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PASSINGS: John Kerr, Garrett Lewis
John Kerr Actor won Tony Award for 'Tea and Sympathy' John Kerr, 81, a stage, film and TV actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Elia Kazan's 1953 Broadway production of "Tea and Sympathy" and went on to reprise his role in the 1956 film...
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'Descendants,' 'Moneyball' among Scripter Award finalists
24 FramesThe screenwriters of "A Dangerous Method," "The Descendants," "Jane Eyre," "Moneyball" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" -- as well as the authors of the works each is based on -- are the five finalists for the 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.... -
'Dangerous Method': David Cronenberg on Freud, Jung and hysteria
24 FramesDavid Cronenberg, director of blood-soaked dramas like “A History of Violence” and cult genre pictures like “The Fly,” detours into the life of the mind with his new film, “A Dangerous Method.” Adapted from... -
'A Dangerous Method,' 'Melancholia' take cues from Richard Wagner
Culture MonsterIn two recent films -- David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" and Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" -- Richard Wagner's music pervades the soundtrack as well as the story lines, informing the psychology of the characters while adding crucial sonic subtext..... -
'Carmageddon' should inspire cyclists and drivers to get along
Opinion L.A.Carmageddon has its upshots. It could, for example, inspire more people to become cyclists.... -
School reading: John Ortved on George Orwell
Jacket CopyJohn Ortved's "The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History" tells the story of the television show as an oral history, with the voices of Conan O'Brien (a former writer/producer), Deborah Groening (former wife of creator Matt), comic icon Stan Lee,... -
A 'South Pacific' reunion at the Ahmanson
Culture MonsterThe opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" at the Ahmanson Theatre proved to be an enchanted evening for old-school musical buffs and teen and twentysomething "Glee" fans alike. Wednesday's celebrity guests included stars of the 1958... -
Linkin Park: The perfect soundtrack to interpretive ice dancing?
Pop & HissA week after lamenting the somewhat traditional music choices used in the pairs and men's figure skating competition, the Olympic oddity known as ice dancing modernized things a bit Monday night. The sport, which NBC seems to believe is more...... -
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: George Grizzard, Diseases and Illnesses, World War II (1939-1945), Martin Balsam, Vincente Minnelli
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The analyst triangle
Special to The TimesI believe it was in Los Angeles, just over 20 years ago, that I first heard the name of Sabina Spielrein. Film producer Howard Rosenman told me the fascinating story of the Russian doctor, one of the first female psychoanalysts, who, as a teenager, had...Tags: Julia Roberts, Jodhi May, Literature, Psychotherapy, Lytton Strachey
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New Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco Proud Of Connecticut Roots
The Hartford CourantMike Aresco's sister Joanne thought he might be a sports writer. When they were in their early 20s, after arguing baseball and football for hours, his brother-in-law Rich Magner remembers thinking Aresco's ideal job would be commissioner of Major...Tags: Connecticut Huskies, Students, New York Yankees, Television Industry, Football
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