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When traveling with children, the question lingers: 'What if?'
Times Staff WriterMY family and I were on a Christmas cruise of the Mexican Riviera when we learned of the tsunami that devastated South Asia. Standing in the lovely gym of the Diamond Princess, I watched the horrifying images flash across the TV screen and heard the...Tags: Cruises, Lifestyle and Leisure, Shipbuilding, Travel, Natural Disasters
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Andy Griffith: a TV dad for all time
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelAndy Griffith, what a man. The news of his death, at age 86, brings back powerful memories of “The Andy Griffith Show.” The CBS comedy, which ran from 1960 to 1968, transcends mere nostalgia. The comedy was art, the lives poignantly rendered.... -
Thanksgiving Day Fare on TV: 'Twilight Zone,' parades, football
Show TrackerTelevision is offering a feast of holiday programming, including KTLA's annual "Twilight Zone" marathon, Thanksgiving day parades, plenty of holiday cooking advice and a triple helping of NFL football. “Top Chef” 6 a.m., Bravo: Guess Who Is... -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, May 3, 1941
The Daily MirrorMay 3, 1941: Novelist James Hilton fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. (I must say, I’m impressed by the number of authors among Shippey’s friends). Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II for The...... -
'Planet of the Apes,' 'T2' and 'Back to the Future' turn back time this weekend
The Hero ComplexThe great thing about time-travel movies is you can always go back and do it all over again. This weekend, the American Cinemathequeâs Egyptian Theatre does just that with a series of time-jumping double-features -- "Planet of the Apes" with...... -
Catherine Parr -- the queen who kept her head
Liz Smith"DIVORCED, BEHEADED, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived." So goes the old rhyme about the six wives of King Henry VIII. It is the Queen who "survived" -- Catherine Parr -- who is the subject of Elizabeth Freemantle's wildly entertaining historical novel,...Tags: Bay Street Theater, Kate Burton, Celebrities, Christianity, Alzheimer's Disease
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Ben Stiller selling 11-bathroom estate
A night at the Stiller compound?
Comic actor Ben Stiller and his actress wife, Christine Taylor, have listed their Hollywood Hills property at $12.5 million.
The site includes two houses and a one-bedroom guesthouse for a total of 10 bedrooms and 11...Tags: Jason Reitman, South Korea, Steve Allen, Television Industry, Music Industry
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Bette Davis' former condo for sale
The former West Hollywood home of Oscar-winning actress Bette Davis is for sale at $2.45 million.
The 2,242-square-foot condominium is on the fourth floor of the 1930 Colonial House, which was designed by architect Leland A. Bryant and reflects the...Tags: Academy Awards, Celebrities, Bette Davis, Awards and Prizes, Death
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Check It Out: Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and zombies
Late October brings many strange creatures to the library, just in time for Halloween. Popular culture is once again infatuated — smitten, even — with dark characters suffering from vampiric curses, terribly monstrous afflictions and other...Tags: Libraries, Entertainment, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Drama (genre), Bela Lugosi
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Review: 'Dropped Names' by Frank Langella dishes on fellow actors
Dropped Names Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Frank Langella Harper: 356 pp., $25.99 Frank Langella's "Dropped Names" is a different kind of memoir. Rather than recapping his life story, the veteran stage and screen actor offers a series of...
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Wallace Coberg, filmmaker
Wallace "Wally" Henry Coberg, a theatrical designer and filmmaker who was at work on a new Edgar Allan Poe documentary, died of an apparent heart attack Nov. 18 at his Bolton Hill home. He was 63.
Born in New York City, he lived in Edison, N.J., and...Tags: Radio, Opera (genre), Christmas, Entertainment, Walt Disney
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Edie Wasserman dies at 95; Hollywood philanthropist and wife of studio chief
Edie Wasserman, who was the widow of Hollywood powerhouse Lew Wasserman and who was known as a tireless benefactor for charitable causes, especially the Motion Picture and Television Fund, has died. She was 95.
Wasserman died Thursday in Beverly Hills of...Tags: Janet Leigh, Entertainment, Celebrities, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
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