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Sprinkled with smarts
The gig: Sprinkles Cupcakes, the Beverly Hills chain beloved by bold-faced Hollywood names such as Tom Cruise and Ryan Seacrest, launched in 2005 with six workers, including founders Candace and Charles Nelson. The company has since expanded to 400...
Tags: Williams-Sonoma Inc., Oprah Winfrey, Cheesecake Factory, Tom Cruise, Blake Lively
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Jeanine Basinger examines movie marriage in 'I Do and I Don't'
Jeanine Basinger's "I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies" (Alfred A. Knopf: 432 pp., $30) is a breezy, fun excursion into Hollywood's presentation of matrimony, from the earliest days of cinema through the modern era. But rather than...
Tags: Joss Whedon, Family, Lauren Bacall, Ernest Hemingway, Criminal Laws
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Art appreciation 101: 'Glittering Images' by Camille Paglia
-------------------- Glittering Images A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars Camille Paglia Pantheon: 202 pp., $30 -------------------- In the 1990s Camille Paglia established herself as a cultural critic to be reckoned with. Her daring...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Artists, Phyllis Schlafly, Culture, Joni Mitchell
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Columbia University administrator chosen to head UC Berkeley
L.A. NOWNicholas B. Dirks, a high-ranking Columbia University administrator and an expert on the history and culture of India, has been chosen to be the next chancellor of UC Berkeley, officials announced Thursday. Dirks, who is Columbia's executive vice... -
Claremont McKenna names legal scholar as next president
L.A. NOWClaremont McKenna College announced its new president Thursday: Hiram E. Chodosh, the dean of the University of Utah’s law school and an expert on legal affairs and anti-corruption measures in the Middle East and Asia. Chodosh will succeed Pamela B.... -
George McGovern dies at 90; liberal standard-bearer against Nixon in '72
George S. McGovern, an icon of American liberalism who campaigned for the White House with moral fervor against President Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War but lost in a thundering landslide, has died. He was 90. McGovern died Sunday morning while...
Tags: Panama, Arts and Culture, Democratic Party, Religion and Belief, Injuries and Wounds
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: French Movies, Roger Ebert, Reviews, Francois Truffaut, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Bob Burnett dies at 71; member of folk group the Highwaymen
The members of the folk group the Highwaymen were freshmen in the same fraternity at Wesleyan University in Connecticut when they came together to perform at a campus party in 1958.
By their senior year, the quintet had a No. 1 single with their haunting...Tags: Kris Kristofferson, Arts and Culture, Lawyers, Greenwich Village, Johnny Cash
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Former Sen. George McGovern stable after fall
Nation NowFormer Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was resting in stable condition at a South Dakota hospital Saturday after he hit his head during a fall, hospital officials said.... -
Virtual campus tours courtesy of Google
TechnologyGoogle's Street View program allows you to tour college campuses from your computer.... -
Book review: 'Nicholas Ray' by Patrick McGilligan
Special to the Los Angeles TimesNicholas Ray faced a roomful of film students. They had come to learn from the director who'd made James Dean an icon in "Rebel Without a Cause" and a gunslinger of Joan Crawford in the distaff western "Johnny Guitar." Ray began a mock exercise in filming...Tags: Wim Wenders, Human Interest, Celebrities and Health Issues, James Mason, Crime, Law and Justice
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Did Magic Johnson play high school ball with WWE's The Undertaker?
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL URBAN LEGEND: Magic Johnson played high school basketball with WWE's The Undertaker. A popular game to play with celebrities is to look at them "Before They Were Famous," particularly when they were younger (heck, MTV recently had a show......
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