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    Feb 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Perspective: Hollywood doesn't like itself -- just look at Oscars

    This is the Oscars' year of nostalgia — or at least that has been the pronouncement among observers. There is, of course, "The Artist," a silent film set in the silent film era. There is Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," which is the story of the rediscovery of one of the early pioneers of the movies, the French director George Méliès. There is Woody Allen's"Midnight in Paris" in which the protagonist slips through a hole in time into the Paris of the expatriate '20s.
    This is the Oscars' year of nostalgia — or at least that has been the pronouncement among observers. There is, of course, "The Artist," a silent film set in the silent film era. There is Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," which is the story of the...

    Tags: Academy Awards, Artists, Animals, The Help (movie), Steven Spielberg

    2. Feb 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. PASSINGS: Russell Arms, David Kelly, Philip Kellogg

    Russell Arms Actor who started on 'Your Hit Parade' Russell Arms, 92, a singer and actor who was a regular vocalist on the popular TV musical program "Your Hit Parade" from 1952 to 1957, died Monday at his home in Hamilton, Ill., where he had retired...

    Tags: Sophia Loren, Academy Awards, Celebrities, Dublin (Ireland), Television

    3. Feb 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. BBC's Los Angeles arm is growing strong

    The scene had the feel of a slapstick British comedy: Wildly successful television executive trades her big job in London for a post in Los Angeles and frantically tries to put her company on the map while navigating the city's maddening roads and culture.
    The scene had the feel of a slapstick British comedy: Wildly successful television executive trades her big job in London for a post in Los Angeles and frantically tries to put her company on the map while navigating the city's maddening roads and...

    Tags: FOX (tv network), ABC (tv network), Companies and Corporations, Lifetime (tv network), Television Industry

    4. Jan 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. John Rich dies at 86; director of landmark sitcoms

    As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970.
    As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970. On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to...

    Tags: The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Maude (tv program), Television Industry, Kraft Foods, Inc., Television

    5. Jan 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Producers Guild Awards: 'The Artist' takes home top honors

    24 Frames
    The Producers Guild of America gave its top prize to "The Artist" Saturday night, essentially turning the black-and-white film into the movie to beat for the best picture Oscar at next month's 84th Academy Awards. The PGA and the Academy of Motion Picture...
    6. Dec 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Norman Lear on fighting the good fight

    I was recently shown a picture from one of the Occupy protests taking place across the country. It featured a young woman surrounded by police. She was the only protester in the picture, but she didn't seem intimidated. All by herself, up against the police barricade, she held a handwritten sign saying simply "I am a born again American."
    I was recently shown a picture from one of the Occupy protests taking place across the country. It featured a young woman surrounded by police. She was the only protester in the picture, but she didn't seem intimidated. All by herself, up against the...

    Tags: Immigration, Political Corruption, Social Issues, Political Dissent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    7. Nov 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. KCET and Dominique Bigle's 'big' plans may not be enough

    A year ago, KCET-TV, Southern California's longtime PBS flagship and the local home of classy fare such as "Sesame Street" and "Charlie Rose," took a gamble that baffled many of its viewers: It ended its relationship with PBS.
    A year ago, KCET-TV, Southern California's longtime PBS flagship and the local home of classy fare such as "Sesame Street" and "Charlie Rose," took a gamble that baffled many of its viewers: It ended its relationship with PBS. Since its Jan. 1 exit,...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Michael Eisner, Economy, Business and Finance, Television Industry, Cults and Sects

    8. Oct 19, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Norman Corwin dies at 101; radio's 'poet laureate'

    Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of <a href=&quot;http://www.normancorwin.com/Classic.html">original radio plays for CBS</a> during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101.
    Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101. Corwin, a journalist, playwright,...

    Tags: ABC (tv network), Literature, Television Industry, Celebrities, Television

    9. May 6, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Albert Brooks on his new futuristic novel: I wanted it to read like a news story

    The Big Picture
    It’s hard not to argue, with only the smallest apology to Larry David, that Albert Brooks has the most distinct comic voice of his generation. When we were talking the other day, just after the announcement that Osama bin Laden......
    10. Dec 1, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Journalism is in hour of 'grave peril,' says top government regulator

    Company Town
    Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps is taking aim at the state of television news, which he says is "in its hour of grave peril." In both an interview with BBC World News America that airs Wednesday and in a speech......
    11. Jan 18, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Paul Shaffer on Don Kirshner: 'He loved the impression'

    Pop & Hiss
    As must have been the case for a lot of people, when news broke about the death Monday of music mogul and TV impresario Don Kirshner, one of the first names that went through my mind was that of Paul......
    12. Feb 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Hollywood puzzler: What do Eminem, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon have in common?

    The Big Picture
    There was a long list of actors, some of them big stars, who dropped out of the running to play one of the two lead characters in "The Fighter." But when I was having lunch with "The Fighter" producer David......
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