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I've received a lot of emails since Friday repeating a sarcastic exchange between former Daily News reporter Val Kuklenski, who left in the newsroom thinning...
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Final 'Then and Now' a whodunnit
Cecilia Rasmussen's regular Sunday column in the Times on L.A. historical figures went out with a bang. She and the paper commissioned DNA tests that...
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Zell raids Clear Channel *
Four more Clear Channel executives jumped to Tribune last week, and together with the radio and TV veterans that had already joined the Sam Zell...
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Philippe the Original Turns 100 - Los Angeles Times
must remember to go there to celebrate next time i'm down...
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Charlton Heston, 84
Real name: John Charles Carter. Passing: Saturday at home in Beverly Hills. Previous diagnosis: Neurological symptoms "consistent with Alzheimers disease." IMDb credits: 1941-2007. Selected films:...
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Correction o' the day
The day was yesterday, the perpetrator was the Los Angeles Times, and the question left by the correction is geez, what did they get right?...
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Will Spens, TV reporter was 57
Spens reported in the 1990s for KNBC, KCBS and KNX Newsradio and was known for wearing a trench coat and walking while delivering his televised...
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Bukowski Meets Karloff
Bukowski sat on the crapper, reading the L.A. Times. The ad was in the far right corner of the Saturday TV listings. POET APPRECIATION DAY Clip this coupon for 50% off paid admission to Universal Studios Theme Park. Simply bring your valid I.D. and a copy of your latest published work and receive…
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Brent Lovrien funeral coverage
Brent Lovrien, 35, was remembered Friday as a hero during emotional services downtown that were carried live on some Los Angeles TV stations. Lovie,...
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Life in Colors: the Chicano Canvas - Feature - UCLA Magazine Online
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What Would Mickey Think??
So, was Hilary Duff Jamie Lynne Spears‘ peer counselor at Disney or something? This clip from John Cusack’s new movie, War Inc. is raauunnch-yyy! We freakin’ love it! That’s a helluva far cry from her sweet little Lizzy Maguire days! Tags: Clip, disney, Hilary…
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Extra Extra: The Sunday Shorts Edition
Photo by mpurciel via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Death by blogging? The Gray Lady sounds a warning. The blogosphere ponders the death of the Sunday newspaper. Can the Bourdain regime be overthrown? A Hezbollah Tofu splinter group hits the web. David Greenwald rocked out at…
Week Around the Ists
Image credit: Presidentialmemorial.org SFist broke news about the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco's plan to rename the city's wastewater treatment facility to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.After the previous week's chaos and confusion at Heathrow, Londonist was soothed…
Five leaders of cultural L.A. weigh the city's past, progress and its potential - Los Angeles Times
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Howlin' Rain's Wailing Good Time
Howlin' RainMagnificent FiendAmerican RecordingsRelease Date: 04/01/08If you've ever listened to Comets On Fire, then you're only partially familiar with the free-wheeling mind of Ethan Miller. Fortunately for us, Miller's musical persona encompasses a rather intriguing dichotomy between…
For Those Who Can't Wait to Buy an iPhone...
Have you had enough of people whipping out their iPhones as a blatant symbol of status and coolness? Sick of grumbling under your breath "soon...soon I'll have an iPhone...blast that Verizon two-year contract!"? Well today's your lucky day. This week, at Las Vegas' CTIA convention, AT&T…
Ben Stiller On Nick Stevens...
As I reported yesterday, Ben Stiller is following his agent Nick Stevens from United Talent Agency to Endeavor. This was expected. Today, the actor/writer/director/producer issued this statement through his publicist: "I think Nick Stevens is a unique entity in this business: an agent with…
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Classical Pick of the Week: Seattle's Best
This week's classical pick takes us to the Westside (believe it or not) with the Seattle Symphony making their debut at Royce Hall. The Seattle Symphony is headed by Gerard Schwarz, who has turned this once struggling group into a top notch orchestra that is recognized internationally with…
A Little Taste of First Fridays on Abbot Kinney
The event has been going on for a couple years now, although a bit under the radar. Like Echo Park's First Saturdays, it's more of a neighborhood event with lots of locals. The concept: local merchants open up their doors a little later than usual for a Friday night and invite musicians and…
FBLA Exclusive: Interview with Randi Rhodes' Ex-Writer Barry Crimmins
Randi Rhodes is in trouble for calling Hillary Clinton a 'fucking whore' as part of a stand up performance she did in San Francisco. Last word was that Air America suspended her for the YouTubed gaff. In fairness to all stand up comedians, Randi Rhodes is not one. Nor was Michael Richards.…
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Silver Lake Gym Scores Impromptu Drive-Thru
If you regularly work out at the Body Builders Gym on Hyperion in Silver Lake... well, you might want to call ahead today. As you can see above, a Mercedes driver wound up plowing through the gym's front window on Sunday morning.When we passed by at around 10 a.m. Sunday morning, the car was still…
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