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SHOREbar soft-opening Saturday in Santa Monica
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Book review: 'The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe' by Andrew O'Hagan
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThere ought to be a category in each bookstore for charm — the books with a little bit of Old World ease and humor that make you smile. The leaders in this genre would be P.G. Wodehouse (especially the Jeeves books), E.F. Benson ("Mapp and Lucia")...Tags: Dog (animal), Brooklyn (New York City), Duncan Grant, Celebrities, England
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Mike Nichols -- at home in Hollywood and in the theater
Culture MonsterDirector Mike Nichols, who will receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on Thursday, also has enjoyed a rich life in the theater. In a conversation with our colleague, Susan King, the 78-year-old Oscar winner traces the start of...... -
Dennis Hopper dies at 74; actor directed counterculture classic 'Easy Rider'
Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic "Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films " Hoosiers"...Tags: James Dean, Diseases and Illnesses, David Lynch, Dennis Hopper, Movies
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Ron Silver dies at 62; Tony-winning actor and political activist
Ron Silver, the Tony Award-winning actor who amassed an impressive list of roles based on real-life figures in movies including "Reversal of Fortune" and "Ali," died Sunday. He was 62.
Silver, a longtime liberal political activist who became an outspoken...Tags: Henry Kissinger, Democratic National Conventions, TNT (tv network), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Coca-Cola Co.
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Nina Foch, actress and influential acting teacher, dies at 84
Nina Foch, a veteran actress from Hollywood's film noir era of the 1940s who became a widely respected acting coach and teacher of directors, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 84. She died of complications from long-term...Tags: Crimes, MGM Inc., George Stevens Jr., My So-Called Life (tv program), Obituaries
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Milton Katselas dies at 75; acting teacher and director
Milton Katselas, a prominent acting teacher and director whose students included George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer and hundreds of other actors, has died. He was 75.
Katselas, who founded the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school in 1978,...Tags: Patrick Swayze, Cults and Sects, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kim Cattrall, Tom Selleck
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Lee Strasberg: The acting legacy lives on
Culture MonsterThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, the school founded in 1969 by the legendary acting guru, who died in 1982, and his wife, Anna Strasberg, who is still carrying the torch of...... -
Theater brawl: Yes, L.A.'s cup runneth over
Culture MonsterStereotypes stick in your craw because of their willful obliviousness. One that I’ve had to contend with as the theater critic for The Times is the notion that L.A. isn’t a theater town. “I didn’t know they had theater there,”...... -
Domestic drama: Lee Strasberg's family continues the legacy of instruction, despite some friction
Theater CriticThe Method is dead. Long live the Method. Spend an afternoon with David Lee Strasberg, the ambitious 38-year-old son of legendary acting guru Lee Strasberg, and you just might walk away with the idea that something revolutionary is going on at the...Tags: Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, James Dean, Arts, New York University
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Theater review: 'Behind the Gates' at Marilyn Monroe Theatre
Culture MonsterAn extraordinary monologue opens “Behind the Gates,” Wendy Graf’s passionate if soapy cautionary tale about religious extremism, now at the Lee Strasberg Creative Center. Pierced rebel Bethany (Annika Marks) stomps on stage, furious at her... -
Dennis Hopper, Southern California theater veteran
Culture MonsterWhen he wasn't busy raising hell, getting high or cashing a check for Hollywood movies like "Waterworld," Dennis Hopper was an artist. The former celebrity bad boy, who died Saturday at age 74, was an avid painter who frequented the......
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