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Q&A: Henry Winkler wants another season of 'Arrested Development'
Henry Winkler has managed to stay in the comedy zeitgeist for more than 40 years, from his star-shot to fame on "Happy Days" in 1974 to the fourth season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix. These days Winkler continues to make recurring appearances on...
Tags: Italy, Children's Hospital (tv program), Rob Corddry, Hospitals and Clinics, Barry Diller
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Happy Birthday Quiz: 15 years of Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's Animal Kingdom marks its 15th year of existence on Monday. Fittingly, it has an Earth Day birthday. Take our quiz that looks back on the theme park's first decade and a half. 1. Even before the park opened, it had a name change. What word was...
Tags: Expedition Everest, Avatar (movie), The Walt Disney Co., Earth Day, Pocahontas
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Three new names on MOCA board
Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...
Tags: Arts, Eli Broad, Herb Wesson, Crimes, Trials
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Classic Hollywood: On the case of 'Roger Rabbit'
Disney's frenetic live-action/animated comedy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was the second-highest-grossing film of 1988, earning more than $156 million. The comedy won three Academy Awards and transformed its lead, British actor Bob Hoskins, into a bona fide...Tags: Academy Awards, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The Lion King (movie), Cartoons, Animation (Movie Genre)
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Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail'
Before it became a lucrative if critically drubbed exemplar of '80s cinematic cheese, the Tom Cruise vehicle "Cocktail" first sprang to life as a novel by Heywood Gould, who based the book on his experiences bartending throughout New York in the 1970s....
Tags: Tom Cruise, SoHo, Shailene Woodley, Hunting, Broadway Theater
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Disney shareholders vote against splitting CEO, chairman positions
Shareholders have voted down two proposals brought forward at the Walt Disney Co. annual meeting that sought to change how the largest entertainment company in the world is governed. One proposal called for the future split of the chief executive and...Tags: Board of Directors, CEO Pay, Proxy Filings, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers
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La Caņada's Gordon Crawford leaving Capital Group to focus on improving journalism
It was Crawford who basically forced the resignation of Steve Case from the top spot at AOL Time Warner. Malone, Turner and Crawford huddled in Malone's office to pick a triggerman, and the investor drew the short straw. "Ted said he couldn't do it...
Tags: Joe Flint, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles Times, AOL LLC, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation
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Odds and ends about Epcot
When I close my eyes, I see a geodesic dome made of thousands of triangular pieces. It appears to hover. Yes, I've spent so much time at Epcot lately that Spaceship Earth is burning into my retinas. The park has bustled with the return of the Epcot...
Tags: Spaceship Earth, Dunkin' Donuts, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Coca-Cola
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Steve Guttenberg promotes his new memoir at The Avon Theatre in Stamford
You all know who Steve Guttenberg is. He's the guy from Diner, Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby. Well, he's going to be visiting the Avon Theatre to promote his new memoir The Guttenerg Bible (heh), which documents his early days struggling in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Steve Guttenberg, Stamford
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The Morning Fix: Thumbs-up for 'Avengers,' Viacom profit up
Company TownA rave review for "The Avengers," Viacom's profits are way up, Bloomberg won a legal fight against Comcast and CNN's rating woes continue.... -
Bob Iger's studio chief hunt: Why would anyone want the job?
24 FramesDisney studio chief opening: Since Bob Iger fired studio chief Rich Ross, the media have tossed all sorts of prominent names into the hopper as potential successors. But who would want the job?... -
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