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Swimmer and movie star Esther Williams dead at 91
JOCELYN NOVECK,Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — As a teenager, Esther Williams dreamed of Olympic glory on the U.S. swim team. She had to settle instead for becoming a movie star. The self-described "Million Dollar Mermaid," whose wholesome beauty, shapely figure and...Tags: Music, Olympic Games, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Celebrities
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Next James Bond film scheduled for November 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond finally is getting back into action. The new management at MGM, along with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced Tuesday that the 23rd film in the spy franchise will arrive in theaters Nov....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Daniel Craig, Sam Mendes, Entertainment, Financially Distressed Companies
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MGM Enters Multi-Year Production Deal With BermanBraun
ReutersJun 18 (TheWrap.com) - MGM has signed an exclusive multi-year production deal with BermanBraun to develop new content, MGM chairman and CEO Gary Barber and BermanBraun partners Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun said on Tuesday. The deal will cover scripted and...Tags: Jamie Hyneman, MTV (tv network), History (tv network), Television, Ben Stiller
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Esther Williams: TCM gives her 24-hour salute
Staff writerEsther Williams, Hollywood's great swimming star, will receive a 24-hour salute from TCM, starting Thursday night. Williams died last week at age 91. World War II blocked Williams' dreams of Olympic glory, but she became a box-office favorite for...Tags: International Swimming Hall of Fame, Swimming, Sports, Esther Williams
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The Valley Line: Las Candelas installs new officers
The "tween" social season (between spring and summer) has been so busy it would make most people's heads spin. It certainly has my brain buzzing. Where do I begin? I'll just jump in with talking about Las Candelas, an amazing organization that raised...
Tags: Music, Music Industry, Golf, Entertainment Events, Sports
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'Skyfall's' Sam Mendes in Talks to Direct Next James Bond Movie
ReutersMay 29 (TheWrap.com) - After initially resisting the urge to return for another installment, "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes is in early discussions to direct the next James Bond movie for Sony, MGM and Eon Productions, TheWrap has learned. Mendes had been...Tags: Drive (movie), Road to Perdition (movie), Daniel Craig, Skyfall (movie), Sony Corp.
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A promising beginning for Feinstein
About two thirds of the way through Michael Feinstein's June 1 inaugural performance as principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops — Feinstein's debut as a conductor anywhere — the acclaimed interpreter of the Great American Songbook turned to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Music Industry, Henry Mancini, Lari White
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Esther Williams dies at 91; athletic star of aquatic musicals
The water, Esther Williams once quipped, was her favorite costar. With her beauty, sunny personality and background as a champion swimmer, Williams shot to stardom in the 1940s in the "aqua musical," an odd sub-genre of films that became an enormous hit...Tags: Music, Lifestyle and Leisure, Cypress Gardens, Summer Olympics, Hobbies
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The water was fine when Esther Williams was in it
How do you explain Esther Williams to younger moviegoers with no working knowledge of her stardom? She came, she swam, she conquered. The 1940s and 1950s popular culture was, and is, unthinkable without her. And that smile looked just as starry on...Tags: International Swimming Hall of Fame, Swimming, Donald O'Connor, Stranger Than Fiction, Sports
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'The Wizard of Oz' in 3D for 75th anniversary
The classic “The Wizard of Oz,” will be coming to theaters once again—but this time in 3D. Warner Bros. is celebrating the movie’s 75th anniversary by rereleasing it in 3D for one week, starting Sept. 20, and only in IMAX...Tags: Redbox, IMAX, Hearst Corporation, Entertainment, Movies
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Esther Williams, Hall of Fame swimmer and movie star, dies at 91
Esther Williams, star of 1940s and 1950s "aqua-musicals" and an inaugural member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, died Thursday at age 91 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Williams appeared in Fort Lauderdale along with Johnny...
Tags: International Swimming Hall of Fame, Music, Buster Crabbe, Swimming, Music Theater
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It will all be new for Michael Feinstein with Pasadena Pops
When the Pasadena Pops kicks off its summer season of concerts at the L.A. County Arboretum in Arcadia on Saturday, it will be led by a music director and conductor who has never even played in an orchestra, much less conducted one. It's a risky move...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Music Industry, Christine Ebersole, Music Theater
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