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Tonight: ‘Mad About Oscar,’ ‘Modern Family,’ ‘Dangerous Persuasions’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIf you need a refresher for Sunday's Academy Awards, ABC will offer “Mad About Oscar With Katie Couric.” The special “20/20,” at 10 p.m. Wednesday, promises to replay highlights from Oscar history. Those should include David... -
The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...Tags: Johnny Carson, Buster Keaton, Deborah Kerr, Entertainment Events, Groucho Marx
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A 'below-the-line' Oscar winner
Gene Allen's home on the Balboa Peninsula offers so much to delight the eye that it's easy to hide a small object inside it. Even an Academy Award. The longtime Newport Beach resident, who lives in a condo overlooking the Rhine Channel, doesn't make...
Tags: Jon Stewart, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Bette Davis
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Early 20th century glass lamps are popular collectibles
The shape of a lamp once was determined by its power source. A candle required a holder that kept the candle upright, caught drippings and was not damaged if the candle burned too low. Most early candlesticks were made of metal, and many had drip pans and...Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), The Salvation Army, New York City, Bing Crosby, Irving Berlin
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James Bond, all dressed up and everywhere to go
Los Angeles TimesOver the last half-century and 23 official James Bond films, Ian Fleming's super spy has been played by seven different actors under 11 different directors, with 17 different costume designers or wardrobe supervisors responsible for the look of agent...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace (movie), Fashion Trends, Movies
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LOOKING BACK: From Our Files for June 17
100 years ago — 1912 A number of baseball enthusiasts are jubilant over the possibility of organizing a ball team to play during the summer here. It is the intension of the managers to get the best possible material, none of the players to...
Tags: Agnes Moorehead, Dance, Economy, Business and Finance, Vincent Price, Christianity
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Graham Norton did not name his dog after Madonna (sort of)
![When I talked to Graham Norton in December, his "scrappy mixed terrier thing" kept interrupting by attacking her loudest toy. Her name, he said, is Madge, which led me to ask if she's named after Madonna.](http://redeye.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67364374-13152357.jpg "When I talked to Graham Norton in December, his "scrappy mixed terrier thing\" kept interrupting by attacking her loudest toy. Her name, he said, is Madge, which led me to ask if she's named after Madonna.")
RedEyeWhen I talked to Graham Norton in December, his "scrappy mixed terrier thing" kept interrupting by attacking her loudest toy. Her name, he said, is Madge, which led me to ask if she's named after Madonna. "Well yes, but I didn't do it! I don't want to...Tags: Bear Grylls, Tom Hanks, Dog (animal), Flip Wilson, Talk Shows (genre)
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Bob Anderson dies at 89; sword-fight teacher to the stars
Ten days before Bob Anderson headed to the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki as part of the British fencing team, he responded to a call from a British film studio in need of three fencers to coach the lead actors for sword-fighting scenes in a new pirate...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Peter O'Toole, Fencing, Los Angeles Times, The Three Musketeers (movie, 2011)
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Staff Picks: Holiday movies
TribLocal - EvanstonEveryone has a movie they have to watch this time of year, whether it gets them into the holiday spirit or it's a tradition in …... -
Oscars history: Gorilla suit, a streaker, tardy hosts and more
24 FramesOscars 2012: On the eve of the 84th Academy Awards, The Times looks back at eight decades of Oscars history.... -
The Crowd: Bond brings out the music lovers
The Pacific Symphony's pops series producers billed the evening, "The Music of Bond. James Bond." Led by celebrated guest conductor Carl Davis, the symphony performed theme songs from the movies based on the thrillers Ian Fleming penned as part of a...Tags: Theater, Daniel Craig, Albert Einstein, England, Music Industry
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Timeline: Men and their grooming habits
Los Angeles Times30,000 BC: Stone Age man begins using sharpened flint and seashells to scrape the hair from his body, inventing the morning shave. 1150 BC: Biblical hero Samson, whose feats of strength allegedly included slaying an entire army with the jawbone of an...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John F. Kennedy, Gavin Newsom, White House, California
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