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John Corrigan named AME for arts and entertainment; Laurie Ochoa, A&E editor
Readers' Representative JournalA memo to the newsroom from Editor Davan Maharaj: Today, I’m announcing a new leadership team for one of the most important journalistic franchises at The Times. I’m pleased to announce that John Corrigan, our Business editor since 2009, will.... -
Poet Jack Gilbert has died
The poet Jack Gilbert, who had been battling dementia for many years, died Tuesday in Berkeley. He was 87. Gilbert -- who was featured in Monday's L.A. Times -- had been in frail condition at a nursing home for several years before he developed...
Tags: Pneumonia, Awards and Prizes, John Ashbery, Alzheimer's Disease, Arts and Culture
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Jeannie Berlin, JoBeth Williams join 'Other Desert Cities' cast
The Los Angeles premiere of "Other Desert Cities" by Jon Robin Baitz is to feature Jeannie Berlin, JoBeth Williams and Robin Weigert. The actors are joining the previously announced Justin Long and Robert Foxworth in the comedy about a wealthy family...
Tags: Justin Long, Robert Foxworth, JoBeth Williams, Entertainment Events, Other Desert Cities (play)
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Ashbel Green dies at 84
Ashbel Green, 84, a respected editor at Alfred A. Knopf who persuaded Gabriel Garcia Marquez to switch publishers, worked on Walter Cronkite's memoir and a foreign policy book by President George H.W. Bushand helped discover the crime classic "The Friends...Tags: New York Observer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Entertainment Events, Book, Fiction
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Richard Nelson Current dies at 100; Lincoln scholar fought distortions of 16th president
Richard Nelson Current, a prolific and award-winning Abraham Lincoln scholar who for decades was a leader in his field and helped shape a more realistic view of the iconic president, has died of complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 100....Tags: Knut Hamsun, Authors, Parkinson's Disease, Entertainment Events, Slavery
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San Diego media figure dies after car crash
SAN DIEGO — David Copley, owner and publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune until it was sold in 2009, died Tuesday after crashing his Aston Martin near his home in La Jolla. Copley, 60, was found slumped in the front seat of his car early in the...
Tags: Heart Attack, Arts, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Newspaper and Magazine
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Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68; award-winning composer of popular music
When Marvin Hamlisch auditioned for the Juilliard School of Music, he played not Chopin or Mozart but the American folk standard "Goodnight, Irene," a choice that could have had lamentable results for any other prospective student. But Hamlisch quickly...
Tags: Academy Awards, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Popular Music (genre)
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Scarlett Johansson, Benjamin Walker set for 'Cat' revival
Scarlett Johansson and Benjamin Walker are officially set to get all hot and bothered in the upcoming Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The actors will play Maggie and Brick in a new production that is expected to open Jan....
Tags: Jason Patric, Anika Noni Rose, Paul Newman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Kathleen Turner
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Review: Michael Chabon joyfully sets down on 'Telegraph Avenue'
Telegraph Avenue A Novel Michael Chabon Harper: 480 pp, $27.99 "Telegraph Avenue" is so exuberant, it's as if Michael Chabon has pulled joy from the air and squeezed it into the shape of words. A vibrant affection for a place, time and culture —...
Tags: Movies, Authors, Magic Johnson, Health and Medical Professionals, Arts and Culture
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Review: Junot Díaz on fire again in 'This Is How You Lose Her'
This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz Riverhead: 224 pp., $26.95 In the age of e-books and Twitter novels, we old-fashioned, language-loving followers of literature can feel a bit glum. Gadgets seem to matter more than writers do. Then a book like...
Tags: Cancer, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Chemotherapy, Immigration
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Tony Awards 2012: For 'Once' daring trumps commerce
Will wonders never cease: David overcame Goliath in a rare victory at the Beacon Theatre that will force us to rethink the old truism that commerce trumps independent vision on Broadway. "Once," the little musical spun from an Irish art house film,...
Tags: Media Industry, Spider (music group), Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment Events
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Christopher Durang, Will Eno, Adam Rapp win PEN drama awards
One of the highest honors in the field of letters, the PEN Literary Awards, were announced Wednesday, and among the honorees are three playwrights. Christopher Durang is receiving the Master American Dramatist award, while Will Eno and Adam Rapp are being...
Tags: Sigourney Weaver, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Arthur Miller, Entertainment Events
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