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2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists announced
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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: Hugh Hefner, Edward Albee, Marguerite Duras, U.S. Army, FBI
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A very rough road for community college students
Foster Washington knows the odds are against him. The Los Angeles Southwest College student is a 20-year-old from a tough neighborhood in Watts where, he says, there was little encouragement or preparation for college.
Recent studies suggest that...Tags: Clark Atlanta University, Colleges and Universities, Yasmin (drug), Morehouse College, Crime, Law and Justice
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PASSINGS: Michael Davis, Dick Anthony Williams, Ric Waite
Michael Davis Bassist for rock band MC5 Michael Davis, 68, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, died Friday of liver failure at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., said his wife, Angela Davis. The Motor City Five, later known as MC5,...
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New on DVD: Ryan Gosling in 'Drive'
Drive
Sony, $26.99; Blu-ray, $30.99
Director Nicolas Winding Refn and writer Hossein Amini deliver a pitch-perfect evocation of '80s noir with their adaptation of James Sallis' novel "Drive," about a Hollywood stuntman who offers his expert driving...Tags: Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, DVDs, Drive (movie), Science Fiction (genre)
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Muhammad Ali at 70: What he meant, what he means
Muhammad Ali turned 70 on Tuesday, and the three-time heavyweight champion who doubled as the most famous draft resistor in U.S. history remains larger than life in the American mind, despite being ravaged by Parkinson's disease. Two years ago, on a visit...Tags: Southeast Asia, Prisons, Vietnam, Parkinson's Disease, Crime, Law and Justice
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National Book Critics Circle announces finalists for 2011 awards
Jacket CopyThe National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its 2011 book awards at a public ceremony on Saturday in New York City. Two Southern California writers are among those up for the awards, which will be presented on March...... -
Eve Arnold dies at 99; pioneering photojournalist
Eve Arnold, one of the first woman photojournalists to join the prestigious Magnum Photography Agency in the 1950s and traveled the world for her work but was best known for her candid shots of Hollywood celebrities, has died. She was 99.
Arnold died...Tags: Photography, Arts, Joan Crawford, Arthur Miller, Documentary (genre)
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'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections
24 Frameshe 1994 Oscar-winning best film, “Forrest Gump,” Walt Disney’s 1942 classic animated family film, “Bambi,” Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length comedy “The Kid” and a 1912 silent comedy “A Cure for... -
Shakespeare & Co. founder George Whitman, 98, dies
Jacket CopyGeorge Whitman, the legendary founder of the Paris bookshop and literary institution Shakespeare & Co., died Wednesday at age 98.... -
Theater review: 'Fela!' at the Ahmanson Theatre
Culture MonsterCharles McNulty reviews "Fela!" at the Ahmanson Theatre... -
PST, A to Z: 'Identity and Affirmation' at CSUN Art Galleries
Culture MonsterPacific Standard Time will explore the origins of the Los Angeles art world through museum exhibitions throughout Southern California over the next six months. Times art reviewer Sharon Mizota has set the goal of seeing all of them. This is......
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