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Joe Biden's wife is a 'Dr.,' but she doesn't deliver babies
Is Joe Biden married to a physician? You might have gotten that impression while watching television coverage of the inauguration. “Dr.” Jill Biden’s doctorate is in education, yet word obviously has been sent out from the White House...
Tags: Politics, General Practitioners, Tom Coburn, White House, Interior Policy
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Gil Friesen dies at 75; longtime president of A&M recording label
A&M Records spent much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s as one of the leading independent labels in the music business, buoyed by a remarkably consistent string of hits from superstar acts, beginning with label co-founder Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Alan Freed, Radio, Music Industry
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Nora Ephron dies at 71; writer of sharp-edged romances
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Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including "Sleepless in Seattle," "When Harry Met Sally..."...Tags: Meg Ryan, Journalism, John F. Kennedy, Comedy (genre), Nuclear Power
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Ryan Reynolds selling home he bought with Scarlett Johansson
Actor Ryan Reynolds has listed for sale the Los Feliz hills house he bought with his then-wife, actress Scarlett Johansson, in 2010.
Priced at $3.65 million, the 1969 Buff & Hensman-designed Wong House has walls of glass that capture views of downtown...Tags: Ringer (tv program), Vincent Gallo, Television Industry, Cincinnati Reds, Entertainment Events
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Home built for Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann available for lease
A gated home in the Pacific Palisades/Brentwood area built for Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann is available for lease at $15,500 a month.
Constructed in 1939, the 5,266-square-foot house on an acre of property has been updated to enhance the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Awards and Prizes, Thomas Mann, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards
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Noble Acts
LA Times MagazineShe bewitches and beguiles in PBS’ Downton Abbey, but just who is Michelle Dockery, the girl behind the impervious Lady Mary?... -
Tom Garvin dies at 67; versatile jazz pianist, composer
Tom Garvin, a jazz pianist and composer-arranger who was best known as an exceptional accompanist, died July 31 at an assisted living facility in Encino. He was 67.
The cause was cancer, which diagnosed three years ago, said Tom Mitchell, a close friend....Tags: Fine Arts, Celebrities and Health Issues, John Gilbert, Lou Rawls, Music Industry
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Jerry Leiber dies at 78; lyricist in songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller
Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78.
Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at...Tags: Fine Arts, Fats Domino, Cole Porter, Jerry Wexler, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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Margaret Tante Burk dies at 93; host of Round Table West
Margaret Tante Burk, a businesswoman, publicist and book enthusiast who co-founded one of the country's largest literary lunch groups, died Oct. 6 in Los Angeles of natural causes, her son, Harry, said. She was 93.
For 30 years, until 2007, Burk ran...Tags: Journalism, Gloria Steinem, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Macdonald Carey
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Pete Rugolo dies at 95; jazz arranger, composer
Pete Rugolo, an award-winning composer and arranger who came to prominence in the world of jazz as the chief arranger for Stan Kenton's post-World War II band and later wrote the themes for TV's "The Fugitive" and "Run for Your Life," has died. He was 95....Tags: Fine Arts, Peter Lawford, MGM Inc., The Fugitive (movie), Capitol Records
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RIP Jerry Leiber: half of one of rock's great songwriting teams
Pop & HissJerry Leiber, with partner Mike Stoller, wrote many of the hits that helped define rock music.... -
Jerry Leiber appreciation: A songwriter who helped change pop music
Pop & HissAn appreciation of Jerry Leiber who, writing for Elvis Presley, Peggy Lee, The Coasters and more as the lyricist half of the Leiber and Stoller songwriting team, helped change pop music and set the template for future artists....
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