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Michelle Obama on the Oscars: The behind-the-scenes story
On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted...
Tags: Movies, Argo (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Steven Spielberg, Dianne Feinstein
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Dennis Rodman tests out 'basketball diplomacy' in North Korea
It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as...
Tags: North Korea, National Basketball Association, Media Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Same-Sex Marriage
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Poll: Acceptance of same-sex marriage on the rise
WASHINGTON -- A new public opinion survey is the latest to confirm a major social trend that shows no sign of ebbing: rising acceptance of same-sex marriage and homosexuality in America. Fully one in seven adults (14%) say they’ve changed their...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Medical Research, Customs and Tradition, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Scott Walker to pen book with 'torture apologist'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is drawing heat over his choice of ghostwriter for a forthcoming book. As the National Review online reported, Walker will team up with former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen on the book, which according to a source...
Tags: Conservative Political Action Conference, Scott Walker, Authors, Jesse Helms, Government
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If only there were an Academy Award for best stunt hand
In one episode of "Seinfeld," hapless George Costanza was hired as a stunt hand for a movie. Predictably, things went awry and poor George's hand never made a cinematic debut. In the days leading up to the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, my own hand fared...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Ceremonies, Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Friday's TV Talk: Wolfgang Puck; Walton Goggins; Michelle Obama
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- CBS This Morning Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland...
Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Daymond John, Wolfgang Puck, Giada De Laurentiis, Paula Deen
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Japan hangs three prisoners, first executed under new government
Japan hanged three convicted killers, its Justice Ministry said Thursday. The hangings are the first executions under the new government, continuing a secretive practice that has appalled human rights groups and made Japan an outlier among wealthy...
Tags: Japan, Amnesty International, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Shinzo Abe
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Jane Goodall book postponed after plagiarism issues raised
Primatologist Jane Goodall and publisher Grand Central have announced they will delay publication of Goodall's forthcoming tree-focused book "Seeds of Hope" in the wake of accusations that certain passages were plagiarized. The Washington Post noted the...
Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Chinua Achebe, Authors, Book
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Kill the groundhog? Prosecutor demands death for faulty forecast
Meteorologists take heed. The punishment for inaccurately predicting the weather in Ohio is now death, at least according to one prosecutor. Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser was apparently so enraged by this year’s lengthy winter that he...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Stanley Karnow dies at 87; author of epic Vietnam history
Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the...
Tags: Richard Nixon, China, Awards and Prizes, U.S. Army, Morley Safer
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Friday TV Talk Shows: Jane Lynch; Robert Zimmerman; Kathy Griffin
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC Live With Kelly and...
Tags: Eva Longoria, Kathy Griffin, David Feherty, Tyler Florence, Helen Hunt
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Rafael Soriano should be in Nationals camp 'soon,' agent says
Rafael Soriano was a notable absence when pitchers and catchers reported for the Washington Nationals earlier this week. The closer who signed a two-year, $28-million deal with the team during the off-season was nowhere to be found during the team...
Tags: Sports, Baseball, Washington Nationals, New York Yankees, Rafael Soriano
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