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Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game
The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Henry Kissinger, Newspaper and Magazine, Scrabble (game), Boston
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TV This Week for Feb. 24 - March 2: 'Parade's End' on HBO
SUNDAY Films from "Amour" to "Zero Dark Thirty" will vie for best picture at "The 85th Annual Academy Awards," hosted by — What the deuce?! — "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, himself a nominee in the best original song category. (ABC,...
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Family Guy (tv program), Emma Stone, ABC (tv network), Comedy Central (tv network)
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TV This Week: Feb 24 - March 2: 'Parade's End' on HBO
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 24 - March 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY Films from "Amour" to "Zero...
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Entertainment Events, Family Guy (tv program), ABC (tv network), Emma Stone
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Larry Zanoff's aim: Teach actors to bear arms for the film's sake
For Larry Zanoff, the armorer who lent Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" its firepower, fake blood can be a serious occupational hazard. "The gun gets splattered with fake blood," he said. "Now it's all gummed up; it doesn't want to work anymore....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Organized Crime, Cinema Industry, Django Unchained (movie), Firearms
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Oscar-nominated short films a mixed and marvelous bag
The experience of watching five short animation or live-action films in one sitting — each a finalist for an Oscar in two of this year's shorts categories — can be a bit like walking into a museum to find the Rothko's been hung next to the...
Tags: Curfew (movie), Entertainment Events, Asad (movie), Matt Groening, Arts and Culture
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'Downton Abbey' Season 3 premiere draws record ratings
The ratings juggernaut that is "Downton Abbey" shows no signs of stopping. The Season 3 premiere of the World War I-era British costume epic on PBS on Sunday drew 7.9 million total viewers, its highest total yet, according to Nielsen. That figure is...
Tags: Maggie Smith, PBS (tv network), United Kingdom, Downton Abbey (tv program), Elizabeth McGovern
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More real-life 'Downton Abbey': Notes from a life 'in service'
In a blog post last week, I linked to an obit for Florence Wadlow, a real-life Mrs. Patmore. Afterward, I received a fascinating email from a reader named Trevor Middleton. Because "Downton Abbey" seems to be all anyone can talk about today (Did something...
Tags: D.H. Lawrence, CNN (tv network), Downton Abbey (tv program)
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Come back to Pershing Square. Again. Please.
Pity Pershing Square. It’s been put through more makeovers than Joan Rivers, and the results haven’t been nearly as presentable. Other cities brag about their urban parks. Ours -- except for the big glamor-pusses like Griffith Park -- we...
Tags: Building Material, Bette Midler, Rubber Products Industry, Plastic Surgery, Surgery
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NRA enemies list: Britney, Hallmark and the YWCA
Boy, the National Rifle Assn. sure is thorough. And thin-skinned. Richard Nixon’s renowned enemies list had 823 names of people and organizations, but as president, Nixon had scores of issues to grapple with and an entire world to be mad about...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Clooney, Keyshawn Johnson, New York Giants
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Casual ambience on the Aegean
ISTANBUL, Turkey — We slipped out of Istanbul at dusk, gliding across the Bosporus strait toward the Aegean Sea, Asia on the left bank, Europe on the right, four masts towering 204 feet overhead, polished teak floors underfoot, the notes of Buddy...
Tags: Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tourism and Leisure
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Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate
WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, James Stewart, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Barack Obama
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Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, James Stewart, U.S. Congress, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall
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Original site for World War I (1914-1918) topic gallery.
