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In the Pipeline: A pop legend sails in
There's a concert I'm looking forward to nearby in Laguna Beach this Saturday. Thirty years ago, it was seemingly everywhere: the earnest, feathery voice of a soft-spoken Texas balladeer, Christopher Cross. The charts back then featured a galaxy of stars...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Carole King, Genres, Elton John, Laura Nyro
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Joe Surf: Stand-up paddleboarding in fight against cystic fibrosis
There are surfing fundraising events all over the world that do wonderful things to support worthy causes, but there is no cause that is more directly connected to surfing than the efforts to raise money and awareness in the fight against cystic...Tags: Salt, Personal Service, George Clooney, Cystic Fibrosis, Pancreas
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City Lights: Movie experience still worthwhile
On New Year's Day, my wife and I saw Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" at the Cinemark at Bella Terra. For those who haven't seen it yet, it's about a young orphan who lives in a train station in Paris and finds escape through the silent movies that play at the...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Gene Siskel, Harold Lloyd, New Year's Day, Movies
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City Lights: The Oscar pool is on
Everyone has at least one skill that doesn't have a practical use. Mine is the ability to name every movie ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. I absorbed that knowledge from years of reading critical studies of the Oscars, to the point...Tags: The Descendants (movie), Artists, The Artist (movie), Bridesmaids (movie), Saving Private Ryan (movie)
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City Lights: A baby, a slingshot and $1 million
Jonah Folk truly is the Million Dollar Baby. The 1-year-old star of the Doritos ad "Sling Baby" may not officially qualify as a child star yet, having no agent or multipicture deal, but he turned out to be quite a moneymaker for his director, Kevin...Tags: Football, Movies, Entertainment Events, USA Today, Online Advertising
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Into the O.C.
One of the most reclusive legends in modern American history will make a rare appearance in Costa Mesa on Oct. 29. Prolific Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will speak with American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers head Michael...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Arts and Culture, Oscar Hammerstein
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City Lights: Slater handles himself like a pro
I got to be a celebrity once, kind of. It wasn't at Barnes & Noble or the Academy Awards or anything like that, but at Girls Inc. of Orange County. I had covered a few stories there as the Daily Pilot's education reporter, and when I arrived to write...Tags: Huntington Beach, Times Square, Human Interest, here! (tv network), San Clemente (Orange, California)
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Hot off the grill: fine food and dessert
If they gave out an Academy Award for "most congenial hospitality in a food service establishment," hands down, the Oscar would go to Maro Wood Grill.
The dramatic makeover of the former site of A La Carte in Laguna Beach has turned the little deli into...Tags: Facebook, Movies, Tomatoes, Chicken, Arts and Culture
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Where the audience is
David Beatty may someday win an Oscar, headline the Sundance Film Festival or oversee his own TV show, but nothing may ever top the night he first had a movie screened in Huntington Beach.
The Surf City resident's feature-length debut, "Surviving New...Tags: Film Festivals, University of California, Irvine, Human Interest, Los Angeles, Ceremonies
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On Theater: Going behind closed doors
It's heralded in some critical quarters as the greatest movie of all time, so how did the final script for "Gone With the Wind" really get written? According to playwright Ron Hutchinson, in his comedy "Moonlight & Magnolias," producer David O....Tags: David O. Selznick, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Victor Fleming, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Hartford Distributors Shooting (2010)
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City Lights: Fame takes work
James Cameron was once quoted giving advice to people who seek a career in the movies. "I think the most important thing if you're an aspiring filmmaker is to get rid of the 'aspiring,'" he said. "You shoot it, you put your name on it, you're a filmmaker....Tags: Elections, Craigslist, Inc., Movies, James Cameron, Manny Pacquiao
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Bringing the history of Jews in L.A. into clearer focus
What is the Jewish experience in Los Angeles? "Nobody even thinks about Jews being here or, if they do, maybe they think about Hollywood," said Karen Wilson, guest curator at the Autry National Center. "They might possibly, if they're local, think about...
Tags: Living Things (music group), Vietnam War (1955-1975), Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Awards and Prizes
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