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For Herb Alpert, a buyer would be music to his ears
Grammy-winning trumpeter Herb Alpert and his wife, singer Lani Hall, have listed a house in Pacific Palisades at $2.6 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows.
The restored Spanish-style home, built in 1928, has handmade doors, stenciled beams, fresco...Tags: Charlie Sheen, James Anderson, Homes, Elizabeth Taylor, Music
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Waldo Fernandez-designed house sells in Beverly Hills
Update: Designer Waldo Fernandez has sold a house he remodeled in Beverly Hills for $8.3 million.
Listed at $10,995,000 in January of 2009, the walled 1926 Mediterranean has high ceilings in the living room, a gourmet kitchen with breakfast area, a...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Tobey Maguire, Goldie Hawn
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PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson
Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...
Tags: Bronx (New York City), Johnny Carson, New York University, Finland, The Bob Newhart Show (tv program)
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Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life
"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...
Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Authors, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Elvis Presley, Dennis Hopper
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Talking Shop: The bullish style of a man
Matador Alcove is a place where men get to be, well, men. One step into the place and it's clear: top-shelf liquor prominently displayed on a bar, sports flickering on a television and plenty of dark, richly colored furniture and decor, including the...
Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Soccer, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears
Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan.
The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...Tags: Britney Spears, Hockey (music group), Academy Awards, Talk Shows (genre), National Hockey League
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Audiences get star treatment at 'Jeff Probst Show'
Be-dimpled Jeff Probst may not be changing the face of television as we know it — though he once did, with his hosting duties on the "Survivor" franchise, and would certainly like to yet again with his new daytime talk show. But what Probst has...
Tags: Entertainment, Human Interest, The Tonight Show (tv program), David Letterman, Jeff Probst
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Oral Roberts dies at 91; televangelist was pioneering preacher of the 'prosperity gospel'
![Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most recognizable televangelists, died Tuesday. He was 91.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-12/51095424-15151247.jpg "Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel\" while becoming one of the world's most recognizable televangelists, died Tuesday. He was 91.")
Oral Roberts, a dirt-poor Oklahoma farm boy who popularized the idea of a "prosperity gospel" while becoming one of the world's most recognizable televangelists, died Tuesday. He was 91.
Roberts, founder of the university in Tulsa, Okla., that is named...Tags: Tuberculosis, Diseases and Illnesses, Clubs and Associations, Oral Roberts, Homes
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Soccer star Landon Donovan makes a quick score in home sale
Galaxy superstar Landon Donovan listed his compound in Manhattan Beach for $4.295 million and in two weeks had an offer in hand.
Built in 2007 and 2008, the compound is made up of two houses with a swimming pool. The main house features 11-foot ceilings,...Tags: Danny Thomas, Paul Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, Landon Donovan, Football
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Designer Waldo Fernandez buys a home with flair
Interior designer Waldo Fernandez has bought a home in the Hollywood Hills West area for $2.4 million.
Designed in 1940 by architect F. Pierpont Davis and later redone by Hollywood Regency-style proponent John Woolf, the Italian villa was named "One of...Tags: Brad Pitt, Lauren Beale, Architecture, Elizabeth Taylor, Arts and Culture
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Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director
![Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69861845-10165337.jpg "Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show,\" has died. He was 89.")
Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.
Lindsey, who was in declining health...Tags: Columbia University, World War II (1939-1945), Pat Boone, Judy Garland, NBC (tv network)
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Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles — not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa Monica Mountains. This means you'll be well-fed, well-rested and...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Harry Potter (fictional character), Los Angeles Hotels, Rem Koolhaas, I Love Lucy (tv program)
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