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In search of 'Jewish Jocks'
Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...
Tags: Marvin Miller, Hank Greenberg, Joel Silver, Sandy Koufax, Sid Luckman
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National Endowment for the Arts announces new Big Read grants
Jacket CopyThe National Endowment for the Arts will make 78 grants totaling $1 million for The Big Read projects nationwide in 2012-2013.... -
Molly Ringwald taps into 'When It Happens to You'
Picture a film shoot somewhere in Canada. On one side of a swimming pool, the gear, the crew and most of the cast; on the other side, Molly Ringwald. They're shooting the rest of the scene before her part, so she sits on a box to wait. She begins...
Tags: Molly Ringwald, John Hughes, Celebrities, Sixteen Candles (movie), Entertainment
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Karl Rove likes reading Jorge Luis Borges. Yes, that Karl Rove.
Karl Rove: Fox News commentator, conservative who caused consternation on election night, major Republican strategist. And fan of metafictional writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yes, really. The news comes from Rove's own website (via Twitter). Since 2010, Rove...
Tags: Book, Media Industry, Jorge Luis Borges, Fox News Channel (tv network), George W. Bush
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Esquire, adding fiction ebooks, goes back to the future
Jacket CopyEsquire returns to its roots with a new short fiction series while making it new, e-book style.... -
'Great Gatsby' trailer: Jazz Age excess with a hip-hop flourish
24 FramesThe first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" features many of the Australian filmmaker's hallmarks, including spectacular visuals, modern music in an anachronistic setting and a lead performance by Leonardo DiCaprio.... -
The Writer's Room aims for quiet style amid Hollywood bar scene
There are precious few bars in Los Angeles that are welcoming, upscale and have a legitimate claim on pre-1950s Hollywood drinking history. This weekend sees the return of a great one, the Writer's Room, a space that once belonged to the famed Musso &...Tags: Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Celebrities, Arts, The Black Keys (music group)
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Movies: The '20s roaring again
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticCue the flappers, the fringe, the beads and the bobs. The Roaring '20s are back in fashion — on the runways and on-screen. It started in September at the spring 2012 fashion shows, with Ralph Lauren's "Great Gatsby" gowns, Tory Burch's...Tags: John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tory Burch, Entertainment, Alec Guinness
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Review: 'Calico Joe' by John Grisham hits for average
Tribune newspapersJohn Grisham is to literature what Cheerios are to a rushed breakfast, something you buy in bulk and consume without too much thought. Honestly, I'm relieved when a new Grisham book doesn't weigh more than I do. Yet his newest work, "Calico Joe," is as...Tags: Authors, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Frank McCourt, Ty Cobb
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New York City's spots for book lovers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the third floor of a big, gray building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, silver-haired docent Julie Chelminski recently stepped up to the middle of a hushed room and faced 15 spellbound tourists. "On the walls of this room there were 9,000 drawers,"...Tags: New York Public Library, Arts, Religious Texts, Charles Dickens, Patti Smith
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Most interesting comment thread of the day, courtesy Helen DeWitt
Jacket CopyNovelist Helen DeWitt takes issue with the romantic idea that a writer is a person who has to write....
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