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Cunard's old-school travel continues tradition on Queen Elizabeth
Special to the Los Angeles TimesI'm standing in front of the mirror in our stateroom, looking over my wife's shoulder and tying my black bow tie. It is our first sea day and the first of three formal nights on our leisurely eight-night early January crossing on Cunard Line's spanking-...Tags: Bill Miller, Imperial and Royal Matters, Statue of Liberty, Hudson River, Carnival Cruise Lines
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The Production: How 'The King's Speech' found its voice
It's a peculiar person — if not an unabashed sadist — who takes pleasure in someone's stuttering, particularly at a public event. Yet when filmmaker Tom Hooper heard that Colin Firth couldn't stop stammering while accepting an acting honor for...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Literature, Celebrities, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Geoffrey Rush
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Queen Elizabeth II joins Facebook; 113,000 likes so far
L.A. Times Tech BlogHow does 84-year-old Queen Elizabeth II -- that iPod-owning royal star of Twitter, Flickr and YouTube -- manage to get even more hip? The same way anyone else does: She joins Facebook. On Monday, the British monarchy got even more...... -
Book Review: 'A Journey: My Political Life'
Los Angeles TimesFormer British prime minister Tony Blair's memoir "A Journey: My Political Life" is a political biography of unusual interest. As a book, it's unusual because he wrote it himself, which makes this volume unique among the English-speaking world's recent...Tags: Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, Charles, Prince of Wales, Republican Party, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Facebook: Queen Elizabeth joins George W. Bush as social network royalty
Top of the TicketU.K monarchy expands social media presence while the British press has a field day.... -
Quiz: Which two actors won Oscars for playing the same role?
Gold DerbyIf Jeff Bridges wins an Academy Award for portraying Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" 41 years after John Wayne, they will not be the first actors to triumph for the same role. Who did so earlier? Hint, they prevailed in 1972 and 1974 for portraying the... -
An inadvertent demotion for the queen
Readers' Representative JournalA front-page headline with this photo of Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI reads, "Her Highness, His Holiness." Itâs poetic and alliterative, but unfortunately, itâs also incorrect. As Times readers pointed out in e-mails this morning, the... -
London readies for its global close-up
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf there's an "it" city for 2011, it's London. Not only will London see Kate and William's royal wedding — 30 years after Charles and Diana's vows captivated the world's heart — but that's also the run-up to two major events in 2012: the...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Christianity, London Theatre, Bars and Clubs, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Gloria Nord dies at 87; skating star of the 1940s and '50s
Gloria Nord, a theatrical skating sensation of the 1940s and '50s who captivated audiences with her balletic agility on roller skates and later on ice, died Dec. 30 in Mission Viejo. She was 87.
Nord had been in declining health in recent months from a...Tags: Children, Australia (movie), Death, Social Issues, Madison Square Garden
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Teachers learn a lesson in the cultures of food
Learning to make stuffed grape leaves is a lesson that reaches far beyond cooking, to world trade, expository writing, even marriage and family traditions. In fact, the requirements of that last part hit home with some of the schoolteachers trying their...Tags: McDonald's, Tomatoes, Geography, Potatoes, Dressing and Stuffing
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Gold Derby nuggets: Betty White as host of the Oscars or Emmys? | Will Betty White be nominated for Daytime Emmys on Wednesday? | Helen Mirren seeing double | Drama League Awards details
Gold Derby⢠First Facebook fans petitioned to have Betty White host "Saturday Night Live." Now, following her critically praised appearance Saturday that earned the late-night staple its best ratings in 18 months, there are online campaigns to have her host the... -
Gold Derby nuggets: Bret Michaels to 'American Idol'? | Charlie Sheen to jail? | Green Day to Tony Awards
Gold Derby⢠Bret Michaels appeared on the finale of "American Idol" last week and says he is in the running to replace Simon Cowell as a judge next season. The curmudgeonly Cowell even endorsed the idea that Michaels, who has battled back from a series of...
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