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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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A song from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George says “Art Isn’t Easy,” Nothing proves that notion more than Modigliani, a play  ...Read More
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Carole King will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 60th annual BMI Pop Awards, which honor songwriters and publishers of the most-performed  ...Read More
This weekend is the last chance to catch Casa 0101’s challenging American premiere of Armand Gatti’s “Everyman  ...Read More
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Just the other day, I was saying that the one thing Broadway didn’t have—and that it desperately needed—was  ...Read More
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CBS aired the seven most-watched scripted programs last week, making it the top network for the ninth consecu  ...Read More
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"The Avengers" smashed past industry expectations and opened with a record $200.3 million in estimated ticket  ...Read More
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Adam Yauch, a founding member of hip-hop outfit the Beastie Boys, died Friday three years after being diagnosed with cancer, media reports said.  ...Read More
"The Choice," a celebrity dating series reminiscent of the NBC singing competition "The Voice" and "The Dating Game," will premiere June 7 on Fox, the network anno  ...Read More
The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival will begin with a premiere screening of "Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom." The program will begin with a panel discussion, feat  ...Read More
Scarlett Johansson will receive the 2,470th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, two days before the release of her latest film, the expected box office block  ...Read More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and CIM Group announced today that the Academy Awards® will remain in Hollywood under a new 20-year deal. Concurr  ...Read More
"The Glass House," billed by ABC as "a competition series where viewers are in charge," will premiere June 18, the network announced today.  ...Read More
Jessica Simpson today delivered a 9-pound-13-ounce, 21 3/4-inch baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson.  ...Read More
"Think Like A Man" is the most-popular movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates.  ...Read More
Carole King will be honored as a BMI Icon at the 60th annual BMI Pop Awards.
Sixth grader Natasha Colins (right) demonstrates a traditional Puerto Rican instrument with second graders during multicultural activities at Hawthorne School. From left: Justine Cohan, Saba Alali, Sophie Esmaelizadeh, Nicole Wizman, Aaron Benporat and Chloe Hunter.
British-born creative director, Peter Copping is trying forge an updated brand for Nina Ricci by striving to close the gap between runway fantasy and modern-day reality. The spring collection is exceedingly feminine, très Parisian and exquisitely pretty.
Brad L. Penenberg, M.D. of the Arthritis and Joint Reconstruction Institute of Los Angeles Medical Associates in Beverly Hills has been named the medical honoree for the L. A. Arthritis Walk, by the Arthritis Foundation Pacific Region.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets, 96-87, tonight at Staples Center to win their first-round playoff series, four games to three, despite squandering a 16-point third-quarter lead.