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A human jigsaw puzzle
How many human bodies does it take to make an elephant? For a team of Pilobolus dancers, the answer — five — lies within their collective improvisation. At 8 p.m. on May 17 through 19, Pilobolus will perform a mixed repertory at the Irvine...Tags: Music, Dartmouth College, NFL Network (tv network), Conan O'Brien, Arts and Culture
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Stars to light up Newport
More than three decades before opening night of the 13th annual Newport Beach Film Festival at Edwards Big Newport, festival co-founder Todd Quartararo sat in the same packed theater, watching "Star Wars." "It was incredible — here is a film that...
Tags: Ivan Sergei, Star Wars (movie), Arts, The Artist (movie), Celebrities
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World View: 'Mille mercis!'
Life has a way of coming around full circle. Switching on the car radio as I drove in the St. Patrick's Day rain, I overheard an NPR report about a newly restored "Napoleon," the 1927 silent film masterpiece by French filmmaker Abel Gance, which was...Tags: Music, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Francis Ford Coppola, Radio, Hugo (movie)
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Helping kids find their voice [Corrected]
The Bruins and Trojans will go head-to-head Feb. 26, but residents won't need to look far for front row seats.
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FOR THE RECORD:
An earlier version of this story had the incorrect date for the concert, the wrong name for the venue and a...Tags: Education, Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, UCLA Bruins
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Reel Critics: 'Secret World' is sweet, subtle
Animation master Hayao Miyazaki has become the Walt Disney of Japan.
He is the director and driving force behind the Oscar winning"Spirited Away" and the acclaimed "Ponyo." Both of those fantasy films had intriguing issues appealing to adults and older...Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Reese Witherspoon, Thriller (genre), Spirited Away (movie), Movies
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On Oscars: The best often don't win
On Sunday, Hollywood celebrates itself and honors its own. All eyes (or most of them anyway) will be on the presentations of the Academy Awards.
But do the Oscars always end up in the right hands? Opinions abound on this topic, and what follows is only...Tags: War Crimes, Music, Laurence Olivier, Nancy Kelly, Casablanca (movie)
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Sunday's Calendar
SUNDAY Here Comes the Show The Newport Beach Wedding Show is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, 1107 Jamboree Road, Newport Beach. Homeless in Costa Mesa Becks Hayhoe, who sits on the City Council-appointed Costa Mesa Task...Tags: Music, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Concerts, Richard Diebenkorn
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Shadia: Coming together over 'A Separation'
A group of Iranian-American women are making sure Southern California knows an Iranian film has been nominated for an Oscar with a viewing party Sunday. The Iranian American Women Foundation in Orange County is hosting an Oscar-viewing party at 5 p.m....Tags: Politics, A Separation (movie), A Separation (movie), Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment Events
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On Theater: Eggington, Milgrim set pace in 2011
The late playwright Horton Foote influenced the choices of both individual artists who stood above the crowd in local theater in 2011. Foote wrote the play "A Trip to Bountiful," the movie version of which won its star, Geraldine Page, an Oscar in 1985....Tags: Music, Horton Foote, Concerts, Geraldine Page, Music
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Reel Critics: Silent movie era revisited in 'The Artist'
French director Michel Hazanavicius is the moving force behind the innovative and highly regarded new film "The Artist." He's fashioned a dazzling wonder of modern cinema using the surprising format of black-and-white silent movies. The packed audience...Tags: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adultery, Elizabeth Mitchell, Dane Cook, Michel Hazanavicius
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Reel Critics: Scorsese scores with magical 'Hugo'
The phrase "family film" has never appeared in the same sentence with Martin Scorsese. But the R-rated master has made a spectacular PG-rated movie full of wonder and imagination. "Hugo" offers equal parts nostalgia, fantasy and mystery with Charles...Tags: Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Shailene Woodley, PG Rated Movies, Charles Dickens
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On Theater: 'Trip' topped a bountiful year for SCR
Editor's note: This is the first of three columns chronicling the year 2011 in local theater. * South Coast Repertory's "The Trip to Bountiful" was described in this column a few months ago as "an engrossing journey with extraordinary performances...Tags: Rob Campbell, Horton Foote, Human Interest, Geraldine Page, Drama (genre)
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