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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...
Tags: Tony Awards, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Paul Newman, Rita Hayworth, Charlton Heston
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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: Politics, Amusement and Theme Parks, Football, Pete Wilson, Sharon Stone
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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... -
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: Property, Awards and Prizes, Music Industry, Greenberg (movie), Building Material
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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: Bette Davis, Academy Awards, Death, Celebrities, Awards and Prizes
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Movie review: 'Making the Boys'
It may be hard for those who grew up watching "Will & Grace" to imagine the shock and excitement when Mart Crowley's "The Boys in the Band" caught fire off-Broadway in 1968, becoming one of the most discussed, derided and defended dramas of its era.
A...Tags: William Morris, Natalie Wood, Music, Aging, Celebrities and Health Issues
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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...... -
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79; legendary actress
Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous queen of American movie stardom, whose achievements as an actress were often overshadowed by her rapturous looks and real-life dramas, has died. She was 79. Hospitalized six weeks ago for congestive heart failure, Taylor...Tags: Michael Caine, AIDS, Mickey Rooney, Celebrities and Health Issues, Elizabeth Taylor
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'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...... -
'10 Bad Dates With De Niro' edited by Richard Kelly
10 Bad Dates With De Niro
A Book of Alternative Movie Lists
Edited by Richard T. Kelly
Overlook/Rookery: 460 pp., $29.95
Movie geeks are list-making animals. It begins with the frenzied -- and nonsensical -- annual compilation of "10 best lists" (as...Tags: Death, Animals, Entertainment, Movies, Johnny Depp
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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: Holidays, Tsunamis, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Cruises
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Amid Wedding Hoopla, a Town Goes Hollywood
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn the streets of this quiet Santa Ynez Valley village, something was clearly going on Sunday, even if the details were a little fuzzy to some. Taking notice of all the police, tourist JoAnn Killmer guessed crime. "I thought somebody had been robbed,"...Tags: Gregory Peck, AIDS, Crimes, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sports
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