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What's Happening at the Library: Fortune favors bold readers at the library
Try a library fortune cookie.
Which, naturally, brings up the question: What the heck is a library fortune cookie? Well, it’s the best kind of cookie, non-fattening and good for you.
You find them only at the library in a box on our What are We...Tags: Fine Arts, Libraries, Steve Jobs, Movies, Entertainment
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National Emergency Alert Test Held Wednesday
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- "This is a test. This is only a test." Millions of Americans heard that warning at 11:00 a.m. PT Wednesday. It marked the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System that would enable the president to address the public...Tags: Entertainment, FEMA, Radio, KTLA, Television Industry
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PASSINGS: Leo Kirch, Roland Petit, Cal Montney, Lee Vines, Googie Withers, Frank Billerbeck
Leo Kirch
German media mogul
Leo Kirch, 84, who turned his one-man film distribution company into Germany's second-biggest media business before losing control of it after a gamble on pay television, died Thursday in Munich. His family did not give...Tags: Billy Wilder, Music Industry, Michael Redgrave, Disco (genre), Federico Fellini
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Book review: 'Nicholas Ray' by Patrick McGilligan
Special to the Los Angeles TimesNicholas Ray faced a roomful of film students. They had come to learn from the director who'd made James Dean an icon in "Rebel Without a Cause" and a gunslinger of Joan Crawford in the distaff western "Johnny Guitar." Ray began a mock exercise in filming...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Celebrities and Health Issues, Crimes, James Dean, Book
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Orson Welles' former home in Sunset Strip area is for sale
The former home of legendary director Orson Welles has come on the market in the Sunset Strip area at $1,285,000.
The gated one-third-acre compound includes a Southern Colonial-style main house built in 1921, a guesthouse and a swimming pool. Crown...Tags: Homes, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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Zipcars keep zipping along and columnist gets graphic
Zipcars march on! Based on the success of the recent Zipcar sites at the 36th Street and Chestnut Avenue, the company and Baltimore City are looking to place more of these rent-by-the-hour automobile stations in Hampden — specifically near 36th...Tags: Entertainment, Facebook, Movies, Adam Savage, Arts and Culture
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Writer of 'Milk' questions the psyche of 'J. Edgar'
The late FBI director J. Edgar Hoover would have hated director Clint Eastwood's new movie about him, but audiences are likely to be intrigued by it. Although "J. Edgar" does not realize its full dramatic potential, it's an ambitious attempt to get inside...Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, FBI, R Rated Movies, Armie Hammer
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Library: Learning from periodicals (with a touch of Lime)
The biggest news at the library this week, something we know will thrill many patrons, is that indomitable and inimitable Hazel Smith is back at the library. Hazel, who is in her young 90s, took a little time off to recoup. She was sorely missed by the...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, World War II (1939-1945)
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Do newspapers have a future? Here's one half-baked idea
Opinion L.A.Domino's has its artisan pizza. Why can't journalists be artisans too?... -
David O. Selznick's life, via Ben Stiller and 'The Messenger'
Show TrackerEXCLUSIVE: Few personalities dominated Hollywood with such larger-than-life brashness as David O. Selznick. A son of a high-flying silent-film producer, Selznick produced some of the biggest hits of Tinseltown's golden era -- most notably, of course,... -
Weekend getaways: A guide to suburban B&Bs, historic hotels
TribLocal - EvanstonCrisp autumn temperatures and colorful fall foliage create an idyllic setting no matter where you travel. So why waste valuable time and money traveling to …... -
Norman Corwin: 1910-2011
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelHe only wrote a few big screen scripts, most famously, “Lust for Life,” about Van Gogh. His TV work spanned the early decades of the medium, teleplays, mostly, one-offs that were acting and writing showcases. But in radio, Norman Corwin was...
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