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THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI have a piece of advice for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take your 44-page rule book, toss it out the window and start all over. Anyone who thinks that the rest of the world is peeved with the United States simply because of the go-...Tags: Festive Events, Curtis Hanson, Science, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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Too much is never enough
Special to The TimesThere's a small pavilion hidden in the far corner of Mary McDonald's Hollywood Hills property. It's almost inaccessible from the rest of the garden, tucked at the top of a steep, grassy incline, and even though you can see it only from the kitchen sink...Tags: Design and Engineering, Chocolate Cake, Entertainment, Barbie (fictional character), Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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Stanley Kramer; Acclaimed Movies Focused on Social Issues
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStanley Kramer, the producer-director who earned the nickname "Hollywood's conscience" through his willingness to tackle controversial topics like racism, nuclear annihilation, greed and fascism, died Monday of pneumonia at the Motion Picture and...Tags: Dick van Dyke, Anthony Quinn, Tony Curtis, Hell's Kitchen (tv program), Awards and Prizes
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Sail away on Queen Mary, the original
Times Staff WriterSome "getaways" are wholly dependent on the strength of your imagination. With the new Queen Mary 2's transatlantic crossings out of our reach, we did the next best thing: booked a night aboard the original Queen Mary and pretended. Entered into...Tags: England, Bob Hope, David Niven, Spencer Tracy, Hotels and Accommodations
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Keepers of the cinematic flame
Times Staff WriterAs much as any country on the globe, France has made great films during every decade of cinema's existence, and Paris shops have the paper evidence to prove it. The city has numerous places to buy posters, magazines and books, stores that are fertile...Tags: Hobbies, Jean Cocteau, Entertainment, France, Periodicals
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Lucille Ball Dies; TV's Comic Genius Was 77
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLucille Ball, the leggy showgirl, model and B-grade movie queen whose pumpkin hair and genius for comedy made her an icon of television, died early Wednesday, a week after undergoing emergency heart surgery. The co-creator and star of " I Love Lucy," a...Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Desi Arnaz, Samuel Goldwyn, Spencer Tracy, Physical Conditions
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Meryl Streep, Spencer Tracy, Fred Astaire, Arthur Penn
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Steve Schapiro, a fly on the wall — with a camera
Steve Schapiro wants to photograph President Barack Obama, and there is little doubt that he will one day do so. In his lengthy and star-studded career, he has photographed so many famous and influential people that one can almost believe he has Zelig-...
Tags: Ringo Starr, Mia Farrow, Jerry Garcia, Woody Allen, St. Patrick's Day
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The Grand Irrationality
VarietyAnyone who sits through Jemma Kennedy's "The Grand Irrationality" can probably come up with a pretty good reason why this new comedy had its world premiere at the Lost Studio and not 5,500 miles away at London's National Theater, where it was developed....Tags: Theater, Wes Anderson, Entertainment, David Mamet, Arts and Culture
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For pageant, people supply the bond
Frank Daniel is one of a lucky few who have never been struck by the urge to sneeze, twitch or swat an unassuming bug, at least while on stage. This matters — why? Daniel, 69, a Laguna Beach native, has, for the past quarter-century, donned...
Tags: To Rome with Love (movie), Sneezing, Alfred Hitchcock, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (movie), Charlie Chaplin
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Best 2012 performances: Hampton Roads had several high points
The performing arts scene looked a bit like a Busch Gardens theme ride in 2012, with lots of high points and a couple of strange twists and turns. Overall, the quality of presentations was first-rate with several regional or world premieres and knockout...
Tags: Popular Music (genre), Festive Events, Jean Cocteau, Entertainment, Ferguson Center for the Arts
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Artist Steve McQueen's work is what it is: Not as it seems
The celebrated British artist Steve McQueen has made two feature films in the past few years. "Hunger" won the Camera d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for its vision of Irish Republican Army bomber Bobby Sands, and the hunger strike that ended his...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment, Career and Workplace, Strikes, Fine Artists
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