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Wynton Marsalis on jazz, and jazz criticism
Culture MonsterTrumpeter Wynton Marsalis discusses jazz critics.... -
Book Review: 'Warning Shadows' by Gary Giddins
Warning Shadows
Home Alone With Classic Cinema
Gary Giddins
W.W. Norton: 416 pp., $18.95
Gary Giddins is well known for his writing about music — he was a Village Voice jazz columnist for three decades, and his books, among them the biography...Tags: Entertainment, Mel Gibson, Samuel Fuller, Anthony Mann, Movies
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Kitty Doner’s Mystery Admirer
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo July 19, 1925: âLady Be Goodâ at the Mason. Several people asked whether this fellow with Kitty Doner in âLady Be Goodâ might be Bing Crosby. I had the same question, so I thought Iâd dig into it a bit. âLady Be... -
Making sense of Hollywood -- in print
Special to The TimesApril 17, 2008 For the last several years, Richard Schickel has been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, writing primarily about books on film. His new book, "Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies," is a collection of many of...Tags: Entertainment, Samuel Fuller, Reviews, Book, Politics
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PASSINGS
Lee Solters Publicist for Broadway, Hollywood Lee Solters, 89, a longtime publicist who worked with some of the biggest names of Broadway and Hollywood, died Monday of natural causes at his home in West Hollywood, according to Jerry Digney, his...Tags: Literature, Michael Jackson, New York University, Celebrities and Health Issues, World War II (1939-1945)
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'Paul Robeson: A Biography' by Martin Bauml Duberman
The life of a black celebrity is perilous enough, but the black celebrity who becomes a spokesperson is asking for pure hell. Not only has the outspokenness of those regarded as radicals gotten them into trouble, but as Gary Giddins' recent book "Satchmo"...Tags: Louis Armstrong, Eleanor Roosevelt, Murder, American Express Company, Crimes
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