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Critic's Notebook: Is it time to wash out Hollywood's mouth?
At first, the email rants from readers expressing their distress about Hollywood's increasing reliance on foul language were a mere trickle. Like the way one couple lost faith in one of their favorite actors, Paul Rudd, mortified by his graphic pep talk...
Tags: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Fargo (movie), Jason Segel, Bully (movie)
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Robert Lopez of 'Book of Mormon' writes song for 'The Simpsons'
Over the years, "The Simpsons"on Fox has engaged a few Broadway talents in guest spots -- Stephen Sondheim, David Mamet and Mandy Patinkin all have put it vocal cameos. The series even paid tribute to Bob Fosse in a few episodes, with an obnoxious...
Tags: Halloween, Matt Stone, Fiction, Christianity, Trey Parker
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Two new Mamet plays — Clara Mamet, that is
"I always had an acting bug," Clara Mamet declared recently during a rehearsal break at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica. The confession wasn't exactly startling, coming from the newest member of a growing family dynasty of writer-performers....
Tags: HBO (tv network), Dennis Quaid, The Hunger Games (movie), Meg Ryan, Celebrities
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Ulu Grosbard, noted stage and film director, dies at 83
Culture MonsterUlu Grosbard, the stage and film director who helmed "The Subject was Roses" on Broadway and later as a movie, has died at 83.... -
Ulu Grosbard dies at 83; Tony-nominated stage, film director
Ulu Grosbard, a Tony-nominated stage director who also worked in film, directing such movies as "True Confessions" and "The Deep End of the Ocean," died late Sunday or early Monday in New York City, according to his family. He was 83.
During a five-...Tags: U.S. Army, Robert De Niro, Wars and Interventions, Sidney Lumet, Drama (genre)
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Quick Takes
Geffen sets new season New and recent plays by Lynn Nottage and Donald Margulies will be among the highlights of the Geffen Playhouse's 2012-13 season, the first complete one since the death late last year of Gil Cates, the company's founder and...Tags: Claude Monet, Holidays, Gil Cates, Harry Potter (fictional character), J.K. Rowling
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Q&A with 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham: The Ick Girl
Show Tracker“Girls” is a half hour comedy about the messy friendships, ambitions and sexual misadventures of four twentysomething women in New York, written and directed by 25-year old Lena Dunham, who also stars as aspiring writer Hannah Horvath. There&#... -
Lynn Nottage, Donald Margulies set for Geffen's 2012-13 season
Culture MonsterThe Geffen Playhouse's new season will feature works by Lynn Nottage, Donald Margulies and Joanna Murray-Smith. It will be the Geffen's first complete season since the death late last year of Gil Cates, the company's founder and producing director.... -
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LA Times MagazineActress Viola Davis talks Hollywood, humility and digging deep to help others... -
Ben Gazzara dies at 81; veteran actor of stage and screen
A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as "saloon-cured" and another said could strip paint at 50 paces.
The veteran actor, who died...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Gena Rowlands, Obituaries, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Drama (genre)
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Al Pacino, Andre Watts among National Medal of Arts winners
Culture MonsterAl Pacino and Andre Watts are among the National Medal of Arts winners announced Friday. President Obama will confer the awards on Monday at the White House.... -
Influences: Patti LuPone
Culture MonsterLuPone will perform a concert Tuesday at UCLA's Royce Hall as a benefit for Reprise Theatre Company. "Gypsy in My Soul" will feature the actress singing an eclectic array of songs with a 10-piece band. She talks of the people who influenced her....
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