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'Amour,' 'Intouchables' make academy's foreign language film shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday moved forward with nine potential nominated movies for the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, narrowing the field from 71 qualifying films....
Tags: War Witch (movie), Cannes Film Festival, A Royal Affair (movie), Entertainment, Kon-Tiki (movie)
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Latin American nations among the most upbeat, poll finds
Latin American countries are among the most upbeat in the world, while Singapore, Armenia and Iraq fall at the bottom in “positive emotions,” according to a Gallup poll released this week. Researchers who surveyed people in 148 countries...
Tags: Panama, Singapore, Norway, Polls, Paraguay
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Obama still a winner in Europe, poll shows
World NowPresident Obama remains the preferred choice over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by an overwhelming margin in Europe, according to a poll conducted in seven European nations. The survey finds that Romney would not earn more than 10% support... -
PASSINGS: Lois Smith, John Tchicai
Lois Smith Longtime celebrity publicist Lois Smith, 85, a longtime New York City publicist who worked with celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese, died Sunday from a brain hemorrhage after taking a fall during a trip to...
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Carla Bley, Europe, Celebrities, Meryl Streep
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Dutch? Danish? They do both start with D...
Readers' Representative JournalConfusion over "Dutch" and "Danish" in media reports.... -
Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103
Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114.
Denmark was the world's fourth-...Tags: People (magazine), Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Epidemics and Plagues, Family
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PASSINGS: Doris Betts, Norman Fruman, Stanley R. Resor, Greg Ham, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller
Doris Betts
Southern author of short stories, novels
Doris Betts, 79, a novelist and writing teacher best known for short stories and novels that evoke the geography and mores of the South, died of lung cancer Saturday at her home in Pittsboro, N.C.,...Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Economy, Business and Finance, Yale University, Armed Forces
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Free-fall coaster to debut at Denmark's Legoland Billund in May
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Polar X-Plorer roller coaster at Legoland Billund in Denmark will take riders around a snowcapped mountain and under a frozen waterfall before sending them crashing through an ice-covered lake. PHOTOS: Polar X-Plorer roller coaster at Denmark's...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, LEGO Group, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Movie review: 'Pearl Jam Twenty'
Rock documentaries made by fans of the band fall into two categories: They either exclude nonbelievers or draw them into the fold. "Pearl Jam Twenty" starts out exclusionary but opens the gates before it's through.
Writer-director Cameron Crowe, whose...Tags: Fine Arts, Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Arts and Culture, Matt Damon
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Would a plastic-surgeon Lego set be OK?
Opinion L.A.Lego's new Lego Friends line of toys for girls is being accused of promoting overt forms of sexism. Please -- stop pulling my little plastic legs....
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