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At Whisky A Go-Go, applause for co-founder Elmer Valentine
They came to West Hollywood on Monday night not to bury one of the celebrated figures in L.A. music's storied past, but to praise him.
A few hundred family members, friends, former employees and just plain fans of Whisky A Go-Go co-founder Elmer...Tags: Van Halen (music group), Buffalo Springfield (music group), Chuck Berry, Dining and Drinking, Jerry Lee Lewis
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At home with old Hollywood
The late Slim Aarons, whose photographs captured the lives of Hollywood stars at home, is the subject of an exhibition that opens tomorrow and runs through Aug. 15 at Williams-Sonoma Home. More than 100 prints including images from the forthcoming...Tags: Esther Williams, Arts and Culture, Joan Collins, Auction Service, Photography
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Actor David Paymer
AVETERAN of stage, screen and television, David Paymer has appeared in more than 90 films in his career. This reliable character actor may be best known for playing smarmy businessmen and wretched criminals in "Quiz Show" and "Get Shorty." In 1993 he...Tags: Coldplay (music group), Elton John, Brothers and Sisters (tv program), David Mamet, Television
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Where to stay in Scottsdale, Arizona
Times Staff WriterFAIRMONT SCOTTSDALE PRINCESS The vibe: With 450 acres, this resort complex has much to offer, including fine dining, casual and poolside restaurants, five bars, a top-rated spa, two golf courses and five pools. The resort has AAA's Five Diamond rating....Tags: Golf, Outdoor Equipment, Restaurants, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Dining and Drinking
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This town is rated noir
Special to The TimesNOIR is the indigenous Los Angeles form: It was created here, it grew up here and from here it spread, not only as a genre but as a way of looking at life, character and fate. As a framing lens, it's now so powerful that it seems not only to be a strategy...Tags: Arts and Culture, Nathanael West, Romance (genre), Cinema Industry, Celebrities
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Resurrecting the moderate Republican
Sixty years ago last month, I watched my parents pull the curtains of their voting booths in a Michigan town hall basement to vote for the man who lost the 1948 presidential election. He was Thomas E. Dewey, a Republican widely expected, even by the...Tags: Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Philosophy, Church and State Relations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Egyptian Theatre to host best-films festival
You now have no excuse not to have seen some of the greatest classics of film. No more mumbling vague generalities in conversations with your cinéaste friends, then scrambling to catch up with the DVDs, because this weekend the American Cinematheque is...Tags: The Wrestler (movie), Music Theater, Akira Kurosawa, Mickey Rourke, Romance (genre)
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Tinseltown's last hurrah
Today, Breitbart and Ehrenstein wonder whether Hollywood is relevant in American politics. Previously they debated whether Tinseltown conservatives are in the closet, attempted to define Hollywood values, discussed the role filmmakers should play in the...Tags: Andy Warhol, Arts and Culture, Claude Rains, George Clooney, Peter Lorre
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Joseph Jasgur dies at 89; photographer took pictures of Marilyn Monroe as a teenager
Joseph Jasgur, the photographer who shot pictures of Marilyn Monroe when she was just a 19-year-old brunet hoping to break into modeling, has died in an Orlando, Fla.-area nursing home. Jasgur had been ill for months. He died of natural causes Saturday,...Tags: Crimes, Arts and Culture, Jane Russell, Photography, Lauren Bacall
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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: Deborah Kerr, John Huston, Dean Stockwell, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom
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Former Dodgers reflect on Coliseum
Times staff writer Steve Springer participated in a conference call Monday with 11 former Dodgers who played in the Coliseum. Their reflections:
Every Dodger who played in the Coliseum can picture a special moment there. Half a century later, right-...Tags: Nat King Cole, Chicago White Sox, Hands, Randy Jackson, All Stars
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Kobal Foundation celebrity photos capture eternal glamour
Special to The TimesFROM THE time he was a schoolboy, John Kobal was in love with Hollywood. He longed to become a part of it, and eventually he did -- by befriending faded movie stars and forgotten photographers, enchanting them with his sincerity and his hungry memory, and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Photography, BBC, Romance (genre), John Gilbert
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