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A Million Dollar dream
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPASSERSBY were greeted to a most unusual sight this week on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Unusual in recent memory, that is. The iron gate at the entrance of the historic Million Dollar Theater was wide open. Nobody was manning the box office, but the...Tags: Music Theater, Movies, Dining and Drinking, Foreign Exchange Market, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Essanay Studios
Tribune staff reporterPlenty of movies have been made about Chicago. Plenty of movies have been shot on Chicago's streets. But the city itself has never been a center of international studio filmmaking, except for one brief golden age that lasted only a decade. That single 10-...Tags: Movies, Jean Renoir, Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Colorado
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Raising the bar in Los Angeles
Times Staff WriterWhere the action is (and will be) Currently open Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 273-1912. http://www.barnineteen12.com The stylish, post-Deco companion bar to the famed Polo Lounge looks to remain...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Death, Personal Service, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Rogers
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Golden Globes after-parties highlights
The Beverly Hilton Hotel became a hotbed for party-hopping after the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
The InStyle/Warner Bros. soiree peaked early, with a steady stream of nominees heading inside the Oasis Court after the show. Old pals Leonardo DiCaprio...Tags: Movies, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mickey Rourke, Television, The Office (tv program)
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Egyptian Theatre to host best-films festival
![You now have no excuse not to have seen some of the greatest classics of film. No more mumbling vague generalities in conversations with your <i>cinéaste</i> friends, then scrambling to catch up with the DVDs, because this weekend the American Cinematheque is throwing a 10th anniversary celebration of the reopening of the venerable Hollywood movie palace, the Egyptian Theatre, with its "Best in 10" series. The festival opens tonight with Billy Wilder's 1950 tale of moviemaking, <b>"Sunset Boulevard," </b>with Gloria Swanson and William Holden. Costar Nancy Olson will introduce the film.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-12/43711202-03200328.jpg "You now have no excuse not to have seen some of the greatest classics of film. No more mumbling vague generalities in conversations with your <i>cinéaste</i> friends, then scrambling to catch up with the DVDs, because this weekend the American Cinematheque is throwing a 10th anniversary celebration of the reopening of the venerable Hollywood movie palace, the Egyptian Theatre, with its "Best in 10\" series. The festival opens tonight with Billy Wilder's 1950 tale of moviemaking, <b>\"Sunset Boulevard,\" </b>with Gloria Swanson and William Holden. Costar Nancy Olson will introduce the film.")
You now have no excuse not to have seen some of the greatest classics of film. No more mumbling vague generalities in conversations with your cinéaste friends, then scrambling to catch up with the DVDs, because this weekend the American Cinematheque is...Tags: Society, Music Theater, Movies, Casablanca (movie), Billy Wilder
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Modern architecture mixes with traditional furnishings in Los Angeles house
![ALTHOUGH Brooke Anderson was brought up in a modern milieu, she credits her famous "Grams," actress Gloria Swanson, for imbuing her with a love for the traditional. As a young woman, Anderson frequently visited her grandmother's stylish apartment on Fifth Avenue across from Central Park. "It was formal but very comfortable, and filled with beautiful antiques with tons of books everywhere," Anderson recalls, adding that her grandmother always wanted to be an opera singer. "She had a baby grand piano in the living room where she would play and sing."](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-08/41779817-22155604.jpg "ALTHOUGH Brooke Anderson was brought up in a modern milieu, she credits her famous "Grams,\" actress Gloria Swanson, for imbuing her with a love for the traditional. As a young woman, Anderson frequently visited her grandmother's stylish apartment on Fifth Avenue across from Central Park. \"It was formal but very comfortable, and filled with beautiful antiques with tons of books everywhere,\" Anderson recalls, adding that her grandmother always wanted to be an opera singer. \"She had a baby grand piano in the living room where she would play and sing.\"")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterALTHOUGH Brooke Anderson was brought up in a modern milieu, she credits her famous "Grams," actress Gloria Swanson, for imbuing her with a love for the traditional. As a young woman, Anderson frequently visited her grandmother's stylish apartment on Fifth...Tags: Central Park, Personal Service, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles, IKEA
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Women in Film
I know, I know, this is really just a blatant rip-off of the WOMEN IN ART viral video. But it's still really good. Below are the women depicted in the video. Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton,...Tags: Jessica Lange, Ava Gardner, Lillian Gish, Julie Christie, Joan Crawford
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Will babe factor help Kate Winslet beat Meryl Streep?
"It wasn't calculated! I swear! You must believe me!" Kate Winslet gasped to Gold Derby late last year as we discussed her recent photo shoot with Vanity Fair. That bawdy gig had been a perfect way for her to begin seducing Oscars' voters as she...Tags: Movies, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julie Christie, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture
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A glorious sight unseen
Times Staff WriterThe perfectly clipped hedges at Montecito's Val Verde estate still bristle with authority, impossibly long lines of them, not a breach in sight. The 110-year-old camellias haven't stirred from their posts beside a reflecting pool, and the citrus trees are...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Judges, University of California, Los Angeles, Death, Culture
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In Search of a State of Grace
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"He's late." "Yeah, way late." It's been more than a minute since Paul Newman's car last whizzed past the pit area of Lime Rock Park. His crew knows something's wrong, for he's been running laps in less than 55 seconds. But two minutes pass, then three,...Tags: HIV, Movies, Chemotherapy, Richard Nixon, Vehicles
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A guide to the historic homes of the Conch Republic
![One of the more charming aspects of Key West is the city's obvious pride in its historic houses and museums. The irony of it is that they don't really go back that far -- the "oldest house" dates to 1829 -- probably because of the cobbled-together early architecture on the relatively remote island and the numerous hurricanes that have made hash of it.](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-05/12405651.jpg "One of the more charming aspects of Key West is the city's obvious pride in its historic houses and museums. The irony of it is that they don't really go back that far -- the "oldest house\" dates to 1829 -- probably because of the cobbled-together early architecture on the relatively remote island and the numerous hurricanes that have made hash of it.")
Albany Times UnionOne of the more charming aspects of Key West is the city's obvious pride in its historic houses and museums. The irony of it is that they don't really go back that far -- the "oldest house" dates to 1829 -- probably because of the cobbled-together early...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Florida, Key West
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Etc. (Listings of Other Stuff)
55TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE TOUR OF LITCHFIELD July 13 - Features selection of historic and architecturally significant homes. Self-guided tour begins at the information booth on the green. Proceeds benefit Connecticut Junior Republic. •10 a.m.-5 p.m....Tags: Music Theater, Movies, Florence Griswold House, Prince (music artist), Arts and Culture
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