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Noel Coward's seldom-seen 'Peace in Our Time' rings a bell
Culture MonsterAntaeus Company's upcoming staging of the Noel Coward drama “Peace in Our Time” won't be the first in America after all, the Los Angeles ensemble acknowledged Tuesday -- or even the first in L.A. But it will be the first...... -
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Promotions InternThe Philip Lynch Theatre at Lewis University presents: "Shakespeare in Hollywood" from April 8-10 & April 14-17 Who: Lewis University's Philip Lynch Theatre What: Presents: "Shakespeare in Hollywood" When: April 8-10 & April 14-17 Where: Philip Lynch...Tags: Education, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Colleges and Universities, Tickets, Romeoville
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Award-winning director Sidney Lumet dies
![Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/60777846-09102045-180102.jpg "Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network,\" \"Serpico,\" \"Dog Day Afternoon\" and \"12 Angry Men,\" has died. He was 86.")
Associated PressSidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86. Lumet's death was confirmed Saturday by Marc Kusnetz, who is the husband of Lumet's stepdaughter,...Tags: D.W. Griffith, Academy Awards, Delbert Mann, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Los Angeles
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Jane Randolph dies at 93; actress was best known for her role in the film noir 'Cat People'
Jane Randolph, a B-movie actress in the 1940s who was best known for her role in the film noir "Cat People," died May 4 in Gstaad, Switzerland, after surgery on a broken hip, her daughter said. She was 93. Under contract to the RKO studio in 1942,...Tags: Val Lewton, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Obituaries, Swiss Confederation
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Nancy Freedman dies at 90; feminist had long and wide-ranging literary career
![Nancy Freedman, a novelist whose wide-ranging books include the bestselling<b> </b>"Mrs. Mike," co-written with her husband, has died. She was 90.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-08/55686169-21213724.jpg "Nancy Freedman, a novelist whose wide-ranging books include the bestselling<b> </b>"Mrs. Mike,\" co-written with her husband, has died. She was 90.")
Nancy Freedman, a novelist whose wide-ranging books include the bestselling "Mrs. Mike," co-written with her husband, has died. She was 90.
Freedman died Aug. 10 of temporal arteritis, an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the arterial vascular system,...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles, Dick Powell, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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'A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Their Remarkable Families' by Michael Holroyd
When Michael Holroyd takes on a subject, you know his sweep will be wide. This is not to say that he forfeits depth -- far from it -- but rather that he puts things in the fullest possible context. His groundbreaking biography of Lytton Strachey more than...Tags: John Gielgud, Lytton Strachey, London Theatre, Stratford, Literature
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Frances Kavanaugh dies at 93; screenwriter of B-westerns
Frances Kavanaugh, one of the few women who wrote screenplays for B-westerns such as "Song of Old Wyoming" and "Wild West" in the 1940s and early '50s, has died. She was 93. Kavanaugh died Jan. 23 at her home in Encino after a long battle with lymphoma,...Tags: University of Texas at Austin, California State University, Northridge, Children, Los Angeles, Wyoming
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Ann Savage dies at 87; femme fatale starred in cult favorite 'Detour'
![Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died. She was 87.](http://www.latimes.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-12/44261794-28230942.jpg "Ann Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour,\" has died. She was 87.")
From Times Staff And Wire ReportsAnn Savage, who earned a cult following as a femme fatale in such 1940s pulp-fiction movies as "Detour," has died. She was 87. The actress died in her sleep at a nursing home in Hollywood on Christmas Day from complications after a series of strokes,...Tags: Drama (genre), Documentary (genre), Manhattan (New York City), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), D.B. Sweeney
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Her return engagement
![Olivia de Hallivand, the last remaining great Hollywood star of both the golden '30s and '40s, is an irresistible woman. When the subject of birthdays comes up in the middle of an interview, she looks the writer straight in the eye and declares, "I'm old enough to be your mother!," promptly brushing aside all polite demurrals. There's something at once amusing and touching when the remark is directed at a man on the cusp of 70 and comes from a movie star who's about to turn 90. Clearly the truthfulness that characterizes De Havilland's acting comes from the woman herself.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-06/23819066.jpg "Olivia de Hallivand, the last remaining great Hollywood star of both the golden '30s and '40s, is an irresistible woman. When the subject of birthdays comes up in the middle of an interview, she looks the writer straight in the eye and declares, "I'm old enough to be your mother!,\" promptly brushing aside all polite demurrals. There's something at once amusing and touching when the remark is directed at a man on the cusp of 70 and comes from a movie star who's about to turn 90. Clearly the truthfulness that characterizes De Havilland's acting comes from the woman herself.")
Special to The TimesOlivia de Hallivand, the last remaining great Hollywood star of both the golden '30s and '40s, is an irresistible woman. When the subject of birthdays comes up in the middle of an interview, she looks the writer straight in the eye and declares, "I'm...Tags: Academy Awards, Labor Legislation, William Wyler, Nicole Kidman, Montgomery Clift
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Portrait of a cultural battle
Times Staff WriterAs a celebrated Modern painting goes on temporary view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art today, the masterpiece becomes the latest work looted by the Nazis during World War II to have been returned to its rightful owner. Ninety-year-old Cheviot...Tags: Gustav Klimt, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Music Industry, Germany, Los Angeles
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