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Tenth Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 23-24 at UCLA
NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The registration deadline has been extended to April 18. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www....Tags: Children, Carol Higgins Clark, University of California, Los Angeles, Biography (genre), Awards and Prizes
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The Star Wars Character Tournament: Sixteen Strikes Back!
Last week, special contributor Ben Finfer and I gave our predictions for the first round of the "This Is Madness: The Star Wars Character Tournament". I went 8-0 in the Light Side brackets while Finfer went 7-1 in the Dark Side. (Finfer chose Hondo Ohnaka...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Homefront: Parenting on a plane
A prominent Idaho businessman has lost his job after allegedly slapping a toddler on a plane when the child wouldn't stop crying. While many parents and fliers can agree that "Toddlers on a Plane" would be a terrifying premise for a film, most of us can...
Tags: John Lennon, Debbie Reynolds
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Actress Carrie Fisher Briefly Hospitalized After Bipolar Episode
Reuters 9:55 p.m. EST, February 26, 2013 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, was briefly hospitalized due to her bipolar disorder, the actress' spokeswoman said on Tuesday after video...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Star Wars (movie)
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Captain Kirk takes on Doctor Who Fans!
The last time my paths crossed with William Shatner, he was drowning my Jean-Luc Picard action figure. (Well, it wasn't really mine, but he thought it was.) In my experience, Mr. Shatner just loves to have fun with science fiction fans, often needling and...
Tags: Star Trek (tv program), Literature, Arts and Culture, Media Industry, Twitter, Inc.
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John Gidding: HGTV's Curb Appeal host shares tips and blips from show and life
Why is "curb appeal" important to a house and neighborhood? Curb appeal could be called "first impression" - it is that intangible, crucial aspect of any architecture. You can spend millions on an interior but if your curb appeal is lacking, you and...
Tags: Rachael Ray, Architecture, Arts and Culture, Television, Entertainment
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Julia Child: The comic book
Julia Child has truly become one of the immortals of American culture. There's a new comic book out retelling her life story. "Female Force: Julia Child" is the latest in a "female empowerment series" of comic books presented by Bluewater Productions,...
Tags: Literature, Martha Stewart, Google Play, Television, Apple iTunes
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What to read in 2013
January Insane City by Dave Barry (Putnam) The Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist's first solo adult novel in more than a decade is a typically absurdist comic story about everything — and then some — that goes wrong for Seth and his friends en...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Baseball, Maya Angelou, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes
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Carrie Fisher to hold court at Star Wars Celebration VI
Carrie Fisher has reigned over an empire for more than three decades.
As a 19-year-old, she rocketed to fame playing Princess Leia, a regal rebel spy with a distinctive hairstyle, in the original "Star Wars" film of 1977. Two sequels and one shiny bikini...Tags: The Blues Brothers (movie), Cartoon Network (tv network), International Drive, New York University, James Arnold Taylor
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Director Kevin Smith to share 'Star Wars' thoughts
Director-actor-podcaster Kevin Smith has never worked on an official "Star Wars" project, but he's enthusiastically talked about the films enough to be added to the upcoming Star Wars Celebration at the Orange County Convention Center. "An Evening...
Tags: Seth Green, Clerks (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Television Industry, Peter Mayhew
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Carson Kressley to star in Hallmark Christmas movie
TV WatchersLehigh Valley native and former "Queer Eye for the Stright Guy" star Carson Kressley will star in an updating of the Christmas Carol as the put-upon employee of a ruthless book publisher in Hallmark Channel's "It's Christmas, Carol" to premier...... -
Carrie Fisher talks 'Star Wars' sequels: 'I like the idea of being Mrs. Solo'
Pop2it"I'm a Disney Princess!" Carrie joked. As for revisiting Leia, she says, "She's never been gone! As far as I know she's been with me forever."...
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