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Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes addresses succession plan at Warner Bros.
Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes, who is finalizing a management succession plan at the media giant's Warner Bros. film studio, said Friday that his decision would involve the input of the...
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Mad magazine comes to Cartoon Network, thanks to the Usual Gang of Idiots...
FIVE QUESTIONS: KEVIN SHINICK & MARK MAREK Black and White are at it again, this time on Cartoon Network. "Spy vs. Spy" and other Mad magazine classics will join a host of new animated sketches --...
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'Bookworm' debuts new theme song by Sparks
For 21 years, Michael Silverblatt's talk show "Bookworm" on KCRW has been, uh, bookended by theme music -- a version of the Mickey Mouse Club tune "You (Are A Human Animal)." That run ended Thursday...
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PREACH IT! Zsa Zsa Gabor, Act II
Whip out the false eyelashes, put on your best leopard-print stole and let the daahhhhh-links roll of your tongue, for it is time to channel our inner Zsa Zsa Gabor. Gabor has proven a more resilient...
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MOCA to take over city-owned Municipal Art Gallery in Hollywood?
L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art is interested in running the city-owned Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Hollywood’s Barnsdall Park, as the cash-starved city government tries to outsource eight...
View ArticleRise in public benefits to children of illegal immigrants in L.A. County has...
Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such...
View ArticleNCAA reverses field and says Jeremiah Masoli can play this year
Usually it's quarterback Jeremiah Masoli who makes the nifty, unexpected moves. Friday, though, it was the NCAA. Three days after the organization denied his waiver to play at Mississippi this year,...
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Live review: Nite Jewel at the Troubadour
The fact that Nite Jewel titled their new e.p. “Am I Real?” seems apt. This is a band touching on big ideas, but still implacably held by doubt. Every piece is there for a truly devastating act –...
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Comments of the week: drug charges and smack talk
Sure, sure. The Emmys were Sunday. And we all could have weighed in on, say, "Mad Men's" Rich Sommer and Michael Gladis' pick-up tips or if the Emmys should go 3-D. But isn't it more fun to...
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Andrew Breitbart may be popular on parts of the Web, but Times readers have...
Andrew Breitbart is loved by a few and hated by the rest. The big man behind Big Hollywood, Breitbart was adopted by a wealthy Westside couple and has made a name for himself via partnerships with the...
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On PolitiCal: Fiorina announces support for rollback of state's global...
One of the more memorable exchanges in Wednesday night's debate between Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina was Fiorina's refusal to take a position on Proposition 23,...
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Obama on unemployment: No quick fix (you may have noticed); better days ahead...
Today's CliffsNotes Obama on more bad jobs numbers: Yes, things are bad jobs-wise. Lots of pain. And fear. And uncertainty out there. But those who do have jobs are the most innovative in the world....
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