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Van Johnson, MGM's boy-next-door, dies at 92
Van Johnson, who soared to stardom during World War II as MGM's boy-next-door in films such as "A Guy Named Joe" and "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" and became one of the era's top box-office draws, died Friday. He was 92.
Johnson, who was most frequently...Tags: Movies, Errol Flynn, Marriage, Lucille Ball, Periodicals
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Catherine Hardwicke will not direct 'Twilight' sequels
Los Angeles TimesDespite introducing America's most successful new movie franchise, Catherine Hardwicke will not direct the sequels to " Twilight." Summit Entertainment Co-Chairman/Chief Executive Rob Friedman tells Nikki Finke of DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com: "Catherine...Tags: Movies, Laurence Olivier, Twilight (movie), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), George Cukor
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Review: 'Twilight'
I am not now nor have I ever been a 13-year-old girl, but "Twilight" made me wish I could be, at least for a couple of hours, the better to appreciate a movie that has been targeted to that demographic with the delicious specificity of a laser weapon.
In...Tags: Movies, Laurence Olivier, Schools, Folklore and Mythology, Monsters
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'Silk Stockings' at Carpenter Center
Anyone who has seen the 1957 film version of "Silk Stockings," featuring the sublime music of Cole Porter, knows that the show doesn't lack for pizazz. The film was based on the 1955 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on the 1939 film "Ninotchka,"...Tags: Movies, Cole Porter, Fred Astaire, Broadway, Theater
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Helen E. O'Neill, Rosewood Center social worker
Helen E. O'Neill, a retired social worker and longtime Guilford resident, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 85. Helen E. Hausamann was born in New York City and raised in Union City, N.J. She...Tags: Federal Hill, University of Maryland, Macy's, Government, Social Services
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Los Angeles Fashion Week: beach wear to Hollywood glamour
AS THE lights dim on the final Los Angeles Fashion Week co-produced by Smashbox Studios and IMG, let's briefly revisit what may be the lasting legacy, as culled from the reviews, critiques, observations and rants the Image staff has been posting to our...Tags: West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Jared Leto, Robert Francis, Judy Garland
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Celebrity travel: Go away with Juliana Hatfield
Tribune Media ServicesJuliana Hatfield had a knack for penning clever songs with her group the Blake Babies. She was an indie sensation. What her fans didn't know was that Hatfield was battling an eating disorder and depression. With her telling memoir "When I Grow Up" (Wiley,...Tags: IKEA, Lena Olin, Ingmar Bergman, Juliana Hatfield, ABBA
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Critics' Choice: Recommendations From Connecticut's Arts And Culture Buffet
The Hartford CourantBOOKS Well, if you can't go to the best parties, you can look at the pictures. "Vanity Fair Portraits, A Century of Iconic Images" (Abrams, $65) is a collection by the magazine's editor, Graydon Carter, of some of the iconic celebrity shots from its...Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Fred MacMurray, Leonard Cohen, Theater, Los Angeles
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Kobal Foundation celebrity photos capture eternal glamour
Special to The TimesFROM THE time he was a schoolboy, John Kobal was in love with Hollywood. He longed to become a part of it, and eventually he did -- by befriending faded movie stars and forgotten photographers, enchanting them with his sincerity and his hungry memory, and...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Movies, Ted Williams, John Gilbert, Arts
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Architects take Beijing's smog into account
Times Architecture CriticLast in a series BEIJING -- The relationship between smog and architecture is not one that critics or scholars -- or architects themselves, for that matter -- have traditionally given much thought. But in the pollution-clogged Chinese capital, the link...Tags: Pollution, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas, Economic Organization, Summer Olympics
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Paul Newman: The Actor
Courant Staff WritersPaul Newman had the face of a movie star but he never let his looks get in his way. During an acting career that spanned six decades, Newman, who died Friday at 83, brought to life some of the most vivid characters in American cinema and avoided the...Tags: Movies, Cinema Industry, Marlon Brando, Butch Cassidy, Celebrity
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Olivia De Berardinis paints pinup art
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHOW Olivia De Berardinis found her creative calling is a classic feminist success story -- with one possible catch. Can a painter who is at the pinnacle of pinup art be a symbol of female empowerment? Since 2004, De Berardinis' portraits have filled...Tags: Books and Magazines, Arts, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Periodicals, Hugh Hefner
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