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Classy songs without the silky sentiment
A new era began at the Mercury Theater Sunday afternoon, when the former rental venue in the heart of the Southport Avenue retail strip launched a year-round series of its own home-made productions. Much of the inaugural season — "Barnum" is...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Music, Grandy, Arts and Culture, Theater
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Fashion teams up with pop culture
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticBody by Beckham Women weren't the only ones baring skin in ads this year. Fast fashion giant H&M debuted its first Super Bowl ad for the David Beckham Bodywear collection, starring the soccer star in his skivvies. During the London Summer Olympics,...Tags: Sex and the City (movie), Talk Shows (genre), Boardwalk Empire (tv program), Gwen Stefani, Halloween
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Broadway musical Wicked is ripped from headlines
"Wicked" rips the lid off of Oz. Rips it right off. Dirty politics. Infidelity. Domestic surveillance. A love child. Racial discrimination (y'know, against the green-skinned coloreds). Emotional abuse. Animal rights. Blacklisting. And...
Tags: Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Entertainment Events, Mirror, Mirror (movie), Manhattan (New York City), Next to Normal (musical)
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'A Snow White Christmas' puts Southern California imprint on British theater tradition
Kris Lythgoe had a problem that many a Los Angeles parent might relate to: Christmas was coming, and he wanted to take his young son, George, to a show the whole family could enjoy. Nothing seemed to fit. But Lythgoe was equipped to do something about...Tags: United Kingdom, Christmas, Theater, Religious Festivals, American Idol (tv program)
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A happy and Grimm anniversary
The tales we tell each other and our children not only reflect our own lived experiences and our psychic realities, they also shape our lives. — Maria Tatar As the year ends, we might appreciate a bicentennial that, unlike some wars, has been...Tags: Sigourney Weaver, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Cinderella (fictional character), Television Industry
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'Brave' stays atop debuting 'Expendables 2' on DVD sales chart
'Brave' stayed atop the DVD sales chart for the second week in a row, outselling newcomer "Expendables 2." Pixar's animated fantasy film was the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray disc in the U.S., according to Rentrak Corp., while aging action stars sequel...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie), Brave (movie), The Amazing Spider-Man (movie), Rentrak Corporation, Prometheus (movie)
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Lucille Bliss dies at 96; voice of Crusader Rabbit and Smurfette
Lucille Bliss, who provided the voice of the cartoon character Crusader Rabbit in the early days of television and gained recognition a generation later as the voice of Smurfette in the 1980s television hit "The Smurfs," has died. She was 96. Bliss...Tags: Celebrities, Cartoons, NBC (tv network), Animation (genre), Jay Ward
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Suburban theater for the week of Nov. 16-22
"Plaid Tidings": A seasonal sequel to Stuart Ross' "Forever Plaid," this tuneful tidbit finds the afterlife quartet of crooners coming back (at the behest of Rosemary Clooney, no less) to stage a holiday show for those still stuck on this mortal coil. Pop...Tags: Charles Dickens, Customs and Tradition, Paramount Pictures, Marriott Theatre, Music
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'Cinderella'
One of the all-time staples of the Disney animation archives gets a new refitting on home video in a "Diamond Edition," recounting the legendary story of an oppressed young woman (voice of Ilene Woods) who gets her chance to shine, thanks to a fairy...
Tags: DVDs, Blu-ray Discs
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On Theater: Plenty of magic in this 'Cinderella'
When Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical version of "Cinderella" made its debut on television back in 1957 (with Julie Andrews, fresh from "My Fair Lady," in the title role), it became the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium. And every...Tags: Mary Murphy, Phyllis Diller, Julie Andrews, Entertainment Events, Music
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'All About Eve' Actress Celeste Holm Dies
CNNNEW YORK -- Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm died at her home in New York on Sunday at the age of 95, her niece, Amy Phillips, confirmed. Holm, a star of the Broadway stage and movies, was admitted to New York's Roosevelt Hospital a week ago, but her...Tags: Obituaries, Celebrities, Entertainment Events, Central Park, Biography (genre)
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The Writing Life: Chris Colfer of 'Glee' inspired by fairy tales
When Chris Colfer was just 20, he'd already been named one of GQ magazine's men of the year, having sung and acted his way into the hearts of America as Kurt, the high-pitched, openly gay brunet who is unabashedly himself on the hit TV show "Glee."...
Tags: Celebrities, Comedy (genre), Entertainment Events, Glee (tv program), Sarah Jessica Parker
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