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Interview: When 'L.A. Noir' meets 'The Walking Dead'
Jacket CopyThe author of the true chronicle of mid-century mobsters and cops talks about his book being developed for TV by Frank Darabont, who breathed life into the zombie story "The Walking Dead."... -
Hollywood High named to register of historic places
L.A. NOWHollywood High School alumni group successful in its push for school to join National Register of Historic Places.... -
Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer
Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73.
She died at...Tags: Health, Leukemia, Heroin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Heart Attack
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Roger Moore stars in 'A Princess for Christmas,' sans explosions
After appearing as James Bond in seven hit films beginning with 1973's "Live and Let Die" and concluding with 1985's "A View to a Kill," Roger Moore put his acting career on the back burner.
For two decades, he has devoted much of his time to being a...Tags: Health, ABC (tv network), Espionage and Intelligence, Movies, Television
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L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.
The Fabulous ForumWe asked you to send in your picks for the greatest sports moments in L.A. history, and 1,181 ballots later we are unveiling the top 20 vote-getters. Each weekday we will unveil a new moment until we reach No. 1....... -
Joan Luther dies at 83; longtime Los Angeles restaurant publicist
Joan Luther, a longtime restaurant publicist who began her career at the Brown Derby and Hollywood Park in the late 1940s and helped promote nearly every major chef in Los Angeles, died Monday at her Beverly Hills home after a series of strokes, according...Tags: Nancy Reagan, Human Interest, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Patina
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Monica Lewis sounds her 'Siren'
During her heyday in the 1940s and '50s, dimple-cheeked Monica Lewis was known as "America's Singing Sweetheart": She warbled such chart-topping hits as "Autumn Leaves, "I Wish You Love" and "Put the Blame on Mame" and starred on the radio on such...Tags: Human Body, Human Interest, Movies, Television, Kirk Douglas
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Book review: 'Dreams & Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun' by Steve Lopez
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDreams & Schemes: My Decade of Fun in the Sun Steve Lopez Camino Books: 309 pp., $17.95 paper At most newspapers the first-person singular pronoun, like the nuclear football, is entrusted to one person at a time. Usually cityside columns go to native...Tags: University of California, Eli Broad, Politics, Periodicals, Mike Royko
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo [Update: Yes, as everyone figured out, this is Stephen Crane (d. 1985), above, in a photo stamped 1942] Here’s this week’s mystery guest! Los Angeles Times file photo [Update 2: Stephen Crane with Faye Emerson........ -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 4, 1941
The Daily MirrorApril 4, 1941: Lee Shippey has an item on Leland Stowe, the reporter who was the subject of a Tom Treanor column. Treanor, meanwhile, writes about Arthur Ernest Morgan, the former president of Antioch College and head of the Tennessee...... -
From the Vaults: 'Portrait in Black' (1960)
The Daily Mirror"Portrait in Black" has just about everything you need for a campy good time: Sandra Dee! Lana Turner in an increasingly elaborate selection of diamond earrings! A very tan Anthony Quinn! Former silent film actress Anna May Wong as a housekeeper named... -
Jennifer Aniston: Exactly why is she a movie star?
The Big PictureLet's face it. When it comes to enduring mysteries, it's hard to come up with something more mystifying than how Jennifer Aniston became a movie star. After all, she's made an almost-unbroken string of forgettable movies that have rarely made......
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