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Guitar Center's 20th annual Drum-Off grand finals are Saturday
It was like Christmas, Easter and the Fourth of July rolled into one drum kit. As soon as Thomas Pridgen saw those glorious, gleaming drums, he knew they were meant for him.
Preternaturally self-confident at only 9 years old, Pridgen entered the Guitar...Tags: Easter, Foo Fighters (music group)
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William Gibson dies at 94; Tony Award-winning playwright was best known for 'The Miracle Worker'
William Gibson, 94, a Tony Award-winning playwright best known for "The Miracle Worker," the inspirational story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan, died Tuesday at his home in Stockbridge, Mass. The family did not disclose the cause of death....Tags: Golda Meir, Lauren Bacall, Music Theater, Thomas Gibson, Drama (genre)
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'My Blueberry Nights' to open Cannes Film Festival
Special to The TimesPARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition....Tags: Sony Corp., Catherine Deneuve, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rachel Weisz, Roman Polanski
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Peter Fonda goes his way
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEARLY four decades after riding his Captain America chopper to fame, Peter Fonda is still bucking trends. Two-wheeling through Coldwater Canyon during a recent late-morning ride, Hollywood's iconic biker wasn't showboating on the Harley-Davidson...Tags: Suicide, Clubs and Associations, Harley-Davidson Inc., Sports, Vehicles
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Van Johnson, MGM's boy-next-door, dies at 92
Van Johnson, who soared to stardom during World War II as MGM's boy-next-door in films such as "A Guy Named Joe" and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" and became one of the era's top box-office draws, died Friday. He was 92.
Johnson, who was most frequently...Tags: Desi Arnaz, Defense, Armed Forces, Winston Churchill, Crimes
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American heritage brands make a comeback
Fashion CriticWhen Charles Beckman sold his first pair of work boots for $1.75 in the sleepy town of Red Wing, Minn., in 1905, he probably never imagined that in 2008, those leather lace-ups would be selling for $235 at hipster havens Urban Outfitters and Opening...Tags: Rose Bowl Flea Market, Ralph Lauren, Johnny Depp, U.S. Military, J. Crew
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Atmosphere at the Henry Fonda Theater
Special to The Times"Underground hip-hop" is dead. Not to say that below-the-radar artists no longer exist but rather that the conventional definition of "underground" is more nebulous than ever before. Take Atmosphere, one of the sub-genre's standard-bearers, a group whose...Tags: Death, Poetry
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This is your brain on love
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHER front brain is telling her he's trouble. Look at the facts, it says. He's never made a commitment, he drinks too much, he can't hold down a job. But her middle brain won't listen. Man, it swoons, he looks great in those jeans, his black hair curls...Tags: Mystery (genre), Chemistry, Forehead, Education, eHarmony
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Shape up, poor people
JOE QUEENAN writes frequently for Barron's, the New York Times Book Review and the Guardian.THE OTHER night, while channel surfing, I happened upon the famous final scene from John Ford's classic film, "The Grapes of Wrath." Hearing Henry Fonda's inspirational words about always being present, if only in spirit, whenever injustice was...Tags: Walker Evans, Death, Halliburton Company, John Ford, Paris Hilton
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Author of the play 'Tea and Sympathy'
Playwright Robert Anderson, author of such Broadway hits as "Tea and Sympathy" and "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running," died Monday. He was 91. His stepdaughter, Mary-Kelly Busch, said Anderson, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of...Tags: Vincente Minnelli, Bob Fosse, Lillian Gish, Death, Robert Anderson
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Jack Cardiff dies at 94; Oscar-winning British cinematographer
Jack Cardiff, the British cinematographer who won an Academy Award for his stunning color work on the 1947 drama "Black Narcissus" and later became an Oscar-nominated director, has died. He was 94. Cardiff, who as a cinematographer was known as a pioneer...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Film Festivals, Humphrey Bogart, Death, Ava Gardner
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