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Russell Crowe in eclipse: How Hollywood celebrity has changed
The Big PictureRussell Croweâs new film, âThe Next Three Days,â is a box-office stinker. A thriller released by Lionsgate, the movie did a paltry $6.8 million over the weekend, accompanied by a raft of mediocre reviews â one of the worst starts...... -
Book calendar: Author events for the week of September 12, 2010
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY William Gibson: The author will read and sign his new novel, "Zero History." Book Soup 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Noon. Free. (310) 659-3110. William Gibson: The author will read and...Tags: Janet Fitch, Colleges and Universities, Crossroads, Republican Party, Jimi Hendrix
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'The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps' by William Styron
The Suicide Run
Five Tales of the Marine Corps
William Styron
Random House: 198 pp., $24
The business -- and I use the word advisedly -- of posthumous publication is a troubling one. We honor our dear dead. Yet there are certain kinds of attention...Tags: Max Brod, William Styron, Suicide, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Colleges and Universities
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'Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11'
In 1969, 600 million people -- one-fifth of the world's population -- watched the live television broadcast of the moonwalk. Leading art book publisher Taschen has not let the 40th anniversary go unheralded; its book " Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic...Tags: Television, Satellite and Cable Service, Book, Spiro Agnew, Entertainment
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Book review: 'Missing a Beat: The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim' collected by Mark Cohen
Missing a Beat
The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim
Edited and with an introduction by Mark Cohen
Syracuse University Press: 296 pp., $29.95
We hear a disproportionate amount from the writers who "made it." The ones who hustled, stroked the right...Tags: James Baldwin, Judaism, Newspaper and Magazine, Colleges and Universities, Harold Bloom
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'The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis'
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 740 pp., $30
These days, when literature springs from mere experience and memoirs are justified by a change in eating habits, it seems fitting to remark on the heritage of...Tags: Book, Glenn Gould, Mary Tyler Moore, Paul Auster, Sylvia Plath
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Fiction is dead. Again? [updated]
Jacket CopyPut down that dragon tattoo girl. Stop catching up with Bree Tanner. You don't need any help from Kathryn Stockett, or to chew your fingernails through a hunger game. Forget about the latest from Scott Turow or David Mitchell or...... -
The Young Politicos
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Ray Graham / Los Angeles Times Kennedy girls, from left, Eleanor Dudley, Susan Reeves, Jeanne Lytle and Marilyn Raran with Democratic Party official John M. Bailey of Connecticut. One thing that struck me in going through the photos of the... -
'Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture' and the questionable future of monster-size books
L.A. at HomeWhen 'The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architectureâ?? came out in 2004, it was quickly deemed a smashing success by booksellers and fans alike, despite the $160 price. The 14-pound tome was so successful, in fact, that late last year Phaidon... -
The Bosses
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo July 13, 1960: Robert F. Kennedy puts the arm on New York Democratic leader Carmen DeSapio as New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Rep. Michael Prendergast (D-N.Y.) listen. This is one of my favorite photos from the convention... -
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Frank Q. Brown / Los Angeles Times July 10, 1960: Eleanor Roosevelt refuses to ride in a limousine to a reception, preferring to walk half a mile with reporters. The absence of former President Harry Truman underscored the Democratsâ break... -
Adlai Stevenson’s Last Hurrah
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Otto / Los Angeles Times July 9, 1960: Agnes Meyer chats with Adlai Stevenson at a cocktail party in Pasadena. It has always been difficult for me to consider Adlai Stevenson a serious candidate for president, and evidently American voters...
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