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.com
    Guillermo Del Toro's “Pacific Rim” promises plenty of sci-fi spectacle pitting robots against monsters, but the visceral “Pan's Labyrinth” director, ......
    6. Oct 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'The Partisan' an opinionated biography of William Rehnquist

    <strong>The Partisan</strong>
    -------------------- The Partisan The Life of William Rehnquist John A. Jenkins Public Affairs: 368 pp., $28.99 -------------------- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was a curious man. He could be courtly and gracious, elegant in argument and a...

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Samuel A. Alito, Central Intelligence Agency, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama

    7. Aug 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predators

    For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America has relied on a confidential blacklist known as the "perversion files" as a crucial line of defense against sexual predators. Scouting officials say they've used the files to prevent hundreds of men who...

    Tags: Crimes, Police Arrests, Punishment, Clubs and Associations, Sexual Misconduct

    8. Sep 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: In 'The Brontës,' Juliet Barker plays detective

    <strong>The Bront&euml;s</strong>
    -------------------- The Brontës Wild Genius on the Moors — The Story of a Literary Family Juliet Barker Pegasus: 1,200 pp., $39.95 -------------------- Just about everything you thought you knew about the Brontës is wrong. That's the...

    Tags: Cancer, Arts and Culture, Tuberculosis, Authors

    9. Sep 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. D.T. Max takes on the life of David Foster Wallace

    D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace's suicide and the author's inability to finish "The Pale King," the novel left incomplete at the time of his death.
    D.T. Max knew what he was getting into when he decided to write a biography of David Foster Wallace. In March 2009, he published a long piece in the New Yorker about Wallace's suicide and the author's inability to finish "The Pale King," the novel left...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Tribune, Long Island, Fiction, David Foster Wallace

    10. Jun 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Review: 'Cronkite' by Douglas Brinkley is occasionally critical

    <strong>Cronkite</strong>
    -------------------- Cronkite Douglas Brinkley Harper: 820 pp., $34.99 -------------------- Walter Cronkite was not inclined to introspection, and historian Douglas Brinkley emulates his subject in this thorough biography of the news broadcaster who in...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Walter Cronkite, Television Industry, Science and Technology, Vietnam War (1955-1975)

    11. Jul 31, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Chris Marker dies at 91; avant-garde French filmmaker

    Chris Marker, an enigmatic figure in French cinema who avoided publicity and was loath to screen his films yet was often ranked with countrymen Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard as an avant-garde master, died at his home in Paris on Sunday, his 91st birthday.
    Chris Marker, an enigmatic figure in French cinema who avoided publicity and was loath to screen his films yet was often ranked with countrymen Alain Resnais and Jean-Luc Godard as an avant-garde master, died at his home in Paris on Sunday, his 91st...

    Tags: Bruce Willis, Ministry (music group), Arts and Culture, Music, Documentary (genre)

    12. Jul 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Michael J. Ybarra dies at 45; chronicler of extreme sports

    Michael J. Ybarra, a former Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. He was 45.
    Michael J. Ybarra, a former Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. He was 45. A veteran...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Larry Gordon, Social Sciences, Authors, The Wall Street Journal

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