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1968 Academy Awards delayed
FrameworkApr 10, 1968: Arrivals at the Academy Awards outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.... -
Meet Percival Everett and 'Percival Everett'
-------------------- Percival Everett by Virgil Russell A Novel By Percival Everett Graywolf Press, 227 pp., $15 paper -------------------- When I read Percival Everett's new book, "Percival Everett by Virgil Russell" — or Percival Everett...
Tags: Literature, William Styron, Religion and Belief, Philosophy, Arts and Culture
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'Red Tails,' Kerry Washington among NAACP Image Award winners
 "Red Tails," the World War II drama about the Tuskegee airmen, was named best picture at the 44th NAACP Image Awards on Friday evening at the Shrine Auditorium. But the evening's biggest winner was actress Kerry Washington. She won for actress in a...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Celebrities, NCIS: Los Angeles (tv program)
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'A Snow White Christmas' puts Southern California imprint on British theater tradition
Kris Lythgoe had a problem that many a Los Angeles parent might relate to: Christmas was coming, and he wanted to take his young son, George, to a show the whole family could enjoy. Nothing seemed to fit. But Lythgoe was equipped to do something about...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Nigel Lythgoe, Cinderella (movie), London Theatre
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Governors Awards: Jeffrey Katzenberg's phone skills revealed
They all talk about the phone calls — Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks. What binds them is the relentless prodding they’ve all received from Hollywood’s most bullish fundraiser, Jeffrey Katzenberg. At the fourth-annual...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Brokaw, Bob Dylan, Government
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Dale Olson dies at 78; publicity agent for Rock Hudson, other stars
Dale Olson, an elder statesman of the Hollywood publicity corps whose assignments over a four-decade career included representing Rock Hudson during the last months of the actor's struggle with AIDS, died Thursday of complications of liver cancer. He...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Celebrities, Liver Cancer
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Shirley MacLaine's AFI tribute: Thanks parents, shares world vision
24 FramesShirley MacLaine's AFI Lifetime Achievement: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Sally Field, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep honor Shirley MacLaine at award ceremony.... -
Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent
Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
For two decades, Mengers was one of...Tags: Sidney Lumet, Entertainment Events, Ali MacGraw, Celebrities, Gore Vidal
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Colombia rebels' hostage recalls friendship with wild pig
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A little wild pig named Josefo, abandoned by his mother, helped keep Sgt. Jose Libardo Forero sane. For nearly 13 years, Forero was one of the "forgotten" hostages held by the leftist rebels known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces...
Tags: Tony Curtis, Bogota (Colombia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Tony Curtis documentary to open the L.A. Jewish Film Festival
24 Frames"Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom," a new documentary on the late actor born Bernie Schwartz in the Bronx, opens the 7th annual Jewish Film Festival Thursday evening at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.... -
'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' win big at the 69th annual Golden Globe awards
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers"The Artist," the charming film about Hollywood's transition from silent movies to talkies, and the family drama "The Descendants" were catapulted to front-runner Oscar status Sunday night with an armful of Golden Globes to their names as the awards...Tags: Michael Fassbender, Television Industry, Artists, Artists, Luther (tv program)
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