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Terry 'Tubesteak' Tracy dies at 77; model for Big Kahuna in 'Gidget'
In 1956, Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy, freshly fired from his job at a downtown insurance company, bid goodbye to the 9-to-5 life and headed for the Malibu shore, where he built himself a shack out of wood scraps and palm fronds and sailed into surfing...
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House Proud
LA Times MagazineStyle, spirit and taste—and premier designer Jane Hallworth—define the late Laura Ziskin’s Santa Monica home... -
Cliff Robertson dies at 88; actor starred in films and on stage and TV
Cliff Robertson, who starred as John F. Kennedy in a 1963 World War II drama and later won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a mentally disabled bakery janitor in the movie "Charly," died Saturday, one day after his 88th birthday.
Robertson, who also...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Movies, Corporate Crime, Academy Awards, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Morning Fix: Can't contain 'Contagion.' RIP Cliff Robertson.
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John Calley, longtime studio chief and producer, dies at 81
Company TownJohn Calley: Well-known Hollywood figure John Calley, who led three studios, including most recently Sony Pictures, and produced films such as "Catch-22," "The Remains of the Day" and "The Da Vinci Code," died Tuesday at age 81.... -
'Rubicon' recap: A strategic retreat, to live and fight another day [Updated]
Show TrackerWe didn't get startling revelations Sunday night in the season finale (series finale?) of AMC's "Rubicon" so much as confirmation of what has been sparingly parsed in the last few episodes. My big question after seeing how the writers tied...... -
Is the Rose Parade red or blue? The eternal spinning of New Year's Day in Pasadena
Opinion L.A.I do love the Tournament of Roses parade, but not always for the same reasons other people do. Anything thatâs watched on television by tens of millions of people, and watched from Pasadenaâs sidewalks by thousands more -- no ,...... -
Martin Baum dies at 86; Hollywood agent represented A-list talent
Martin Baum, an old-time New York theatrical talent agent who became a veteran voice of experience for the upstart Creative Artists Agency in the late 1970s and who brought to the firm such established star clients as Sidney Poitier and Peter Sellers, has...Tags: Television Networks, Movies, Carroll O'Connor, Red Buttons, William Morris
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Dominick Dunne dies at 83; author and former Hollywood producer
Dominick Dunne, the bestselling novelist and Vanity Fair writer who chronicled the misdeeds of the rich and famous with wicked glee -- most memorably in his highly personal accounts of the trials of Claus von Bulow, the Menendez brothers and O.J....Tags: Frank Sinatra, Adventures in Paradise (tv program), Truman Capote, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert F. Kennedy
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Dick Berg dies at 87; television and film writer and producer
Dick Berg, a longtime television and motion picture writer and producer, died Tuesday from a fall at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.
A pioneer of the made-for-television movie format that revolutionized network programming in the 1970s, Berg helped...Tags: Orson Welles, Robert Ellis, Achievement Records, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Movies
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Mice get smarter with drug
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLab mice with the mental retardation of Down syndrome got smarter after being fed a drug that strengthened brain circuits involved in learning and memory, researchers reported Sunday. After receiving once-daily doses of pentylenetetrazole, or PTZ, for 17...Tags: Research, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities, Seizures, Movies
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See the islands in flower
Times Staff WriterDISCOVER the archeological treasures of the Greek isles on a 10-night tour that explores Santorini and Crete. The tour, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, begins May 10. "It's a wonderful time of year when wildflowers are blooming, enhancing...Tags: Cruises, Theater, Richard Wagner, Music Theater, Ed Asner
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