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Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent
Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
For two decades, Mengers was one of...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Burt Reynolds, Peter Bogdanovich, Ryan O'Neal, Sidney Lumet
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10 things you may not know about 'Get Smart's' Masi Oka
Special to The TimesAttention "Heroes" fans: Production on Season 3 is well underway, and four episodes are in the can. You may start snooping for spoilers .now! Just don't ask for any from Masi Oka, the 33-year-old who plays time-traveler Hiro Nakamura and stars opposite...Tags: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ang Lee, Romance (genre), Rowan Atkinson, Will Smith
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Hip-hopping out of his Hills house
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf all you want for Christmas is a home once owned by a celebrity, you're in luck. There are several on the market. One belongs to hip-hop star Kanye West. While planning their wedding, the rapper and his bride-to-be, fashion designer Alexis Phifer,...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Personal Service, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Homes, Kanye West
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'California Dreamin' ' by the Mamas and Papas
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMichelle Phillips remembers 1963 as a year of bone-chill and profound homesickness. The Long Beach native, then 19, had married John Phillips in late 1962 and the two had shuttled off to New York to seek fame with their folk group, the New Frontiersmen....Tags: John Phillips, The Mamas & the Papas (music group), Michelle Phillips, Death, Poetry
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'Love, Janis'
Special to The TimesWatching footage of Janis Joplin at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, you can see why Mama Cass, sitting in the crowd, keeps shaking her head. There's Janis, decked out in full gold lamé and tiny mules, shaking and snarling her way through...Tags: Muddy Waters, Family, Bette Midler, Trips and Vacations, Colleges and Universities
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Singer Andy Williams dies: 'Moon River' crooner was also an Emmy-winning TV host
VarietyAndy Williams, the effortlessly smooth crooner best known for his rendition of "Moon River," died on Tuesday night in his Branson, Mo. home after suffering from bladder cancer. He was 84. Maintaining a 75-year career in showbusiness, Williams...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles, Lauren Bacall, Bing Crosby, Spider (music group)
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Rock doc captures canyon's echo: Primetime docu produced by local L.A. broadcast station
VarietyLos Angeles TV viewers will be treated to a rare sight on Saturday -- an original primetime docu produced by a local broadcast station. And it's a groovy topic, too. KABC-TV reporter Tina Malave has spent the past year working on an hourlong "Eye on L.A."...Tags: Music, Carole King, Rock and Roll (genre), Entertainment, Media Industry
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Best reality program, competition & host nominees: Road to the Emmys 2012: Reality, Nonfiction & Competition Nominees
VarietyOUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM "Antiques Roadshow"(PBS)First-person take: " 'Antiques Roadshow' is just smart reality TV -- you learn something new about history and culture with each appraisal and you hardly even notice how educational it is," says exec...Tags: The Amazing Race (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Cat Deeley, Phil Keoghan, Fashion Shows
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Mixtape Friday, August 10
Here are your winners! Bob Gordon - Mott the Hoople, “One of the Boys” - Doves, “Catch the Sun” - The Waterboys, “A Girl Called Johnny” - The Pretenders, “Mystery Achievement” - Ryan Adams, “Come...Tags: Justin Timberlake, Kenny Chesney, The Beatles (music group), Led Zeppelin (music group), Nat King Cole
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Tickets on sale Monday for 'Sirens of the '60s'
Tickets for Aberdeen Community Theatre's first show of 2012 go on sale to the public on Monday.
The theater is bringing in the touring production, Sirens of the '60s, which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 14-16 and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 17...Tags: Tammy Wynette, Petula Clark, Barbra Streisand, Mary Travers, The Mamas & the Papas (music group)
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Comments & Curiosities: Imagine the aging process
Ronald Reagan is coming to Newport Beach. Well, his statue is anyway. The idea is the brainchild of Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry, a long-time Reagan admirer, and not just from afar. Curry was a member of the Reagan administration in the 1980s,...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Heart Failure, White House, John F. Kennedy, Elections
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Mixtape Friday for Friday August 13
Staff reporterGARRY'S MIXTAPE Semi-Precious Weapons Magnetic Baby Jarrett's Mixtape a. Big Sur by The Thrills b. Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks c. Chritine's Tune by Flying Burrito Brothers d. Tell Her No by The Zombies e. Surf Wax America by Weezer...Tags: Los Lobos (music group), ABBA (music group), Weezer (music group), Sarah Brightman, Van Halen (music group)
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