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Memorial Day movie classics: WWII films pay tribute to women
Not every war film produced by Hollywood during World War II revolved around the men who served in combat. There were also films that focused on the vital role women were playing during the global conflict, including dramas about military nurses who...
Tags: Martha Raye, Paulette Goddard, Health and Medical Professionals, Margaret Sullavan, Alice Faye
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Clarice Lispector: Four novels form a picture of Brazil novelist
For a handful of people, Clarice Lispector's "A Breath of Life" being published in English for the first time is very good news. Sadly, that handful is fairly small. Lispector, an extraordinarily gifted writer who revolutionized Brazilian letters, was...
Tags: Clarice Lispector, Philosophy, David Foster Wallace, Arts and Culture, Literature
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Fashion books reviewed: 'City of Style,' 'By Invitation Only'
Los Angeles TimesLooking for a stylish read? Here are some very fashionable books out this spring. "City of Style" (Harper Collins, $21.99) is an approachable field guide to L.A. style in all its incarnations, whether Laurel Canyon bohemians or Mexican American cholas,...Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joni Mitchell, Elsa Schiaparelli, Entertainment Events, Arts
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Cannes Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf all film festivals are balancing acts, it stands to reason that the annual extravaganza at Cannes, likely the world's most celebrated cinematic event, has more to balance than most. Especially this year. Opening Wednesday night with Wes Anderson's...Tags: Jack Kerouac, Rust & Bone (movie), Wes Anderson, Philip Kaufman, Movies
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Cannes 2012: Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles
24 FramesOpening Wednesday night with Wes Anderson's oddly endearing “Moonrise Kingdom,” the Cannes Film Festival is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and marking that milestone by embracing all kinds of opposites: old and young, dramatic... -
Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He...Tags: Charles Champlin, Reviews, Peter Bogdanovich, Howard Hughes, Celebrities
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Around Town: Legendary films and Herb Ritts photos
24 FramesIn conjunction with its currrent photography exhibition, "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style," the Getty presents a new film series, "What Becomes a Legend," which opens Saturday afternoon with the famed 1921 romance "The Sheik," starring the silent screen heartthrob... -
'What Becomes a Legend' at the Getty: Kenneth Turan's film pick
24 FramesTo accompany its comprehensive look at photographer Herb Ritts, who did superb glamour and fashion work, the J. Paul Getty Museum is presenting a film series, "What Becomes A Legend," that showcases great screen icons such as Rudolph Valentino and Rita... -
Lizzie Garrett Mettler looks at tomboy style in a new Rizzoli book
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticFor years, L.A.-based author Lizzie Garrett Mettler thought "tomboy" was a dirty word. "I was a definite tomboy when I was a kid," she says. "It was a nightmare for my parents to get me into a dress for a stretch of years." As she became a teenager...Tags: Social Media, J. Crew, Amelia Earhart, Band of Outsiders, Ginger Rogers
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'Tomboy Style' book celebrates boyish beauty
All The Rage"Tomboy Style" (Rizzoli), the new book by Lizzie Garrett Mettler, is a visual history of boyish beauty with photographs of everyone from Alexa Chung to Marlene Dietrich.... -
Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening
24 FramesMarvel Comics' guru Stan Lee will be honored with the Ronald Reagan Foundation "Great Communicator" Award and will host a screening of "The Avengers," which is opening theatrically this weekend, at the Catalina Film Festival. The festival, which runs... -
Festival of Books: Hochschild, Goodheart, Nagorski put fresh faces on old conflicts
Jacket CopyA better title for the Saturday morning L.A. Times Festival of Books panel "History: War & Remembrance" might have been "Putting a Face on the War." Authors Adam Goodheart, Adam Hochschild and Andrew Nagorski underscored with moderator Diane Smith how.......
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