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Gore Vidal dies at 86; iconoclastic author
Gore Vidal was impossible to categorize, which was exactly the way he liked it. The reading public knew him as a literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels —from the historical "Lincoln" to the satirical "Myra Breckinridge" — and volumes of...
Tags: Henry Fonda, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elections, Burr Steers, Frank Sinatra
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Local wares put the 'Baltimore' in summer antiques show
Tens of thousands of shoppers are expected to converge on the Baltimore Convention Center this week for the 32nd Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, an event that has grown to become the largest indoor antiques show in the country.
Serious collectors,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Baltimore Convention Center, Abraham Lincoln, Harford County, Timonium
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The world of incoming college freshman, and other talkable stories
Talk stories make you call a friend, tap a co-worker on the shoulder or send an email to a buddy: “Hey, did you see that story in the Tribune about the guy who stole Steve Jobs’ iPad?” Or the one about the historical marker installed...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Apple iPad, Kurt Cobain, Education, John Wayne Gacy
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PASSINGS: Martin Pakledinaz, Marvin Traub, Leon Schlumpf, Robert Reno
Martin Pakledinaz Tony-winning costume designer Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, 58, who was one of Broadway's most sought-after costume designers, died Sunday at his New York City home after a long battle with cancer, said Patrick Herold, his...
Tags: Janet Reno, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Alzheimer's Disease, Elizabeth II, Cancer
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Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidalmight have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier. But Vidal made his...
Tags: Burr Steers, Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson, Tim Robbins, The Simpsons (tv program)
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Perspective: Gore Vidal, connoisseur of empires
Los Angeles TimesIn March 2003, as U.S. forces were pouring into Iraq, I interviewed Gore Vidal at his elegant home in the Hollywood Hills. The conflict's opening days hadn't gone quite as smoothly as some Pentagon planners had anticipated, and Vidal, a self-described...Tags: Arts and Culture, Values, The Pentagon, Literature, Religion and Belief
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Marilyn Monroe's Star Shines Bright 50 Years After Her Death (PHOTOS)
Americans idolize their movie stars. They're a part of our pop culture. But few have earned the distinction of being timeless icons...like Marilyn Monroe.
She died exactly 50 years ago -- August 5th 1962 -- but she remains very much alive in the minds...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arthur Miller, Photography, STYLE (magazine), Celebrities
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Review: 'Dropped Names' by Frank Langella dishes on fellow actors
Dropped Names Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Frank Langella Harper: 356 pp., $25.99 Frank Langella's "Dropped Names" is a different kind of memoir. Rather than recapping his life story, the veteran stage and screen actor offers a series of...
Tags: Yul Brynner, Romance (genre), Roddy McDowall, Bette Davis, Lee Strasberg
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Getting the timing right for Capri, Italy
!["Don't go there," a well-traveled friend said when I mentioned my plans to visit Capri, a sunny island off southern Italy. Why? "You're not going to want to come home," he said.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68181664-17172633.jpg ""Don't go there,\" a well-traveled friend said when I mentioned my plans to visit Capri, a sunny island off southern Italy. Why? \"You're not going to want to come home,\" he said.")
"Don't go there," a well-traveled friend said when I mentioned my plans to visit Capri, a sunny island off southern Italy. Why? "You're not going to want to come home," he said.
I laughed. My friend, a know-it-all author, loves to give advice. I didn't...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Passenger Cars, Foods and Beverages, Fishing
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C. David Heymann dies at 67; controversial bestselling biographer
C. David Heymann, a bestselling biographer whose titillating accounts of famous lives often were criticized as inaccurate or dishonest, including a book on heiress Barbara Hutton that was recalled because of factual disputes, has died. He was 67.
Heymann...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Cornell University, Robert Lowell, Book
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Baltimore native played key role in Johnson's swearing-in
Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to President John F. Kennedy, stepped into a small cubicle at Parkland Hospital, where Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson nervously waited with his wife and several aides to learn the condition of the president. Kennedy had...Tags: Arts and Culture, Trials, Photography, John F. Kennedy, Arts
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Test Kitchen tips: Testing baking soda and powder for freshness
Daily DishBaking soda and baking powder are only as good as their freshness when it comes to baking in the kitchen. Used to leaven everything from cakes and biscuits to doughnuts and waffles, they're the ingredients that help a dough rise as it bakes....
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