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Lincoln's slavery tactic
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago this week, has often been criticized by blacks, by radicals and also by mainstream historians who doubt its significance as a turning point in the Civil War and in American...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment Events, Armed Forces, Social Issues, Wars and Interventions
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Donald Margulies' multiculti holiday tale
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies talks about his inspiration for his new play, "Coney Island Christmas," which runs through Dec. 30 at the Geffen Playhouse. Tell me about "Coney Island Christmas." "Coney Island Christmas"...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Values
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L.A. area theaters hope to strike holiday gold
"What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?" — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol." At the box office there is no "Bah! Humbug!" The recompense that two big Southern California theaters...
Tags: Music, Kirk Douglas, Religious Festivals, Michael Ritchie, Family
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The Twitter Fiction Festival: Making the most of 140 characters
There's still time to read Twitter's first-ever Fiction Festival in real time; it began Wednesday afternoon and will continue around the clock until Sunday. It's the company's first official effort to organize and present a creative event that uses the...
Tags: Social Media, Entertainment Events, Literature, Arts and Culture, Sociology
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'Picnic' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
This post has been updated. "Picnic," the 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge, is getting a rare revival on Broadway from the Roundabout Theatre with a cast of young, good-looking actors paired alongside more seasoned veterans. Maggie...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mare Winningham, Entertainment Events, Celebrities, Political Animals (tv program)
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'Stick Fly' play reportedly becoming an HBO movie
HBO has had much success turning such notable plays as "Wit," "Dinner with Friends" and "Angels in America" into cable-movie events. Now the premium cable channel is reportedly setting its sight on another theatrical title, "Stick Fly." Lydia R....
Tags: Wit (play), Tracie Thoms, Entertainment Events, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Mekhi Phifer
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‘Rise of the Guardians’ creators took Santa and Co. seriously
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comSanta and the Easter Bunny are constantly one-upping each other, the Tooth Fairy feels overworked, Jack Frost is a perpetual ...... -
Marathon plays stand the test of time
Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...
Tags: Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Charles Dickens
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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...
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Bertram Wyatt-Brown dies at 80; historian examined Southern honor
Bertram Wyatt-Brown, an American history professor who wrote widely on Southern history and culture and whose book on honor in the antebellum South was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Nov. 5 of pulmonary fibrosis in Baltimore. He was 80. Wyatt-...
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David Copley, former owner-publisher of S.D. Union-Tribune, dies
L.A. NOWDavid 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......
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