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BBC Worldwide buys 75% of travel publisher Lonely Planet
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYesterday, the British Broadcasting Corp. bought a controlling stake in travel guidebook company Lonely Planet, gaining a catalog of 500 travel guides from Antarctica to Zimbabwe to boost holiday coverage on television and the Web and to expand outside...Tags: Los Angeles Times, United Kingdom, Television Industry, Television, Trips and Vacations
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She's on a mission to make Latin films
![For nearly a decade, actress Salma Hayek and her production partner, José Tamez, have been trying to launch a mini-studio that caters to the Latino audience. They're finally getting some traction, thanks in part to the success of "Ugly Betty," the popular television show they produce for ABC that is based on a Colombian soap opera, "Yo Soy Betty, la Fea," and "Frida," the 2002 biography of artist Frida Kahlo in which Hayek also starred.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-08/32152911.jpg "For nearly a decade, actress Salma Hayek and her production partner, José Tamez, have been trying to launch a mini-studio that caters to the Latino audience. They're finally getting some traction, thanks in part to the success of "Ugly Betty,\" the popular television show they produce for ABC that is based on a Colombian soap opera, \"Yo Soy Betty, la Fea,\" and \"Frida,\" the 2002 biography of artist Frida Kahlo in which Hayek also starred.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor nearly a decade, actress Salma Hayek and her production partner, José Tamez, have been trying to launch a mini-studio that caters to the Latino audience. They're finally getting some traction, thanks in part to the success of "Ugly Betty," the popular...Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, Los Angeles Times, Television, ABC (tv network), Showtime (tv network)
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Bridges' Ludacris Acting Dreams
Zap2It.comThere's nothing especially new about rap stars taking roles in films and TV shows. LL Cool J, Eminem and Ice-T, among others, have done it. But Chris Bridges is dead serious about his acting career, and if you think otherwise, well, you're just being...Tags: Television, Death, Crimes, Murder, LL Cool J
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'A-Team' Will Explode Into Theaters in 2009
Zap2It.comIt doesn't have a cast, but John Singleton's update of "The A-Team" has a release date. According to Variety, 20th Century Fox has settled on a June 12, 2009 premiere date for the updated action-adventure. Scripted by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas ("...Tags: The A-Team (tv program), Los Angeles, Eddie Murphy, Wanted (movie), NBC (tv network)
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With new space, Seattle Art Museum expands its vision
Times Staff WriterSEATTLE — When the Seattle Art Museum turns 75 next year, it intends to be not only the most important general art museum in the Pacific Northwest but to be nationally prominent too. It might just get its wish. On Saturday, a newly expanded...Tags: Painting, Death, Travel, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock
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Directors step up to take their shot at Oscar
![THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed," which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth nomination), was his 21st theatrically released feature. As with the acting categories, the best director Oscar often goes to overdue candidates -- which is to say, it's awarded for bodies of work as much as for the film under consideration -- but this year, instead of the usual lineup of establishment old-timers, voters are picking from a pool of career mavericks and comparative neophytes.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-02/35603767-14175816.jpg "THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed,\" which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth nomination), was his 21st theatrically released feature. As with the acting categories, the best director Oscar often goes to overdue candidates -- which is to say, it's awarded for bodies of work as much as for the film under consideration -- but this year, instead of the usual lineup of establishment old-timers, voters are picking from a pool of career mavericks and comparative neophytes.")
THE six nominees for this year's best director Academy Award have made a total of 23 feature films. To put that meager number into perspective, consider this: "The Departed," which finally won Martin Scorsese his directing Oscar last year (on his sixth...Tags: Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Sam Mendes, James Cameron, Arts and Culture
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Halle Berry in a family way
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHalle Berry's having a baby. The 41-year-old actress confirmed that she is three months along with boyfriend Gabriel Aubry's baby, according to Access Hollywood. Recent tabloid reports have been speculating as much, fueled in part by photos of the...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Movies, Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton
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Director John Singleton Involved in Fatal Accident
Zap2It.comAn SUV driven by film director John Singleton struck and fatally injured a woman as she walked across a Los Angeles street in what was apparently a "tragic accident," a police spokesman said Friday. About 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Singleton was driving west on...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Death, Los Angeles Police Department, Health
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Tyrese Gibson Engaged to Baby Mama, Not Brandy
Zap2It.comRumor has it that Tyrese Gibson is engaged to Brandy. Well, rumor has it wrong. The R&B singer-actor is actually engaged to his girlfriend, the mother of his unborn child, report news sources. The mix-up occurred when Gibson, 28, proposed to his real-...Tags: Brandy (singer), Annapolis, Los Angeles, Tyrese Gibson
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Family vacation hot spots in Boston
Families love Boston for one simple reason--it's small and compact and most of the major sites (New England Aquarium, Quincy Market, the Freedom Trail, and the Children's Museum) are within easy walking distance. The Museum of Science, Harvard Yard, and...Tags: Music Theater, Family, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Family Vacations
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'Hustle & Flow'
!["Hustle & Flow" abounds with all the ingredients of a terrific popular entertainment. Writer-director Craig Brewer first of all cares deeply for his characters, with the result that each one emerges as a distinctive, involving individual, and this care extends from the film's casting down to such details as the gold teeth sported by one of its stars. Wrenching in its raw emotions, hilarious in its earthy humor yet subtle in myriad ways, "Hustle & Flow" catches life in a warm embrace, unafraid of sentiment but not looking away from some of the harsher realities of everyday existence. It's safe to say it's not like any other movie about a black pimp.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-07/18584293.jpg ""Hustle & Flow\" abounds with all the ingredients of a terrific popular entertainment. Writer-director Craig Brewer first of all cares deeply for his characters, with the result that each one emerges as a distinctive, involving individual, and this care extends from the film's casting down to such details as the gold teeth sported by one of its stars. Wrenching in its raw emotions, hilarious in its earthy humor yet subtle in myriad ways, \"Hustle & Flow\" catches life in a warm embrace, unafraid of sentiment but not looking away from some of the harsher realities of everyday existence. It's safe to say it's not like any other movie about a black pimp.")
Times Staff Writer"Hustle & Flow" abounds with all the ingredients of a terrific popular entertainment. Writer-director Craig Brewer first of all cares deeply for his characters, with the result that each one emerges as a distinctive, involving individual, and this care...Tags: Craig Brewer, Isaac Hayes, Taraji P. Henson, Sex, Recording Studios
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'ATL'
![The generic gangstas-and-grit marketing campaign to the contrary, Chris Robinson's "ATL" is not a movie about boys and the hood. It's about boys, and girls, and the roller rink.](http://images.zap2it.com/20060717/tipharris_atl_135.jpg "The generic gangstas-and-grit marketing campaign to the contrary, Chris Robinson's "ATL\" is not a movie about boys and the hood. It's about boys, and girls, and the roller rink.")
Zap2It.comThe generic gangstas-and-grit marketing campaign to the contrary, Chris Robinson's "ATL" is not a movie about boys and the hood. It's about boys, and girls, and the roller rink. "ATL" -- which is hometown slang for Atlanta, Georgia -- is at its heart a...Tags: Crimes, Health and Safety at School, Death, Evan Ross, Education
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