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Style Profile: Avant-garde rocker Kristeen Young
All The RageWith a four-octave voice eerily similar to Kate Bush's and onstage bravado rivaling Karen O.'s, up-and-coming music artist Kristeen Young doesn't have to dress like a walking art project — but her nervy, Gaga-lite style makes her even more... -
Hitler Aide Rudolf Hess Flees to Scotland!
The Daily MirrorMay 13, 1941: Rudolf Hess, the Nazis’ No. 2 deputy, bails out of his Messerschmitt over Scotland. He will commit suicide in Spandau prison in 1987. Ralph Bellamy fills in for Lee Shippey, who is recovering from surgery. Tom Treanor,...... -
Orlando Fringe: Wayburn Sassy and Didi Panache hit the road
Orlando Theater BlogThree stalwarts of the Orlando Fringe Festival scene are pulling up stakes and hitting the road after this year’s festival, which has its opening gala Wednesday. Click to read my interview with David Lee, who has participated in more Fringe... -
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Feb. 3, 1941
The Daily MirrorFeb. 3, 1941: Tom Treanor has the story of how one woman escaped from Nazi-occupied France. Also notice the story about defense industries lifting their ban on hiring older workers. The story notes "a California aircraft company 'put on several...... -
Brandstatter brought the party to old Hollywood
![Before Chasen's and the Brown Derby, way before Sam Nazarian or even Wolfgang Puck, the first restaurant guy who catered to Hollywood was Adolph "Eddie" Brandstatter. He had the "Brandstatter touch": one part dapper European suavity — he brought a sheen of elegance to the rough-edged Hollywood of the 1920s — and one part straight-up charisma. Wherever Eddie was, that was the party.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/60872160-13134654.jpg "Before Chasen's and the Brown Derby, way before Sam Nazarian or even Wolfgang Puck, the first restaurant guy who catered to Hollywood was Adolph "Eddie\" Brandstatter. He had the \"Brandstatter touch\": one part dapper European suavity — he brought a sheen of elegance to the rough-edged Hollywood of the 1920s — and one part straight-up charisma. Wherever Eddie was, that was the party.")
Before Chasen's and the Brown Derby, way before Sam Nazarian or even Wolfgang Puck, the first restaurant guy who catered to Hollywood was Adolph "Eddie" Brandstatter. He had the "Brandstatter touch": one part dapper European suavity — he brought a...Tags: Clara Bow, Dining and Drinking, Suicide, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants
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Princess Di's dresses
For more information, contact: Hollywood Legends Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills 9665 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 150 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (310) 836-1818 www.juliensauctions.comTags: Norman Rockwell, The Brady Bunch (tv program), Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Angelina Jolie
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Book review: 'The Dangerous Otto Katz: The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy' by Jonathan Miles
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Dangerous Otto Katz The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy Jonathan Miles Bloomsbury: 366 pp., $26 He had at least 21 aliases. He insisted that he was briefly Marlene Dietrich's husband in 1920s Berlin, which was probably not so, though he was possibly...Tags: Nazi Party, Czech Republic, Communist Party of China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Book
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L.A.'s German accent
At one time, Los Angeles was Weimar on the Pacific: Numerous German-speaking émigrés put their stamp on the city to which they'd fled.
What with directors such as Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch, writers such as Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht, and...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Music Theater, Billy Wilder, Clubs and Associations, Politics
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Cartier's 100th Anniversary in America
Cartier is proud to present more than 100 creations which are part of its history in an exhibition titled "Cartier…100 Years of Passion and Free Spirit" which will debut in New York and travel to Los Angeles. The creations are a part of Cartier's history,...Tags: New York, Elizabeth Taylor, Walt Disney, Vivien Leigh, Snow White (fictional character)
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A Kinder Simpler Time Dept.': Your Movie Columnist
The Daily MirrorThe Ritz Bros. in person! Dec. 2, 1939: "At preview [of 'Destry Rides Again'] Marlene [Dietrich] and Jimmy [Stewart] sat beside me and held hands. I wonder if Mae West and Bill Fields will do that when they preview 'My Little Chickadee?' Mae's got to go... -
Mini Mystery Photo
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by the Los Angeles Times Update: This is artist Hugo Ballin and Marlene Dietrich in a photo stamped May 25, 1936, apparently during filming of “Garden of Allah.” I’m at a loss to explain her expression. Here’s our weekend mini-mystery... -
Matt Weinstock, Dec. 17, 1959
The Daily MirrorForgotten Men As you probably read, film director, Joseph Von Sternberg has sued Fox for $1 million, charging the 1959 version of "The Blue Angel" with May Britt and Curt Jurgens was made without his consent and was inferior to his 1929 version with...
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