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    Jul 31, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Artist Steve Roden blends old photos, recordings on new CD

    The genesis of "... i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces," a new book of vintage photographs with musical accompaniment, came simply, during one of artist Steve Roden's regular visits to the flea market.
    The genesis of "... i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces," a new book of vintage photographs with musical accompaniment, came simply, during one of artist Steve Roden's regular visits to the flea market. "This is how it always happens —...

    Tags: Kurt Weill, Book, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Poetry

    2. Nov 10, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Theater review: 'Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie' at Geffen Playhouse

    Culture Monster
    "'Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie," a new play by actor Alan Alda, opens at the Geffen Playhouse...
    3. Sep 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. A Hollywood Riddle: Why do we always think current movies are worse than ever?

    The Big Picture
    In the middle of Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” Owen Wilson’s character finds himself mysteriously transported to the Paris of the 1920s, which is populated with a host of cultural icons, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott...
    4. Jun 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Men of a Certain Age' on TNT

    Show Tracker
    Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 12 - 18 in PDF format TV listings for the week of June 12 - 18 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found......
    5. Sep 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Theater review: 'Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin' at La Jolla Playhouse

    Culture Monster
    Charlie Chaplin, the silent movie star who only reluctantly made the transition to talkies, probably isn’t the ideal subject for a musical. Of course, anything is possible with creative inspiration, so one shouldn’t rule out the prospect of the Tramp....
    6. Oct 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Music review: Jacaranda and America at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica

    Culture Monster
    Jacaranda, the Santa Monica new music series, began its season over the weekend with “strong sincere voices nurtured while America was inventing itself afresh,” as wrote artistic director Patrick Scott in his detailed program notes. Such invention...
    7. Mar 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Self-Styled Siren: An Amateur Among Amateurs -- Agee on Film

    The Daily Mirror
    Speaking of our favorite movie blogs, another one we enjoy at the Daily Mirror is “Self-Styled Siren,” by Farran Smith Nehme. (No, the photo is of Joan Fontaine, who serves as Farran’s avatar on the Web). Her latest post is......
    8. Mar 23, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79; legendary actress

    Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous queen of American movie stardom, whose achievements as an actress were often overshadowed by her rapturous looks and real-life dramas, has died. She was 79. Hospitalized six weeks ago for congestive heart failure, Taylor...

    Tags: Cancer, Gerald Ford, Arts, Health and Safety at Work, Tennessee Williams

    9. Mar 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Off the Shelf: Trouble seeing the line between fact and fiction

    A new biography of the Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski alleges that he frequently forged details, invented images and claimed to have witnessed events that he didn't, in fact, witness. Gerald Posner resigned from the Daily Beast after admitting that he had lifted sentences from a Miami Herald editorial, a Miami Herald blog, Texas Lawyer magazine and a health journalism blog; Posner blamed the "warp speed of the net" and his "master electronic files system."
    A new biography of the Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski alleges that he frequently forged details, invented images and claimed to have witnessed events that he didn't, in fact, witness. Gerald Posner resigned from the Daily Beast after...

    Tags: Lawyers, Book, Blaise Pascal, Crime, Law and Justice, Journalism

    10. Sep 20, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Steve Earle: Shadowing James Agee

    Jacket Copy
    ???Knoxville: Summer 1915??? has always threatened to eclipse the rest of James Agee???s ???A Death in the Family.??? Agee???s beautiful evocation of fathers at their lonely twilight posts is the section I look forward to most when I return to......
    11. May 2, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. ‘Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir’ by Ander Monson

    Vanishing Point
    Vanishing Point Not a Memoir Ander Monson Graywolf Press: 192 pp., $16 "I can only try to make my burden of proof, and show you a preponderance of evidence, of fact and fiction, on my behalf," writes Ander Monson in "Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir." "I...

    Tags: Gaming, Book, Donald Barthelme, Gerald Ford, Dining and Drinking

    12. Oct 4, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Manny Farber: A film critic not in awe of Hollywood

    Farber on Film
    Farber on Film The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber Edited by Robert Polito Library of America: 824 pp., $40 At this year's Academy Awards, the most incongruous moment came during the "In Memoriam" roll call. Among the distinguished deceased...

    Tags: John Ashbery, Robert Aldrich, Science and Technology, Chick Hearn, Casablanca (movie)

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