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PASSINGS: Flynn Robinson, Steve Forrest, Mack Emerman
Flynn Robinson Guard in Lakers 1971 championship team Flynn Robinson, 72, a flashy guard who was a member of the 1971-72 Lakers team that brought Los Angeles its first NBA title, died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles from complications...
Tags: Flynn Robinson, ABC (tv network), James Brown, Music, Lynyrd Skynyrd (music group)
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2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled
This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...
Tags: Big Brother and the Holding Company (music group), Dwight D. Eisenhower, Music, Libraries, John Travolta
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Oscars 2013: Honoring the movie musical
How could veteran musical producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, whose credits include "Hairspray" and "Footloose," among others, create an Oscars telecast without a tribute to their favored genre? With an introduction by John Travolta, the star of...Tags: Anne Hathaway, Renee Zellweger, Music, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
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TV This Week: Feb 17-23: 'Cult' on The CW
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY So the Lakers are having a lousy season. But teammates Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard will be hitting the court...
Tags: Adam Lanza, Gary Clark Jr., ABC (tv network), John Travolta, Los Angeles Lakers
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Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees
Robin Gibb, a singer and songwriter who joined two of his brothers in forming the Bee Gees pop group that helped define the sound of the disco era with the best-selling 1977 soundtrack to"Saturday Night Fever," has died. He was 62. Gibb died Sunday after...
Tags: London (England), Grammy Awards, Entertainment Events, Colon Cancer, England
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Review: 'Detroit: A Biography' by Scott Martelle sees ruin, hope
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDetroit: A Biography Scott Martelle Chicago Review Press: 288 pp., $24.95 In February 1863, Thomas Faulkner, a Detroit saloon owner of mixed-race background, was arrested on the charge of raping a 9-year-old white girl. Despite his protestations of...Tags: Punishment, Greektown, Waterford, Music, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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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: Western Kentucky University, Star Wars (movie), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Jaws (movie), Television
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Cannes Film Review: 'Grigris'
VarietyWorking-class hoofer Billy Elliot was living the high life compared to "Grigris," the eponymous hero of Chadian writer-helmer Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's typically studied fifth feature. The story of a disabled, dance-crazy young buck whose involvement in an...Tags: Music, Music Industry, Movies, Entertainment, Africa
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Cruise Trends & Trips: Theater at sea
McClatchy and Tribune NewspapersSpectacular song-and-dance numbers backed by soaring musical scores. Elaborate, encore-worthy set designs. Floors that shift, open and drop. Hundreds of costumes flouncing, floating, shimmering, shaking. Larger than life. Bigger than Broadway. If you're...Tags: Norwegian Cruise Line, Cruises, Tourism and Leisure, The Lion King (movie), Theater
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Travolta on Travolta
'Saturday Night Fever' (1977) Travolta earned his first Oscar nomination — and proved he was more than Vinnie Barbarino on TV's "Welcome Back, Kotter" — as the Brooklyn teenager who becomes a big man on the disco dance floor. "It was a...Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Movies, Debra Winger, Savages (movie), Entertainment
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John Travolta shares memories of 'Hairspray,' 'Pulp Fiction' and other films
A slimmed-down Edna Turnblad shared the stage with her creator, John Waters, last night, much to the delight of scores of star-crazed fans. Well, it wasn't exactly Edna, the zaftig stage mom from Waters' "Hairspray," who took to the stage at the Maryland...
Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Music, John Travolta, Movies, Entertainment Events
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When it comes to Baltimore, Travolta does it his way
John Travolta knew what he wanted to do with the role of Edna Turnblad, the zaftig housewife at the center of "Hairspray." The movie's producers, however, weren't so sure. Especially when he insisted on using a Bawlamer accent. "I got fought on it, by...
Tags: Barry Levinson, Pulp Fiction (movie), Music, John Travolta, Movies
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