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Tom and Pete dish Oscars: Does Sandra Bullock deserve to win?
Gold DerbyMy Envelope colleague Pete Hammond (Notes on a Season) and I recently hooked up at the Hollywood Museum to dish some of the hot Academy Award topics of today against the backdrop of Oscars of yore. Among the items in the museum's collection, for example,... -
Which Bette Davis film suffered the worst Oscar snub?
Gold DerbyEvery Oscar expert knows that "The Color Purple" and "The Turning Point" hold the dubious record of reaping the most nominations without a single win (11). But, before those films, the Oscars' worst snubbee was a Bette Davis movie, which got slighted nine... -
From Harlow to Clooney: The largest-ever collection of glamour photography goes up for auction
All The RageMad about old Hollywood? Now may be your chance to nab a classic photo from Tinseltown's storied history. Thousands of classic Hollywood glamour photographs from the Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer collection will be auctioned off on March...... -
Quiz: What Oscars champ also won the Nobel Prize?
Gold DerbyCan you name the one person who won both the Nobel Prize and the Oscar? No, it's not Al Gore. The Oscar for "An Inconvenient Truth" as best documentary of 2006 was given to its executive producer/ director/ cinematographer Davis Guggenheim, not to the... -
Quiz: Which Oscar-winning role was not gay?
Gold DerbyLast year Sean Penn ("Milk") became the sixth actor to reap an Oscar for a gay role. The other five are cited below. Which role does not belong on this list? To see the answer, click on the "Continue Reading" link below. a.) William Hurt, "Kiss of the... -
Quiz: Who gave this cheeky acceptance speech at the Oscars?
Gold DerbyIt was one of these past Oscar champs: Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of Fortune"), David Niven ("Separate Tables"), Maggie Smith ("California Suite"), Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty"), Emma Thompson ("Howards End"). To see the answer, click on the "Continue... -
Theater review: âStreep Teaseâ at Bang Comedy Theater
Culture MonsterOne doesnât typically associate Meryl Streep with high camp. Unlike stars such as Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn, larger-than-life personalities whose accents are so readily imitated, Streepâs chameleon-like quality and facility... -
The last mystery of Gore Vidal
You hear Gore Vidal long before you see him, the steady tap-swish-tap of foot and cane on an upstairs landing in his sunny Spanish Colonial house in the Hollywood Hills; then there's the slow whir of a mechanical chairlift carrying the novelist-essayist-...
Tags: Diabetes, Gore Vidal, Architecture, U.S. Army, George W. Bush
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The movie magic is gone
Neal Gabler is the author of many books, including "Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination" and "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality."TONIGHT'S Oscars will be awarded, most likely, in the usual atmosphere of solemn self-congratulation and decorous chest-thumping. But for all the outward celebration, the truth is that the industry is in a state of ongoing disquiet. It is hardly news...Tags: George Lucas, DVDs and Movies, Culture, Gaming, Anna Nicole Smith
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On the Spot: ensuring safe journeys for senior travelers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterQuestion: My mother, 84, wound up stuck on a plane because of bad weather while trying to get from Long Beach to Rochester, N.Y. After nearly five hours on the tarmac at JFK, her connecting JetBlue flight was canceled, the plane returned to the gate and...Tags: JetBlue Airways, Travel, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Air Transportation Delays
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There were a lot more of those stray cats than you thought
Special to The TimesThere's something so immediately appealing about rockabilly music that it's easy to assume the invigorating style has been a bestselling fixture on the pop scene ever since its start in the '50s in Memphis, Tenn. In truth, only one pure rockabilly...Tags: Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, Neil Young, Cat (animal), The Beatles (music group)
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Keith Gonzales lists Windsor Square home at $4,399,000
Keith Gonzales is the editor of the Players Directory -- the industry's oldest and best-known casting guide. The real estate agent with whom he just listed his Windsor Square home rescues dogs -- "re-homes" them, if you will. (You can see where this is...Tags: James Stewart, Movies, Film Festivals, Entertainment, Mae West
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