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Harry Lewis dies at 93; launched Hamburger Hamlet chain
As an actor, Harry Lewis took second billing to the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson, most notably in the 1948 film noir "Key Largo." But he found his own starring role as a Los Angeles restaurateur who helped usher in the concept of...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Tony Curtis, Dining and Drinking, Ronald Reagan, Foods and Beverages
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Actor and Hamburger Hamlet founder Harry Lewis dies at 93
Actor-turned-restaurateur Harry Lewis -- he founded the Hamburger Hamlet chain of restaurants, and later Kate Mantilini -- has died. He was 93. Lewis starred alongside the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson in 1948's "Key Largo" and had a...
Tags: Tony Curtis, Obituaries, Ronald Reagan, Celebrities
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Connie Wald dies at 96; Hollywood wife known for low-key parties
Connie Wald, an elegant matriarch of old Hollywood known for the low-key dinner parties she held for friends like Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, died of natural causes Nov. 10 at her Beverly Hills home. She was 96. Her...
Tags: Gore Vidal, Entertainment, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire
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Hugh Hefner helps present a Humphrey Bogart retrospective
Hugh Hefner has a confession.
"I think I opened the first Playboy Club because of 'Casablanca.' I wanted to have a place where people came to hang out as they did at Rick's," admits the pajama-clad founder of the Playboy empire.
The Oscar-winning 1942...Tags: Entertainment, Social Issues, Katharine Hepburn, Folklore and Mythology, Organized Crime
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Bogart, then and now
Jacket CopyTim Rutten reviews Tough Without A Gun, a new biography of actor Humphrey Bogart.... -
'Hope for Animals in Their World' by Jane Goodall; 'Dawn Light' by Diane Ackerman
Hope for Animals
and Their World
How Endangered Species
Are Being Rescued From the Brink
Jane Goodall
Grand Central: 378 pp., $27.99
Dawn Light
Dancing With Cranes
and Other Ways to Start the Day
Diane Ackerman
W.W. Norton: 240 pp., $23.95...Tags: Florida Power & Light, North America, Biology, Jane Goodall, Claude Monet
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Florida Keys Beachin' Fest
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs the rest of the country transitions to fall, the Florida Keys, southernmost part of the continental United States, are still celebrating the sun. Key Largo's Beachin' Fest includes a contest pitting drink makers to see who can mix the best margarita,...Tags: Travel, Florida Keys Vacations, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations
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A Primeval Tide of Toxins
Times Staff WriterThe fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. When fishermen touched it, their skin broke out in searing welts. Their lips blistered and peeled. Their eyes...Tags: Energy Saving, Colleges and Universities, Marine Science, Emergency Incidents, Japan
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Unlocking the charm of Gulf's Cedar Key
Special to The Times"We came to Cedar Key from Tampa with an Audubon tour," said Connie Crane, an artist staffing the counter at the Cedar Keyhole gallery cooperative. "I saw a cat lying in the middle of the street nursing her kittens, and I said, 'Oh, that's the kind of...Tags: State Parks, Travel, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Salt
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Florida, skipped by storms and tourists
Special to The TimesWE all saw the televised images and news photos of the Florida Keys during the recent hurricanes: residents boarding up their homes, cars lined up bumper to bumper in a mandatory evacuation. Devastating storms hit the state, and many people assumed the...Tags: Travel, Social Issues, Florida Keys Vacations, Meteorological Disasters, Bodies of Water
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Cousteau to explore 31 days of life on Florida's seafloor
WASHINGTON — Living in an undersea lab about the size of a school bus, explorer Fabien Cousteau and five fellow aquanauts will spend 31 continuous days submerged off the coast of South Florida this fall, riding around on an underwater vehicle and...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Petroleum Industry
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Jailed son called dad, got coaching on testimony in pill mill case
Christopher George is hoping to get his prison term reduced, provided that federal prosecutors think his anticipated testimony against two South Florida doctors is worth a reward. But a recorded call the 32-year-old inmate made to his father from the Palm...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Prisons, Court Preliminary, Key West, Witnesses
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