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Warner Bros. launching 'Dark Knight,' 'Inception' as iPhone apps
Company TownWarner Bros. has found a way to jumpstart online movie sales on Apple devices in 23 countries that don't offer them through iTunes: Turn the film into an app. The studio on Wednesday is launching "app editions" of its Christopher...... -
Critic's Notebook: Mario Vargas Llosa's work and life push boundaries
Los Angeles Times Book CriticThe selection Thursday morning of Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa as winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature raises a familiar question: Why him? Why now? On the one hand, Vargas Llosa is without question a writer of stature, a central figure...Tags: Fidel Castro, Politics, Nobel Prize Awards, Mario Vargas Llosa, Octavio Paz
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Book review: 'Panorama'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPanorama A Novel H.G. Adler, translated from the German by Peter Filkins Random House: 454 pp., $26 Life is short and art is long, as the saying goes, but the sad fact is that a work of literature may not outlive its human author. Such was the...Tags: England, Judaism, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, History (tv network)
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'My Dog Tulip' explores a canine-human connection
The new animated film "My Dog Tulip," based on British writer J.R. Ackerley's 1956 memoir by the same name, seems like a loving homage to the bond between man and dog. So it's surprising to hear filmmakers Paul and Sandra Fierlinger say they hope their...Tags: Dog (animal), Isabella Rossellini, BBC, Cinema Industry, Movies
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Book review: 'The Finkler Question' by Howard Jacobson
Julian Treslove is having an identity crisis. He's not sure where he stands on circumcision, on Israel and Palestine, on Holocaust memorials, on pretty much every aspect of Jewish culture in contemporary London. But the real problem with Julian's identity...Tags: Brad Pitt, Physical Conditions, Religious Conflicts, Judaism, BBC
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Frederick Jelinek dies at 77; speech recognition pioneer
Frederick Jelinek, an electrical engineering professor who was a pioneer in creating the technology that allows computers to interpret human speech and translate languages, died Sept. 14 of a heart attack in his office at Johns Hopkins University in...Tags: Research, Politics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electronics, Family
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Book review: 'The Dangerous Otto Katz: The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy' by Jonathan Miles
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Dangerous Otto Katz The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy Jonathan Miles Bloomsbury: 366 pp., $26 He had at least 21 aliases. He insisted that he was briefly Marlene Dietrich's husband in 1920s Berlin, which was probably not so, though he was possibly...Tags: Lillian Hellman, Politics, Casablanca (Morocco), Marlene Dietrich, Espionage and Intelligence
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Camping across Europe in a van
We're packing the mobi for a madcap trip across Europe to see as much as we can in 18 days. If this trip goes badly, it's our daughter's fault. This is her idea, pitched from her apartment in downtown Antwerp during a call months earlier.
"Come visit us,...Tags: South Africa, United Nations, Luxembourg, Tiffany & Company, Transportation
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Where to buy digestifs in Southern California
The prices for these digestifs are for 750-milliliter bottles, unless indicated otherwise.
Jägermeister (Germany) is widely available, about $25.
Gammel Dansk (Denmark) is available at Wally's Wine & Spirits in Los Angeles, (310) 475-0606, http://www....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, Dining and Drinking
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'Gossip Girl' recap: Where in the world is Chuck Bass?
Show TrackerBack in April, as if to make up for a conspicuously flat Season 3, "Gossip Girl" treated us to a finale that contained within its 43 minutes an entire, multi-episode "Days of Our Lives" arc: Dorota's baby! Georgina's pregnancy! Jenny's...... -
'Gossip Girl' recap: Forget Paris
Show TrackerAll right, Upper East Siders of the world. It's time for brutal honesty. There have always been interesting and boring characters on "Gossip Girl." And what is really remarkable is that there's no middle ground between the fascinating ones and...... -
Recipe: Keeflees
Keeflees
Submitted by Michele Yockey of Arroyo Grande
"This recipe has been in the family for at least 115 years. 'My grandmother came from what is now the Czech Republic and all of her recipes were stored in her head.... At the age of 20, I...Tags: Cheese, Egg Whites, Whipping Cream, Walnuts, Cream Cheese
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