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    Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Hugo Chavez begins his literary afterlife at Venezuela Book Fair

    Hugo Chavez is already having a very busy afterlife.
    Hugo Chavez is already having a very busy afterlife. The charismatic and controversial president of Venezuela died March 5. Not long afterward, one joke goes, he showed up in heaven and persuaded St. Peter to choose a Latin American as the next pope....

    Tags: Venezuela, Pat Boone, National Government, Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice

    2. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. A tale of two Hugos: Hugo Chavez and the 'Les Miserables' effect

    Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president who died Tuesday, was an avid reader.  "Read, read, read, read," he said in a speech in 2009. "That should be our slogan every day."
    Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president who died Tuesday, was an avid reader.  "Read, read, read, read," he said in a speech in 2009. "That should be our slogan every day." It turns out that his political position might be attributed (at least in part) to...

    Tags: Noam Chomsky, France, Anne Hathaway, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama

    3. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Oscars 2013: 'Les Miserables' wins for Anne Hathaway, plus two more

    <span class="runtimeTopic">In an Oscars broadcast that was packed with tributes to movie musicals, </span>"Les Miserables" won three Academy Awards on Sunday, including a win for Anne Hathaway for supporting actress. The film also won in the categories of sound mixing and make-up.
    In an Oscars broadcast that was packed with tributes to movie musicals, "Les Miserables" won three Academy Awards on Sunday, including a win for Anne Hathaway for supporting actress. The film also won in the categories of sound mixing and make-up....

    Tags: Anne Hathaway, Music, Russell Crowe, Les Miserables (movie), Music Theater

    4. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Anne Hathaway sinks her teeth into SAG Award for 'Les Miserables'

    The character of Fantine in Victor Hugo's&nbsp;"Les Mis&eacute;rables" is a prostitute who is so poor that she resorts to selling her teeth for money. Actress Anne Hathaway, who plays Fantine in the movie version of the stage musical, notified the world on Sunday that she is grateful -- thrilled, even -- to have dental insurance, courtesy of the Screen Actors Guild.
    The character of Fantine in Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" is a prostitute who is so poor that she resorts to selling her teeth for money. Actress Anne Hathaway, who plays Fantine in the movie version of the stage musical, notified the world on Sunday...

    Tags: Anne Hathaway, Celebrities, Dentistry and Dental Health, Les Miserables (movie), Entertainment

    5. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Golden Globes 2013: 'Les Miserables' wins three top awards

    "Les Mis&eacute;rables" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy film on Sunday, adding to the movie's already considerable awards momentum. The movie adaptation of the honored stage musical also picked up awards for actors Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
    "Les Misérables" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy film on Sunday, adding to the movie's already considerable awards momentum. The movie adaptation of the honored stage musical also picked up awards for actors Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway....

    Tags: Music, Les Miserables (movie), Music Theater, Entertainment, Skyfall (movie)

    6. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Spielberg, Affleck and Bigelow among DGA award nominees

    Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012.
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    Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012. Steven Spielberg, 66, earned his 11th DGA nomination for "Lincoln," the acclaimed epic about...

    Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Literature, Saving Private Ryan (movie), Entertainment, George Clooney

    7. Dec 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'Les Miserables' aims to hit high note in history of film musicals

    <em>This story has been updated. See below.</em>
    This story has been updated. See below. Few things are more carefully choreographed than a movie musical, but director Tom Hooper wanted to steep his big-screen adaptation of "Les Misérables" in some gritty reality. So he took a page from Ridley Scott's...

    Tags: Gerard Depardieu, Television, Anne Hathaway, Celebrities, Bill Condon

    8. Dec 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Les Miserables': The tale was once a fighting video game in Japan

    With the film version of "Les Miserables" opening at the top of the Christmas Day box office there's renewed interest in the classic musical around the Internet. This is causing people to discover all kinds of fascinating aspects to "Les Miz" fandom, including the Japanese video game "Arm Joe," a "Street Fighter"-style combat game that was released in 1998.
    With the film version of "Les Miserables" opening at the top of the Christmas Day box office there's renewed interest in the classic musical around the Internet. This is causing people to discover all kinds of fascinating aspects to "Les Miz" fandom,...

    Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Japan, Entertainment, Gaming, Bernie (movie)

    9. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. At 'Les Miserables' debut, a director who likes love and loathes lip-synching

    NEW YORK -- Ever since Victor Hugo unleashed his five-volume novel on a politically minded France 150 years ago, "Les Miserables" has been generating tears and admirers across several forms of media.
    NEW YORK -- Ever since Victor Hugo unleashed his five-volume novel on a politically minded France 150 years ago, "Les Miserables" has been generating tears and admirers across several forms of media. On Friday at Lincoln Center, Oscar winner Tom...

    Tags: Anne Hathaway, Celebrities, Lincoln Center, Russell Crowe, Entertainment

    10. Jun 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Book review: 'Paris to the Past'

    Southern California residents &#8212; and most Americans outside the Northeast corridor &#8212; can only envy the speed, comfort and ease of rail travel that the French have, especially the speedy TGV (Train &#224; Grande Vitesse). Ina Caro celebrates this mode of travel in "Paris to the Past: Traveling Through French History by Train," as she describes a series of trips to noteworthy places that are within a few hours of the capital by rail, allowing one to explore history and the countryside by day and return to Paris for dinner.
    Special to The Los Angeles Times
    Southern California residents — and most Americans outside the Northeast corridor — can only envy the speed, comfort and ease of rail travel that the French have, especially the speedy TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse). Ina Caro celebrates this...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, France, Book, Trips and Vacations, History

    11. Oct 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Lawrence Foster at 70

    Culture Monster
    Lawrence Foster's 70th birthday celebration in Prague brings out such star soloists as Daniel Barenboim, Radu Lupu Sarah Chang and Alisa Weilerstein....
    12. Sep 28, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Roman Polanski still being hounded by L.A. County prosecutors

    The Big Picture
    With the state Legislature forced to make dramatic cuts in the prison budget and a three-judge federal panel having recently ordered California lawmakers to release as many as 40,000 inmates in response to the scandalous overcrowding of the California...
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