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Maurice Sendak: 'Where the Wild Things Are' author by the numbers
Maurice Sendak, the popular children's book illustrator and writer, died today at age 83 in a Danbury, Conn., hospital after suffering a stroke. Sendak was best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are" but was also a frequent collaborator on operas,...
Tags: Movies, Where the Wild Things Are (movie), Danbury, Spike Jonze, Nickelodeon (tv network)
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Old Globe's 2012-13 season to include two new musicals
The Old Globe's new season will feature two world-premiere musical productions -- "Allegiance" and "A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder" -- as well as the local premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "The Brothers Size." The San Diego company...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945)
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Arbor Day and the history of living green
In the Louisiana parish that was home to generations of my family, people lived hard lives as field hands or sharecroppers, laboring from "can see in the morning" to "can't see at night." They hoed and picked cotton, corn, peas and other crops; they...
Tags: Tuskegee University, Apple iPad, Science and Technology, Apple iPhone, George Washington Carver
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Comcast posts a 30% increase in first-quarter earnings
Comcast Corp.'s first-quarter earnings jumped nearly 30% as more customers signed up for high-speed Internet service. The Philadelphia cable giant also showed revenue growth in some unexpected units: its long-lagging NBC network and Universal Pictures....Tags: Basketball, Satellite and Cable Service, Super Bowl, Media Industry, Sports
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Zac Efron's 'Lucky One' could unseat 'Hunger Games'
24 FramesZac Efron's "The Lucky One" could beat "The Hunger Games" at the box office next weekend. Unless "Think Like a Man, "the movie based on the Steve Harvey book, does it.... -
'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax:' Five lessons from its box-office success
24 FramesEven for a season that has seen surprisingly strong box office, "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" was an eyebrow-raiser this weekend. The $70.7 million that the movie took in domestically made it worthy of several superlatives -- among others, the biggest opening... -
Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman dies at 86
24 FramesRobert B. Sherman, a songwriter who teamed with his brother Richard to write some of the best known songs for Walt Disney’s classic films, including "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" for “Mary Poppins,” has died. He was 86.... -
Box office: 'The Lorax' scores 2012's biggest opening [Video]
24 FramesIn this week's box office video report, Los Angeles Times writer Amy Kaufman discusses how "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" and "Project X" fared at the multiplex.... -
Movie Projector: Few signs of life for pricey fantasy 'John Carter'
Company Town"John Carter," Walt Disney Studios’ $250-million science fiction epic, looks to have a star-crossed weekend at the box office. As a result, it seems likely that last weekend's No. 1, the animated 3-D film "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," will take the top... -
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Jacket CopyToday you are you! That is truer than true! Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!... -
Box Office: 'Hunger Games' beats record with $155-million debut [Updated]
Company Town"The Hunger Games" posted the third-highest domestic debut of all time with $155 million, behind only the $169.2 million opening for the final "Harry Potter" installment and the $158.4 million launch of "The Dark Knight." That means "The Hunger Games"... -
Lorax statue stolen from La Jolla estate of Dr. Seuss
L.A. NOWSan Diego police are investigating the apparent theft of a 300-pound bronze statue of the Lorax--a character from a Dr. Seuss book that is now a movie--from the La Jolla estate of the late Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss....
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