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Bert Lahr's former home in Beverly Hills is for sale
A Beverly Hills home originally built for Bert Lahr, who played the cowardly lion on "The Wizard of Oz," is on the market at $28.5 million.
Designed by Paul R. Williams in 1941, the gated estate sits on 1.3 park-like acres. The 12,000-square-foot main...Tags: Dining and Drinking, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Melanie Griffith, Homes, Celebrities
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Christina Aguilera is selling her Beverly Hills mansion
Christina Aguilera has put her 11,500-square-foot gated mansion in Beverly Hills on the market at $13.5 million.
Set on nearly two-thirds of an acre, the Mediterranean-style home has a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase, a fanciful children's room,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Ugly Betty (tv program), The O.C. (tv program), Celebrities, Cher
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Paris' Quai Branly Museum celebrates 'Jazz Century'
Bump Picasso.
Forget Rococo.
The Quai Branly Museum, a steel-and-glass palace on the Seine River, has news for the culture world: "Three Little Bops" is art.
The Looney Tunes cartoon from 1957 retells the Three Little Pigs as a jazz fable with music by...Tags: John Coltrane, Dining and Drinking, Arts, Louis Armstrong, French Literature
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Louie Bellson dies at 84; Duke Ellington called him 'the world's greatest drummer'
Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84. According to his wife, Francine, Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Obituaries, Count Basie, Broadway Theater, Ray Brown, Dancing
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Irving Bush dies at 78; trumpeter played with big bands, L.A. Philharmonic
Irving Bush, a trumpeter with a broad range of musical interests, including jazz and classical, who later in life served as personnel manager for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died. He was 78. Bush died Jan. 8 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: University of Southern California, Hospitals and Clinics, Zubin Mehta, Death, Nat King Cole
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Jake Hanna dies at 78; versatile jazz drummer was in Merv Griffin's TV show band
Jake Hanna, a versatile drummer who played with such jazz figures as Woody Herman and was a longtime member of the band on Merv Griffin's television show, has died. He was 78.
Hanna died Friday at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center of...Tags: Death, Count Basie, Obituaries, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Woody Herman
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Gold Derby nuggets: Oscars for 'Twilight: New Moon'? | Danes challenge Brit rule at International Emmys | 'Jerusalem' wins Evening Standard prize | Marley takes a bite out of 'canine Oscars'
Gold Derby• "Let's give young people a chance to win some Oscars!" roars a fan of "Twilight: New Moon." "It's time for a change." Never mind that film critics drove a stake through the loving heart of the box-office smasheroo ($140 million opening weekend),... -
Bernadette Peters kicks off Cerritos Center 2008-09 season
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBroadway star Bernadette Peters will launch the 2008-09 season at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Aug. 16 with a show of songs drawn from her long stage career. The musicals offered during the season will include "Simply Ballroom,"...Tags: Music Theater, Foods and Beverages, Debbie Reynolds, Dancing, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gene Kelly at 100: All that jazz, all that exuberance
He was the greatest song-and-dance man who ever lived, a kinetic performer who redefined the movie musical in groundbreaking films such "An American in Paris,""Singin' in the Rain,""Anchors Aweigh" and "On the Town." But as the world begins to...
Tags: Sidney Bechet, Fred Astaire, Martha Graham, Singin' in the Rain (movie), Cole Porter
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'Mr. Laguna' Harry Lawrence dies at 98
Laguna Beach lost an icon Sunday when Harry James Lawrence died, with his wife, Zahide, holding his hand. He was 98 and in ill health for several years. "It was time," said Zahide, who Harry married in 1996. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday...
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Take Five: Remembering the music, romance
Valentine's Day is coming in a few days, and I'm cruising the stores in La Cañada, looking for appropriate cards for my valentine. While I thumb through the selection of large, heart-shaped cards, I think about the girls in my youth I considered to be my...Tags: Entertainment Events, Woody Herman, Music, Big Band (genre), Dance
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Jean Smith, 90, Somerset
Jean Smith, 90, Somerset, died Sept. 21, 2011 at Somerset Hospital. Born Jan. 10, 1921 in Somerset Township, a daughter of Charles E. and Lucy R. (Kimmel) Baker. Preceded in death by parents, husband Thomas Wesley Smith on Dec. 14, 2010; brothers: Harry...Tags: Friedens
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