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    Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'The Son' rises with the saga of a Texas family

    "Being a writer and a Texan," Larry McMurtry wrote in the late 1960s, "is an amusing fate." What he was addressing was the shift, in the years after World War II, "from the land to the cities" and what he saw as "the dying of … the rural, pastoral way of life." How was one to write about a place where the old myths (the cowboy, the ranch, the open plain) lingered, even as they were superseded by the new? The solution, McMurtry decided, was to zero in on this new Texas, to write about, and from, the cities, to leave the past in its place.
    "Being a writer and a Texan," Larry McMurtry wrote in the late 1960s, "is an amusing fate." What he was addressing was the shift, in the years after World War II, "from the land to the cities" and what he saw as "the dying of … the rural,...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Fiction, Customs and Tradition, Entertainment Events

    2. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Sara Bareilles to pen score for 'Waitress' musical

    The offbeat 2007 movie "Waitress" is getting a musical makeover courtesy of pop star Sara Bareilles and the producers of the Tony Award-winning musical revival 'Pippin.'
    The offbeat 2007 movie "Waitress" is getting a musical makeover courtesy of pop star Sara Bareilles and the producers of the Tony Award-winning musical revival 'Pippin.' Just off their win Sunday, Barry and Fran Weissler announced that they plan to...

    Tags: Tony Awards, Neil Patrick Harris, Awards and Prizes, Music Theater, Broadway Theater

    3. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Tracy Letts shines at Tony Awards, generates heat in Hollywood

    NEW YORK -- The Tony Awards shone a spotlight Sunday night on an accomplished actor with a film pedigree who this season anchored a stage drama about love and death.
    NEW YORK -- The Tony Awards shone a spotlight Sunday night on an accomplished actor with a film pedigree who this season anchored a stage drama about love and death. No, not Tom Hanks -- yeah, he was nominated too -- but Tracy Letts, who became the...

    Tags: Richard Burton, Tony Awards, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment

    4. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Natasha Trethewey appointed to second term as U.S. poet laureate

    The Library of Congress announced Monday that the U.S. poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey, has been appointed to a second one-year term.
    The Library of Congress announced Monday that the U.S. poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey, has been appointed to a second one-year term. Trethewey celebrated the end of her first term with a reading at the Library of Congress, which she compared to a...

    Tags: Poetry, Arts and Culture, Juvenile Delinquency, Library of Congress, Entertainment Events

    5. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Tonys 2013: Joan Rivers name checks 'Bosom Buddies' on Twitter

    <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/tom-hanks/">Tom Hanks</a> may have lost lead actor in a play, but he has a fan in Joan Rivers.
    Tom Hanks may have lost lead actor in a play, but he has a fan in Joan Rivers. Hanks was considered a front-runner for his performance in "Lucky Guy." Instead, the Tony went to Tracy Letts for "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Letts had...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Netherlands, Twitter, Inc., Entertainment, Music

    6. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Tonys 2013: 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' wins best play

    "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Christopher Durang's dysfunctional-family dark comedy, was named best play at the 67th Tony Awards, presented Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.
    "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Christopher Durang's dysfunctional-family dark comedy, was named best play at the 67th Tony Awards, presented Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall. The show stars Durang's longtime muse Sigourney Weaver, along...

    Tags: Tony Awards, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Clybourne Park (play)

    7. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Anne Frank: remembering her on her birthday

    Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929, 84 years ago today. During her short 15 years, she kept a diary and wrote there sorting out her emotions, describing her crushes and despair, her desires and dreams. She kept the diary from 1942 to '44, the two years that her German-Jewish family lived in hiding in Amsterdam during World War II.
    Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929, 84 years ago today. During her short 15 years, she kept a diary and wrote there sorting out her emotions, describing her crushes and despair, her desires and dreams. She kept the diary from 1942 to '44, the two years...

    Tags: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Religion and Belief, Judaism, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), National Security Agency

    8. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: In 'Man of Steel,' Henry Cavill soars over an erratic plot

    "I can do things other people can't," the man says with becoming modesty, and can he ever. Cauterize deep wounds with a single glance, leap tall buildings in a single bound, things like that. Those rumors you've been hearing are true: Superman is back in town.
    "I can do things other people can't," the man says with becoming modesty, and can he ever. Cauterize deep wounds with a single glance, leap tall buildings in a single bound, things like that. Those rumors you've been hearing are true: Superman is back...

    Tags: Michael Shannon, Action (Movie Genre), Amy Adams, Entertainment, Christopher Nolan

    9. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Rick Atkinson closes his war trilogy with 'The Guns at Last Light'

    After calling it a masterpiece of deep reporting and powerful storytelling, what more needs to be said of Rick Atkinson's trilogy about World War II?
    After calling it a masterpiece of deep reporting and powerful storytelling, what more needs to be said of Rick Atkinson's trilogy about World War II? The first volume, "An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943" received the Pulitzer Prize for...

    Tags: George Marshall, The Washington Post, Armed Conflicts, Journalism, Wars and Interventions

    10. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Bridges of Madison County' to steam up Broadway

    Robert James Waller&rsquo;s steamy, 1992 bestselling romance novel, &ldquo;The Bridges of Madison County,&rdquo; evokes many things: Iowa&rsquo;s placid vistas and striking, covered bridges among them, as well as the sweltering sexual subtext between Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep in the 1995 film version.
    Robert James Waller’s steamy, 1992 bestselling romance novel, “The Bridges of Madison County,” evokes many things: Iowa’s placid vistas and striking, covered bridges among them, as well as the sweltering sexual subtext between...

    Tags: Tony Awards, Clint Eastwood, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Broadway Theater

    11. Jun 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. British government apologizes for colonial abuses in Kenya

    NAIROBI, Kenya &mdash; It was not quite a direct apology and it came at least 50 years late.
    NAIROBI, Kenya — It was not quite a direct apology and it came at least 50 years late. But the British government's "sincere regret" for colonial abuses of Kenyans during the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s and its agreement to pay $30 million in...

    Tags: Human Rights, Government, Barack Obama, Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya)

    12. Jun 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Obama shakes up national security team

    WASHINGTON &mdash; In filling two key positions on his national security team, President Obama on Wednesday elevated longtime loyal advisors known for advocating U.S. intervention for humanitarian missions overseas &mdash; in some cases more aggressively than the president has embraced.
    WASHINGTON — In filling two key positions on his national security team, President Obama on Wednesday elevated longtime loyal advisors known for advocating U.S. intervention for humanitarian missions overseas — in some cases more...

    Tags: Jay Carney, John McCain, Muammar Gaddafi, Awards and Prizes, United Nations

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