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Richard Wagner: Separating the man from the music
"Just because he may have been a nasty little man and a nasty anti-Semite doesn't mean that his music is not as supreme as it is." That assessment comes from a Richard Wagner scholar in the documentary "Wagner & Me" (at the Siskel Film Center through...
Tags: Arts and Culture, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Entertainment, Festive Events, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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In new film, actor Fry ponders his conflicted love affair with Wagner's music
Stephen Fry was all of 11 when his grandfather played him a recording of Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser" Overture. For the boy who grew up to become a distinguished British actor on stage, in television and film ("Wilde," "Gosford Park"), it proved to be...
Tags: Book, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Entertainment
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Album review: Kate Bush, '50 Words for Snow'
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Only Kate Bush could get away with this: Her new album, “50 Words for Snow” (Fish People), includes a song about making love to a snowman, who melts in her bed, leaving behind only dead leaves and twisted branches....Tags: Music Industry, Florence and the Machine (music group), Entertainment, Tori Amos, Kate Bush
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‘Hobbit’: Watch live New Zealand world premiere’s red carpet event
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comPeter Jackson's “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” will have its world premiere Tuesday — and Hero Complex will take you ...... -
‘Hobbit’ at Comic-Con: Peter Jackson tours the Shire and beyond
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comPeter Jackson unveiled more than 12 minutes of footage from “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” during his Comic-Con panel Saturday, ...... -
This Sunday: Mark Salzman, Geoff Dyer, Stephen Fry and more
Jacket CopyOur books coverage this Sunday includes an interview with no-longer-writers-blocked Mark Salzman, a review of the latest from Geoff Dyer, Ellen Ullman, Stephen Fry, and more.... -
Album Review: Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow"
Pop & HissAlbum Review: Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow" written by Margaret Wappler.... -
Fry brings another Brit face to “Sherlock Holmes II”
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelAn American may have the title role, but Guy Ritchie is surrounding Robert Downey Jr. with more UK players than you can shake a Brit at. The estimable Stephen Fry, who can be funny, serious and even menacing (Remember his Duke of Wellington in ‘... -
Stephen Fry's blogulosity
Jacket Copy"Blogging," British actor/writer/blogger Stephen Fry blogs, "leaves little time for dilating on the subjects which really move and enliven me. So here is the first of a series of blogulosities in which I try and share a personal delight." Fry,...... -
Betty White cuts up when getting a prize named for Charlie Chaplin
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelBetty White enjoys another bawdy moment at another awards show. This time, she picks up a comedy award named for Charlie Chaplin. The prizes are the 19th annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles -- BAFTA Los Angeles -- Britannia... -
Betty White, Jeff Bridges scoop up Britannia Awards
Ministry of GossipBrits know true royalty when they see it, so naturally they're just as wild about Betty White as we are. Before she received a standing -- and cheering -- ovation at Thursday's Britannia Awards, host Stephen Fry declared her "one...... -
Twitter joke goes bad, users protest by evoking Spartacus
L.A. Times Tech BlogTwitter users are taking to the microblogging site by the thousands to support, Spartacus-style, a British man whose angry tweet landed him in trouble with the law. In January, Robin Hood airport in northern Britain temporarily closed. Paul Chambers of......
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