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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. L.A.'s screen-star mayors

    Hollywood, as much of the world does not realize, is merely a neighborhood within the city limits of Los Angeles. It hasn’t been its own city for 103 years, and yet it’s the tiny, glamorous tail wagging the city’s workaday dog, which...

    Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Entertainment, Television, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, George Burns

    2. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Ebert and Siskel: Partners shared unique relationship

    This is a feature story from 1999. At the time, Sid Smith was a Tribune Arts Critic.   On the day of Gene Siskel's funeral, Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel suggested that the on-air chemistry between Siskel and Roger Ebert defied analysis....

    Tags: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Radio, Family, Penn Jillette

    3. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

    Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater.
    Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

    Tags: Jerry Lewis, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), Bela Lugosi, House of Cards (tv program), Rock Hudson

    4. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Would modern L.A. voters elect a 'colorful' mayor?

    In the midst of this campaign for a new mayor for Los Angeles, I spent a bit of time <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-past-los-angeles-mayors-20130303,0,446999.column">writing about the old ones</a>, the characters, the bloviators and crooks, the puritanical and the amorous.
    In the midst of this campaign for a new mayor for Los Angeles, I spent a bit of time writing about the old ones, the characters, the bloviators and crooks, the puritanical and the amorous. And readers loved them. But truthfully, now, would we really...

    Tags: Adultery, Johnny Carson, Local Elections, Politics, Elections

    5. Aug 21, 2012 |Story| KDAF-LTV

  5. 4/3-7/13 Eisemann Center Presents Say Goodnight Gracie

    organization: Eisemann Center Presents Say Goodnight Gracie date: 4/3-7/13 address: 2351 Performance Dr. Richardson, TX 75082 SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE ViewPoint Bank Theatre Comedy Series Wed., Apr. 3, 2013 at 8:00 pm; Thu., Apr. 4, 2013 at 8:00 pm; Fri.,...

    Tags: Entertainment, George Burns

    6. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent

    Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
    Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79. For two decades, Mengers was one of...

    Tags: Jack Benny, Nick Nolte, Public Employees, Cass Elliot, Government

    7. Jun 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Ray Bradbury dies at 91; author lifted fantasy to literary heights

    Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died.<strong> </strong>He was 91.
    Ray Bradbury, the writer whose expansive flights of fantasy and vividly rendered space-scapes have provided the world with one of the most enduring speculative blueprints for the future, has died. He was 91. Bradbury died Tuesday night, his daughter,...

    Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, William Shakespeare, Literature, Drama (genre), Ray Bradbury

    8. Jun 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Ray Bradbury: Author's roots at L.A. high school celebrated

    L.A. NOW
    Ray Bradbury was being remembered Wednesday at his alma mater, Los Angeles High School. Bradbury graduated from Los Angeles High more than 70 years ago, but a plaque honoring him still hangs at the entrance to the school library, which......
    9. Dec 31, 2011 |Story| AM News

  9. Obituary: George Lynn Hampton

    WAYNESBURG — George Lynn Hampton, 44, died Dec. 27, 2011. He was born June 7, 1967, in Cincinnati to Willie and Gracie Allen Hampton. He is survived by his wife, Jackqualine Hampton; mother Gracie Hampton of Waynesburg; two sons, Dustin Hampton...
    10. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  10. Hollywood Super-Agent Sue Mengers Dies

    LOS ANGELES -- Sue Mengers, a veteran talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
    Los Angeles Times
    LOS ANGELES -- Sue Mengers, a veteran talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79. At the time of her death, Mengers was...

    Tags: Jack Benny, Nick Nolte, Public Employees, Government, William Morris

    11. Jul 18, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. 10 things you might not know about punctuation

    First of all, let's explain why the serial comma is important to some people. A blog on economist.com cites an apocryphal example: &quot;I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God." Without a comma after "Rand," the writer has a mighty unusual parentage.
    First of all, let's explain why the serial comma is important to some people. A blog on economist.com cites an apocryphal example: "I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God." Without a comma after "Rand," the writer has a mighty unusual parentage....

    Tags: Labor Disputes, Newspaper and Magazine, Mass Media, George Bernard Shaw, Strikes

    12. Nov 1, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Museum wallows in the porcine (we think) glory of Spam

    AUSTIN, Minn. &#8212; When you've never tasted Spam, there's only one way to prepare for the Spam Museum: Eat Spam. And the places to do that in this town of 25,000 are plenty.
    AUSTIN, Minn. — When you've never tasted Spam, there's only one way to prepare for the Spam Museum: Eat Spam. And the places to do that in this town of 25,000 are plenty. Steve's serves Spam pizza. Johnny's Main Event offers a Spam Reuben. Kenny'...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Clark, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Arts and Culture

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