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    Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Las Vegas: Smith looks ahead to its second year of performances

    The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas is celebrating its first birthday and is looking ahead with a schedule of diverse productions.
    The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas is celebrating its first birthday and is looking ahead with a schedule of diverse productions. The center, which opened March 10, 2012, hosted more than 450 performances during its first...

    Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Entertainment, Radio, NPR, Arts and Culture

    2. Sep 20, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. Daum: Romney's sorry state

    When it comes to apologies, some people are like scent hounds: They can sniff them out anywhere. This is especially true when it comes to the supposed regrets and self-hatred of President Obama. Though he began his term with a series of speeches in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East in which, according to several fact-checking sources, the words "apology" or "I'm sorry" were never once uttered, his opponents nonetheless decided to construe the trips as some sort of mea culpa (make that Americana culpa) world tour. (Can't you just picture it on a heavy metal concert T-shirt?)
    When it comes to apologies, some people are like scent hounds: They can sniff them out anywhere. This is especially true when it comes to the supposed regrets and self-hatred of President Obama. Though he began his term with a series of speeches in...

    Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, George W. Bush, Ali MacGraw, Karl Rove, The Wall Street Journal

    3. Aug 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Anti-Obama documentary does surprisingly well on slow weekend

    With the Republican National Convention set to kick off this week, an anti-Obama documentary did surprisingly well at the box office on one of the slowest moviegoing weekends of the year.
    With the Republican National Convention set to kick off this week, an anti-Obama documentary did surprisingly well at the box office on one of the slowest moviegoing weekends of the year. The No. 1 film was still "The Expendables 2," which claimed the...

    Tags: The Expendables 2 (movie), Sundance Film Festival, IFC (tv network), Entertainment, Ashley Greene

    4. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'

    Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael Shannon as family man and freelance assassin in “The Iceman,” and Ben Affleck as a CIA agent in “Argo.”
    Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...

    Tags: Sarah Polley, Prisons, Ben Affleck, Laura Linney, William Shatner

    5. Apr 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. List of films and release dates in summer 2012

    <strong>May 4</strong>
    May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

    Tags: Julie Walters, Sigourney Weaver, Paris (France), Simon West, William Friedkin

    6. Mar 22, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Daum: When truth is trumped by theatrics

    Even if you don't have a cupboard full of pledge-drive coffee mugs, you've probably heard about the latest dust-up in public radio. A stage performer named Mike Daisey chronicled a trip he made in 2010 to China to check out conditions at a factory run by Foxconn, the chief manufacturer of iPads and iPhones. Even before Daisey told his tale, news reports of suicides and harsh working conditions there had introduced at least a dose of guilt into the previously sunshiny experience of owning an Apple product.
    Even if you don't have a cupboard full of pledge-drive coffee mugs, you've probably heard about the latest dust-up in public radio. A stage performer named Mike Daisey chronicled a trip he made in 2010 to China to check out conditions at a factory run...

    Tags: Music, Meghan Daum, Entertainment, Radio, James Frey

    7. Jan 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Sundance 2012: 'Beasts,' drug war doc win grand jury prizes

    24 Frames
    The Sundance Film Festival's top awards in 2012 go to "Beasts of the Southern Wild," the drug war documentary "The House I Live In" and the Israeli film "The Law in These Parts."...
    8. Mar 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'This American Life' retracts Daisey story on Apple and Steve Jobs

    Show Tracker
    Public radio's popular weekend feature program “This American Life” on Friday retracted one of its most popular stories — about conditions for factory workers who make Apple products in China — and prepared to devote its entire...
    9. Mar 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Mike Daisey, the theater artist behind the controversy

    Culture Monster
    Mike Daisey, an actor, writer and solo stage performer, has become fodder for commentators and journalists across the country after NPR's program "This American Life" retracted a story that contained parts of his one-man show "The Agony and Ecstasy of...
    10. Mar 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Carpenter Center's new season: 'NEA Four,' Ira Glass, Lily Tomlin

    Culture Monster
    Appearances by the performance artists known as the "NEA Four" will be among the highlights of the new 2012-13 season at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. The season, which was announced this week, will also include radio host Ira Glass,...
    11. Mar 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Mike Daisey's notoriety not translating to book sales

    Jacket Copy
    Mike Daisey has gotten gobs of publicity over his now-retracted story for "This American Life." But it hasn't translated to book sales for his "21 Dog Years" ... yet....
    12. Mar 17, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  12. NPR needs a backbone

    Oh, NPR, won't you please state your game? Are you liberal? Are you neutral? Are your employees secret socialists? Do their screensavers feature slideshows of Noam Chomsky? Do your office Christmas parties serve only free-range eggnog? Do your parking lots offer preferred spaces for vehicles with "Free Tibet" bumper stickers?"
    Oh, NPR, won't you please state your game? Are you liberal? Are you neutral? Are your employees secret socialists? Do their screensavers feature slideshows of Noam Chomsky? Do your office Christmas parties serve only free-range eggnog? Do your parking...

    Tags: Vivian Schiller, Management Change, Glenn Beck, Entertainment, Dog (animal)

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