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Review: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' a sci-fi adventure to remember
"Oblivion" will make you remember, not forget. This Tom Cruise vehicle is a throwback to the days when on-screen science fiction was about speculative ideas rather than selling toys to tots — think of it as the most expensive episode of "The...
Tags: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Life of Pi (movie), New York Public Library, Fiction
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'Olympus Has Fallen': What happens to the White House now?
The success of Antoine Fuqua’s White House blow-em-up “Olympus Has Fallen” this past weekend throws out more mixed signals than that popular kid you nearly asked out in high school. People came out to see the Gerard Butler actioner in...
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Gerard Butler, Politics, Channing Tatum
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'Olympus Has Fallen's' Antoine Fuqua seeks 'truth' amid action
There's a notable moment in "Olympus Has Fallen," director Antoine Fuqua's action thriller that arrives in theaters Friday: a desecrated American flag is discarded from atop the White House by North Korean terrorists and falls, in slow-motion, to the...
Tags: Aaron Eckhart, White House, Olympus Has Fallen (movie), Die Hard (movie), Sony Corp.
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Butler: 'Olympus Has Fallen' is really a tale of 'redemption'
If you head out to see the Gerard Butler action movie “Olympus Has Fallen” this weekend, you’re probably going for the pyrotechnics: The White House is blown to smithereens, the Washington Monument dramatically implodes, many bad guys...
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, Terrorism, Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen (movie), U.S. Secret Service
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Marching for civil rights
What's remarkable about photojournalist Leonard Freed's book "This Is the Day: The March on Washington" (Getty: $29.95), a photo essay documenting the historic Aug. 28, 1963, civil-rights march, is that it includes only one photograph of Martin Luther...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Human Interest, Photography and Video, Martin Luther King Jr., The Getty
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Letters: Maintaining public art
Re "Sculpture gets a reprieve," Jan. 24 Where is the common sense of the Santa Monica City Council when it comes to donated public art? The iconic "Chain Reaction" by the late Times cartoonist Paul Conrad hasn't cost the city of Santa Monica a single...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Arts and Culture
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Statue of Liberty indefinitely closed by Sandy damage on island
Among Superstorm Sandy victims still struggling to recover: Liberty Island. The Statue of Liberty remains indefinitely closed to the public due to damage on the island, joining another shuttered national icon, the Washington Monument, which has been...
Tags: Arts, National Parks, Kennedy Space Center, Sculpture, Statue of Liberty
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NASA flyover a preview for space shuttle's dramatic L.A. entrance
L.A. NOWNASA did some prep work Saturday for the highly anticipated tour across the skies of Southern California for the space shuttle Endeavour. On Saturday, two NASA jets, a T-38 trainer and an F-18 Hornet, circled low across the Southland for...... -
4.0 quake hits Youngstown, Ohio. Yes, Ohio
Nation NowA 4.0 magnitude quake hit Youngstown, Ohio, one of many quakes felt in unexpected places in 2011.... -
Washington Monument to get $7.5-million donation for repairs
Nation NowA billionaire reportedly will donate $7.5 million to restore the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument.... -
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named U.S. global cultural ambassador
Nation NowKareem Abdul-Jabbar has long been considered a citizen of the world thanks to his world-wide recognition. Now, it's official: He's been named Global Ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.... -
Highly organized drug ring relied on 8-year-old as a lookout
Nation NowYoung lookout for drug ring: A major New York drug ring, which police said they destroyed, relied upon an 8-year-old boy as a lookout, part of a highly regimented operating system that even officials said was impressive....
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