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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Rip the Runway 2013' on BET
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Arrow Jessica De Gouw reprises her role as...
Tags: Kelly Rowland, Television, Howie Mandel, Aaron Eckhart, Judd Apatow
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UCLA Festival of Preservation turns spotlight on Julie Harris, TV
The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation turns its spotlight on the small screen with a tribute Saturday to the television work of an award-winning actress and a celebration March 23 of an acclaimed but short-lived ABC anthology...
Tags: Television, Julie Harris, The Wild Bunch (movie), Entertainment, Television Industry
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'Scorecasting' by Moskowitz and Wertheim
Special to the TimesSports holds many truths to be self-evident: Defense wins championships. It's smart strategy to bench a player who is in foul trouble. Teams perform better at home than on the road. When a basketball player gets a hot hand, it's best to feed that shooter....Tags: Chicago Cubs, College Basketball, Super Bowl, Sports, College Baseball
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Remembering Leslie Nielsen
The Fabulous ForumLeslie Nielsen, the actor who starred in "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" series, died at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Sunday. He was 84. Here's a scene from the 1988 comedy "The Naked Gun," in which Nielsen, playing...... -
Brand X Files: Oscar hosts announced. Leslie Nielsen dies. 'Spider-Man' hits Broadway.
Brand XJames Franco, Anne Hathaway to co-host 2011 Oscars: After a successful two-hander by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin at last year's ceremony, the Academy Awards have opted for another dynamic duo. Given Franco's penchant for performance art, we hope he... -
The Morning Fix: Is Ari Emanuel the next Don Draper? 'Tangled' shines at box office. Anne Hathaway and James Franco as Oscar hosts? RIP Leslie Nielsen.
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before taking a moment to remember all the laughs Leslie Nielsen provided. The Skinny: Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend. I didn't see any movies, but I did watch all seven episodes of Showtime's "Episodes," which...... -
An odd 'Let It Be' cover hits the net: Huey Lewis, Lou Ferrigno, Tonya Harding, Ricki Lake, Leslie Nielsen, others gather to sing the Beatles
Pop & HissWe are always up for a good cover song, especially when it unites celebrities for a good cause. But when itâs a bad cover song featuring yesterday's famous people, the results can be painstakingly awkward. Some Norwegian television show had...... -
Weekend Agenda: Cirque Berzerk, Leslie Nielsen Drink Along, 'Do The Right Thing'
Brand XFriday 1.7: Cirque Berzerk @ Club Nokia In the five years since it was born at Burning Man (of course), Cirque Berzerk has been thrilling and titillating audiences to rave reviews. Come catch the newest incarnation of the show's fiery choreography at... -
The Morning Fix: Big media worry FCC is overreaching on conditions for Comcast-NBC deal. Some 'Desperate Housewives' desperate for raises. 'Green Hornet' hopes to sting `Dilemma.'
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before wondering why I have to get sick on a Friday. The Skinny: Got knocked out by a fever last night so if the material isn't 100%, that's why. Hope all you Golden Globe folks have a...... -
Leslie Nielsen dies at 84; serious actor became a comic star
Leslie Nielsen, a serious actor who became a comic star with his career-changing roles in "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" comedies, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.
Nielson died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home,...Tags: Television, Clarence Darrow, Disasters and Accidents, Peter Graves, Priscilla Presley
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Anne Francis dies at 80; costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic 'Forbidden Planet'
Anne Francis, who costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later played the title role in "Honey West," the mid-1960s TV series about a sexy female private detective with a pet ocelot, died Sunday. She was 80.
Francis, who...Tags: Music Theater, Television, Contracts, Aaron Spelling, Entertainment
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Peter Graves succeeds in an impossible mission
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Peter Graves was honored last month at the Ojai Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award, the 83-year-old actor was hoping they would screen Billy Wilder's 1953 classic "Stalag 17" in which he played a Nazi spy placed among American POWs in...Tags: Television, Peter Graves, Gunsmoke (tv program), Entertainment, Harvey Korman
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