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A different kind of bluegrass statement on Selection Sunday
Kentucky is the top-seeded team entering this year's NCAA tournament that tips off Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and ends on a Monday in Atlanta. Check that: A team from Kentucky, coached by a former Kentucky coach, is top-seeded entering the NCAA...
Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Big East Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Atlantic Coast Conference, Oregon Ducks
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Rise Stevens dies at 99; mezzo soprano sang 'Carmen'
Rise Stevens, an American mezzo soprano celebrated for her earthy interpretation of "Carmen," whose career also encompassed television and movie appearances alongside matinee idols Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy, died Wednesdayof natural causes at her home...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Culture, Georges Bizet, Colleges and Universities, Kennedy Center Honors
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Live discussion: How to fill out your NCAA tournament bracket
Join Times college basketball writer Chris Dufresne and college basketball editor Mike Hiserman at 11 a.m. today for a live video chat as they discuss the upcoming NCAA men's tournament. As Dufrense wrote on Sunday, "Louisville deservedly and...
Tags: Basketball, Big East Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Atlantic Coast Conference, Oregon Ducks
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Altman, Pacino and Hope and Crosby among weekend highlights
An early film by Robert Atman, a sneak preview of Al Pacino as Phil Spector and a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture double bill are among the highlights this weekend. The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation offers a rare...
Tags: Laura Dern, Billy Wilder, David Mamet, Sean Connery, Phil Spector
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Bob Hope's Lautner house in Palm Springs for sale at $50 million
The home designed by renowned Modern architect John Lautner for comedian Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores, is for sale in Palm Springs for $50 million. Sited to overlook the Coachella Valley, the concrete, steel and glass house was built in 1979 and...
Tags: Bob Hope, Windermere
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Barnaby Conrad Jr. dies at 90; bullfighter, artist, saloonkeeper founded Santa Barbara Writers Conference
When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi's in New York. "Did you hear about poor Barnaby?" Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. "He was terribly gored in Spain."...
Tags: Frank Sinatra, Truman Capote, Periodicals, Obituaries, Literature
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Patty Andrews dies at 94; Andrews Sisters' last surviving member
They were the swinging, sassy voice of the homefront for U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II, singing catchy hit tunes such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca Cola" that delighted Americans and catapulted the Andrews Sisters to...
Tags: Andrews Sisters (music group), Toronto Star, Danny Kaye, Dorothy Lamour, Obituaries
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In 1949, the snowman socked Los Angeles
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In Little Rock, snow and other kinds of 'White Christmas'
White Christmases have been so rare in Little Rock, Ark., that you could almost count them on both hands since recordkeeping began in 1875. Hard winters, after all, visit this part of the South somewhat infrequently. But in this city's history, white...
Tags: Irving Berlin, Television Industry, Snow Storms, Religious Festivals, Holidays
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American Cinematheque gets into the holiday spirit
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian and Aero theaters are getting into the holiday spirit with two festive programs: "Christmas With Charlie Chaplin" and "Holiday Spirit on the Big Screen." Chaplin and Paulette Goddard star in his last silent film, the...
Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye, The Kid (movie), City Lights (movie), Quentin Tarantino
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The saddest Christmas songs ever?
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” says one of the most popular songs of the season. Yet good cheer isn’t what everyone experiences during the holidays. With that in mind, Pop & Hiss hoped to compile a list of the...
Tags: Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, Ray Davies, Holidays, Phil Spector
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From the Archive – Best of 2012
FrameworkAfter 225 From the Archive posts in 2012, here's the reader's and my favorites from the last year....
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