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William Claxton dies at 80; photographer helped make Chet Baker famous
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWilliam Claxton, the master photographer whose images of Chet Baker helped fuel the jazz trumpeter's stardom in the 1950s and whose fashion photographs of his wife modeling a topless swim suit were groundbreaking years later, has died. He was 80. Claxton...Tags: Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Crimes, Drug Trafficking, Dizzy Gillespie
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George Jones' playhouse is classic country music
Sentinel Pop Music CriticBack in his wild days of drink and drugs, back when he used to miss more than 50 shows a year, they called him "No Show" Jones. So I had a sinking feeling that my chances of connecting by telephone with the legendary George Jones weren't that good,...Tags: Orlando, Tammy Wynette, Satellite Technology, Twyla Tharp, Morgan Freeman
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Mory's, A Yale Institution, Fights Back Against Hard Times
Not far from some of the city's trendiest stores and restaurants sits Mory's, a Yale legend dating to the 1860s, marked simply with a small brass nameplate on the front door of a modest two-story house.
Behind the door, Mory's history as a world-...Tags: Economic Policy, Viniculture, W., Jodie Foster, National Government
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The Hollywood Palladium gets a second wind
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSIXTY-EIGHT years ago this month, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and its new singer, a skinny 24-year-old New Jersey crooner named Frank Sinatra, welcomed a cheering crowd to opening night at the Hollywood Palladium. Dorothy Lamour was there to snip the...Tags: Movies, Spencer Tracy, Jay-Z, John F. Kennedy, Gene Kelly
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Political parties need Hollywood's handouts
Anyone who doubts, or resents, Hollywood's importance to American politics these days simply needs to watch where the candidates and their surrogates go when the going gets tough. The fact of the matter is that Hollywood is to both parties -- but...Tags: Chris Cornell, Diane Keaton, Beverly Hills, Political Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi
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Talking with Philip Roth
Bloomberg NewsPhilip Roth, who chronicled the sexual and emotional misadventures of Nathan Zuckerman for almost three decades, may be through, as he's said, with his fictional alter-ego. Yet the hero of his new book, his 29th, is, like Zuckerman and Roth, a nice Jewish...Tags: New York, Ohio, Books and Magazines, Philip Roth
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Sunday Conversation with Olivia Wilde of 'House'
Special to The TimesOLIVIA WILDE plays mysterious doctor Thirteen on "House," which is just now back for its fifth season. She used to be on "The Black Donnellys" and "The O.C." We caught up with her on a day off -- she was getting organized. Can you enumerate your side...Tags: Sarah Palin, Venice, Archery, Celebrity, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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A battle of the Hollywood salons is shaping up
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYOU WOULD think they were talking about a defaced historical landmark, the way the gossip was going: "The place used to be so serene, I didn't even mind that it took three hours to get my hair done," said one highlighted regular of the John Frieda Salon...Tags: Beauty Products and Fragrances, Melrose, Beverly Hills, Movies, Warren Beatty
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For Obama, fundraising remains a priority
Chicago Tribune correspondentCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Barack Obama campaigned from coast to coast last week — literally — touching down in California, Florida and points in between. The rallies he held and local interviews he gave were important to his presidential bid,...Tags: Political Candidates, Charity, David Axelrod, Beverly Hills, North Carolina
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Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTPaul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...Tags: Sally Field, Democratic Party, Lawyers, Joanne Woodward, Martin Scorsese
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Kennedy Center to honor Streisand, Freeman, more
The roll call of the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors ranges across pop culture: singer/actress Barbra Streisand, The Who's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, country great George Jones, actor Morgan Freeman and choreographer Twyla Tharp. On Dec. 7, after a...Tags: CBS Corp., The White House, Twyla Tharp, Morgan Freeman, Laura Bush
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Kennedy Center to honor Streisand, Freeman, others
Barbra Streisand, actor Morgan Freeman and country singer George Jones will be awarded the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the arts, along with choreographer Twyla Tharp and musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who.
The...Tags: New York, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Twyla Tharp, Morgan Freeman
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