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    Oct 3, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  1. Salman Rushdie, freedom writer

    In the 1990s, he was the world-famous novelist few people officially laid eyes on. Of Salman Rushdie's dozen-plus novels, it was "The Satanic Verses" (1988) that raised a hue and cry and sent him undercover: Its supposedly sacrilegious portrayal of the prophet Muhammad brought Rushdie a fatwa, a death sentence, from Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (it was lifted in 1998). The writer came to L.A. to accept the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' literary award and to talk about his new memoir of his underground years, "Joseph Anton." He and the book have arrived just as the blowback from "Innocence of Muslims" has caused us all to confront the questions that commandeered a decade of his life.
    In the 1990s, he was the world-famous novelist few people officially laid eyes on. Of Salman Rushdie's dozen-plus novels, it was "The Satanic Verses" (1988) that raised a hue and cry and sent him undercover: Its supposedly sacrilegious portrayal of the...

    Tags: Islam, Literature, Religion and Belief, Poetry, Entertainment

  2. Dec 6, 2011 |Column| Tribune Media Services
  3. Oct 12, 2006 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  4. Patt Morrison: PR for the Homeless

    SUDDENLY, FINALLY, there's some real money finding its way to the homeless. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors — the Five Little Kings — has ponied up $80 million for the cause. The Bush administration, which has been busily creating...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Metal and Mineral, Politics, International Relations, California

  5. Dec 6, 2011 | Chicago Tribune
  6. Joliet man, 20, allegedly beats mother and leaves her for dead

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    Bail was set at $1 million this afternoon for a 20-year-old Joliet man who allegedly beat his mother with a baseball bat Monday morning and …...
  7. Oct 27, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  8. L.A. director Andy Bruntel wins Vimeo's best music video competition for Liars clip

    Pop & Hiss
    Liars' "Scissor" from A Bruntel on Vimeo. For music video directors and fans of the medium, the video sharing platform Vimeo has been a beacon of high quality viewing for a few years now, ever since high-definition video became more......
  9. Apr 25, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  10. 'The Amazing Race' recap: Keeping the hog wound down

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    "Amazing Race" contestants ride hogs and throw up fondue...
  11. Feb 4, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  12. Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

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    Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: This is filming “Jaws: The Revenge” on Martha’s Vineyard in a photo published Feb. 8, 1987. Please congratulate Herb Nichols for identifying it! Donna Rosenthal’s story is on the jump.] Here’s a funeral in.....
  13. Oct 28, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  14. Sam Worthington searches for humanity in 'Avatar': 'I don't want to be a cartoon'

    The Hero Complex
    There is no film this year that has been anticipated, discussed or debated as much as "Avatar," the sci-fi epic from director James Cameron that reaches theaters Dec. 18. We're going to start a monthlong countdown to the film here......
  15. Nov 19, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
  16. Giovanni Ribisi pretty much loves Jim Cameron

    The Hero Complex
    "AVATAR" COUNTDOWN It's 30 days until the opening of James Cameron's "Avatar," and here at Hero Complex you will find more insight and information about the film than anywhere else; today marks the start of our daily countdown coverage leading......
  17. Jun 2, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  18. June is novella month for the Emerging Writers Network

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    June is novella month, for the good folks at the Emerging Writers Network, at least. This means they'll be posting reviews of novellas all month; they've begun with "Circulation" by Tim Horvath, published by indie press Sunnyoutside in March 2009......
  19. Jul 19, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  20. Summer reading: Adam Langer on G.K. Chesterton

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    Adam Langer's "The Thieves of Manhattan," just out last week, is a sendup of fake memoirs that is both a satire and seriously, postmodernly smart. In our review, Ella Taylor calls the book "wonderfully mischievous," adding that it is "is......
  21. Mar 23, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  22. Flux Screening Series kicks off third season with OK Go, Liars and more

    Pop & Hiss
    Liars' "Scissor" from A Bruntel on Vimeo. You've no doubt heard a lot about OK Go's elaborate video starring a paint-splattering Rube Goldberg machine that puts the treadmills from "Here It Goes Again" to shame. If you haven't watched it......
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