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    Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Audra McDonald slips into L.A. to sing and stump for PBS

    Cabaret fanatics – and you know who you are – invariably suffer a persistent worry: What if there is some amazing live gig out there I don’t know about?
    Cabaret fanatics – and you know who you are – invariably suffer a persistent worry: What if there is some amazing live gig out there I don’t know about? Well, Monday night your worst nightmare came and went -- unless you were one of...

    Tags: Lincoln Center, PBS (tv network), Culture, Audra McDonald, Joel Grey

    2. Sep 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Classic Hollywood: The movies at work

    As far back as Louis Lumière's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires (Charlie Chaplin's 1936 "Modern Times"), angry explorations of the hardships of unemployment (John Ford's 1940 "The Grapes of Wrath") and the dangers of certain occupations (Ford's 1941 "How Green Was My Valley" about miners) or political statements such as 1979's "Norma Rae," which examined the struggle to unionize a factory. More recent films such as 1999's "Office Space" have skewered the world of bored computer drones. ¶ So in honor of Labor Day, here are some of the best Hollywood films about the workplace, whether it's an office, a farm — or even the circus.
    As far back as Louis Lumière's 1895 "Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon" 46-second short, work has been a central theme in motion pictures.¶There have been stark dramas about officer workers as drones (King Vidor's 1928 "The Crowd"), satires...

    Tags: Diane Ladd, The Grapes of Wrath (movie), Margaret Sullavan, Romance (genre), John Ford

    3. Sep 18, 2011 |Story| Glendale News Press

  3. A note to Saint Pedestrian

    Let me understand this: We have a pedestrian who bolts out against the red light into a large oncoming truck, she gets totaled, and some brain surgeon writes that the solution is to ticket more motorists. Amazing (“70-year-old woman struck by...
    4. Jun 28, 2011 | RedEye

  4. Celebrate summer with a FREE outdoor movie tonight!

    Lakeview
    Stroll on down to Belmont & Lakeshore tonight at dusk to enjoy a free outdoor movie as a part of the 2011 season of Movies in the Parks.  Tonight’s entertainment is the movie “The Greatest Show on Earth”, (yep, I had to Google it too)...
    5. Mar 22, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Auditions: Winter Park Playhouse musical productions

    Orlando Theater Blog
    And right on the heels of the Winter Park Playhouse season announcement comes information for actors who wish to audition for the productions. Here's the announcement from the Playhouse: 2011 – 2012 GENERAL AUDITIONS The Winter Park Playhouse will...
    6. Mar 30, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. Auditions: Winter Park Playhouse season

    Orlando Theater Blog
    More auditions for the Winter Park Playhouse season. Here's the announcement from artistic director Roy Alan: Due to overwhelming response, The Winter Park Playhouse has added an additional day of auditions for their 2011-2012 Season on Wednesday, April...
    7. Jun 14, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 10 things you might not know about TV technology

    As of Friday, analog television broadcasts are as dead as the 1960s program "My Mother the Car." We've gone digital, which is yet another sign that you can't fight progress, despite what movie mogul Darryl Zanuck said about TV in 1946: "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." While we wait for that to happen, let's channel 10 technological facts:
    Tribune staff reporter
    As of Friday, analog television broadcasts are as dead as the 1960s program "My Mother the Car." We've gone digital, which is yet another sign that you can't fight progress, despite what movie mogul Darryl Zanuck said about TV in 1946: "People will soon...

    Tags: Michael Ritchie, New York, Pennsylvania, Darryl Zanuck, Idaho

    8. Nov 18, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Marie Osborne Yeats dies at 99; as Baby Marie Osborne she starred in early silent movies

    Marie Osborne Yeats, a top child star during the early silent-movie era who was billed as Baby Marie Osborne in films such as &quot;Little Mary Sunshine,"<b> </b>has died. She was 99.
    Marie Osborne Yeats, a top child star during the early silent-movie era who was billed as Baby Marie Osborne in films such as "Little Mary Sunshine," has died. She was 99. Yeats, who had a later career as a movie studio costume supervisor, died Nov. 11...

    Tags: Movies, California, Colorado Springs, Amusement (movie), Elizabeth Taylor

    9. Sep 16, 2010 |Story| Coastline Pilot

  9. Theater Review: Everything's coming up Merman at Playhouse

    Of all the since-departed celebrities who've shown up to entertain at the Laguna Playhouse recently (George Gershwin, Ella Fitzgerald), none shines brighter than the queen of Broadway herself, Miss Ethel Merman. "Ethel Merman's Broadway," a one-woman...

    Tags: Music Theater, Ethel Merman, Cole Porter, Manhattan (New York City), Ira Gershwin

    10. Dec 29, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Requiem: 2007 passings of note

    Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...

    Tags: Joe Zawinul & the Zawinul Syndicate (music group), AIDS, Jane Wyman, University of California, Air and Space Accidents

    11. Jul 12, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Debbie Reynolds sings, jokes, does impressions -- and shows a little leg

    Mary Frances Reynolds is back in the old neighborhood.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Mary Frances Reynolds is back in the old neighborhood. You know her as Debbie Reynolds. That's the name given to her when, as a 16-year-old, she was first under studio contract. Talent scouts had spotted her in the Miss Burbank beauty contest, which she'...

    Tags: Debbie Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, Gene Kelly, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)

    12. Nov 19, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Irving Brecher dies at 94; Comedy writer got an Oscar nod for 'Meet Me in St. Louis'

    Irving Brecher, a comedy writer whose career in radio, television and the movies included writing two Marx Brothers comedies, co-writing the Judy Garland musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" and creating the radio and TV series "The Life of Riley," has died. He...

    Tags: Music Theater, Judy Garland, Entertainment, MGM Inc., Death

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