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Burt Lancaster a presence to be reckoned with
Burt Lancaster was the first movie star I ever met. I've encountered others since, but the circumstances have never been so dramatic. The year was 1971 and I was a young reporter for the Washington Post covering the Cannes Film Festival on my own dime....
Tags: Killers (movie), Entertainment, Celebrities, Movies, Cannes Film Festival
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A dinner inspired by classic Italian films
This sounds fun: a special dinner next Monday with a menu inspired by classic Italian films. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, the dinner will be prepared by chef Simone Santopietro at Obika Mozzarella Bar and Ristorante in...
Tags: Vittorio de Sica, Entertainment, Movies
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Review: Beatles flop 'Magical Mystery Tour' is put in context
Roll up, America; step right this way. Here comes the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," getting a big night on domestic television, 45 Christmastimes after it first aired in the United Kingdom, on Boxing Day, Dec. 26, 1967. Newly restored and...
Tags: Documentary (genre), Peter Fonda, Entertainment Events, Music, Terry Gilliam
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John Malkovich's message to the theater world on its special day
Culture MonsterJohn Malkovich will give the annual message for World Theatre Day in Paris at a March 22 kickoff gala of events leading up to the 50th annual celebration on March 27. Here's the text he'll deliver.... -
Is ‘Bully’ a tipping point for the MPAA movie ratings system?
24 FramesHarvey Weinstein’s PR blitzkrieg for "Bully" may turn out to be a pivotal chapter in the battle to overhaul the Motion Picture Assn. of America's ratings system.... -
Around Town: Clint Eastwood and Italian classics
24 FramesSilen flicks, Italian masterworks and a chat with Clint Eastwood and an evening with long-time Times film critic Kevin Thomas are on tap this week.... -
Bali, soul of replenishment
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields. A few yards away, a dozen ducks march single file across a dirt berm, tails twitching, looking very businesslike. Local farmers...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Aromatherapy, George Burns, Landforms, Tour Operations Industry
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Farley Granger dies at 85; handsome leading man best known for roles in Hitchcock films
Farley Granger, a handsome young leading man during Hollywood's post-World War II era who was best known for his starring roles in the Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope," has died. He was 85.
Granger died of natural...Tags: Crimes, John Dall, Armed Conflicts, United States Steel Llc, Alfred Hitchcock
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico dies at 96; screenwriter worked with some of Italy's leading directors
Associated PressScreenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated postwar Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestone films as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," has died. She was 96. Cecchi D'Amico died July 31 in...Tags: Crimes, Italy, Franco Zeffirelli, Vittorio de Sica, Family
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Visconti's 'Senso' offers much to savor for opera fans
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Learning to love Gustav Mahler
One evening in 1966, not long after the Los Angeles Philharmonic moved into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, concertgoers were surprised to find a picket line in front of the hall on opening night. Though picket lines were a dime a dozen in the '60s, this...Tags: Dimitri Mitropoulos, Vienna (Austria), Otto Klemperer, Demonstration, Gustav Mahler
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Scorsese, Govan talk film preservation and hint at future collaborations
Culture MonsterOn Wednesday night, Martin Scorsese recalled a time that he came to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art during the 1970s to see a double bill of two Marilyn Monroe movies -- "Niagara" (1953) and "The Seven Year Itch"......
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