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Review: French Stewart a revelation as Buster Keaton in 'Stoneface'
From his turns in early Justin Tanner plays to his long-running role on the television sitcom, “3rd Rock from the Sun,” French Stewart has established himself as an immediately recognizable character actor, with “tired” and true...
Tags: Richard Wagner, Hugh Jackman, Buster Keaton, Music, Les Misérables (musical)
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Rovio to follow Angry Birds with Amazing Alex
Can Rovio strike gold twice? The Finnish company behind Angry Birds is set to launch a new game called Amazing Alex this summer, according to Mikael Hed, chief executive of Rovio. Hed made the announcement on a morning talk show on the Finnish television...
Tags: Apple iPad, YouTube, Media Industry, Talk Shows (genre), Television Industry
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LA Times MagazineA guide to the restaurants that built Southern California’s reputation for global breadth.... -
'America's Got Talent' recap: 'If you're gonna blunder,' go big
Show TrackerA recap of the 'America's Got Talent' quarterfinals in which the Kinetic King flops and Zuma Zuma, Yellow Designs Stunt Team and Team iLuminate fly.... -
'America's Got Talent' recap: Second semifinals, tough call
Show TrackerA recap of the 'America's Got Talent' semifinals in which Kinetic King, Snap Boogie, the Silhouettes, Landau Murphy Eugene, Jr. and others contended for the top 10.... -
Jim Rodnunsky dies at 54; developer of Cablecam system used in sporting events, Hollywood films
Filmmaker Jim Rodnunsky took a backward (and face-down) approach to developing Cablecam, among the most revolutionary innovations in the history of sports broadcasting.
Rodnunsky's system of using a cat's cradle of synthetic ropes to suspend a remote-...Tags: Science and Technology, New York Giants, Movies, 2016 Olympic Games, Brain
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Book review: 'While Mortals Sleep' by Kurt Vonnegut
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhile Mortals Sleep Unpublished Short Fiction Kurt Vonnegut, foreword by Dave Eggers Delacorte: 272 pp., $27 It was in the 1950s that Kurt Vonnegut, then in his early 30s, quit his job as a publicity man for the research department of General Electric...Tags: Dave Eggers, Isaac Asimov, Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, IBM
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'Modern Family' recap: The time traveler's wife (and kids)
Show Tracker"Modern Family" isn't your traditional sitcom, but at the same time, it kind of is. Sure, the show's got post-modern touches, like characters who talk directly to the camera, but there are episodes that borrow as much from "The Brady...... -
Cover story: The fine art of Syyn
Brand XSierra Madre's lone townie bar, the Buccaneer, is about to get its first glimpse of formal wear. A roving party bus occupied by 20- and 30-somethings gussied up in tuxedos and gowns is slated to arrive. The game for the evening is to tell inquisitive... -
Cameron Anderson designs 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for SCR
Culture MonsterRomeo and Juliet lacked imagination. No play of Shakespeare’s captures the disorienting rush of desire like “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,†with its young lovers lost in the woods and gleeful fairies unleashing sexual mayhem with a few potent... -
If I ran the Oscars: Rick Trembles
In this interview series, we ask famous free thinkers to recast the Oscars in their own image. Let's give a big Oscar night welcome to Canadian cartoonist, film critic and filmmaker Rick Trembles.
Rick Trembles' illustrated movie review column Motion...Tags: Cartoons, Avatar (movie), Paranormal Activity (movie), Ray Harryhausen, Raquel Welch
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Michel Gondry's 'Be Kind Rewind' spools out on DVD
Special to The TimesIT'S A pity that Michel Gondry's “Be Kind Rewind,” a movie rife with DIY optimism and analog nostalgia, arrives this week on DVD and not, as befits its premise, good old-fashioned VHS. Gondry has a reputation for technical wizardry -- he is...Tags: Jack Black, Documentary (genre), Dave Chappelle , Michel Gondry, Romance (genre)
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