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Mitchell Lurie dies at 86; world-renowned clarinetist taught at USC
Mitchell Lurie, a world-renowned clarinetist and clarinet teacher who taught for many years at USC and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, has died. He was 86. Lurie, who had been in ill health in recent years, died of pneumonia Monday at his...Tags: Health, Elmer Bernstein, World War II (1939-1945), Aaron Copland, Fritz Reiner
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'Home' by Julie Andrews
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJULIE ANDREWS' early life wasn't exactly Dickensian. It was, however, filled with trauma, drama and colorful -- often tragic -- characters. In her immensely readable "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years," the Oscar-winning actress, star of such...Tags: Health, Richard Burton, Family, Robert Goulet, London Theatre
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Enters 12th Storied Year April 28-29 at UCLA
LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2007 - The city renowned as the entertainment capital of the world will roll out the red carpet to celebrate the nation's largest public literary festival when the Los Angeles Times, in association with UCLA, holds the 12th Annual...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Social Issues, Jiffy Lube International, Inc., Poetry, Journalism
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'Enchanted'
Zap2It.com"Enchanted" on DVD will sell itself thanks to Amy Adams' completely charming portrayal of Gisele -- a nice addition to the Disney princess line -- and the fact that the movie actually lives up to the claim that it's a new family classic. A handful of...Tags: Amy Adams, New York, DVDs and Movies, Entertainment, Susan Sarandon
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Norwalk boy to make Broadway debut
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - Kyle Brenn stood in the darkened house of the Ben Franklin Theatre, singing along and waving his arms like a conductor as more than two dozen children rehearsed the musical he had started writing two years ago - when he was 9...Tags: Palace Theater, Franklin (New London, Connecticut), Stamford, South Norwalk, Matt Damon
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Who rules the musical?
Times Staff WriterDaring storytelling that integrates song and dance is rare. But a few auteurs strive for the elusive formula. Broadway has always prized director-choreographers who could deliver hit musicals with an individual stamp on them — masters such as Jerome...Tags: Martha Graham, Drama (genre), Opera (genre), Twyla Tharp, Bob Dylan
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'Singin' in the Rain' Tops AFI Musical List
Zap2It.comThose list-crafting maniacs at the American Film Institute have put together a selection of the top 25 movie musicals of all time, a list lead by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's 1952 classic "Singin' in the Rain." The AFI list, compiled by the vote of a...Tags: Gene Kelly, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), MGM Inc., Judy Garland, Jerome Robbins
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SAG Declares a Jolly Holiday for Julie Andrews
Zap2It.comWhether it's as a nanny, a queen or a cross-dresser, Julie Andrews has commanded the audience's respect and affection for more than 50 years. In honor of her accomplishments, the performer will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for...Tags: Lincoln Center, The Andy Williams Show (tv program), Entertainment, TNT (tv network), The Sound of Music (movie)
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Uncle Miltie sold the U.S. on television
Chicago Tribune media criticMilton Berle, ladies and germs, was often cited as the man who put the television into the American living room, but he was also a man who watched the new medium pretty quickly pass him by. That didn't matter Wednesday, when Berle upon his death was once...Tags: Health, Television, Larry Miller, Diseases and Illnesses, Fashion Shows
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