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Bob Dylan inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters; Chabon gives keynote speech
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the keynote speaker Wednesday at the annual induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment, Manhattan (New York City), Fine Artists, Broken Toe
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Singer Bob Dylan made honorary member of U.S. arts academy
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Bob Dylan was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, joining the ranks of leading writers, composers and artists in the prestigious 115-year-old group. Henry Cobb, the president of the academy,...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment Events
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33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes to be presented tonight
The 33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will be presented in a public ceremony Friday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. The awards are given in 10 categories, including biography, current interest, first fiction and adult literature. In...
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‘Game of Thrones’ premiere: Westeros comes to Hollywood
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWesteros came to Hollywood on Tuesday night with “Game of Thrones” stars Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Richard Madden and Nikolaj ...... -
Literature Prize launches as $60,000 Folio Prize
It's a big day for prize announcements: The Literature Prize announced its formation and sponsor Wednesday at a news conference at the British Library in London. The idea for the prize came into being when a group of British intellectuals took umbrage...
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Ben Katchor's askew urban landscape in 'Hand-Drying in America'
Ben Katchor must be the most unlikely comics artist ever to do a newspaper strip. His "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer," which debuted in 1988, has appeared in papers such as the Forward and the old New York Press, where I first discovered it; to...Tags: Realty, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Architecture
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Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...
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Author not tired of 'Sleep'
Clement Clarke Moore is said to have died bitter that he would be remembered for "The Night Before Christmas," and not his massive scholarly works on religion and the classics. By contrast, Adam Mansbach is delighted to be risking a similar fate....
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'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees
The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Usually only five...Tags: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), The Social Network (movie) , Entertainment, Helen Mirren
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Essential reading after Newtown: 'Columbine' by Dave Cullen
When it comes to events like the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., there are knowns, unknowns and, already, mis-knowns. A photograph of Ryan Lanza circulated asserting he was the shooter, when in fact it was his brother, Adam Lanza. Their mother,...Tags: Adam Lanza, Columbine High School, Katie Couric, The Rachel Maddow Show (tv program), Eric Harris
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'Fifty Shades' dominates publishing in 2012
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The story of 2012 in publishing was the story of "Fifty Shades of Grey," in more ways than one. E L James' erotic trilogy was easily the year's biggest hit, selling more than 35 million copies in the U.S. alone and topping...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, E-Commerce Industry, Penny Marshall, Amazon Kindle, Books
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Michael Chabon looks back on 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") reflected on 2012's cultural highlights and currents in a conversation from his home in Berkeley. What were your favorite books this year? I really loved my...Tags: Wes Anderson, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Satellite and Cable Service, Game of Thrones (tv program), Entertainment
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