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Richard Collins dies at 98; onetime blacklisted screenwriter
Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura. The onetime Communist Party member was 98...
Tags: Political Systems, Russia, Entertainment, Obituaries, Television
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Joan Scott dies at 91; screenwriter 'fronted' for her husband
In 1950s Hollywood, screenwriter Joan Scott seemed so adept at turning out tough-guy scripts that she became known as "the girl who writes like a man."
What the studios didn't know was she wasn't the writer. Her husband was.
She was married to Adrian...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment Events, Writers Guild of America, World War II (1939-1945), Cancer
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Kirk Douglas on the blacklist: Why Hollywood showed so little courage
24 FramesKirk Douglas has written a lively new memoir about one of his greatest triumphs. Titled “I Am Spartacus!” it recounts how Douglas helped break the midcentury anti-communist blacklist by secretly hiring Dalton Trumbo to write “Spartacus,&... -
Writers Guild restores screenplay credit to Trumbo for 'Roman Holiday'
Company TownCalling it a "gift of justice for the holiday," the Writers Guild of America, West has restored Dalton Trumbo's screenplay credit to "Roman Holiday."... -
Christopher Trumbo dies at 70; screen and TV writer whose father was blacklisted
Christopher Trumbo, the screen and television writer son of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted and imprisoned during the Red Scare as a member of the Hollywood 10, has died. He was 70.
Trumbo died Saturday from complications of...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Entertainment, Kirk Douglas, Mexico, Mexico City
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Angels Manager Mike Scioscia picks a lineup -- and the Oscars
The Fabulous ForumThe Angels are sending another young lineup out against the Dodgers in the second game of the spring Sunday, starting six rookies behind left-hander Scott Kazmir. Manager Mike Scioscia said he hoped to have regulars Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells...... -
29 literary films to fill your holidays [Updated]
Jacket CopyA list of 29 top literary films, from 1982 to 2010.... -
Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo [Update: This photo stumped the brain trust! And perhaps with good reason. It was apparently never published in The Times and is from a somewhat obscure movie called âThe Fixer,â which is not on Netflix...... -
Paul Haggis on Scientology: 'Morally reprehensible'
The Big PictureEverybody has his or her own take on Paul Haggis' dramatic letter, announcing his break with Scientology after 35 years of membership in the church. But what especially fascinated me was how much his letter, full of passion and moral...... -
Cleo Trumbo dies at 93; wife of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Cleo Trumbo, the widow of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted for more than a decade as a member of the Hollywood 10, has died. She was 93.
Trumbo died of age-related causes Oct. 9 at home in the Bay Area city of Los Altos, said...Tags: Kirk Douglas, Family, Entertainment, Obituaries, Movies
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Still seeing Red
An exhibition at a New York museum celebrating the Abraham Lincoln Brigade -- a band of left-wing, largely communist American volunteers who fought against Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War about 70 years ago -- is criticized by anti-Stalinist...Tags: Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Espionage and Intelligence, Crime, Law and Justice, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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AFI anniversary draws legends
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTippi Hedren wore the seed pearls and gold broach shaped like birds in flight that was given to her by Alfred Hitchcock and his wife at Chasen's on the night they told her she would star in 1963's "The Birds." Angela Lansbury said young people know her...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Star Wars (movie), Entertainment, Kirk Douglas, Sylvester Stallone
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