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Better late than never for PSU
Special to The Morning CallIf Penn State players and coaches stopped anywhere on their way to Los Angeles, it was for a layover where they trudged through another concourse in search of another gate that would lead to another plane. They arrived at their Santa Monica hotel at...Tags: Penn State Nittany Lions, Harold Lloyd, Trips and Vacations, Basketball, New Year's Day
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Rediscovering Douglas Fairbanks
Decades before Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power and Johnny Depp became swashbuckling cinematic heroes, Douglas Fairbanks dashed across the screen with the greatest of athletic ease in such extravaganzas as "The Mark of Zorro," "The Iron Mask" and "The Black...Tags: Errol Flynn, Film Festivals, Tyrone Power Sr., Museum of Modern Art, Theater
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Hot Property: Julianna Margulies' Santa Monica home for sale at $4.5 million
Hot PropertyWhenever I walk into a hospital emergency room, I still look for Nurse Hathaway -- the one who goes the extra mile for her patients, even when someone who looks like George Clooney is distracting her at the moment. Actress Julianna Margulies may have...Tags: Julianna Margulies, Albert Einstein, Nike Incorporated, Michael Jordan, Property
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Hot Property: Pickfair is for sale for $60 million
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThere are celebrities so well-known that they need to use only one name. The housing equivalent is Pickfair, the Beverly Hills Georgian manor whose name instantly summons images of old Hollywood and the days of glamour and opulence. Pickfair has been...Tags: Personal Service, Los Angeles Lakers, Celebrity, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart
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Young lead actor leaves his mark in zesty 'Zorro'
Tribune criticThis show has been remounted through Nov. 23 at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.; $30, 773-327-5252 and www.theatrebuildingchicago.org. This is the review from the spring production. The joint has barely enough room to swing a rapier. And...Tags: Robin Hood, Tyrone Power Sr., Superman, California, Theater
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Douglas Fairbanks' 125th birthday at Hollywood Forever
At the end of an impressive if murky reflecting pool in the middle of a lawn so verdant it seems out of place, the original Hollywood swashbuckler, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., lies buried in one of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery's most ostentatious mausoleums....Tags: Texas, Death and Dying, Jayne Mansfield, Tyrone Power Sr., Fay Wray
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A dozen places in L.A. to feel like a star
South Florida Sun-SentinelLOS ANGELES 1. The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows Still lording from its leafy roost in pink and green. Even if you don't stay here, you can stroll the halls, admiring the photographs of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford (who lived up the street),...Tags: Will Rogers, Tourism and Leisure, Heavy Engineering, Marilyn Monroe, Celebrity
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Before Las Vegas, Tijuana was Southern Californias glitzy escape
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's dusk in Tijuana's red-light district, and two bouncers are slouching outside a strip joint called the Chicago Club. A car rolls up, a window rolls down, and the American guy on the passenger side starts asking questions in awkward Spanish. Looks like...Tags: High Schools, Casino and Gambling, Jai Alai, History, Rita Hayworth
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Thousand Oaks' Hidden Valley: A hidden jewel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis is one of those places where you suck in your breath, let out a low whistle and think, "So this is how the other half lives." Nestled in the mountains, Thousand Oaks' Hidden Valley might be called the millionaires' bargain club. What it's about...Tags: Wayne Gretzky, Personal Service, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Selleck, Major League Baseball
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Cash on the cyberspace barrel
Times Staff WriterNEVERDIE made a bundle from selling off his spaceships. A cool $19,000 for the pair. That's real live Federal Reserve-backed American dollars, hear? Nineteen thousand of them. Problem is, nowadays when he needs to get up to his asteroid, he has to...Tags: Jon Jacobs, Sony Corp., Tourism and Leisure, Sales, Casino and Gambling
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Murals, a floor-to-ceiling fantasy
Special to The TimesIN the design empire of Los Angeles, where Modern is king and where clean lines and empty spaces have come to define so many castles, it's something of a surprise to see a resurgence of frescoes, murals and other painterly effects. But sure enough, Cher...Tags: Norma Talmadge, Cindy Crawford, Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed, Cary Grant
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'The Lincoln Highway' by Michael Wallis and Michael S. Williamson
Special to The TimesTHE road trip is an essential American experience that has inspired books, movies and television programs, including "The Grapes of Wrath," "Route 66" and "Thelma & Louise." More than a decade before the building of the Mother Road — Route 66, which...Tags: Pennsylvania, Abraham Lincoln, Transportation, Books and Magazines, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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