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Theater review: 'Clybourne Park' at the Mark Taper Forum
Culture Monster"Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris opens at the Mark Taper Forum.... -
Book news: Dr. Spock ebook, 'disgusting' blurbs, Gingrich's pandas
Jacket Copy"Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care," the bestselling child-rearing bible, will be available as an ebook starting next week, Skyhorse Publishing has announced.... -
Berlin Film Festival: Billy Bob Thornton unveils 'Jayne Mansfield's Car'
24 FramesAt the Berlin film festival, Billy Bob Thornton talks about the film "Jayne Mansfield's Car," which he co-wrote and in which he stars.... -
U.S., North Korea hold first talks since Kim Jong Il's death
World NowNegotiators from the U.S. and North Korea met Thursday in Beijing to begin talks about Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the first such diplomatic face-off since North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death in December.... -
Festival of Books: Biographers create a vivid portrait of the 20th century
Jacket CopyFor those who didn't go to hear Rodney King's conversation with Patt Morrison (and wait some time for King to show), the best bet for the same 12:30 p.m. time slot Saturday was an L.A. TImes Festival of Books panel...... -
George Ballas dies at 85; intrepid inventor created the Weed Eater
While driving through an automatic carwash in 1971, George Ballas watched the whirling nylon bristles glide around the contour of his vehicle and wondered if he could adapt the technology to remove the weeds around trees in his yard.
At home, he...Tags: Entertainment, Homes, Fred Astaire, Sports, ABC (tv network)
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PASSINGS: Fritz Manes
Fritz Manes, 79, a movie producer whose association with Clint Eastwood in the 1970s and '80s included producing "Any Which Way You Can" and executive producing "Pale Rider," died of lung and brain cancer Sept. 27 at his home in Sherman Oaks, said his...Tags: Entertainment, Clint Eastwood, Movies, Brain, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Ira Michael Heyman dies at 81; led UC Berkeley, Smithsonian
Ira Michael Heyman, a champion of affirmative action who led UC Berkeley as its chancellor during the 1980s and later became the first non-scientist to lead the Smithsonian Institution, has died. He was 81.
Heyman died at his Berkeley home Saturday after...Tags: Teachers, Students, Museums, Yale University, College Sports
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Burton S. Sperber dies at 82; landscape company founder
He was the founder and chairman of the board of Calabasas-based ValleyCrest Landscape Cos., the nation's largest landscape services company, whose projects have included the gardens at the Getty Center and the rooftop community garden at Walt Disney...Tags: Entertainment, Rick Caruso, Mossimo Incorporated, Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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PASSINGS: Peter Breck, Philip Bruns, Jim Lloyd, Harry Keough, Antoni Tapies, Florence Green, Morgan Jones, Bill Hinzman
Los Angeles Times staff writerPeter Breck Actor on 'The Big Valley' Peter Breck, 82, an actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s TV western "The Big Valley," died Monday in Vancouver after a long illness, his wife, Diane, announced on the website The Big...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, World War I (1914-1918), Arts, FIFA World Cup, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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PASSINGS: Robert C. Pierpoint, Aron Kupperman, Begum Nusrat Bhutto
ROBERT C. PIERPOINT CBS News correspondent covered six presidents Robert C. Pierpoint, 86, a CBS News correspondent who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than...Tags: Heart Failure, Ella Fitzgerald, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Daniel Burke dies at 82; former president of Capital Cities/ABC
Daniel Burke, considered one of the architects of the modern television industry and a former president and chief executive of Capital Cities/ABC, died Wednesday. He was 82.
He died at his home in Rye, N.Y., of complications from type 1 diabetes,...Tags: Diabetes, Entertainment, General Electric Company, Television Industry, Ted Turner
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