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Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Maurice Jarre, the French-born composer who won Oscars for his powerfully evocative scores for the David Lean epics "Lawrence of Arabia, "Doctor Zhivago and "A Passage to India," has died. He was 84.
Jarre died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Malibu...Tags: Paris (France), India, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Music Industry
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Oh, go ahead and insult us
Special to The TimesONE morning not long after I came to Los Angeles, I was sitting in rush-hour traffic having just carpooled six children to school, talking on the cellphone to New York. My friend on the other end of the line was in Manhattan, on the Upper West Side. I...Tags: Woody Allen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Local Elections, Death, Elections
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'There Will Be Blood'
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"THERE Will Be Blood," the joint venture between actor Daniel Day-Lewis and director Paul Thomas Anderson, might be the most incendiary combination since the Molotov cocktail. Though it can be over the top and excessive, this morality play set in the...Tags: Entertainment, Petroleum Industry, Daniel Day-Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Paul Thomas Anderson
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Actors, actresses and entertainers
Actors, actresses and entertainers Maila Nurmi, 85; actress created the character Vampira as hostess of late-night TV horror show (Jan. 10) Jack Eagle, 81; a comedian and actor who played Brother Dominic in a Xerox ad during the 1977 Super Bowl (Jan....Tags: Horror (genre), It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School, Star Trek (movie, 2009)
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Puerto Vallarta's not just for tourists, it's for artists too
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Strollers passing along the river that flows through downtown here were startled last week to encounter a pair of "Towel Swans" gliding atop the murky water. Crafted out of plastic foam by Chilean artist Cristián Silva, they...Tags: Arts, Festive Events, Tourism and Leisure, Minority Groups, Hotels and Accommodations
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'Mr. America,' by Mark Adams
Mr. America
How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and
the Ultimate Starvation Diet
Mark Adams
Harper: 292 pp., $25.99
Before Jack LaLanne and Jane Fonda, an odd man with an odd name reigned as America's...Tags: Jane Fonda, World War II (1939-1945), Seizures, Death, Vegetarian Diet
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The Truman show
"Dearest Cecil," wrote Truman Capote from Brooklyn on April 19, 1965, addressing his friend, the English photographer and bon vivant Cecil Beaton. The letter is among those collected in "Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote" (Vintage: 512 pp.,...Tags: Truman Capote, Johnny Carson, Entertainment, Spencer Tracy, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Serially thrilling
The serial novel conjures up images of a bygone century, of a time when Charles Dickens made his name by teasing out the life and death of Little Nell in monthly installments. But one need only look to the flurry of posts on Jacket Copy last month...Tags: Patricia Cornwell, Elmore Leonard, Newspaper and Magazine, Genres, Bullfighting
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Actor Paul Newman dies at 83
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPaul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83. Newman died Friday at his home near Westport, Conn.,...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Health and Safety at School, Vehicles, World War II (1939-1945), Paul Newman
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Legendary Mexico
Times Staff WriterIt seems as if all the trashy old paperback novels end up here, abandoned in cafes and hotels by vacationers whose tans have long since faded. Waves pound Los Muertos beach. At bars on the Malecón, Puerto Vallarta's beloved oceanfront promenade, lost...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Entertainment, Hotels and Accommodations, Richard Burton, Natural Disasters
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Mars in apogee
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRay Bradbury is the first Los Angeles writer many people read. He's also the first reasonably serious writer -- someone concerned with political and moral themes -- many encounter. His early science-fiction novels and story collections have drawn readers,...Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Science and Technology, W.C. Fields, Book
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Double-barreled firepower
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's one of the most urgent questions facing men of a certain age today, particularly in Latin American countries, a question that strikes at one's core values and affirms one's identity as a soccer-mad, tequila-swigging, red-blooded varon. That question...Tags: Minority Groups, Los Angeles International Airport, Ringo Starr, Paul Newman, Drama (genre)
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