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Letters: Crazy about cursive
Re "A different slant on cursive," April 1 The article notes that a study on cursive found that essays written in this form of handwriting received slightly higher scores. Suzanne Asherson of the group Handwriting Without Tears attributes this...Tags: Abraham Lincoln
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‘Doctor Who’ lords it over time and space, and TV
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe signs of a seismic shift became clear a year or so ago, in even the nonhipster communities of Los ...... -
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: Claremont’s tales set uncanny agenda
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesPERSPECTIVE It’s probably no coincidence that television reached a new level of critical respectability after its most serious shows embraced ...... -
O.C. shooting: Violent death of aspiring actress remains mystery
L.A. NOWSince her days as a high school free spirit, Courtney Aoki developed a tougher exterior, with a heavy-metal edge. Tattoos began covering her body, including one of a black widow on her chest with the number 13. Her Facebook page...... -
O.C. shootings: Police probe suspect's computer, gaming records
L.A. NOWAuthorities said they were reviewing computers and gaming records of a 20-year-old college student believed to have killed three people in a shooting rampage before taking his own life. The man, Ali Syed of Ladera Ranch, was described by authorities...... -
O.C. shooting: The stage 'was her home,' instructor says of victim
L.A. NOWCourtney Aoki envisioned herself as an actress when she participated in a summer stock program at the Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. It was a program designed to help propel at-risk teens into a world of acting and to...... -
O.C. shootings: Friends, former teacher shocked at woman's death
L.A. NOWWhen shooting victims Courtney Aoki was a freshman at Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach, she had an appreciation for literature that was rare for a teenager, said J.C. Marquez, her English teacher.... -
Westminster Dog Show champion Banana Joe takes Broadway
Banana Joe, the lovable affenpinscher who won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York on Tuesday, has chosen Broadway for a victory lap. The pooch was scheduled to make a cameo appearance Wednesday evening in the Broadway...
Tags: Theater, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Broadway Theater
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Stuart Freeborn dies at 98; 'Star Wars' makeup artist
It was no accident that British makeup artist Stuart Freeborn resembled his most famous movie creation — Yoda, the wrinkled, ancient sage from the "Star Wars" films. "I looked at myself in the mirror and decided that I was comic, with all these...
Tags: Superman (fictional character), Electronics, Star Wars (movie), Peter Sellers, Judaism
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'The Year in Pup Culture' on Animal Planet
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 23 - 29 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SPECIALS A Chipmunk Christmas: The squeaky-voiced rodents are back and looking to get to Carnegie Hall in this animated special...
Tags: East Carolina Pirates, Hugh Grant, Jim Backus, Atlanta Hawks, TNT (tv network)
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Happy existential holidays from Henri, Le Chat Noir
Happy holidays from everyone's favorite existentialist cat and YouTube star, Henri, Le Chat Noir. The melancholy feline has released "The Worst Noel," a new video based loosely on Charles Dickens' novella "A Christmas Carol." The video opens with...
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L.A. area theaters hope to strike holiday gold
"What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?" — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol." At the box office there is no "Bah! Humbug!" The recompense that two big Southern California theaters...
Tags: A Christmas Carol (movie, 2009), Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Theater, Religious Festivals, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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