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Late Night: 'Chunky' Mindy Kaling thinks she's Bill Clinton's type
Show TrackerLate-night TV interviews: Does Bill Clinton have the hots for Mindy Kaling? A listen to Mindy Kaling's interview with Conan O'Brien.... -
Creative Minds: 'Gifted Man' producer Neal Baer talks TV doctors
Show TrackerNeal Baer, executive producer of the CBS series “A Gifted Man,” is best known for his many years running “ER” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Here, he chats about straddling the medical and TV worlds and spirituality versus... -
Thrillers, fantasy and science fiction
The Affair
A Reacher Novel
Lee Child
Delacorte Press, $28
Knuckle-busting crime-solver Jack Reacher returns with a story from his early years involving a murder near a military base and how he became a maverick hero.
After the Apocalypse
Stories...Tags: Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell, Thriller (genre), Michael Connelly, Literature
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Christie's contemporary head Brett Gorvy on artists' royalties
Culture MonsterBrett Gorvy, now Christie's international post-war and contemporary head, discusses in a 2010 interview about whether the California Resale Royalty Act applies to sale of artwork from Michael Crichton estate.... -
Artists' royalty suit may hinge on constitutional issue
Culture MonsterA class action suit against Christie's and Sotheby's claims that the auction houses violated a California law requiring California sellers to pay a 5% resale royalty to the artist who created the resold work. The courts upheld the state law more than 30... -
Book Review: 'Robopocalypse'
Los Angeles TimesIf there's such a thing as voodoo in literary circles, a lot of jealous sci-fi writers are probably burying needles into tiny Daniel H. Wilson dolls these days. What struggling novelist wouldn't be envious of Wilson's trajectory? None other than Steven...Tags: Science and Technology, Air Transportation Industry, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book
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Book review: 'The Thousand' by Kevin Guilfoile
If you like Scott Turow, Stan Lee, Dan Brown or Michael Crichton, then you are in the target audience for Kevin Guilfoile's novel "The Thousand." Unfortunately, like smoked duck ravioli with wasabi-tomatillo sauce, Guilfoile has fallen under the sway of...Tags: Crimes, Dan Brown , Clubs and Associations, Society, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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A Salinger-signed copy of 'The Catcher in the Rye' is up for auction -- but is it genuine? [Updated]
Jacket CopyWhen the e-mail came in about a charity auction of an autographed copy of J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye," it was exciting news. Not only is "The Catcher in the Rye" one of America's most enduring novels; its...... -
Museums not all smiles as close to $100 million worth of art from local estates heads to Christie's
Culture MonsterWhen it comes to L.A. business-getting, Christie's has been on a roll. Earlier this year, the auction house broke records by selling a $106.5-million Picasso nude and a $28.6-million Jasper Johns Flag painting from two Los Angeles estates, those of...... -
Court sides with USDA, Monsanto over cultivation of genetically modified sugar beet seeds
Money & CompanyThe U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s ruling to destroy the young plants currently being grown to produce genetically modified sugar beet seeds with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genes. In a 21-page opinion -–... -
Book review: 'Spiral' by Paul McEuen
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOver the last few decades the intelligent thriller has become an oxymoron. The thriller aspect of many of these books has eclipsed the intelligent narrative. However, "Spiral" by Paul McEuen represents a return to form. McEuen, a physics professor at...Tags: Biology, Armed Forces, Science, Science and Technology, Defense
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Summer reading: Kate Racculia on 'The Perilous Gard'
Jacket CopyKate Racculia grew up in Syracuse, N.Y., and attended graduate school in Boston. Yet her debut novel, "This Must Be the Place" has a lure of Hollywood -- special-effects Hollywood, that is, "Jason and the Argonauts"-style. In the book, a......
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