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A 'gray divorce' boom
Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older people simply did not get divorced. Fewer than 10% of those who got divorced in 1990 were ages 50 or older. Today, 1 in 4 people getting divorced is in this age group. It turns out that those...
Tags: Al Gore, Family, The Beatles (music group), Bowling Green State University, Divorce
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96-year old L.A. blogger pops onto Amazon's bestseller list
Los Angeles blogger Barbara "Cutie" Cooper has seen a lot in her 96 years: the Prohibition era, World War II, children, grandchildren, a 73-year marriage, the death of her husband Harry in 2010 at age 98, 18 presidents, and countless technological...
Tags: Linthicum, Amazon.com Inc., Social Media
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Beyonce riles PETA again. Mila Kunis dons McQueen at 'Oz' premiere
Beyonce has been running afoul of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals all year, at least. First there was her fur coat at the presidential inauguration. Then there was her Super Bowl costume, which used leather and exotic skins. Now it's some...
Tags: Alexander McQueen, Diane von Furstenberg, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Academy Awards, Prada
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Dolores Prida dies at 69; chronicled Latino experience in the U.S.
Dolores Prida, a writer who chronicled and illuminated Latino life in theaters, on opinion pages and in advice columns, has died. She was 69. Prida died early Jan. 20 in New York after complaining of feeling ill on the way home from an anniversary party...Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine, Theater, Music Theater
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The growing but quiet acceptance of regifting
By some accounts, most Americans have done it. They've repacked, rewrapped and resent unwanted presents to a new recipient. A survey in October 2011 by home fashion retailer HomeGoods found that more than half of the 1,000-plus respondents had regifted,...
Tags: American Express Company
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Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original 'Dear Abby'
Dear Abby: "What would you do with a man who refuses to use a deodorant, seldom bathes, and doesn't even own a toothbrush?" "Absolutely nothing," she replied. The wry answer from Abigail Van Buren — the pen name of Pauline Friedman Phillips...
Tags: Family, Newspaper and Magazine, Jeanne Phillips, Substance Abuse, Periodicals
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'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Phillips dies at 94
L.A. NOWPauline Friedman Phillips, who as Abigail Van Buren -- "Dear Abby" — for more than 40 years dispensed advice to newspaper readers worldwide on everything from snoring spouses to living wills, has died. She was 94.... -
Letters: A 'Dear Abby' indeed
Re "'Dear Abby' gave advice for over 40 years," Obituary, Jan. 18 As a lawyer, I had the privilege of representing "Dear Abby" columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips for many years and considered her not only a valued client but also a warm and caring...Tags: Reviews, Jeanne Phillips, Pauline Friedman Phillips
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'Dear Abby' author Pauline Phillips has died at 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips, who wrote the "Dear Abby" advice column for decades using the name Abigail Van Buren, died Wednesday in Minneapolis at age 94. She had been afflicted with Alzheimer's. Her advice columns were collected in a number of books,...
Tags: Ann Landers, Reviews, Jeanne Phillips, Pauline Friedman Phillips, Alzheimer's Disease
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Great White singer's fire memorial benefit show nixed
Great White singer Jack Russell’s plan to donate proceeds from a Feb. 7 gig in Hermosa Beach to a memorial in Rhode Island to victims of a deadly fire that broke out during the L.A. heavy metal band’s show there 10 years ago has been nixed...
Tags: Human Interest, Manufacturing and Engineering, Pauline Friedman Phillips, Heavy Engineering
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Soccer coach accused of lewd conduct with Irvine girl
L.A. NOWA soccer coach was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony lewd conduct with a 15-year-old female player he coached at a private Irvine soccer club, police said Ian M. Ebert, 26, was taken into custody in Los Gatos, where he...... -
Manti Te'o hoax: Mystery deepens over web of suspects
L.A. NOWA day after an elaborate hoax was revealed involving Notre Dame's star linebacker Manti Te'o and his supposedly dead girlfriend, there remained much confusion over whether several people in Southern California were involved in the scheme. A deadspin.com...
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