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Disney sets movie release dates
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled the release dates of several highly anticipated movies to hit theaters this year and 2014. “Saving Mr. Banks,” starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell, will be widely released on Dec. 20. The...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colin Farrell, Tina Fey, Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co.
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On the Town: Car show will feature music and motors
Mark Sellers describes the music his band Wildhorse plays as southern country rock with a soulful rhythm-and-blues feel. “I always add southern to it because I grew up in the South and that is really where country rock came from — you have...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, California State University, Northridge, Music, Social Organizations
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Burb's Eye View: Adventures with the old and reckless
The white '91 Mustang was wasted. Dead. A heap of scrap worth barely more than the gas Bob Thomas spent to go and see it. But in his eyes, and in the eyes of The Old and the Reckless race team, the car represented "Life, the Universe and Everything."...
Tags: Bob Thomas, Entertainment, NASCAR
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Burb's Eye View: Checking in with Zonta's good works
Below the din and electric stress of last week's Burbank Literacy Spelling Bee, a little blue card floated my way. I sat at the judges' table looking out at a beaming team of library employees, folks who "have had 30 years, eight hours a day" to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Feminism, Festive Events, Abusive Behavior, Entertainment
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A fresh look at Wilder and Chandler
Before Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled L.A. detective Philip Marlowe and his vivid literary prose caught the public's attention, before Billy Wilder's towering position as one of Hollywood's greatest writer-directors, there was a James M. Cain novel...
Tags: Double Indemnity (movie), Arts and Culture, The Lost Weekend (movie), The Big Sleep (movie), Petroleum Industry
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Warner Bros. stumbles, hopes to do better at box office
It has been a rough start to 2013 for a movie studio unaccustomed to taking one on the chin. And in this case, there has been more than one haymaker. Warner Bros. has released five films in a row that have underperformed at the box office, including...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Jack the Giant Slayer (movie), Gangster Squad (movie)
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Motion Picture & Television Fund workers protest stalled talks
Dozens of healthcare workers from the Motion Picture & Television Fund rallied outside the charity's Wasserman campus in Woodland Hills and other locations around Los Angeles on Thursday to protest stalled contract talks with their employer. The...
Tags: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times, Unions, Social Issues, Pension and Welfare
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Disney files papers to sell George Lucas' $2-billion stake
Walt Disney Co. registered "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' $2.02-billion stake in the company for possible sale, allowing the filmmaker to sell the stock at his discretion. Lucas, 68, holds 37.1 million shares of Disney, a 2.1% stake, according to a...Tags: Lucasfilm Ltd., Entertainment, The Walt Disney Co., George Lucas
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Stage review: A static radio remake of a Capra classic
The evergreen appeal of Frank Capra's film classic, “It's a Wonderful Life,” about a despairing Everyman who learns that his life has had profound meaning, translates not only to frequent TV airings during the holiday season, but to numerous...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Henry Fonda, Radio Industry, Radio, Holidays
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Netflix takes Disney pay-TV rights from Starz
Netflix has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to movies from Walt Disney Studios films, beginning in 2016, in a three-year deal that catapults the Internet video-on-demand service into direct competition with pay-TV giants such as HBO and Showtime. The...
Tags: Pixar Animation Studios, Pocahontas (movie), Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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More apartments rise in NoHo Arts District
Apartment complexes planned before the demise of the redevelopment agencies in California continue to rise in North Hollywood. The projects in the NoHo Arts District near the northern terminus of the Red Line subway include the recently completed NoHo...
Tags: Roger Vincent, Outdoor Cinema, Los Angeles Times, PATH, Entertainment
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Film review: Biopic has more than one hitch
Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a filmmaker was already on the rise when he died 32 years ago. Since then it has consistently (and rightly) grown ever greater. At the same time, his reputation as a person has taken a lot of blows ... whether rightly or...
Tags: Michael Wincott, Arts and Culture, Alfred Hitchcock, Daniel Day-Lewis, Timothy Spall
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