Category: News

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April 15, 2013 /

Dancers taking a break curbside in Los Angeles during the 1930s… I leave this in the capable hands of Andrew Sullivan because I am too overwhelmed to comment. Face Of The Day Apr 15 2013 @ 5:40pm Explosions At 117th Boston Marathon Victims are in shock and being treated at…

April 13, 2013 /

March 18, 2004|David A. Keeps | Times Staff Writer For Neff, an era of glamour came first He was the architect to the golden age stars, creating elaborate European-styled homes such as Pickfair. His houses are still on the A-list, sheltering Pitt, Aniston and Keaton. Innovative as they were, Wallace…

March 26, 2013 /

Oral Arguments: 12-144.exe – 12-144a.pdf. Addressing the merits of the case during the first of two days of arguments on same-sex marriage, Justice Kennedy voiced sympathy for the children of gay and lesbian couples. “There’s some 40,000 children in California that live with same-sex parents,” he said, as the justices…

March 4, 2013 /
March 1, 2013 /

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef   /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

February 27, 2013 /

Van Cliburn arriving in Los Angeles for his appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in 1958. This image is from the USC Digital Library. Airport arrival, 1958 :: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961. Mr. Cliburn, a Texan, was a lanky 23-year-old when he clinched the gold medal in the inaugural year…

February 16, 2013 /

…They arrived at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at around eleven. The lobby was straight out of the fifties, walls and floor of stone, star burst chandeliers, and the ballroom, while it still maintained a sinuous two-tiered design like that of a cruise ship, was carpeted with some dreadful dark jewel…