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Newton: Deputy Mayor Guillermo Cespedes, L.A.'s go-to guy on gangs
There were 11 gang shootings in Los Angeles over this year's Father's Day weekend, a holiday that can be bittersweet for young men alienated from their fathers. Deputy Mayor Guillermo Cespedes, who heads Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's anti-gang efforts, was...Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Family, Father's Day, Regional Authority, Politics
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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Nov. 14, 1941
The Daily MirrorNov. 14, 1941: One unpublicized reason for Lou Costello's New York jaunt is a conference with his pal, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, anent screening of His Honor's life story -- with Costello in the title role, Jimmie Fidler says.... -
Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Wipeout' on ABC
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of June 20 - 26 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here WET AND WILD: Contestants try their luck on a series of...... -
Dorothy Provine dies at 75; actress in 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' and 'The Roaring Twenties'TV series
Dorothy Provine, who played the singing, high-kicking flapper in the early-1960s TV series "The Roaring Twenties" and appeared in the all-star movie comedy "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died. She was 75.
Provine, a longtime resident of...Tags: Dog (animal), Roger Moore, ABC (tv network), Ethel Merman, Celebrities
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Anthony Hopkins on the secret of his spooky success: 'I like to act like a submarine'
The Hero ComplexAnthony Hopkins is back in scary-movie mode with "The Wolfman" and the actor who was once voted the best villain in film history says he's not really sure why he has become an icon in shadowy genres of cinema. "I...... -
Takes One to Know One
Comedian David Steinberg continues in his role as earthat is, a sounding boardto some of the funniest people working today. David Steinberg: Thank you for doing this. Jerry Seinfeld: This is one of my favorite things. The greatest thing about being a...Tags: Family, Bud Abbott, Larry David, Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld
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Harvey Korman, 81; versatile Emmy-winning comedian
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHarvey Korman, an Emmy-winning comedic actor best known for playing the self-described "luminous second banana" for a decade on television's "The Carol Burnett Show" and for starring in such Mel Brooks films as "Blazing Saddles," has died. He was 81....Tags: Vicki Lawrence, ABC (tv network), Chicago Sun-Times, Mel Brooks, Radio Industry
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Ebert and Siskel: Partners shared unique relationship
This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic. On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis....Tags: Family, Bud Abbott, Weight, Roger Ebert, Paul McCartney
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Still keeping time at 100
Viola Smith pulled up to her 100th birthday party in a pedi-cab and entered, appropriately, to a drumroll. As one of the first mainstream female drummers, Smith was a pioneer for women in music who earned her fame during World War II, a breakthrough...
Tags: Bud Abbott, Ella Fitzgerald, World War II (1939-1945), Chick Webb, Culture
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 28
Senior center near golf course would be wonderful To the editor: As a 40-year resident of Willard Street, my family and I would absolutely love to see this senior center go in across the street from us. A few additional points that would make this...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Bud Abbott, Elections, World War II (1939-1945), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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WWII life comes back for a weekend in Williamsport
andrews@herald-mail.comLast month, the local focus was on the 150th anniversary of key battles in the Civil War. This weekend, Williamsport is remembering the times of World War II. There are encampments, re-enactments, stories, music and more at Springfield Farm. Even the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bud Abbott, World War II (1939-1945), Comedy (genre)
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Female Army vet shares stories from World War II
chrisc@herald-mail.comIt's been almost 70 years since a young New York City woman traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan and enlisted in the U.S. Army. But for Florence "Flo" Miles, 90 and now living in Hagerstown, the memories are still vivid. Especially when she pages...Tags: U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bud Abbott, Europe, Organized Crime
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