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    Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. In search of 'The Searchers' and the history behind the western

    The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of "Chinatown," or most if not all the writers on director Otto Preminger's best movies — few if any of whom could stand ever to work with him again.
    The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of...

    Tags: Movies, John Wayne, Chinatown (movie), On the Waterfront (movie), John Ford

    2. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Richard Collins dies at 98; onetime blacklisted screenwriter

    Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura.
    Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura. The onetime Communist Party member was 98...

    Tags: Pneumonia, Marion Davies, Chinatown (movie), Russia, Arts and Culture

    3. May 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Justin Bieber pays $6.5 million for Calabasas home

    The price that first-time homeowner <b>Justin Bieber</b> paid for his new digs in Calabasas has wended its way into the public record: $6.5 million.
    The price that first-time homeowner Justin Bieber paid for his new digs in Calabasas has wended its way into the public record: $6.5 million. Set on 1.3 acres in a gated community, the 10,000-square-foot main house is described as "transitional French"...

    Tags: Movies, Action (genre), Mary Martin, Los Lobos (music group), Justin Bieber

    4. May 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Chinatown' writer Robert Towne lists Westside estate

    "Chinatown" writer <b>Robert Towne</b> has listed his estate on the Westside at $12.995 million.
    "Chinatown" writer Robert Towne has listed his estate on the Westside at $12.995 million. Built in 1926 and designed for grand entertaining, the restored English country-style mansion and guesthouse have seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and 10,000 square...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Jack Nicholson, Academy Awards

    5. Sep 30, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Elmore Leonard to receive lifetime achievement award from PEN USA

    Jacket Copy
    Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA's lifetime achievement award at a December ceremony, the organization announced today. Leonard is the author of 43 novels; his most recent, "Road Dogs," was an L.A. Times bestseller. His fiction -- with swift prose........
    6. Jul 10, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Charles Eastman dies at 79; playwright and screenwriter

    Charles Eastman, a playwright and screenwriter whose credits included the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy," has died. He was 79.
    Charles Eastman, a playwright and screenwriter whose credits included the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy," has died. He was 79. Eastman, the brother of the late "Five Easy Pieces" screenwriter Carole Eastman, died July...

    Tags: Movies, Gaming, Robert Blake, Jerry Lewis, Hal Ashby

    7. Jan 11, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Peter Biskind on Warren Beatty: Was his theme song 'You're So Vain' or 'Just a Gigolo'?

    The Big Picture
    Of all the many spellbindingly jaw-droppingly dishy anecdotes in Peter Biskind's new Warren Beatty biography, "Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America," I was found myself especially astounded--in a "what would a therapist make of this" kind of way--by...
    8. Nov 6, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Writers work picket lines as TV shows shut down

    In an often spirited display of protest playing out on both sides of the country, more than 1,000 screenwriters -- representing "Lost," "The Young and the Restless," "Chinatown" and everything in between -- hoisted picket signs and chanted labor songs as a long-feared show business strike became a potentially crippling reality Monday.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    In an often spirited display of protest playing out on both sides of the country, more than 1,000 screenwriters -- representing "Lost," "The Young and the Restless," "Chinatown" and everything in between -- hoisted picket signs and chanted labor songs...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Criminal Laws, Celebrities, Crash (tv program), Television Industry

    9. May 27, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Sydney Pollack, 73; Oscar-winning director and producer

    Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73. Pollack, who also was a producer and actor,...

    Tags: Jane Fonda, Playhouse 90 (tv program), Jessica Lange, Career and Workplace, Walt Disney

    10. Jun 14, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Esotouric tours explores L.A.'s dark side

    Times Staff Writer
    It was on a bus tour of 100-year-old ghost stories that two L.A. history freaks hit a speed bump on their journey into the city's most obscure corners. "The problem with that tour," says Richard Schave, one of the movers behind a new tour series called...

    Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Charles Bukowski, Travel

    11. Aug 20, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. L.A.: Life that art can't imitate

    So Reggie the alligator already has escaped once from his cell at the Los Angeles Zoo. Mark my words: No prison will hold him. He will escape again and steal a Ferrari Enzo. This is what makes writing wild fiction about Los Angeles so hard. L.A. just...

    Tags: Crimes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Michael Mann, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources

    12. Dec 15, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Wall-E,' 'Torino' win big for '08

    The <a href="http://www.afi.com/">American Film Institute</a> named its best films for 2008 on Sunday afternoon and the big winners were "<a href="http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/wall%2De/"> Wall-E</a>," the Disney/Pixar animated romantic comedy about a lovable robot, and "<a href="http://www.thegrantorino.com/">Gran Torino</a>," Clint Eastwood's drama about a widowed bigot who faces his own prejudices.
    The American Film Institute named its best films for 2008 on Sunday afternoon and the big winners were " Wall-E," the Disney/Pixar animated romantic comedy about a lovable robot, and "Gran Torino," Clint Eastwood's drama about a widowed bigot who faces...

    Tags: Frozen River (movie), Movies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), Drama (genre), Comedy (genre)

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