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Norah Jones says 'Little Broken Hearts' is a 'natural evolution'
Mention that Norah Jones has a new record and most likely an aural picture emerges. Maybe it's a hazard of success or having such a recognizable, lightly sanded voice, but after she took home five Grammys for the nearly inescapable "Come Away With Me"...Tags: Adele (music artist), Poetry, Gnarls Barkley, Music, Music Industry
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David O. Russell’s latest turn: New England city politics
24 FramesDavid O. Russell, director of "The Fighter," looks to direct the Buddy Cianci biopic; the Rhode Island mayor's story will be produced by Robert De Niro... -
PASSINGS: Charles Napier, Kenneth Dahlberg, Joel DiBartolo
Charles Napier
Character actor usually played the heavy
Charles Napier, 75, a prolific character actor whose granite jaw and toothy grin earned him tough-guy roles in movies like "Rambo: First Blood Part II," died Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial...Tags: Cancer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Streets (music group), Jaws (movie), Armed Conflicts
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Tura Satana dies at 72; actress starred in 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'
Tura Satana, an actress who gained cult status for her role in the 1965 Russ Meyer movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!," died Friday of heart failure at a hospital in Reno.
Satana's death was confirmed by her manager, Siouxzan Perry, who said Satana was...Tags: Cults and Sects, Television, Physical Conditions, Chicago Sun-Times, Movies
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The Morning Fix: Fewer Starz on Netflix. More gripes about Time Warner Cable's iPad app.
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before kicking myself for not replacing my Timberlands. The Skinny: Of all the places I've lived, (Detroit, New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C) none have rain like Los Angeles. I don't mean those other cities have...... -
Theater review: 'Show Your Face!' at REDCAT
Culture MonsterA snowsuit speaks volumes in “Show Your Face!,” REDCAT’s object-puppet show from Slovenia’s Betontanc and Latvia’s Umka.LV theater companies. This toddler’s sky blue winter onesie endures estrangement and torture at the hands (literally) of... -
Anna Biller brings free sex back to a sex-free nation
Anna Biller's first feature-length film "Viva," an eerily authentic recreation of early 1970s soft-core sex comedies, opened Friday at Laemmle's Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. But Biller has been making highly mannered, beautifully realized short movies...Tags: Celebrities, Culture, Philosophy, Movies, Death
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Friday's TV Highlights: The ALMAs salute Latinos in the arts
Show TrackerEMCEES: George Lopez and Eva Longoria Parker host 'The 2009 ALMA Awards' at 8 p.m. on ABC. SERIES Guiding Light: This long, long, long-running soap opera exits the airwaves after 70-plus years on radio and television (2 p.m. CBS). Bump!...... -
President Predicts Budget Surplus!
The Daily MirrorIn his State of the Union Address, President Eisenhower predicts a $4-billion budget surplus ($28.7 billion USD 2008) Eisenhower’s State of the Union Address runs over three pages and I doubt many people will read the entire speech, but I’m posting it... -
Lucha VaVoom and Cirque Berzerk are L.A.'s theater of the odd
Don't be fooled by her riding crop, her past career as a porn-film costumer or her penchant for punk rock and Russ Meyer flicks. Take all that away, and Rita D'Albert is a nice Jewish girl from Flushing, Queens, who adores Gilbert and Sullivan operettas...Tags: Death, University of California, Los Angeles, Education, Dance, Fashion Shows
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A book find from Roger Ebert
Jacket CopyFilm critic Roger Ebert used to be heard all the time; he was on TV as one of the original hosts of "At the Movies," showed up regularly at film festivals and taught at the University of Chicago. Opinionated, informed...... -
Found objects: Going gaga over Jason Mecier's 'junky' celebrity portraiture
Brand XThe intricately rendered celebrity portraits constructed by San Francisco-based artist Jason Mecier intend not merely to capture the look of his subjects, but their true essence. He often achieves this by using items once owned by them in his mosaics. But...
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