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Review: 'Sicily' at Getty Villa looms larger than life
There are at least three great reasons to see "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome," the newly opened antiquities exhibition at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. A major sculpture anchors each of the show's three rooms, and together they...
Tags: Fine Artists, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Rome (Italy), Greek Gods and Goddesses
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UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa back from injury, ready for NCAA finals
Vanessa Zamarripa, the Pac-12 Conference gymnast of the year, is a fifth-year senior at UCLA who has steadied the Bruins as three key team members suffered season-ending injuries. Hers was a voice of experience based on how she dealt with her own serious...
Tags: Utah Utes, College Sports, Stanford Cardinal, Gymnastics, Pacific-12 Conference
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‘Trance’: Danny Boyle embraces dark side with heist thriller
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesAnybody familiar with Danny Boyle’s movies (“Trainspotting,” “Shallow Grave,” “28 Days Later,” “Slumdog Millionaire”) knows he is fond of disturbing ...... -
Ryan Lochte on respect for Kim Kardashian, reality TV
Ryan Lochte has respect for Kim Kardashian and her extended family, though he's hoping he doesn't turn out to be the next Bruce Jenner. His reality series "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" premieres April 21, airing on E!, the same network as the...
Tags: Kim Kardashian, 30 Rock (tv program), Sports, The Bachelor (tv program), Conan O'Brien
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Danny Boyle finds his inner feminist with heist film ‘Trance’
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesDirector Danny Boyle has directed some strong women in a number of memorable roles: Think of Freida Pinto in “Slumdog ...... -
Vladimir Morozov wins more swimming titles for USC
USC's Vladimir Morozov won the 100-yard freestyle in record time and led the Trojans to victory in the 400-yard relay on Saturday at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships at the IU Natatorium/IUPUI Sports Complex in Indianapolis. USC...
Tags: Russia, College Sports, Awards and Prizes, National Collegiate Athletic Association, USC Trojans
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Vladimir Morozov making his mark for USC swimming
Vladimir Morozov went to Indianapolis this week with designs on completing his collection. Last summer, the USC junior won an Olympic medal swimming for Russia. In November, he won two events at the European championships. And on Thursday, he added an...
Tags: Swimming, Michael Phelps, College Sports, Sports, College Basketball
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'Doctor Who,' 'Girls,' Lorne Michaels among Peabody Award winners
"Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known...
Tags: Politics, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Colleges and Universities, Museum of Modern Art, Deception (movie)
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Japan loves the World Baseball Classic
This just in: Baseball -- especially the World Baseball Classic -- is very popular in Japan. Repeat: very popular. Major League Baseball just announced that one-third of all televisions in Japan -- the ones that were turned on -- were tuned in to...
Tags: World Baseball Classic, Sports, Josh Beckett, Baseball, FIFA World Cup
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Sicilian art coming to the Getty
SICILY, Italy — Two years ago, the J. Paul Getty Museum ended a lengthy dispute with Italian cultural authorities by returning a towering limestone and marble statue of a Greek goddess to Sicily. The sculpture is now the pride of the relatively...
Tags: Building Material, Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Artists, The Getty
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'Bullet in the chamber' Nike ad pulled from Oscar Pistorius' website
A Nike ad built around a "I am a bullet in the chamber" premise on Oscar Pistorius' official website has been removed after Pistorius' arrest in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The "bullet in the chamber" reference...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Track and Field
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