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'The Internship,' now starring ... Google
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google. The company campus in Mountain View, Calif., is the setting for the movie in which Vaughn and Wilson play down-on-their-luck...
Tags: Movies, Sergey Brin, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Larry Page
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A. Quincy Jones show at Hammer Museum: Meet the curator
We hear it from the owners of A. Quincy Jones houses all the time: "The house just feels good." In organizing and designing "A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living," the new exhibition on one of L.A.'s beloved residential architects, the Hammer...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture
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Richard Koshalek, Smithsonian Hirshhorn head with L.A. ties, quits
Another bubble has popped for Richard Koshalek. The director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., a branch of the Smithsonian, announced Thursday he will leave his post later this year. The news followed a reported split...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Arts, Frank Gehry
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Hawaii: Famous military aircraft joins Pearl Harbor museum
One of the most famous aircraft in American military history -- the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter -- has landed at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor. The jet arrived on Oahu’s Ford Island in early May, becoming the 43rdaircraft to join the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Military Equipment
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The creative process behind Edward Hopper's paintings
NEW YORK — As 1938 came to a close, painter Edward Hopper was a man on a mission. Again and again, he would pick up his sketchbook and head for a cluster of New York City movie theaters. Sometimes it was the Republic or the Palace, other times the...
Tags: Lobbying, New York Public Library, Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists
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Ripley's Believe It or Not museum gets family-friendly makeover
A gruesome photo gallery of men and women impaled by arrows, augers and pipes is gone from the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum in Hollywood. And don't expect to see any displays of medieval chastity belts or tongs used to torture victims of the...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment, Travel, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Paul Schimmel joins gallery world, creating Hauser Wirth & Schimmel
Former MOCA chief curator Paul Schimmel has signed on as a partner with the international gallery Hauser & Wirth. And yes, they are coming to Los Angeles. Schimmel, 58, confirmed that he will be helping the powerhouse gallery, which currently has...
Tags: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Stanley Kubrick, Arts, Fine Artists
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Bay Area's USS Hornet Museum to salute Memorial Day
For those spending Memorial Day weekend in the Bay Area, the USS Hornet Museum will hold a special Memorial Day ceremony Monday to recognize veterans. The ceremony will take place aboard the aircraft carrier and will begin at 1 p.m. The Hornet is a...
Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Aircraft Carriers, Holidays
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Hungry? A Paula Deen museum is in the works
Paula Deen, the queen of comfort food and, well, butter, could soon have her accomplishments -- and perhaps her doughnut burger recipe -- on display. The Albany Herald reported that local businesswoman B.J. Fletcher and Deen’s first husband, Jimmy...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Arts and Culture, Dancing Queen (song), Arts, Food Network (tv network)
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LACMA's big rock, 'Levitated Mass,' subject of new film
Artist Michael Heizer's "Levitated Mass" is the subject of a new documentary to be screened as part of Los Angeles Film Festival. Our sister blog, Movies Now, reports that "Levitated Mass: The Story of Michael Heizer's Monolithic Sculpture" will...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Stanley Kubrick, Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Hollywood Museum to open 'Harry Potter' exhibition Wednesday
The Hollywood Museum at the vintage Max Factor Building is opening a new permanent "Harry Potter" exhibition on Wednesday. The collection features items from Harry Potter historian Christopher Knoll, a longtime member of the Academy of Magical Arts...
Tags: Fiction, Arts and Culture, Maggie Smith, Arts, Daniel Radcliffe
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Connie Butler of MoMA goes to Hammer Museum as new chief curator
After more than a year-long search, the Hammer Museum has hired Connie Butler, currently the chief curator of drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as its chief curator. She is leaving that position by July 1 in order to assume her L.A. post...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Tribeca, Museum of Modern Art
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