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Without a name, former 'South Central' L.A. has become almost invisible
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVivian Bowers works in a neighborhood that has gone undercover. "Are there still businesses over there?" people ask when she mentions her dry-cleaning shop on South Central Avenue near East Adams Boulevard. Five years ago, the city expunged the name...Tags: San Pedro, Martin Luther King Jr., Boyle Heights, Riots, Los Angeles
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Chicago tenor sax
1If the trumpet stands as the symbol of New Orleans jazz—thanks largely to native son Louis Armstrong—the tenor saxophone holds a similar stature in Chicago. Why the tenor sax and not the piano or the drums, instruments that have catapulted...Tags: Fred Anderson, Music Theater, Green Mill, Music, Theater
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The People's Business, By The Mississippi
'Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?" sang Miss Billie Holiday, accompanied by Louis Armstrong in a 1947 movie. Some Connecticut legislators their staff members don't want to find out the answer to Lady Day and Satchmo's question. They're off...Tags: Mississippi, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Kevin Rennie, People, Connecticut
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Happy blend of old, new: Hello, WALL-E!
ASSOCIATED PRESSJerry Herman, eyes welling with tears, could hardly believe what he was hearing as he watched the new animated blockbuster WALL-E. The composer of the Tony-winning musical Hello, Dolly! had licensed songs from the 1964 show to Pixar - the Walt Disney Co....Tags: Angelina Jolie, Music, Peter Gabriel, Theater, Poetry
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Ella, In Brief
- Born: 1917, Newport News, Va. Died in 1996. - Married twice: to Benny Kornegay (annulled after 2 years) and bass player Ray Brown. They adopted a child of sister Frances, Ray Brown Jr. - Singer for Chick Webb Orchestra in '30s. - A swinging 1938...Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, Music, Beverly Hills, Ray Brown, Count Basie
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Australians making odd choices for funeral songs
Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," a cemetery manager said Wednesday. At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Music, Death and Dying
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That Was the Week That Was
Entertainment highlights during the week of July 6-12: 1935: Jimmy Stewart's first film, "Murder Man," opened. 1949: The police drama "Dragnet," starring Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough, premiered on NBC radio. 1950: "Your Hit Parade" premiered on NBC....Tags: Jimmy Stewart, Tony Parker, Television, Music, San Antonio Spurs
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Dara Torres, 41, vying for fifth Olympic Games appearance
South Florida Sun-SentinelLauren Driscoll was hanging on every word as Dara Torres explained how to slip on the new Speedo LZR Racer without tearing the pricey suit. What looked more like a mother-daughter talk at a local swimming pool was an experienced Olympic veteran taking...Tags: Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Multi-Sport Events, Swimming, Olympic Games
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Two words you can say on TV: George Carlin
diane.werts@newsday.comOff the Wall remembers George Carlin as a baseball park, not a football stadium. He's safe at home now. FOOD FIGHT. The Fine Living channel is gobbling up former Food Network stars. Now presenting fresh episodes at a new home are "Wolfgang Puck"...Tags: Music, Lincoln Center, Rob Lowe, Family, Cab Calloway
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Efemérides del 4 de julio
En otro 4 de julio, pero de 1776, el Congreso de Filadelfia aprueba por unanimidad la declaración de independencia de las 13 Colonias de la Unión norteamericana. Otras efemérides: 1541.- Muere Pedro de Alvarado, conquistador español. 1807.- Nace...Tags: The Amistad, Gina Lollobrigida, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Barry White, Thomas Jefferson
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