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Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick redux at LACMA
With the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's expansive "Stanley Kubrick" exhibition set to close on June 30, the museum's film department is revisiting several key movies in the maverick filmmaker's oeuvre. Each of the director's films in the series...
Tags: James Mason, Barry Lyndon (movie), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Paths of Glory (movie), Movies
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TV This Week: March 31 - April 6: 'Mr. Selfridge' on PBS
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY Technically, it's the day...
Tags: Mads Mikkelsen, Brad Garrett, Angela Lansbury, 30 Rock (tv program), BBC
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LACMA's overhaul is a work in progress
Seven years ago last month, when Michael Govan was named the sixth director in the relatively brief history of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, his mandate was clear: overhaul the place. The ambitious plan was to make LACMA the nation's only...
Tags: Japan, Full Metal Jacket (movie), Peter Zumthor, Stanley Kubrick, Museums
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Stuart Freeborn dies at 98; 'Star Wars' makeup artist
It was no accident that British makeup artist Stuart Freeborn resembled his most famous movie creation — Yoda, the wrinkled, ancient sage from the "Star Wars" films. "I looked at myself in the mirror and decided that I was comic, with all these...
Tags: Peter Sellers, BBC, World War II (1939-1945), Stanley Kubrick, United Kingdom
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Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon
When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." The grainy black-and-white...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Heart Surgery, Technology, Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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'Prometheus' seeks out classical music in deep space
In space, no one can hear you scream — but everyone can hear the classical music loud and clear. Science-fiction movies have had a long affinity for classical music, and the relationship is a fascinating and complex one. In "Prometheus," Ridley...
Tags: Movies, Prometheus (movie), Stanley Kubrick, Frederic Chopin, Howard Hanson
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Counter Intelligence: 800 Degrees in Westwood
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticPininfarina designs Ferraris. Pininfarina designs Maseratis. But on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon in Westwood, the Pininfarina design that is attracting attention is a soda dispenser in the new pizzeria 800 Degrees. Teenagers approach the sleek, glistening...Tags: Restaurants, Sports Cars, YouTube, Tomatoes, Pizzeria Mozza
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says launch 'a giant weight ... off my back'
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, sent his Falcon 9 rocket into space early Tuesday morning with an unmanned Dragon capsule after an original mission was aborted over the weekend. How’s he feeling? Extremely relieved....
Tags: Technology, Rocketry, Economy, Business and Finance, Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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