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    Jul 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Frank Pierson dies at 87; Oscar-winning screenwriter

    A writer for as long as he could remember, Frank Pierson penned his most famous line, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=1fuDDqU6n4o">"What we've got here is failure to communicate,"</a> decades ago for the 1967 script "Cool Hand Luke." At the time, he thought there was no way such a refined line would be allowed to be uttered by the redneck crew captain who has just taught Paul Newman's Luke a brutal lesson. To ensure the line stayed in, Pierson wrote an entire biography for the captain, one he never needed to use because no one ever questioned the quote that has since become one of the most iconic in movie history.
    A writer for as long as he could remember, Frank Pierson penned his most famous line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate," decades ago for the 1967 script "Cool Hand Luke." At the time, he thought there was no way such a refined line would...

    Tags: Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Politics, World War II (1939-1945), The Good Wife (tv program)

    2. Dec 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    3. Feb 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Oscars 2012: Who really chooses the winners?

    24 Frames
    The Oscars, whose winners are announced on Sunday Feb. 26, are chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But who is this group made up of? And what do members like Denzel Washington, Frank Pierson and others think of its level of...
    4. Feb 21, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Academy Awards: It's about art, not political correctness [Blowback]

    Opinion L.A.
    In making a big fuss over the Academy's predominantly older-than-50 membership, The Times evidently feels that the experience in craft and in life that comes with age is not as valuable as that which comes from a presumably younger and more diverse...
    5. Apr 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Mad Men' recap: Welcome to Fight Club!

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    On "Mad Men," Pete and Lane find themselves at odds....
    6. Jul 29, 2003 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. The Master of the One-Liner

    Bob Hope, the elder statesman of comedy whose extraordinary career spanned vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, movies, books and makeshift concert platforms in war zones, has died. He was 100. Hope died at 9:28 p.m. Sunday at his home in Toluca Lake of complications from pneumonia, his publicist, Ward Grant, announced Monday. His wife, Dolores, and other members of his family were at his bedside when he died.
    Times Staff Writer
    Bob Hope, the elder statesman of comedy whose extraordinary career spanned vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, movies, books and makeshift concert platforms in war zones, has died. He was 100. Hope died at 9:28 p.m. Sunday at his home in Toluca...

    Tags: Armed Conflicts, George W. Bush, Television Industry, Academy Awards, Rosemary Clooney

    7. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  7. 'Argo' wins best picture at Oscars: 'Pi' tops in total Oscars with four, including directing

    Variety
    This time, the "Argo" story in Variety is truly about a big picture. Connecting three decades of history while erasing a quarter-century of Oscar protocol, Ben Affleck's "Argo" survived -- and indeed, thrived -- following its exclusion from the director...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Nora Ephron, Academy Awards, Mark Wahlberg, Anne Hathaway

    8. Dec 21, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Long good-byes and longer movies

    It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year.
    It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...

    Tags: Joe Walsh, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Kathryn Joosten, Entertainment Events

    9. Jul 23, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  9. Frank Pierson, former AMPAS prexy, dies

    Variety
    Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning writer of "Dog Day Afternoon," former president of the Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences and a consulting producer on "Mad Men" as recently as this past season, died Monday after a short illness in Los Angeles. He...

    Tags: Rosalind Russell, Gary Sinise, Career and Workplace, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards

    10. Aug 25, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Film academy taps Sid Ganis as president

    Times Staff Writer
    Veteran producer and former studio chief Sid Ganis has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the 29th president in a line that stretches back to Douglas Fairbanks and the birth of the Oscars. Ganis was elected Tuesday...

    Tags: Tom Hanks, 2016 Olympic Games, Adam Sandler, Academy Awards, Gaming

    11. Dec 18, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Talking with: Sid Ganis

    As the second-term president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sid Ganis tries to divide his time each day between academy headquarters in Beverly Hills and the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, where he's headquartered with his company Out of the Blue Entertainment. But even when Ganis is on the lot, he's not far from all things Oscar: his next-door neighbor in Sony's Astaire Building is Laura Ziskin, who he hired to produce February's Academy Awards.
    As the second-term president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sid Ganis tries to divide his time each day between academy headquarters in Beverly Hills and the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, where he's headquartered with his...

    Tags: Academy Awards, Sony Corp., Culture, DVDs and Movies, Elections

    12. Mar 19, 2003 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Oscars to be blanketed by security

    Times Staff Writers
    Security at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood will be the tightest and most extensive in the 75-year history of the event, Los Angeles Police Department officials said Tuesday. "On that night, in that place, they are probably safer than any...

    Tags: Transportation, George W. Bush, National Security, Air and Space Accidents, John Miller

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