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    Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Kimberly Ovitz

    NEW YORK -- Kimberly Ovitz, the daughter of Hollywood power player Michael Ovitz, showed her fall-winter 2013 collection Thursday afternoon at New York Fashion Week. The setting was the now-vacant Cafe Rouge, site of historic performances by such jazz legends as Count Basie and Duke Ellington, which the designer chose because of its history and rustic feel. Ovitz moved her business from Los Angeles to New York about a year and a half ago.
    NEW YORK -- Kimberly Ovitz, the daughter of Hollywood power player Michael Ovitz, showed her fall-winter 2013 collection Thursday afternoon at New York Fashion Week. The setting was the now-vacant Cafe Rouge, site of historic performances by such jazz...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Entertainment, J. Crew, Tory Burch, Anna Wintour

    2. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Ray Briem dies at 82; all-night radio host in L.A.

    <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/ray-briem/">Ray Briem</a>, the longtime KABC-AM talk show host who ruled all-night radio for nearly three decades with his phone calls to the famous and the quirky and his opinionated banter slamming liberals, championing conservative causes and extolling the big-band music he loved, died Wednesday at his Malibu home. He was 82.
    Ray Briem, the longtime KABC-AM talk show host who ruled all-night radio for nearly three decades with his phone calls to the famous and the quirky and his opinionated banter slamming liberals, championing conservative causes and extolling the big-band...

    Tags: Music, Science, Entertainment, Korean War (1950-1953), Insomnia

    3. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. From the archives: Dave Brubeck at 90: 'I'm very fortunate'

    <em>Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010.</em>
    Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010. WILTON, Conn --...

    Tags: Gary Giddins, George Lucas, Entertainment, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman

    4. Aug 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Ben Isaacs dies at 107; oldest Pullman porter

    For more than three decades, Ben Isaacs worked as a Pullman porter, one of the uniformed railway men who served first-class passengers traveling in luxurious sleeping cars &mdash; a much-coveted job for African Americans between the 1870s and late 1960s.
    For more than three decades, Ben Isaacs worked as a Pullman porter, one of the uniformed railway men who served first-class passengers traveling in luxurious sleeping cars — a much-coveted job for African Americans between the 1870s and late 1960s....

    Tags: Railway Transportation, Gloria Swanson, Air Transportation Industry, Pneumonia, Social Issues

    5. Jul 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Maria Cole dies at 89; singer was widow of Nat King Cole

    Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89.
    Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington's orchestra in the mid-1940s, has died. She was 89. Cole died Tuesday at a hospice in...

    Tags: Music, Entertainment, Lung Cancer, Vocal Music (genre), Unforgettable (tv program)

    6. Jun 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Joe Smith's candid artist talks heading to Library of Congress

    Pop & Hiss
    Classic-film fans know all about Frank Capra’s 1941 political treatise “Meet John Doe.” Soon, music lovers will have the chance to “Meet Joe Smith,” and in the process get a little closer to dozens of the most important...
    7. Aug 23, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Disneyland princesses moving into new Fantasy Faire village in 2013

    Breaking a wicked stepmother's curse, Disneyland's fairytale princesses will be whisked away from their crowded one-room temporary home in 2013 and magically transported to a spacious new storybook village more befitting of their royal lineage.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Breaking a wicked stepmother's curse, Disneyland's fairytale princesses will be whisked away from their crowded one-room temporary home in 2013 and magically transported to a spacious new storybook village more befitting of their royal lineage. Blame...

    Tags: Snow White (fictional character), Entertainment, Tangled (movie), Cinderella (fictional character), Benny Goodman

    8. Dec 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Bob Brookmeyer dies at 81; jazz trombonist, composer

    Bob Brookmeyer, a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from cutting-edge performances with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz to innovative big band compositions and highly regarded classes at the New England Conservatory, has died. He was 81.
    Bob Brookmeyer, a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and educator whose multifaceted career reached from cutting-edge performances with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz to innovative big band compositions and highly regarded classes at the New England...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), Music, London (England), Entertainment, Tex Beneke

    9. Sep 10, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. This time, it's Barbara Morrison's turn for a favor

    Sitting in the hall that she operates in Leimert Park on a recent afternoon, Barbara Morrison is uncharacteristically sedentary. She recently lost a leg to diabetes. While she speaks with customary grace and cheer, the jazz vocalist is in a period of adjustment.
    Sitting in the hall that she operates in Leimert Park on a recent afternoon, Barbara Morrison is uncharacteristically sedentary. She recently lost a leg to diabetes. While she speaks with customary grace and cheer, the jazz vocalist is in a period of...

    Tags: Arts, Vocal Music (genre), Fine Arts, Music Industry, Artists

    10. Jul 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Jane Scott dies at 92; longtime rock critic

    Jane Scott was a code breaker for the Navy during World War II. She owned a wind-up Victrola. And the first song she ever loved was from the big band era: a Jimmy Rushing hit for Count Basie called "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)." So she was among the most improbable candidates for the job she would perform with undisguised gusto for almost 40 years.
    Jane Scott was a code breaker for the Navy during World War II. She owned a wind-up Victrola. And the first song she ever loved was from the big band era: a Jimmy Rushing hit for Count Basie called "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)." So...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Obituaries, Journalism, Led Zeppelin (music group), The Rolling Stones (music group)

    11. Dec 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Did Mickey Cohen really own Slapsy Maxie's nightclub?

    24 Frames
    Another tale from "The Gangster Squad": Who really owned Slapsy Maxie's nightclub?...
    12. Oct 17, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ recap: Tre Down

    Show Tracker
    It was a sparse, self-conscious scattering of Housewives in the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ last night for the Real Housewives of New Jersey’s live reunion—more like guests at party huddling around the dregs of a bowl of Cheetos than...
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