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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 16, 1940
The Daily MirrorNov. 16, 1940: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are packing for a trailer trek to Nebraska, where they'll visit her relatives, Jimmie Fidler says.... -
'James Edwards: African American Hollywood Icon' by Pamala S. Deane
For much of the 1950s and '60s, Sidney Poitier was the standard-bearer for all of black Hollywood, his stardom held aloft as a beacon of integration and progress. In reality, the movie industry remained largely segregated and out of step with the...Tags: Movies, Minority Groups, Cinema Industry, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Studs Terkel and the FBI
Jacket CopyIn the 1930s, Studs Terkel applied to the FBI to be a fingerprint guy -- maybe if he'd gotten the job, we would have had "CSI: Studs Terkel." But the FBI turned him away and in 1945 began surveillance that...... -
PASSINGS: Jean Sieroty
Jean Sieroty Beverly Hills activist and philanthropist Jean Sieroty, 102, an activist and philanthropist, died July 14 at her home in Beverly Hills, her family said. Sieroty founded and sustained for more than 20 years an annual holiday art show to...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Family, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Activism, Politics
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Lena Horne dies at 92; singer and civil rights activist who broke barriers
"Stormy Weather" was Lena Horne's signature song as well as a chillingly apt metaphor for her career. Long celebrated for her striking beauty and silky voice, she overcame profound racism on her way to becoming one of the best-known African American...Tags: Ella Fitzgerald, Movies, Career and Workplace, Religious Conflicts, Comedy (genre)
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PASSINGS: Mike Bongiorno, Jack Manning, William A. 'Bill' Schoneberger
Mike Bongiorno Italian quiz show host Mike Bongiorno, 85, a TV host who popularized quiz shows for generations of Italians, died Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in Monte Carlo, Italian news media reported. Nicknamed "The Quiz King," Bongiorno was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Mary Tyler Moore, Celebrities, Theater, Dining and Drinking
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Charles Champlin, a Brief Look at Short Films
The Daily MirrorMarch 17, 1980: Charles Champlin takes a brief look at the Academy Award nominees for short documentaries. âPaul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist,â which won an Oscar, is on Netflix as part of a four-DVD set.... -
Theater review: 'The Emperorâs Last Performance' at Los Angeles Theatre Centre [Updated]
Culture MonsterAn unjustly forgotten chapter in American theatrical and racial history is the raison d'être of "The Emperor's Last Performance," which ends its limited Los Angeles Theatre Center run on Sunday. This respectable Robey Theatre Company staging of Melvin... -
Vintage musicals aging well
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- "Finally my mother can see something I've done," said opera singer Nathan Gunn, "that she actually likes." The 37-year-old baritone was speaking of tonight's concert version of the pioneering musical "Show Boat," the centerpiece of a season-...Tags: Movies, Theater, Irving Berlin, Mamma Mia! (movie), Reba McEntire
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Curious bedfellows
Jonathan Kirsch Is The Author Of, Most Recently, "a History Of The End Of The World: How The Most Controversial Book In The Bible Changed The Course Of Western Civilization.""LONG years ago, we made a trust with destiny," declared Jawaharlal Nehru, the founding father of modern India, on the occasion of the formal surrender of power by the British imperial authorities. "And now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge....Tags: Pocahontas, Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru, World War II (1939-1945), England
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Red Hot With a Blue Note
Times Staff WriterNikita Khrushchev's eloquent 1950s critique of jazz pretty much summed up the status of that "bourgeois" music in the Soviet Union: He remarked that listening to it gave him gas. The early Russian jazz scene is most memorably explained by the night in...Tags: Langston Hughes, BBC, World War II (1939-1945), Restaurants, St. Louis Blues
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The Philadelphia story
Special to The TimesThere's not much of a barrier between Philadelphians and their city's history and culture. They walk briskly past the Liberty Bell on their way to a food-cart lunch, skateboard recklessly down the 100 steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum and, if you ask...Tags: The Cosby Show (tv program), John Marshall, Restaurants, Celebrities, Connie Mack, Jr.
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