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Celeste Holm dies at 95; Broadway star in 'Oklahoma!' and Oscar-winner
Celeste Holm, the versatile actress who achieved fame on Broadway in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit musical "Oklahoma!" in 1943 and five years later won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the landmark movie-drama "Gentleman'...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Academy Awards, Obituaries, Heart Attack
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A new bar taps L.A. literary history
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Marshall Lumsden dies at 88; founding editor of West magazine
Marshall Lumsden, the founding editor of West, a Sunday magazine the Los Angeles Times introduced in 1966, died Friday at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. He was 88.
His death was caused by complications from colon cancer, said his wife, Wini....Tags: Ray Bradbury, Columbia University, Newspaper and Magazine, Defense, World War II (1939-1945)
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J.D. Salinger dies at 91; reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'
After "The Catcher in the Rye" exploded onto the literary scene in 1951, author J.D. Salinger had what every writer yearns for -- money, fame and critical acclaim. "Catcher" became a touchstone for the teenage culture just emerging in post-World War II...Tags: Labor Legislation, Judaism, Marriage, Hospitals and Clinics, Rebellions
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Tonight's music pick: White Denim @ Spaceland
Brand XCombining elements of psych-rock with garage, blues and country influences, White Denim's sound is familiar without being formulaic, and rowdy good fun to boot. Theyâve added a guitarist just in time for a fall tour, and are promising a pair of new... -
One more act for the phantom of the playhouse?
The Pasadena Playhouse is back. After shutting its doors in February because of financial problems, the theater reopened Oct. 12 with the one-man play "FDR" starring Ed Asner.
But is the building's most enduring protagonist back as well?
Some say Gilmor...Tags: William Holden, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Eugene O'Neill, Noel Coward
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Craig Noel dies at 94; founding director of San Diego's renowned Old Globe
Craig Noel, the founding director of San Diego's Old Globe who established a vital regional community theater that eventually became a Tony Award-winning font of dramatic productions bound for Broadway, has died. He was 94.
Noel, who began his career...Tags: Social Issues, Neil Simon, Celebrities, Obituaries, Career and Workplace
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The typist's tale of 'Last Tycoon'
All these years later, Frances Kroll Ring can still see it, the afternoon she filled out an application at Rusty's Employment Agency on Hollywood Boulevard and drove to Encino to meet a writer who was looking for a secretary.
It was April 1939, and she...Tags: Edmund Wilson, Heart Attack, Family, Showtime (tv network), Pulitzer Prize Awards
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How 'Casablanca' beat nine other nominees to win best picture at the 1943 Oscars
Gold DerbyBefore this year, the last time there were 10 best picture nominees at the Oscars was in 1943, when "Casablanca" won. On the Rotten Tomatoes ranking of all of the best picture winners at the Oscars, this year's champ, "The Hurt Locker," sits at No. 13... -
Betsy Blair dies at 85; actress appeared in 'Marty'
Betsy Blair, an actress best remembered for playing the shy schoolteacher who meets Ernest Borgnine's lonely Bronx butcher at the Stardust Ballroom in the 1955 movie "Marty," has died. She was 85.
Blair, who was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s...Tags: Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Academy Awards, Hospitals and Clinics, Jo van Fleet
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The inspiration behind Oliver Mayer's 'Dias y Flores'
Flowers with a card, a surprise pair of plane tickets, a lovingly crafted mix tape -- these are among the time-honored tools of courtship available to the average mortal.
But how about a darkly comic two-act play about tensions and flirtations among...Tags: Family, August Wilson, Immigration, John Steinbeck, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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'Love's Old Sweet Song' at GTC Burbank
Good-natured optimism buoys the boozy comment of William Saroyan's canon, and "Love's Old Sweet Song" follows suit. In honor of the Saroyan centennial, the charming Syzygy Theatre Group revival of his rarely staged romantic allegory deftly wears its...Tags: Walter Huston, Death, Happiness (state of mind), Ann Hamilton
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