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Stephen Schwartz's 'Seance on a Wet Afternoon' gets New York dates
Few showbiz composers can boast a resume chock-full of box-office hits as Stephen Schwartz. The composer wrote the score to such Broadway blockbusters as"Wicked," "Pippin" and "Godspell." Schwartz has...
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What have you done to pass the time during the Lakers' offseason?
Call me naive. Call me a rookie. Or call me a clueless. But I frankly thought fans on the L.A. Times' Lakers blog would be much different this offseason. I thought they'd soak in the championship as...
View ArticleVideo: Why do cable companies make it hard to comparison shop?
It's difficult to figure out the bottom line on pricing when comparing cable packages from various companies, consumer columnist David Lazarus writes today. There are apparently no state laws or...
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Taylor Lautner sues over tricked-out star trailer
Can you imagine Taylor Lautner forced to do crunches and send text messages out in the open air on the set of his new film "Abduction"? The star says a pimped-out trailer wasn't delivered on time,...
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LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg's death ruled a suicide
LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg's death nearly four months ago has been ruled a suicide. The Southern California native died of asphyxia coupled with the presence of toxic levels of prescription medication...
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PREACH IT! Miley Cyrus' carefully planned rebellion presses on
“Miley is a bad girl!” Hollywood Life shrieked Tuesday morning on its shocking candy pink website. “[She] shakes her booty and sings about sex in front of her mom!” Clutch those pearls! Hollywood Life...
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LEBANON: Deadly clashes erupt in Beirut, rattling the night with gunfire...
At least two people were killed and several others wounded when clashes broke out between members of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah and a group known as the Ahbash, a conservative Sunni movement...
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Square hires Keith Rabois, Silicon Valley veteran and investor
Keith Rabois is paying it forward. Not only did Google land technology to help boost its social networking ambitions when it bought Slide this month, it got PayPal veteran and Internet superstar Max...
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Now, trouble in California? Obama jumps into the governor's race to help...
As a likely reflection of how challenging the nation's political environment has become for Democrats, President Obama on Tuesday jumped into the governor's race in, of all places, California, which...
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Freddie Gibbs and the Genius/GZA land at the Echoplex tonight
Ask Freddie Gibbs what’s on his iPod, and he’ll inevitably tell you the same thing: early Scarface, Geto Boys and Ice Cube. Occasionally, he’ll mix in some old-school R&B or some 2Pac. But 2Pac’s...
View ArticlePolice identify U.K. woman who dumped cat in trash bin; RSPCA to interview her
When a video surfaced showing a gray-haired woman in Coventry, England, seemingly innocuously petting a cat before dumping it into a trash bin, outrage among animal lovers ran high, with many...
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'The Biggest Loser': Paying it forward in Season 10
Has it been really been 10 seasons already? Season 10 of "The Biggest Loser" gets underway on NBC Sept. 21. Many of this season's 21 contestants say The Biggest Loser Ranch located outside L.A. is...
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Tigers' Johnny Damon rejects trade to Red Sox
Detroit Tigers outfielder Johnny Damon has nixed a return to the Boston Red Sox, who claimed him on waivers Monday. Damon was a key member of Boston's 2004 World Series championship team but later...
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'Twin Peaks' revisited: 'Maybe we shouldn't have solved the mystery'
New York writer Michael Giltz takes a long look back at a truly strange sensation -- "Twin Peaks," the eccentric and eerie murder mystery that took network television down a strange path in 1990. The...
View ArticleThe Big Vacation: Or how can you miss me when I won't go away?
This is the time of year when nearly everyone in the entertainment biz closes up shop and heads off on vacation. So it seemed like a prudent time to do the same thing myself. I'm already up in the...
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John Lithgow, Jane Fonda, Theresa Rebeck headline 2011 Mark Taper season
L.A.'s Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday that its 2011 season for the Mark Taper Forum will feature a total of five productions, with star turns by John Lithgow, Olympia Dukakis and the previously...
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Can Michael C. Hall add Emmy to Globe and SAG wins for 'Dexter'?
It's not often that I let myself be bulldozed into a prediction, but Chris "Boomer" Beachum and Rob Licuria (AwardsHeaven) make such a compelling argument for Michael C. Hall ("Dexter") to win the Emmy...
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