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    Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Venezuela panel agrees to review disputed election returns

    CARACAS, Venezuela -- As Venezuela prepared Friday to swear in a new president, the pro-government election tribunal surprised observers and agreed to opposition demands to review the controversial vote that gave Hugo Chavez heir <span>Nicolas <span>Maduro</span></span> a narrow victory.
    CARACAS, Venezuela -- As Venezuela prepared Friday to swear in a new president, the pro-government election tribunal surprised observers and agreed to opposition demands to review the controversial vote that gave Hugo Chavez heir Nicolas Maduro a narrow...

    Tags: Politics, Venezuela, National Government, Nicolas Maduro, Government

    2. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. George Saunders, Hilary Mantel among Time's 100 most influential

    Fiction writers don't often get credit for their influence on the world -- it is often invisible and unheralded. But among those on Time magazine&rsquo;s annual list of the <a href="http://time100.time.com/">100 most influential people</a> in the world, released Thursday, were two surprising names: short story maven George Saunders and novelist Hilary Mantel.&nbsp;
    Fiction writers don't often get credit for their influence on the world -- it is often invisible and unheralded. But among those on Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, released Thursday, were two surprising...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Christina Aguilera, Authors, George Saunders, Fiction

    3. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Julia Louis-Dreyfus' talents power through 'Veep'

    BALTIMORE &mdash; The good staffers of Vice President Selina Meyer's office had been trying to put out a fire all afternoon when their slightly discombobulated leader, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, turned up on the set of HBO's "Veep."
    BALTIMORE — The good staffers of Vice President Selina Meyer's office had been trying to put out a fire all afternoon when their slightly discombobulated leader, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, turned up on the set of HBO's "Veep." Before she...

    Tags: Entertainment, Tony Hale, Celebrities, White House, Television Industry

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Charlotte Bronte poem: $47,000 an inch

    A tiny poem written by a teenage Charlotte Bronte <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/10/charlotte-bronte-poem-manuscript-sells-92000">has sold for more than $140,000</a>, the Guardian reports. Called "I've Been Wandering in the Greenwoods," the poem, composed when Bronte was 13 years old, is handwritten on a piece of paper just three inches square. It is difficult to read without a magnifying glass.
    A tiny poem written by a teenage Charlotte Bronte has sold for more than $140,000, the Guardian reports. Called "I've Been Wandering in the Greenwoods," the poem, composed when Bronte was 13 years old, is handwritten on a piece of paper just three...

    Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Poetry, Auction Service, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture

    5. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. E.L. Konigsburg dies at 83; award-winning children's book author

    E.L. Konigsburg, who was one of the few children's authors to twice win the Newbery Medal, died Friday at a hospital in Falls Church, Va. She was 83. Konigsburg had a stroke the week before she died, said her son Paul. She won the Newbery Medal, one...

    Tags: Stroke, Metropolitan Museum of Art, William McKinley, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Awards and Prizes

    6. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Salman Rushdie sold movie rights to 'Midnight's Children' for $1

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    It took more than 30 years for "Midnight's Children," the Booker Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie, to be made into a movie. But his patience has paid off. The film, for which he wrote the screenplay, opens Friday in selected theaters. In an...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Television Industry, Midnight's Children (movie), Arts and Culture

    7. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. E-books help fuel gains in U.S. book sales in 2012

    Book sales rose 6.2% last year in the U.S., thanks to the continued growth of electronic publishing, according to newly released StatShot data from the Assn. of American Publishers.
    Book sales rose 6.2% last year in the U.S., thanks to the continued growth of electronic publishing, according to newly released StatShot data from the Assn. of American Publishers. Electronic books, which a decade ago represented a tiny fraction of the...

    Tags: Apple Inc., Amazon Kindle, Arts and Culture, Book

    8. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. I went down to the crossroads, with books about L.A.

    It isn&rsquo;t every day that you can read from a book and feel the words come to life before your eyes.
    It isn’t every day that you can read from a book and feel the words come to life before your eyes. That happened to me Wednesday morning, at Union Station, at an event designed to make passing L.A. commuters hip to the upcoming Los Angeles Times...

    Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Science and Technology, Poetry, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Mexico City

    9. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Naomi Hirahara on her Japanese American sleuth, Mas Arai [Video]

    Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara published her first Mas Arai mystery in 2004; the series starring the Japanese American gardener and crime solver is now on its fifth novel, "Strawberry Yellow." She visited our video booth at the L.A. Times Festival of Books to talk with staff writer <a id="PECLB00015007" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Carolyn Kellogg" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/journalism/carolyn-kellogg-PECLB00015007.topic">Carolyn Kellogg</a> about the character and its connection to her heritage.
    Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara published her first Mas Arai mystery in 2004; the series starring the Japanese American gardener and crime solver is now on its fifth novel, "Strawberry Yellow." She visited our video booth at the L.A. Times...

    Tags: Carolyn Kellogg, Authors, Arts and Culture

    10. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Comedian Rita Rudner has a real grabber

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    Rita Rudner is applying her comedic talent to the sale of her Dana Point beach house, and the result is a spot-on parody of a home marketing video. Her husband, director-writer Martin Bergman, featured the Monarch Bay home in the 2011 film "Thanks,"...

    Tags: Property, TNT (tv network), Entertainment, Dallas 2011 (tv program), Rita Rudner

    11. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Bob Dylan, authors voted into American Academy of Arts and Letters

    The traditionally staid American Academy of Arts and Letters is both charmed and flummoxed by Bob Dylan. The academy announced Wednesday that it voted the musician into its ranks -- its first rock musician ever. But he will be an honorary member: Not for the first time, people couldn't figure out how to classify Dylan.
    The traditionally staid American Academy of Arts and Letters is both charmed and flummoxed by Bob Dylan. The academy announced Wednesday that it voted the musician into its ranks -- its first rock musician ever. But he will be an honorary member: Not...

    Tags: Bob Dylan, Arts, Entertainment, Rafael Moneo, John Updike

    12. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Women's Fiction prize returns, announces longlist

    Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its <a href="http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/" target="_blank"> longlist</a> today.&nbsp; The annual prize honors&nbsp; a work of fiction written in English by a woman, and was awarded last year to American author Madeline Miller for her debut novel, "The Song of Achilles."
    Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Barbara Kingsolver are among the finalists for the $45,000 Women's Prize, known formerly as the Orange Prize, which released its longlist today.  The annual prize honors  a work of fiction written in English by a woman,...

    Tags: A.M. Homes, Authors, England, Fiction, Human Interest

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