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Remembering Annette Funicello
I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person. Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Morey Amsterdam and Jody McCrea were promoting American International Pictures’ sun-and-surf musical comedy “Muscle Beach Party” and...
Tags: Entertainment, Annette Funicello, ABC (tv network), Multiple Sclerosis, Frankie Avalon
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The Sunday Conversation: Kathy Baker isn't worried about acting her age
At 62, Kathy Baker juggles a busy schedule on screens big and small, and stage. She plays part of a quartet in Joanna Murray-Smith's provocative comedy "The Gift" at the Geffen Playhouse, which opens Wednesday. Her upcoming films include "Saving Mr....
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SAG Awards 2013: Dick Van Dyke honored for life achievement
It was an emotional, nostalgic moment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year when Dick Van Dyke gave Mary Tyler Moore the guild's 48th Life Achievement Award. The two veterans, who had come to TV fame playing Rob and Laura Petrie on the landmark...
Tags: Dick van Dyke, Entertainment, Movies, Golf, Mary Tyler Moore
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Broadway musical 'Newsies' turns quick profit for Disney
In bygone days "extra, extra" is what newspaper hawkers used to shout to sell copies. Now it's what the Walt Disney Co. is adding to its bottom line, with word that "Newsies, the Musical," about turn-of-the-20th century paperboys who go on strike, has...
Tags: Entertainment, Tony Awards, The Walt Disney Co., The Little Mermaid (movie), Music
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Did ‘Epic Mickey 2′ go far enough as a musical? No, says Spector
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.com“Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two” brings the animated Disney musical to video games. But does it go far ...... -
Some New York performances still shuttered post-Sandy
Some major Broadway productions and downtown New York cultural venues remained closed Wednesday as the East Coast continues to get back on its feet following Sandy. Power outages have forced many institutions south of midtown to suspend operations. On...
Tags: Evita (musical), The Tempest (movie), Lincoln Center, The Lion King (movie), Ethan Hawke
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Dick Van Dyke set for one-night performance in Malibu
At the ripe age of 86, Dick Van Dyke is having an eventful year, both professionally and personally. The "Mary Poppins" actor is scheduled to appear in a one-night live performance in September that will benefit the Malibu Stage Playhouse. The Sept. 12...
Tags: Dick van Dyke, Tony Awards, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Entertainment Events
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Obama heading to Broadway for fundraiser, with Bill Clinton
When it comes to raising money, the Obama reelection campaign knows it can count on the showbiz community. After a visit to Studio City earlier this month for a Hollywood fundraiser at George Clooney's house, President Obama is scheduled to rub elbows...
Tags: Stockard Channing, Barack Obama, Patti LuPone, Tony Awards, Bill Clinton
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Las Vegas: Curtains to open on Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Myron Martin was in fourth grade when he attended an opera at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in Houston.
"Our school bus pulled up to the front, and I saw this majestic building, and I knew that we'd gone someplace special," he said of his first...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Alvin Ailey, The Happiest News!, Politics
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'Slumdog Millionaire' musical in works without Danny Boyle, others
Theater producers love turning movies into musicals, and the energetic, Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” looks like a good candidate for a screen-to-stage makeover. But after years of negotiations proved fruitless, a planned London...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Game Shows (genre), Matthew Warchus, Sony Corp.
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The undiscovered street photography of Vivian Maier
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'Mary Poppins' to return to Ahmanson Theatre in August
Culture MonsterMary Poppins and her magic carpet bag will return to the Ahmanson Theatre this summer for a limited four-week engagement, Center Theatre Group announced on Thursday. The family-friendly musical is scheduled to run Aug. 9 through Sept. 2, and will be the...
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