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Gold Derby nuggets: Oscars countdown | James Cameron OK with 'Avatar' Oscars spoof | Oscar gold equals box office green
Gold Derby• Sandy Cohen reports, "Oscar producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic are bridging stage and screen with an advanced, automated set at the Kodak Theatre and a super high-tech program planned for TV viewers. After days of technical tests on their stage... -
Oscars have always welcomed the world
Gold DerbyThis year's Oscars numbered only one foreign-born winner -- Austria's Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds") -- among the four acting champs. However, that does not mean the Oscars are guilty of any homegrown bias. After all, six of the 20 acting... -
'The Mountaintop,' 'Spring Awakening' among Olivier Award winners
Culture MonsterThis was the year that the Olivier Awards officially went global. Britain's highest theater honor -- its equivalent of the Tonys on Broadway -- launched the first webcast of its glittery award ceremony from London on Sunday evening. Technically, the...... -
This weekend: More March Madness; Kevin James hosts Kids’ Choice Awards; Sacha Baron Cohen on ‘The Simpsons’
The TV Guy» Orlando Sentinel – The TV GuyAfter Butler's stunning victory over Syracuse last night, March Madness looms as the most exciting and unpredictable entertainment this weekend. The men's basketball tournament will fill CBS's schedule tonight, take part of Saturday's prime time and... -
Turan review: 'Clash of the Titans' has 'distracting' 3-D and 'clunky' action
The Hero ComplexAs early crowds settle in to see the movie, Los Angeles Times movie critic Kenneth Turan weighs in on "Clash of the Titans" with little enthusiasm about the remake of the "creaky" 1981 stop-motion animated classic. It's doubtful that records...... -
Casting for the stage should be color-blind
![There's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed through the jealous general's odyssey, Olivier seemed to be on fire (not literally, of course, because that would be painful, and, while certainly an interesting if too literal take on the Moor's passionate histrionics, pretty "out there" as an interpretation of Shakespeare, even for the '60s).](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/29536550-04204444.jpg "There's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello\" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed through the jealous general's odyssey, Olivier seemed to be on fire (not literally, of course, because that would be painful, and, while certainly an interesting if too literal take on the Moor's passionate histrionics, pretty \"out there\" as an interpretation of Shakespeare, even for the '60s).")
Special to The TimesThere's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Al Sharpton, Mining, Music, Arts and Culture
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10 books and movies to prep for a trip to Rome
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf you're planning to visit Rome before you die, it pays to prepare for the experience. Here are 10 books and movies to help you understand what you see in the Roman Forum, at the Vatican and on the Piazza Navona. 1. "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1961, by...Tags: Italy, Gaming, BBC, Anna Magnani, Charles Laughton
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Broadway's theater schedule for August
Here's what's playing on Broadway through the end of August. Note that although some of these shows' official opening dates aren't until September or later, preview performances are offered. -- Avital Binshtock "A Chorus Line": This lively exploration...Tags: Olivia Newton-John, Al Hirschfeld, ABBA (music group), NBC (tv network), Hans Christian Andersen
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Griffin's 'Journey's End' a moving tale of wartime
Tribune criticThe British military officers in the trenches in R.C. Sherriff's "Journey's End" know that German soldiers sit in their own dugouts less than 100 yards away. They know both sides are cold, lonely, afraid and ready to blow each other to bits. But they don'...Tags: Tom Hanks, Death, World War I (1914-1918), Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Reign Out
![Sometimes a performer must stoop to conquer her own historical epic. Laurence Olivier did so in that great 20th Century saga "The Betsy." And Cate Blanchett acts the 16th Century living Protestant daylights out of "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."](http://www.zap2it.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-10/32948970.jpg "Sometimes a performer must stoop to conquer her own historical epic. Laurence Olivier did so in that great 20th Century saga "The Betsy.\" And Cate Blanchett acts the 16th Century living Protestant daylights out of \"Elizabeth: The Golden Age.\"")
Zap2It.comSometimes a performer must stoop to conquer her own historical epic. Laurence Olivier did so in that great 20th Century saga "The Betsy." And Cate Blanchett acts the 16th Century living Protestant daylights out of "Elizabeth: The Golden Age." It is a...Tags: Spain, Gaming, Cate Blanchett, Chicago Tribune, John Gielgud
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An urgent cable
CHANNEL ISLAND++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || ++++++++++++++++++++ NETWORK television hasn't been unleashing many major programming events this summer, unless singing bees and the real-life legal woes of sometime "Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison qualify as major...Tags: Saving Grace (tv program), Companies and Corporations, HBO (tv network), NBC (tv network), Michael Keaton
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British writer created Rumpole
John Mortimer, a British lawyer and writer who created the character Horace Rumpole, a disheveled barrister memorably featured in the popular television series "Rumpole of the Bailey," died Friday at his home in Oxfordshire, England. He was 85. The cause...Tags: Television, Alec Guinness, John Fowles, Death, Sex Pistols (music group)
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