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    May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Cannes 2013: A very French celebration

    CANNES, France -- The audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, if they are so moved, really know how to do things right when it comes to recognizing new film talent. This was the case in spades with the Saturday morning premier of Rebecca Zlotowski’...

    Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Festive Events, Arts and Culture

    2. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Across the Table: In France, a cherry tree, clafoutis and an intuitive baker

    Périgord, France, many years ago:
    Los Angeles Times
    Périgord, France, many years ago: I sit at the oilcloth-covered table, watching the bee climb in and out of the jam jar as I listen to its buzz. The sun is a shock of gold outside the window. The cicadas keep time, rubbing their wiry legs together,...

    Tags: Cherries, Recipes

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films

    CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it."
    CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, A Separation (movie), A Prophet (movie), Iran

    4. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent suicide

    Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities in Boger City, N.C., said. He was 71.
    Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities in Boger City, N.C., said. He was 71. Lincoln County sheriff's Lt. Tim Johnson said authorities received a call, apparently from Trickle, who said...

    Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Stock Car Racing, Suicide, NASCAR, Auto Racing

    5. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Cannes 2013: For Octavia Spencer, a new stop with 'Fruitvale Station'

    CANNES, France -- You’d expect a savvy pro such as Octavia Spencer to have dropped in on the Cannes Film Festival once or twice over the years.
    CANNES, France -- You’d expect a savvy pro such as Octavia Spencer to have dropped in on the Cannes Film Festival once or twice over the years. But there she was on Thursday afternoon, taking it all in like a wide-eyed tourist. “First...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Dwayne Johnson, Cannes Film Festival, Festive Events

    6. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Cannes 2013: Opening night welcomes 'Great Gatsby,' Euro-style

    CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport.
    CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport. Two weeks after celebrating Baz Luhrmann's big-budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel with a throwback party at the Plaza Hotel in New York,...

    Tags: Midnight in Paris (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Fishing

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'The Marriage of Figaro,' right in time with the 21st century

    Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro."
    Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Paris (France), Hussein Chalayan, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)

    8. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Cannes 2013: Seen at the Carlton

    CANNES, France -- While the Cannes Film Festival turns all the hotels on La Croisette, this city’s beachfront main street, into advertising sites for new and upcoming films, the pride of place is always reserved for the grand dame of hostelries, the Carlton.
    CANNES, France -- While the Cannes Film Festival turns all the hotels on La Croisette, this city’s beachfront main street, into advertising sites for new and upcoming films, the pride of place is always reserved for the grand dame of hostelries, the...

    Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Monsters University (movie), Film Festivals, Despicable Me 2 (movie)

    9. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Ka-ching: Rick Perry's plan for Texa$ universities

    There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them.
    There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them. That’s a joke. You may remember that during a 2012 presidential debate, he started to list three departments of...

    Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Rick Perry, Students, Teaching and Learning

    10. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

    — Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event.
    — Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

    Tags: Movies, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, U.S. Congress

    11. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. James Conlon to pay tribute to Colin Davis in Paris

    James Conlon, the music director of Los Angeles Opera, will pay tribute to the late conductor Colin Davis in a pair of concerts this month at the Festival de Saint-Denis in Paris. Davis had been scheduled to conduct the concerts, but the renowned British maestro died in April at the age of 85.
    James Conlon, the music director of Los Angeles Opera, will pay tribute to the late conductor Colin Davis in a pair of concerts this month at the Festival de Saint-Denis in Paris. Davis had been scheduled to conduct the concerts, but the renowned...

    Tags: Entertainment, Paris (France), Music, Radio, James Conlon

    12. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Proposed 'culture tax' in France would affect smartphones, tablets

    Here's a proposal that would have a hard time finding support in the United States. A new government study in France suggests levying a new tax as high as 1% on the sale of smartphones, tablets and other Internet devices, with the funds going toward funding cultural initiatives.
    Here's a proposal that would have a hard time finding support in the United States. A new government study in France suggests levying a new tax as high as 1% on the sale of smartphones, tablets and other Internet devices, with the funds going toward...

    Tags: Canal+, Arts and Culture

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