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Clive Donner dies at 84; part of the British new wave of directors in the 1960s
Clive Donner, who was part of the British new wave of directors in the 1960s with films such as "What's New Pussycat?" and "Nothing But the Best," has died. He was 84.
Donner, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Tuesday in London, according to British news...Tags: Comedy (genre), David McCallum, Entertainment, Drama (genre), Patrick McGoohan
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'Robin and the 7 Hoods' revives Cahn and Van Heusen tunes
Of the following fabled songwriting teams of the 20th century, which won three Oscars, garnered eight Oscar nominations, but never won a Tony?
A) Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
B) George and Ira Gershwin.
C) Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Michael Ritchie, Ira Gershwin, Joey Bishop
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NBC deals salon unkindest cut of all
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterScott Thompson didn't make the cut when NBC programmers began making their long-range TV plans. For 23 years Thompson has been a hair stylist and barber at Universal Studios, tending to everyone from mogul Lew Wasserman to the youngest mail room clerk....Tags: Barbara Stanwyck, Teri Hatcher, Entertainment, It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Conan O'Brien
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Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'
Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series "Secret Agent" and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80.
McGoohan, whose...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Entertainment, St. John's Health Center, Republic of Ireland, Prisons
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Nina Foch, actress and influential acting teacher, dies at 84
Nina Foch, a veteran actress from Hollywood's film noir era of the 1940s who became a widely respected acting coach and teacher of directors, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 84. She died of complications from long-term...Tags: Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Academy Awards, Entertainment, George Stevens Jr.
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'Warren Oates: A Wild Life' by Susan Compo
Many a great film director is tethered artistically to a trusted actor: John Ford had the Duke, Fellini had Mastroianni and Scorsese had De Niro.
For Sam Peckinpah, the volatile maverick who reinvented the western as a hyperviolent, nihilistic...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Bill Murray, Steve McQueen, John Milius
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Film review: Richard Gere plays one of the 1% in 'Arbitrage'
“Arbitrage” is not about Jack Abramoff, or Bernie Madoff or even Mitt Romney. But resemblances between any one of them and the film's protagonist, Robert Miller (Richard Gere), are hardly coincidental. Miller is a stand-in for a whole class of...
Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Mitt Romney, Jack Abramoff, Susan Sarandon
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From Canyon To Cove: Where the literary light shines
Fine art of the two-or three dimensional kind isn't the only creative pursuit in Laguna Beach. Every month, a group of writers gathers at a local art gallery to tell stories — very short stories. Stories that can be read in three minutes. That's...Tags: Arts, Entertainment, New Year's Day, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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Gone, but not forgotten, in 2011
Zap2ItYear-ending memories include those of people who made marks in entertainment before passing. In 2011, they included a significant number of behind-the-scenes talents whose television efforts endure. Andy Rooney: It's a sad irony that the pundit's death...Tags: David Nelson, Jackie Cooper, Sherwood Schwartz, The Brady Bunch (tv program), John Wayne
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Remembering Harry Morgan, Peter Falk, James Arness …
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhen it comes to retrospectives on film industry luminaries lost in a year, Turner Classic Movies usually delivers. The cable channel has come through again. Take a look at the montage for 2011:... -
A toast to those we have lost in 2011
You know, a lot of people tell me their favorite part of the column is the obituaries.
I'm really hurt.
It is, however, that time of year to remember the A&E folks we lost in the past 12 months.
Two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor died in March,...Tags: Sherwood Schwartz, Harry Morgan, Mike White, Laura Dern, Farley Granger
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Matt Passmore of 'The Glades' keeps his cool
Zap2ItIt's late May, and this day's location shoots in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for A&E Network's Sunday crime drama "The Glades" could be labeled "hot" and "not so hot." A last-minute change has reversed the two, putting "not so hot" in the morning and "hot" in...Tags: Port Everglades, A&E (tv network), Television, Entertainment, Human Interest
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