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The Polo Lounge, back in fine form
Times Staff WriterWould you like anchovies? What about capers? How spicy do you like your steak tartare? The waiter at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge who asks for my guest's preferences is as solicitous as my grandmother's doctor asking after her health. The various...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Black Truffles, Anchovies, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants
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At Cafe Rouge, dinner is the show
Times Staff WriterI can't believe it. At 8 o'clock on a Friday night, four of us are the sole guests at Leatherby's Cafe Rouge, the new restaurant at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Twenty minutes later, two tables are filled. Total. Considering...Tags: Butter, Dining and Drinking, Orange County (California), Sushi and Sashimi, Mushrooms
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E. Baldi caters to a select crowd
Times Staff WriterThe Baldi family of Ristorante Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, the neighborhood Italian for the A-list crowd, has a new offspring in Beverly Hills. That would be E. Baldi, headed up by Giorgio's son Edoardo and his wife, Darnell. Instead of the ramshackle...Tags: Butter, Risotto, Pasta, Paul Verhoeven, Dining and Drinking
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Mystery fuels huge popularity of web's Lonelygirl15
Times Staff WriterLonelygirl15 appears to be an innocent, home-schooled 16-year-old, pouring her heart out for her video camera in the privacy of her bedroom. But since May, her brief posts on the video-sharing site YouTube and the social networking hub MySpace have...Tags: Marketing, Science and Technology, Ohio, Television Industry, Encino
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Ford's Filling Station
Times Staff WriterAs our little group rounds the corner, we can see the waiters at the Italian restaurant look up with hope written all over their faces. But like the couple hurrying by just ahead of us, we walk right on past. Some advice: Don't make eye contact, it's just...Tags: Soups, Potatoes, Dining and Drinking, Onions, Salads
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Memphis
Times Staff WriterIn the midst of Hollywood Boulevard's rampant commercial district sits a grand Queen Anne Victorian, the last of the residential buildings from the era before there even was a Hollywood per se. In its 103 years, the two-story cottage has seen a lot and...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Key Lime Pie, Catfish, Limes
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Bella Cucina
Times Staff WriterTattoo and piercing artists, newsstands and edgy bars, Musso & Frank and the American Cinematheque all inhabit the same stretch of Hollywood Boulevard. And right in its midst, a new restaurant called Bella has appeared at the corner of Las Palmas and...Tags: Pasta, Anita Ekberg, Dining and Drinking, New York, Meatballs
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Oscar's risks don't end at Chris Rock
Times Staff WriterComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage As if Chris Rock were not enough, this year's Oscar ceremony is shaping up to be hip-hop loose and in-your-face. Or at least as hip-hop loose and in-your-face as a show that revolves around a...Tags: Billy Crystal, ABC (tv network), Whoopi Goldberg, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Once again, drama surrounds the process to select foreign films
Special to The TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage Year after year, it's one of the most difficult choices facing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And this year was no exception. Selected from a pool of 49 eligible films...Tags: Germany, Language, Arts and Culture, Spain, France
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Superheroes on top of animation's world
Special to The TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage The number of nominees may be few in the 4-year-old category of best animated feature film — but they are mighty. "The Incredibles," "Shrek 2," and "Shark Tale" are all box office power...Tags: Animation (genre), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Career and Workplace, Brad Bird, Pixar Animation
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Four's a crowd, producers are told
Special to The TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage And the best picture nomination goes to — well, we'll get back to you. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the year's five best picture nominees. But it hasn't...Tags: Taylor Hackford, Miramax Films, 9 (movie), Entertainment, Ray (movie)
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