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PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson
Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...
Tags: United Nations, The Monkees (music group), Brookfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Pneumonia, Obituaries
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Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life
"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...
Tags: Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Dennis Hopper, James Dean, Kris Kristofferson, James Brolin
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Talking Shop: The bullish style of a man
Matador Alcove is a place where men get to be, well, men. One step into the place and it's clear: top-shelf liquor prominently displayed on a bar, sports flickering on a television and plenty of dark, richly colored furniture and decor, including the...
Tags: Ralph Lauren, Bars and Clubs, Entertainment, Dining and Drinking, Soccer
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Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears
Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan.
The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...Tags: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program), National Hockey League, Albert Brooks, Tim Allen, Los Angeles Times
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Audiences get star treatment at 'Jeff Probst Show'
Be-dimpled Jeff Probst may not be changing the face of television as we know it — though he once did, with his hosting duties on the "Survivor" franchise, and would certainly like to yet again with his new daytime talk show. But what Probst has...
Tags: David Letterman, Television, Entertainment, Human Interest, The Tonight Show (tv program)
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Soccer star Landon Donovan makes a quick score in home sale
Galaxy superstar Landon Donovan listed his compound in Manhattan Beach for $4.295 million and in two weeks had an offer in hand.
Built in 2007 and 2008, the compound is made up of two houses with a swimming pool. The main house features 11-foot ceilings,...Tags: Marcedes Lewis, The Dick Van Dyke Show (tv program), Goldie Hawn, Real Estate Agents, Morey Amsterdam
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Designer Waldo Fernandez buys a home with flair
Interior designer Waldo Fernandez has bought a home in the Hollywood Hills West area for $2.4 million.
Designed in 1940 by architect F. Pierpont Davis and later redone by Hollywood Regency-style proponent John Woolf, the Italian villa was named "One of...Tags: Goldie Hawn, Lauren Beale, Elizabeth Taylor, Arts and Culture, Tobey Maguire
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Talk-show host Merv Griffin's former La Quinta estate for sale
A Moroccan-style estate that was once owned by entertainer Merv Griffin is on the market in La Quinta at $9.5 million.
The 39-acre equestrian compound includes a racetrack, a 5,000-square-foot main house, four casitas, three one-bedroom staff quarters...Tags: Lauren Beale, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Game Shows (genre), Talk Shows (genre)
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Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director
![Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69861845-10165337.jpg "Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show,\" has died. He was 89.")
Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.
Lindsey, who was in declining health...Tags: Culture, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, World War II (1939-1945), CBS Corp.
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Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYou're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles — not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa Monica Mountains. This means you'll be well-fed, well-rested and...Tags: Itzhak Perlman, Bars and Clubs, Harry Potter (fictional character), Culture, Arthur Ashe
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Hidden Hills estate leased by Britney Spears is back on market
The Hidden Hills estate that pop icon Britney Spears had been leasing for $25,000 a month is back on the market.
Ronald N. Tutor, chief executive of the construction firm Tutor Perini, is listing the equestrian-zoned property at $9.995 million.
In...Tags: Jennifer Morrison, Real Estate, Albert Brooks, Maria Bello, Pacific-12 Conference
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Former Bel-Air estate of late TV host Merv Griffin is listed for $6.995 million
An estate in Bel-Air that was previously owned by television host Merv Griffin is for sale at $6.995 million.
The 5,500-square-foot single-story house is set at the end of a gated driveway beside a circular motor court. The red-tile roofed home...Tags: Albert Brooks, Game Shows, The Simpsons (tv program), Personal Service, Talk Shows (genre)
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