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Cowardly Lion's lair in Beverly Hills is listed at $25.5 million
A Beverly Hills home built for actor Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz," is back on the market, this time priced at $25.58 million. Designed by Paul R. Williams in 1941, the gated estate encompasses 1.38 park-like acres. The Connecticut/...
Tags: Harry James, Banking, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Dale Robertson dies at 89; TV and western movie star
Dale Robertson, an Oklahoma horseman who became a TV and western movie star during the genre's heyday, died Tuesday at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. He was 89. Robertson, who was best known for starring in the series "Tales of Wells Fargo" from...
Tags: Dallas 2011 (tv program), Toronto Star, NBC (tv network), Clark Gable, Pneumonia
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Tinseltown holidays
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticBring on the feather fascinators, the fur collars and the sparkly shoes. The holidays are the stuff of fashion fantasy, the one time of year when, no matter your age, you can get away with dressing like a disco ball. Whether you take your cues from...Tags: Joan Collins, Marc Jacobs, New York City, Holidays, Lanvin
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Spread some generosity around
Dear Readers: I love the holiday season. For me, Christmas is a celebration of possibilities accompanied by an explosion of generosity. Every year I publish a column devoted to spreading the spirit of giving. My recommendations are subjective and...
Tags: Personal Income, Social Services, American Red Cross, New York City, Social Issues
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Tonight: ‘Survivor’ returns; ‘Big Brother’ ends; ‘X Factor’ continues
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIt's a big night for reality television, and that will send many viewers scurrying to other channels Wednesday. The highlights: 1. “Survivor” begins its 25th edition at 8 on CBS, moves to the Philippines and opens with a 90-minute episode.... -
'All About Eve' Actress Celeste Holm Dies
CNNNEW YORK -- Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed. Holm, a star of the Broadway stage and movies, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital a week ago, but her...Tags: Leslie Howard, Theater, Movies, Central Park, Cinderella (movie)
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Tony Martin dies at 98; singer-actor in Hollywood musicals
Tony Martin, one of the last of the big-name singer-actors from the golden age of Hollywood musicals, has died. He was 98. Martin, who toured for years with his wife, dancer-actress Cyd Charisse, died of natural causes Friday at his home in Los Angeles,...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Arts and Culture, Movies, Lana Turner, The New York Times
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Patt Morrison Asks: Two from the 'typosphere'
![There'll be a pair of Pasadena institutions along Colorado Boulevard for New Year's -- the Rose Parade, and a company marking 100 years in business. Anderson Business Technology, nee Anderson Typewriter Co., has bucked two trends: It's been a one-family operation all along, and it's managed to leap from the age of slammed return levers and carbon paper to ctrl.alt.delete. Don Anderson and his son, David, are chairman and president, the
second and third generations in the firm. Change has been crucial to their century of success, and yet a romantic roll call of anachronistic mechanical brands -- Royal, Underwood, Smith Corona, Olivetti, Sholes and Glidden, Hermes -- still connects the Andersons to the "typosphere," where poet Charles Bukowski's manual Olympia stars on a mouse pad, and composer Leroy Anderson's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCBJPDCUF0">whimsical "The Typewriter"</a> stars
on YouTube.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-12/67071105-30142851.gif "There'll be a pair of Pasadena institutions along Colorado Boulevard for New Year's -- the Rose Parade, and a company marking 100 years in business. Anderson Business Technology, nee Anderson Typewriter Co., has bucked two trends: It's been a one-family operation all along, and it's managed to leap from the age of slammed return levers and carbon paper to ctrl.alt.delete. Don Anderson and his son, David, are chairman and president, the
second and third generations in the firm. Change has been crucial to their century of success, and yet a romantic roll call of anachronistic mechanical brands -- Royal, Underwood, Smith Corona, Olivetti, Sholes and Glidden, Hermes -- still connects the Andersons to the "typosphere,\" where poet Charles Bukowski's manual Olympia stars on a mouse pad, and composer Leroy Anderson's <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCBJPDCUF0\">whimsical \"The Typewriter\"</a> stars
on YouTube.")
There'll be a pair of Pasadena institutions along Colorado Boulevard for New Year's -- the Rose Parade, and a company marking 100 years in business. Anderson Business Technology, nee Anderson Typewriter Co., has bucked two trends: It's been a one-family...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Leroy Anderson, Technology, YouTube
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Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter
![One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/31/opinion/la-oe-morrison-donald-david-anderson-20111231/2">frivolous 1947 musical, "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,"</a> starring Betty Grable.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67214791-06203212-187105.jpg "One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age,\" which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a <a href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/31/opinion/la-oe-morrison-donald-david-anderson-20111231/2\">frivolous 1947 musical, \"The Shocking Miss Pilgrim,\"</a> starring Betty Grable.")
One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a frivolous 1947...Tags: NPR, Columbia University, New York City, Radio, Irving Thalberg
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On Location: Thousand Oaks ranch becomes an animal sanctuary
Company TownGreenfield Ranch has been home to dozens of film, television and commercial productions. Now, the sprawling ranch in Thousand Oaks is playing a starring role in the upcoming 20th Century Fox movie, “We Bought a Zoo.”... -
Festival of Books: History's dark corners make good crime, spy novels
Jacket CopyHere’s a humdinger of a story from the Scottish crime novelist Philip Kerr about a research trip to Russia following some local cops with whom he thought he had built a good rapport. “The cop was always joking – “So...... -
Holly Madison insures her two best friends for $1 million
Ministry of GossipHolly Madison, one of "The Girls Next Door" who now has her own frequently topless revue in Las Vegas, is putting her money where her moneymakers are: She has insured her breasts for $1 million with Lloyd's of London....
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