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Saturday’s Highlights: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2' HBO
Show TrackerSaturday’s Highlights: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2' HBO... -
What's next for Oscar nominees? Theater for some
Culture MonsterGeorge Clooney, Demian Bichir, Jessica Chastain and Christopher Plummer are among this year's crop of Oscar nominees who are taking on stage roles.... -
New York City's spots for book lovers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the third floor of a big, gray building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, silver-haired docent Julie Chelminski recently stepped up to the middle of a hushed room and faced 15 spellbound tourists. "On the walls of this room there were 9,000 drawers,"...Tags: Bible, Arts, Fine Arts, Amazon.com Inc., Religious Texts
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Kennedy Names First Black U.S. Attorney
The Daily MirrorApril 16, 1961: President Kennedy nominates Cecil F. Poole (d. 1997) as U.S. attorney for the Northern District California. He was the first African American U.S. attorney in the Continental U.S., the first black federal judge in Northern California and..... -
Like the old joke says, books are better 'in bed'
Jacket CopyA new survey says Americans' favorite place to read is in bed.... -
Mom's bookshelf, in the Kellogg house
Jacket CopyOne of the few books Carolyn Kellogg's mom kept around was T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats."... -
Florence-Marie Cooper dies at 69; U.S. District judge
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, a former legal secretary who rose to the federal judiciary and held accountable some of the nation's most powerful officials and institutions, died early Friday after suffering a stroke. She was 69.
Cooper's...Tags: Crimes, Obituaries, U.S. Supreme Court, Defense, Winnie the Pooh (fictional animal)
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Alice, Beatrix and Harry: Valuable children's literature collection up for auction
Jacket CopyA valuable collection of children's literature, including Alice's own copy of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," a first edition of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Beatrix Potter's personal copy of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" will...... -
'Through the Looking-Glass' owned by the 'real' Alice hits the auction block
The Hero ComplexGerrick Kennedy is back with another contribution to the Hero Complex with a report on an interesting artifact that once belonged to the "real" Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" fame... Former NFL player Pat McInally went down the rabbit hole...... -
iPad's book-like touches may appeal to traditional readers
When Apple's iPad debuted on April 3, it was greeted in some quarters of the tech world by a chorus of critiques. With no phone, no camera and no multitasking, how could it be revolutionary? And yet, when it comes to the iPad's e-reader, revolutionary...Tags: Science and Technology, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Mass Media, Winnie the Pooh (fictional animal)
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Peter Dennis dies at 75; actor made a career of one-man 'Pooh' readings
Peter Dennis, a British actor who toured for decades in his one-man show of readings from “Winnie-the-Pooh” and other A.A. Milne classics, died April 18 of cancer at his Shadow Hills home, said his wife, Diane. He was 75.
Dennis was 36 before...Tags: Derek Jacobi, Death, Lee Strasberg, World War II (1939-1945), Charlton Heston
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Michael T. Dolan: Facebook changes the landscape of friendships today
"Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have." It is indeed, though I wonder what might have happened to those beloved friendships in the Hundred Acre Wood if Facebook had infiltrated Christopher Robin's imagination. Instead...Tags: Human Interest, Media Industry, Social Media
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