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'Mad Men' recap: So much for California dreamin'
There are episodes of “Mad Men,” like last week’s “The Better Half,” where it’s hard to believe how much is packed into a single hour of television. Then there are episodes like “A Tale of Two Cities,”...
Tags: Democratic Convention (1968), Los Angeles Hotels, Television, Mad Men (tv program), Human Interest
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Kerry Washington endures the twists of 'Scandal'
As Olivia Pope on ABC's "Scandal," Kerry Washington is the most powerful fixer in Washington, a town that needs a lot of fixing. Trouble is, she's also in love with the most powerful man in D.C.: President Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant (Tony Goldwyn). She met...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Television, Jamie Foxx, Entertainment, Kerry Washington
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Greuel cites high-profile role as an executive at DreamWorks SKG
Wendy Greuel's resume is dotted with the political accomplishments of a politician on the rise. But there was an unconventional detour: her stint as an executive at DreamWorks SKG, working alongside Hollywood titans Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, U.S. Congress, Lobbying, Entertainment, Caroline Rhea
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Charlotte, N.C., mayor expected to be nominated for Cabinet
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- President Obama will nominate Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new secretary of Transportation on Monday, a White House official said. If confirmed, Foxx would take charge of a department that has been in the spotlight of late...Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice, Air Transportation Delays
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L.A. mayor's race: The world isn't watching either
This Los Angeles mayoral election isn’t exactly setting the city's electorate on fire. Nor the world, for that matter. It’s so low key that I was surprised to see a very focused piece in the Guardian, Britain’s liberal national...
Tags: Voting, Local Elections, Los Angeles Clippers, Michael Bloomberg, Los Angeles Lakers
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Reelected Democratic Party leader was asked to leave '12 convention
A Democrat elected Sunday to a leadership post in the California Democratic Party was asked last summer to leave the Democratic National Convention, where he was a delegate, after falsely claiming that he was a member of Congress and being threatened with...Tags: Charlotte, Government, U.S. Congress, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Elections
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Fluke greets California Democratic activists
SACRAMENTO — Sandra Fluke, the law school graduate who became famous after Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" for demanding that health insurers be required to pay for contraception, made the rounds at the California Democratic Party on Saturday....
Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama
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'Mad Men's' John Slattery, Matthew Weiner talk Roger Sterling
The last time viewers caught a glimpse of Roger Sterling, the rakishly charming advertising executive played by John Slattery on "Mad Men," he stood naked looking out a hotel window, arms raised in a state of LSD-induced bliss. The image of Roger's bare...
Tags: Christina Hendricks, Adultery, John Slattery, LSD, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mike Gray dies at 77; co-wrote 'China Syndrome' screenplay
Mike Gray, an author, activist and documentarian who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The China Syndrome," the provocative 1979 film about a cover-up at a nuclear power plant, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his...
Tags: The Second City, FBI, Movies, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Heart Failure
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As 'Mad Men' moves into 1968, Matt Weiner talks history
“Mad Men” returned to AMC Sunday night with a premiere that was criticized by some for being too slow – perhaps a touch ironic, given that the episode saw Don Draper and his colleagues ringing in 1968, a year that was anything but...
Tags: Assassinations, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Richard Speck, Elisabeth Moss, Columbia University
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Participant Media's new strategy. Olbermann settles with Current.
After the coffee. Before getting my own smoke signal system. The Skinny: I like FX's "The Americans," but I'm not sure I like it enough to make the commitment to watch every episode. Tonight could be a deciding factor. Wednesday's headlines include a...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Pepsi Center , Lea Michele, ESPN (tv network), Current TV (tv network)
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Michelle Obama: First lady of style
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticIn the past four years, no woman has been a more powerful fashion force than Michelle Obama. Even after so much time on the public stage, her wardrobe choices still spark trends, drive sales and generate discussion and dissection on blogs and morning TV...Tags: Jason Wu, BCBG Max Azria, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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