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Comments about Michelle Obama's rear end are a throwback
During the '60s civil rights juggernaut, the "black is beautiful" movement flowered. It was the next logical step in America's extreme racial makeover. It affirmed the African aesthetic. It issued a counterpunch to centuries of stiff jabs about the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, Elections, Periodicals
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Father Martin's Ashley celebrates 30 years
Father Martin's Ashley, the non-profit alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center co-founded by Father Joseph C. Martin and Mae Abraham, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Ashley's opened its doors to the first five patients in 1983, and since then,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Ceremonies, The Happiest News!, Culture
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'Drinking with Men': Life, one glass at a time
Rosie Schaap is not a celebrity. Not even close. She's a writer who happens to moonlight as a bartender. Or, if you prefer, she's a part-time drinks-slinger who happens to pen The New York Times Magazine's Drink column and contribute to NPR's "This...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, NPR, Ford, Substance Abuse, Alcohol Addiction
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'Django' actor Dennis Christopher recalls the foxiest 'Little Fox' of them all -- Liz Taylor. Also, Oscar thoughts -- Ben Affleck robbed
Liz Smith"I'M LUCKY Horace. I've always been lucky. I'll be lucky again." So declared Lillian Hellman's ruthless anti-heroine Regina Giddens in "The Little Foxes." She announces this to her critically ill husband, after he has foiled her crooked plans to become...Tags: Arts and Culture, Ben Affleck, The Master (movie), Anne Hathaway, Celebrities
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Tracy Letts plays his part in illuminating Edward Albee's 'Woolf'
NEW YORK — Tracy Letts has his hands full these days writing plays and preparing for the release of the movie version of his Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama, "August: Osage County." But he's added another formidable task to his agenda: elucidating...
Tags: Prozac (drug), Human Interest, Tony Awards, Mike Nichols, Clybourne Park (play)
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Legal drugs, deadly outcomes
Terry Smith collapsed face-down in a pool of his own vomit. Lynn Blunt snored loudly as her lungs slowly filled with fluid. Summer Ann Burdette was midway through a pear when she stopped breathing. Larry Carmichael knocked over a lamp as he fell...
Tags: Alprazolam (drug), Methadone (drug), Muscle Relaxers, Gil Kerlikowske, Substance Abuse
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Dr. James West dies at 98; a founder of Betty Ford Center
Dr. James W. West stood on the cutting edge of medicine in the middle of the 20th century and recognized "it sounded bizarre to remove an organ from a dead person and expect it to work." He was part of a team of surgeons who helped change that perception...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Kidney Disease, Loyola University Chicago, Substance Abuse, Addiction
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How celebrity florist David Jones' career blossomed
The gig: David Jones, who owns a floral studio bearing his name in West Hollywood, has counted some of the world's most powerful people among his clients. From humble beginnings growing up in the Midwest, the florist has traveled the world —...Tags: Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Liam Neeson, Australia
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Cinematographer Dennis Dalzell dies
VarietyCinematographer Dennis A. Dalzell died July 4 at the Motion Picture Health and Welfare Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a long illness. He was 76. Dalzell worked on numerous television shows, serving as d.p. on "The Rookies" (46 episodes),...Tags: Kitty Hawk, Richard Pryor, U.S. Coast Guard, Palliative Care, Gena Rowlands
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Ford Honored In Wreath Ceremony
Anchor/ReporterA wreath-laying ceremony was held on Saturday at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids outside the tombs of former President Gerald R. Fordand former First Lady Betty Ford. The event is held each year by the Ford family on July 14th in...Tags: Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, Culture, Gerald Ford, Death and Dying Customs
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Fish Fry is a tradition unlike any other in Costa Mesa
Rollo McClellan, 92, is looking forward to the fish fry next weekend like it was his first. The first Costa Mesa Newport Harbor Lions Club Fish Fry was in 1945, and McClellan hasn't missed one since. Well, he had to cut out a day early once to go take a...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Health, Festive Events, Hospitals and Clinics
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Actor Harrison Ford lists Brentwood compound at $8.295 million
Actor Harrison Ford has listed his compound in Brentwood for $8.295 million.
The Colonial Revival-style house, designed by Gerard Colcord and built in 1951, is set off the street at the end of a long gated driveway. On more than three-quarters of an acre...Tags: Diane Keaton, Annie Hall (movie), UCLA Bruins, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Real Estate
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