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Two of a kind
Times Staff WriterLaura and Kate Mulleavy stand side by side in front of a dress form, 32-23-34, propped on a metal chair so that it seems nearly 6 feet tall. The form wears a half-completed gown for their fall 2007 collection. At the moment, it looks like a chiffon sheath...Tags: Anna Wintour, University of California, Berkeley, World War II (1939-1945), Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Entertainment
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France has banned its Frenchness
The reams of news stories on the new French ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and night spots have invariably focused on the aura of glamour those little death sticks once conveyed. In newspapers around the globe, nostalgic descriptions of the likes of...Tags: Jean-Paul Sartre, Social Issues, Recreational Substance Use, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Fashion's piracy paradox
'BEING COPIED is the ransom of success," Coco Chanel once said. The fashion designer laughed when people dug through the trash outside her Paris atelier looking for fabric scraps from a forthcoming collection. She smiled approvingly when she passed...Tags: Crimes, Claire McCardell, Piracy, France, Fashion Shows
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James Brady dies at 80; Parade magazine columnist, prolific author
James Brady, a longtime celebrity columnist for Parade magazine and prolific author who brought graceful writing and sharp observations to worlds as disparate as those of the tycoons of the fashion industry and the Marine "grunts" of the Korean War, has...Tags: Mass Media, Television, HBO (tv network), Academy Awards, Brooklyn (New York City)
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"Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism" by John Updike
Special to the TimesIf John Updike had written nothing but novels, his career would still have an almost Victorian amplitude. Since 1959, he has published 22 stout, supple fictions crammed with the minutiae of American life and perfumed, much of the time, with sexual...Tags: Sports, Peter Carey, Society, Book, Armed Forces
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SAG Awards Express 'Doubt'
Zap2It.comThe movie is called "Doubt," but members of the Screen Actors Guild seem to have few misgivings about it. The film is the leading nominee for the 15th annual SAG Awards, which were announced Thursday (Dec. 18). It picked up five nominations -- individual...Tags: Steve Carell, Television, Celebrities, Taraji P. Henson, Laura Dern
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Audiences loved Audrey Tautou as 'Amélie.' Now she's all sexed up in 'Priceless.'
Special to The TimesAUDREY TAUTOU became famous for playing a naif in "Amélie" seven years ago, but clearly, she's over it now. In "Priceless" (Hors de Prix), a new comedy directed and co-written by Pierre Salvadori, Tautou stars as a woman dependent on the kindness of...Tags: Gad Elmaleh, Social Issues, Eliot Spitzer, The Happiest News!, Audrey Hepburn
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Keira Knightley, fashion chameleon
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"WHAT does it feel like to wear a corset?" asks Keira Knightley, looking amused. The actress rolls her molasses-brown eyes and starts to gasp as though she's choking on a fish bone. "Your ribs are crushed in and you can't get your breath. Oh, and if you...Tags: England, Michael O'Connor, Crimes, Academy Awards, Fashion Shows
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A thing of beauty from a lowly mollusk
PEARL: A dense variously colored and usually lustrous concretion formed of concentric layers of nacre as an abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks and used as a gem A step down from a diamond, at least in the hierarchy of the court, a pearl...Tags: Japan
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Meet the 'Project Runway 5' Designers, Guest Judges
Zap2It.comPrepare for fierceness. "Project Runway" is back. Bravo's "Project Runway" returns for its fifth season on Wednesday, July 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with 16 designers vying for the $100,000 cash prize, an editorial feature in Elle magazine, the opportunity to...Tags: Television, Florida State University, Karl Lagerfeld, Edith Head, Michael Kors
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'Doubt,' 'In Treatment' Lead Golden Globe Nominations
Zap2It.comLast year, the Writers Strike ended up canceling the NBC Co-Chairman's "prom," but for the time being -- pending the SAG vote, that is -- all things are full steam ahead for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 66th annual Golden Globes honoring...Tags: HBO (tv network), The Tudors (tv program), Laura Dern, Clint Eastwood, Burn After Reading (movie)
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Shirley MacLaine gets into spirit as Coco Chanel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIF SHIRLEY MACLAINE and Coco Chanel fought over a parking spot, pearls would roll. "She was tough and she never backed down," says the Academy Award-winning actress, who's known for her own flammable personality and eccentric philosophy. The Parisian...Tags: Eyewear, Death, Starbucks Corp., Audrey Hepburn, Los Angeles Times
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