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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner buy home in Pacific Palisades
Acting couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are the latest owners of a California ranch house in the Pacific Palisades that has been capturing the imagination of A-listers since Gregory Peck bought it in 1947. The pair recently purchased the nearly 8,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Homes, Brian Grazer, Bars and Clubs, Ron Howard
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10 books and movies to prep for a trip to Rome
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf you're planning to visit Rome before you die, it pays to prepare for the experience. Here are 10 books and movies to help you understand what you see in the Roman Forum, at the Vatican and on the Piazza Navona. 1. "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1961, by...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Marcus Aurelius, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Documentary (genre)
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Leonore Annenberg dies at 91; philanthropist, widow of publishing magnate
Leonore Annenberg, a major patron of the arts, science and education who was the billionaire widow of publishing magnate Walter Annenberg, has died. She was 91.
Annenberg, who served briefly as President Reagan's chief of protocol, died early Thursday of...Tags: England, Frank Sinatra, Family, Heads of State, Stanford University
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Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHARRISON FORD arrived at the private hangar he uses to fly in and out of Santa Monica Municipal Airport with the expression of someone waiting in line at the DMV. It's not that he is rude or mad, there's just other places he'd rather be -- the sky is...Tags: Karen Allen, Death, Movies, Burger King, Cinema Industry
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Climate change hits Australia first, and hard
In the 1959 Gregory Peck classic “On the Beach,” humanity's last holdouts in the aftermath of a global nuclear war huddle in Australia and wait for the inevitable atomic wind to carry the rest of the species away. When it comes to today's...Tags: Australia, Diseases and Illnesses, Weather, Ecosystems, Death
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'Shel Silverstein Uncensored!'
Though the late Shel Silverstein is best remembered as an author of wryly subversive children's poetry, his 40-year career spanned a dizzying array of artistic media: songwriter-musician, cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright. His work in that latter...Tags: Eubie Blake, Irving Berlin, Crime, Law and Justice, Comedy (genre), Truman Capote
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'High School Musical's' Vanessa Hudgens buys Studio City home for $2.75 million
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOK, PULL up the blinds in your sleeping tween-ager's room and show her this column. I promise she will not shoot daggers your way. Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Hudgens of "High School Musical" fame has bought her first house. It's in Studio City, it cost $2.75...Tags: Music Theater, Homes, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Bandslam (movie), Property
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Hollywood reporting for duty?
Today, Andrew Breitbart and David Ehrenstein discuss what role filmmakers should and do play in the domestic debate. Yesterday, they pondered the fall season of antiwar flicks. Later in the week they'll attempt to define Hollywood values, locate Hollywood...Tags: Barry Manilow, Brian de Palma, George Clooney, Movies, Entertainment
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A place in the sun
LONG before Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Garner brought their daughters here for a lazy afternoon, before Tom Hanks popped in for dessert or Michelle Pfeiffer swooped in for a Saturday morning shop, the quirky collection of nine red barns known as the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Death, Burt Lancaster, Jennifer Garner
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Clint Eastwood targets the legacy of Dirty Harry
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterON a recent afternoon at the Warner Bros. lot, Clint Eastwood took a break from a long day in the editing bay and strolled over to a hushed screening room. There, his armed-and-dangerous past was waiting for him, and the filmmaker winced when he looked it...Tags: Local Elections, Clint Eastwood, Genres, DVDs and Movies, Firearms
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Robert Mulligan dies at 83; directed 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Robert Mulligan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the 1962 film classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Saturday at his home in Lyme, Conn. He was 83. Mulligan had heart disease, his nephew Robert Rosenthal said. The director began...Tags: Steve McQueen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Family, Drama (genre), Awards and Prizes
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Stanley Kramer; Acclaimed Movies Focused on Social Issues
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStanley Kramer, the producer-director who earned the nickname "Hollywood's conscience" through his willingness to tackle controversial topics like racism, nuclear annihilation, greed and fascism, died Monday of pneumonia at the Motion Picture and...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Career and Workplace, Ava Gardner, Hell's Kitchen (tv program), Obituaries
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