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About (Late) Last Night: On 'Conan,' Pee-wee Herman and the story of Lent [video]
Show TrackerPee-wee Herman drops by Conan to tell the story of Lent on Ash Wednesday.... -
Ethan Hawke says 'Daybreakers' is no 'Twilight': 'It's a post-adolescent vampire film'
The Hero ComplexYvonne Villarreal sat down with Ethan Hawke last week to talk about "Daybreakers," the futuristic vampire-virus film that opens this Friday. Whatever happened to the 90-minute movie? Ethan Hawke is mulling that over, slouched in a dining chair inside a...... -
Dominick Dunne dies at 83; author and former Hollywood producer
Dominick Dunne, the bestselling novelist and Vanity Fair writer who chronicled the misdeeds of the rich and famous with wicked glee -- most memorably in his highly personal accounts of the trials of Claus von Bulow, the Menendez brothers and O.J....Tags: Billy Wilder, Gina Lollobrigida, Literature, Celebrities, Nancy Reagan
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Brand X Files: Happy Fat Tuesday, Fastnacht Day, Packzi Day (or whatever it is you call it)
Brand XGood morning Los Angeles. Mardi Gras is here (well, not exactly here, it's in New Orleans) and so Happy Fat Tuesday, Merry Paczki Day or Fastnacht Day or Fausnaught Day or whatever you want to call it, to you! Ash Wednesday is coming up, so be sure to... -
Presidential Passover and Easter greetings from Bush, Carter and Reagan -- Herbert Hoover, too
Top of the TicketRonald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush are among the presidents who have offered Passover and Easter greetings each spring.... -
'Stay or go' policy puts Australian families on front lines of firefighting
Last of five partsIt was brutally hot, 108 degrees, and the wind was howling. Bushfires were raging in the hills, making their way inexorably toward the Baker farmstead at the foot of the Brisbane Ranges. John and Carlene Baker had moved here to get away from the hurly-...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Tragedy (genre), Melbourne (Australia), Horse (animal), Rubber Products Industry
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No car in L.A.? Must be Lent
ROBIN RAUZI is an articles editor for the Op-Ed page.I HAVE MADE SACRIFICES for Lent exactly twice. The first time, I had just joined a Presbyterian youth group with some of the cool kids from my middle school. I gave up biting my fingernails. This February, 24 years later, I gave Lent another go, and gave...Tags: Religious Festivals, Lent, Christianity, Eric Garcetti, Mini
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A Narrow Vision and Staggering Violence
Combining the built-in audience of the Bible, the incendiary potential of "The Birth of a Nation" and the marketing genius of "The Blair Witch Project," the arrival of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" feels like a milestone in modern culture. It's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Movies, Monica Bellucci, Celebrities, Christianity
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Many moods of New Orleans
Times Staff WriterDay had faded into dusk and dusk into dark when we reached Pirate's Alley, a narrow, cobblestone walkway in the French Quarter. Flickering gas lamps and a pale quarter-moon cast dancing shadows on the walls of the 200-year-old buildings around us....Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Dennis Hopper, Lent, Natural Disasters
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Beyond the Trappings
For the TimesIt's hard to be an absolutist in the modern world—our society simply isn't set up for it. Boundless, diverse and brimming with energy, it's better at fostering a culture where anything goes than one obsessed with strict definitions of right and...Tags: Occupations, Satellite and Cable Service, Death, John Paul II, Mel Gibson
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Wrapped up in Liberace ... Angelina & Leo -- heroes! A look at networks and HBO ... Actors, Actors, Actors
Liz Smith"THERE'S NOTHING MORE intriguing than a movie star wrapped like a mummy playing someone just emerging from plastic surgery. Think Humphrey Bogart in "Dark Passage," Elizabeth Taylor in "Ash Wednesday." And now, in HBO's "Behind the Candelabra," Michael...Tags: Celebrities, Environmental Issues, Sean Penn, Liz Smith, Robin Wright
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End may be near for Va. Beach boat-themed home
The Virginian-PilotVIRGINIA BEACH Tom Treesh welcomes visitors to his creation like a proud papa. Maybe it was fond memories of hundreds of hours spent sailing the Chesapeake Bay that made him do it. Or maybe it was insanity, Treesh jokes. For 20 years, he's been...Tags: Ocean View, Manufacturing and Engineering, Sailing, Shipbuilding
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