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McCourt must let go of Dodgers
The Dodgers have been my passion since they moved here in 1958. I went to "Roy Campanella Night" at the Coliseum in 1958 when 93,000 fans lit candles while the Dodgers and Yankees played in honor of the handicapped catcher. My grandfather, along with...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Roy Campanella, Los Angeles Dodgers, Bankruptcy, Andre Ethier
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The Bell Curve: Political comedy in Costa Mesa
Every good comedy team has a straight man and a comic. The straight man is the logical and patient half of the duo; the comic is the jokester who pulls the plug after the straight man sets him up. Abbott was the straight man to Costello, as George Burns...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Music, Big Band (genre), Local Government, Local Elections
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The God Squad: Let hope lead away from loneliness
Question: I'm divorced and never remarried. My parents are deceased and my two children are grown. I recently relocated and am trying to make connections, but that's much harder to do later in life. I'm lonely and have even started thinking this will be...Tags: The Happiest News!, Helen Keller, Emily Dickinson, Social Issues, Human Interest
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Ebert and Siskel: Partners shared unique relationship
This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic. On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis....Tags: Paul McCartney, Roger Ebert, Marriage, Cher, Family
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David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights
Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...
Tags: Movies, Looper (movie), Rose Marie, Easy Rider (movie), Arts and Culture
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Would modern L.A. voters elect a 'colorful' mayor?
In the midst of this campaign for a new mayor for Los Angeles, I spent a bit of time writing about the old ones, the characters, the bloviators and crooks, the puritanical and the amorous. And readers loved them. But truthfully, now, would we really...
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4/3-7/13 Eisemann Center Presents Say Goodnight Gracie
organization: Eisemann Center Presents Say Goodnight Gracie date: 4/3-7/13 address: 2351 Performance Dr. Richardson, TX 75082 SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE ViewPoint Bank Theatre Comedy Series Wed., Apr. 3, 2013 at 8:00 pm; Thu., Apr. 4, 2013 at 8:00 pm; Fri.,...Tags: Gracie Allen
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Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights
Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91. Bradbury died Tuesday night, his daughter,...
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Ray Bradbury: Author's roots at L.A. high school celebrated
L.A. NOWRay Bradbury was being remembered Wednesday at his alma mater, Los Angeles High School. Bradbury graduated from Los Angeles High more than 70 years ago, but a plaque honoring him still hangs at the entrance to the school library, which...... -
Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent
Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
For two decades, Mengers was one of...Tags: Montgomery Clift, Public Employees, Sidney Poitier, Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal
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Dory Previn dies at 86; Oscar-nominated songwriter
Although she was an Oscar-nominated songwriter, Dory Previn was better known for ballads that spoke to wounded souls. A gifted lyricist, she mined her traumatic childhood and later mental illness to write confessional songs that found an audience —...Tags: Academy Awards, Movies, Woodbridge, Music, Arts and Culture
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Senior briefs
Trips for 2012 Members of the Annapolis Senior Activity Center can stop by the Trip Desk for a preview of 2012 trips and make reservations and deposits. Trips include "Journey of Hope" in Gettysburg, Pa., and a visit to Washington to see the cherry...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Trips and Vacations, Music, Music, Medical Specialization
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