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Thursday's TV Highlights: An 'Office' wedding
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies 'I DO': Jim and Pam (Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski) invite the office staff to their Niagara Falls wedding...... -
Lunch With the Daily Mirror
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Navid Nonahal / Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2009: We had a festive time on Saturday at Philippe, discussing Los Angeles history, vintage movies, the true origin of the French dip sandwich and tips on blogging. I think we have enough... -
A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist
The Daily MirrorDec. 20, 1957: (While Miss Hopper is away, column is being compiled by her staff). Preston Sturges is in Paris writing a screenplay on the most fabulous swindler of our era, F. Donald Coster. Story is based on New Yorker articles "The Metamorphosis of... -
Manny Farber: A film critic not in awe of Hollywood
Farber on Film
The Complete Film Writings
of Manny Farber
Edited by Robert Polito
Library of America: 824 pp., $40
At this year's Academy Awards, the most incongruous moment came during the "In Memoriam" roll call. Among the distinguished deceased...Tags: John Ford, Academy Awards, Esther Williams, Boris Karloff, Mick Jagger
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Joe Walsh vs. Joe Walsh: The rock star wrestles with the congressional candidate
The Big PictureAmerica's fiery hordes of Tea Party conservatives seem to have the hapless Democratic Party on the run, but one right-wing congressional candidate in Illinois may have met his match this week when he was caught appropriating (or should we say...... -
Thursday's TV Highlights: Katharine McPhee in 'Community'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of March 7 - 13 in PDF format This week's TV Movies FAMILY DAY: Katharine McPhee guest stars in a new episode of 'Community' at 8 p.m. on NBC. SERIES American...... -
Jeff Dowd on Jeff Bridges: A unique American icon
The Big PictureJeff Dowd is an indie film producer and promoter who is known to one and all as the Dude, having served in large part as the inspiration for Jeff Bridges' immortal Dude character in the Coen brothers' "The Big Lebowski."...... -
Documentary tracks success of South L.A.'s Foshay choir
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt all started 10 years ago when middle school student Helen Camarillo walked up to music executive Tom Sturges at a Christmas party for youths and adults interested in mentoring. She told him that she planned to be president of the United States one day....Tags: Minority Groups, Documentary (genre), University of Southern California, Shaquille O'Neal, Government
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Scorsese finally joins the club
Times Staff WriterHaving won the Oscar for best picture, "The Departed" will always, from here to eternity, have an aura of distinction, like a suave white-haired gent gliding into the Governors Ball in his tuxedo. But once the hoopla dies — and in Hollywood, hoopla...Tags: Literature, Comedy (genre), John Ford, Academy Awards, Assault
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Comedies get little respect from Academy Award voters
Do the Golden Globes have anything to teach the Academy Awards? Maybe one thing: How to lighten up.
The Globes, with its two best picture categories, knows that dramas and comedies are almost completely different art forms that can't be judged against...Tags: Television, Comedy (genre), Literature, W.C. Fields, Lucille Ball
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George Clooney: 'Dirigir es una auténtica montaña rusa'
La amistad de más de 20 años que une a George Clooney y Renée Zellweger se transforma en química y magnetismo en la pantalla gracias a "Leatherheads", la tercera película como director del galán por excelencia de Hollywood, que se estrena mañana.
Tras...Tags: George Clooney, Lewis Milestone, Comedy (genre), John Krasinski, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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