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NYFW Fall 2012: Michael Bastian's wardrobe for the most-wanted list
All The RageMichael Bastian's fall and winter 2012 collection was inspired by the extra man -- a.k.a. the escort or walker. The result is a dressy, dapper and ultra-luxe wardrobe for the man about town.... -
Theater review: 'The Jacksonian' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture MonsterBeth Henley's new play, "The Jacksonian" has its world premiere in a Geffen Playhouse production, directed by Robert Falls, that features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.... -
Charles Addams, happiest amid horror, gets a Google Doodle
Nation NowCharles Addams, Google Doodle honoree.... -
'Billy Elliot,' 'Memphis,' 'La Cage' coming to Pantages Theatre in 2011-12
Culture MonsterBroadway/LA said that its upcoming 2011-12 season at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood will feature a total of nine productions, including touring versions of the Tony-winning shows "Billy Elliot," "Memphis," "La Cage aux Folles" and "Million Dollar... -
Leo Cullum dies at 68; prolific New Yorker cartoonist
A woman holding a martini turns to a garishly dressed man in a bar and says, "I thought I'd never laugh again. Then I saw your jacket."
Through that cartoon — the first published by the New Yorker in the grim weeks after the 9/11 terrorist...Tags: Education, September 11, 2001 Attacks, College of the Holy Cross , Book, Cartoons
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REVIEW: 'Addams Family: An Evilution' is a dark, winking delight
The Hero ComplexBOOK REVIEW Charles Solomon recently reviewed "Addams Family: An Evilution" for the Los Angeles Times. Here's an excerpt. If Leo Tolstoy had seen the cartoons of Chas. Addams, he would have had to rethink his famous dictum, "All happy families...... -
Even for Neil Gaiman, 'The Sandman' is a singular dream
Even in casual conversation, British author Neil Gaiman sometimes sounds as if he's narrating some dark fairy tale -- his sentences slither across old stone floors or flit on gossamer wings. He also happens to live in a rambling Minnesota manse that...Tags: Gaming, Tori Amos, The Nightmare Before Christmas (movie), William Shakespeare, Christmas
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Where's Weldon?
The poet Weldon Kees was born in Beatrice, Neb., in 1914, though what's best known about him is that on July 18, 1955, his car was found abandoned with the keys still in the ignition in a parking lot on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge....Tags: Suicide, Crimes, Marianne Moore, Bertolt Brecht, Fiction
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'The Addams Family' had a rough move-in
The Arts Club in Chicago is a tony member's eatery favored by architects and artists, featuring a steel staircase designed by Mies van der Rohe and a permanent collection of works by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso.
It was no...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Pablo Picasso, The Addams Family (tv program), Richard Strauss, Mies van der Rohe
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'Addams Family' musical ready for the spotlight
Culture MonsterWhen Culture Monster first heard that producers were planning a stage musical of "The Addams Family," we weren't sure if they could pull off the signature ghoulish aesthetic that Charles Addams immortalized in his cartoons in the New Yorker. Having...... -
'Addams Family' legacy lives in new book, musical and rumored Tim Burton film
The Hero ComplexThe Addams Family has been a spooky sensation for decades now. The darkly eccentric family has come to life in big- and small-screen versions, live-action and animation, and now a Broadway musical -- but it all originated from the drawings...... -
Vic Mizzy dies at 93; film and TV composer wrote 'Addams Family' theme song
Vic Mizzy, a film and television composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sit-coms "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family," has died. He was 93.
Mizzy died of heart failureSaturday at his home in Bel-Air, said Scott Harper, a...Tags: Death, Stranger Than Fiction, The Addams Family (tv program), Fred Allen, Don Rickles
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