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Nathan Lane returning to Broadway in Douglas Carter Beane's 'Nance'
One of Broadway's more consistent box-office draws, Nathan Lane will return this season in a new play by Douglas Carter Beane. The two-time Tony Award-winning actor will lend his magical ticket-selling powers to "The Nance," which is scheduled to open...
Tags: Kirk Douglas, Julie White, Brian Dennehy, Xanadu (musical), Goodman Theatre
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Andy Griffith, folksy TV sheriff and comedian, dies at 86
Andy Griffith was starring on Broadway in the 1959 musical comedy "Destry Rides Again" when he told his agent that he was ready for a new challenge: He wanted his own television series. His chance came in 1960, when Sheldon Leonard, the producer of...
Tags: Lorne Greene, Football, Frances Bavier, Robert Young, Physical Therapy
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Dan Castellaneta, a.k.a. Homer Simpson, joins 'Christmas Carol'
Dan Castellaneta, who voices America's favorite schlub hubby Homer Simpson on Fox's "The Simpsons," has joined the cast of Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The comedic stage production is set to begin...
Tags: Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Kirk Douglas, Comedy Central (tv network), The Simpsons (tv program), Homer Simpson (fictional character)
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Ron Howard: What I learned from Andy Griffith
Early in the second season of "The Andy Griffith Show," I ventured a suggestion for a line change to make it sound more "like the way a kid would say it." I was just 7 years old. But my idea was accepted and I remember standing frozen, thrilled at what...
Tags: Andy Griffith, A Beautiful Mind (movie), Celebrities, Politics, Barack Obama
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‘Avengers’ Blu-ray: Joss Whedon should be your hero
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.com“The Avengers” finally comes to Blu-ray and DVD, following a record-breaking summer at the box office and half a decade ...... -
Review: 'Seminar' is a sharp look at writing classes
Masochism is the chief prerequisite for a private writing seminar with Leonard, the fearsome teacher, writer and editor conducting a mini reign of terror in Theresa Rebeck's Broadway comedy "Seminar," now at the Ahmanson Theatre. Played by Jeff...
Tags: Jeff Goldblum, Alan Rickman, Authors, Arts and Culture, Rentals
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'Taken 2,' 'Argo' in tight race for No. 1 at weekend box office
There will be a tense standoff between two hostage movies at the box office this weekend, as “Taken 2” and “Argo" battle for No. 1. After a spectacular $49.5-million debut last weekend, the Liam Neeson sequel "Taken 2" will likely...
Tags: Kevin James, Toronto International Film Festival, Sam Rockwell, U.S. Department of State, Iran
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'Mormon' fails to make a convert
I'd wanted to take an actual Mormon to see "The Book of Mormon," but the closest I could come was the lovely and patient older daughter — so well scrubbed and shimmery that she looked like an Irish coin. "Come on, Coin, let's go to the Pantages," I...
Tags: Mormonism, Gerald Ford, The Book of Mormon (musical), Jesse Jackson, Waffles
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Review: A.M. Homes' 'May We Be Forgiven' hits sour, sweet notes
-------------------- May We Be Forgiven A Novel A.M. Homes Viking: 496 pp., $27.95 -------------------- "May We Be Forgiven" begins at a Thanksgiving celebration in an affluent New York City commuter community. It's Cheever country with a black...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Fiction
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Review: 'Under My Skin' may get under yours
Connoisseurs of really bad television — you know you're out there — whose taste for schlock hasn't been satisfied by the mediocre new fall season should run to the Pasadena Playhouse to see "Under My Skin." The title is meant to be romantic,...
Tags: Hal Linden, Fran Drescher, Happily Divorced (tv program), here! (tv network), Entertainment
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Nora Ephron dies at 71; writer of sharp-edged romances
This article has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.
Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including "Sleepless in Seattle," "When Harry Met Sally..."...Tags: Tom Hanks, Romance (genre), Authors, Peggy Lee, William Goldman
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David Schwimmer, 'Friends' costars keep real estate agents busy
The male cast members of "Friends" are keeping a score of Los Angeles real estate agents in Gucci loafers.
David Schwimmer, a.k.a. Ross Geller, sold his gated home in Hancock Park this summer for $8.865 million, public records show. He bought the 11,000-...Tags: Lisa Kudrow, Realty, Texas Rangers, Trust (movie), Personal Service
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