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    Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

    The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about the films that got them there.
    Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic
    The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

    Tags: Bette Davis, Farrah Fawcett, Barbra Streisand, Vera Wang, Jessica Lange

    2. Sep 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 'Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures' features an unlikely star

    Elsa Emerson leaves home, becomes a movie star named Laura Lamont, marries a studio executive, wins an Oscar, suffers the inevitable career decline, takes too many pills and winds up in the hospital, works in a dress shop, then gets a chance to make a comeback on Broadway.
    Elsa Emerson leaves home, becomes a movie star named Laura Lamont, marries a studio executive, wins an Oscar, suffers the inevitable career decline, takes too many pills and winds up in the hospital, works in a dress shop, then gets a chance to make a...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Celebrities, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Human Interest

    3. May 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Bob Iger's studio chief hunt: Why would anyone want the job?

    24 Frames
    Disney studio chief opening: Since Bob Iger fired studio chief Rich Ross, the media have tossed all sorts of prominent names into the hopper as potential successors. But who would want the job?...
    4. Jan 7, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter

    One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/31/opinion/la-oe-morrison-donald-david-anderson-20111231/2">frivolous 1947 musical, "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,"</a> starring Betty Grable.
    One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a frivolous 1947...

    Tags: Clara Bow, Entertainment, NPR, Greta Garbo, Suicide

    5. May 26, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Baseball GMs and movie studio chiefs: Are they really doing the same job?

    The Big Picture
    Going back to the earliest days of the show business, people have had an abiding fascination with the moguls who ran movie studios, from Irving Thalberg — who provided the raw material for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Last Tycoon” &#...
    6. Jul 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Jay Roach on life before he was a star director: 'It's good to learn to be miserable'

    The Big Picture
    Hollywood has always been madly in love with its boy wonders. The mythology of show business is all about celebrating the wondrous tales of overnight stardom. Everyone knows the stories behind how Orson Welles made "Citizen Kane" when he was......
    7. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  7. From Laguna to Hollywood

    Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power.
    Joan Crawford. Katharine Hepburn. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power. Pre-moustache Clark Gable. A very young and dapper Ray Milland. The list of Tinseltown's glitterati continues. Movie buffs interested in striking photos of the glittering ones would...

    Tags: Ramon Novarro, Artists, Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Loretta Young

    8. Feb 9, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  8. Alex Theatre hosts event dedicated to writer-director Billy Wilder

    Billy Wilder was a lover of words, and a writer above all else. He said many times in interviews that his move into the director's chair was simply to protect his scripts. Wilder cared deeply about the language, rhythm and timing he spent months crafting with his Hollywood writing partners. Actress Marian Collier remembers watching him on the set of 1959's &ldquo;Some Like It Hot&rdquo; as he silently mouthed every syllable of dialogue with the actors.
    Billy Wilder was a lover of words, and a writer above all else. He said many times in interviews that his move into the director's chair was simply to protect his scripts. Wilder cared deeply about the language, rhythm and timing he spent months...

    Tags: Entertainment, Social Sciences, CSI (tv program), Celebrities, Arts and Culture

    9. Oct 6, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  9. Carly Simon -- 'No Secrets' re-released, but some secrets remain

    Liz Smith
    "YOU HAD me several years ago when I was still quite naive. You said we made such a pretty pair and that you would never leave/But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me." Those of a certain age certainly recognize the lyrics from...

    Tags: Entertainment, Scientology, James Taylor, Dick Ebersol, Joaquin Phoenix

    10. Aug 25, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  10. Coppola, Wallach Godard and Brownlow to get honorary Oscars

    Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel
    Francis Ford Coppola will receive the Irving Thalberg Award, legendary French filmmaker Jean Luc-Godard (“Breathless”), grizzled character actor Eli Wallach (“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”) and film historian Kevin Brownlow...
    11. Jul 25, 2010 |Story| Hartford Courant

  11. Pierce Brosnan's Malibu Mediterranean Listed At $3.9 Million

    A gated Mediterranean owned by actor Pierce Brosnan, who was the fifth James Bond in the long-running film series, has come on the market in Malibu at $3.9 million. Designed as an artist's retreat, the two-story beach house includes a separate space that...

    Tags: Entertainment, Robin Hood (movie, 2010), 24 (tv program), Family, Celebrities

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