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Film review: The movie 'John Carter' is as forgettable as the title
When the Disney folks decided to drop the last two words from the title “John Carter of Mars,” they were left with the blandest, least informative name of any big-budget film in living memory. Sure, “Shrek” and “Forrest Gump&...Tags: John Carter (movie), Jack Smith, Mark Andrews , Entertainment, Andrew Stanton
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33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes to be presented tonight
The 33rd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will be presented in a public ceremony Friday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. The awards are given in 10 categories, including biography, current interest, first fiction and adult literature. In...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Lyndon B. Johnson, Authors, Saudi Arabia
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‘Game of Thrones’ premiere: Westeros comes to Hollywood
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWesteros came to Hollywood on Tuesday night with “Game of Thrones” stars Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Richard Madden and Nikolaj ...... -
Literature Prize launches as $60,000 Folio Prize
It's a big day for prize announcements: The Literature Prize announced its formation and sponsor Wednesday at a news conference at the British Library in London. The idea for the prize came into being when a group of British intellectuals took umbrage...
Tags: Literature, Authors, Awards and Prizes, John Freeman, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Ben Katchor's askew urban landscape in 'Hand-Drying in America'
Ben Katchor must be the most unlikely comics artist ever to do a newspaper strip. His "Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer," which debuted in 1988, has appeared in papers such as the Forward and the old New York Press, where I first discovered it; to...Tags: Realty, Arts and Culture, Architecture, Newspaper and Magazine
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Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...
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Author not tired of 'Sleep'
Clement Clarke Moore is said to have died bitter that he would be remembered for "The Night Before Christmas," and not his massive scholarly works on religion and the classics. By contrast, Adam Mansbach is delighted to be risking a similar fate....
Tags: Coral Gables, Literature, Junot Diaz, Arts and Culture, The Washington Post
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Essential reading after Newtown: 'Columbine' by Dave Cullen
When it comes to events like the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn., there are knowns, unknowns and, already, mis-knowns. A photograph of Ryan Lanza circulated asserting he was the shooter, when in fact it was his brother, Adam Lanza. Their mother,...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Columbine High School, Dylan Klebold, Google+, The Rachel Maddow Show (tv program)
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Michael Chabon looks back on 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon ("The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay") reflected on 2012's cultural highlights and currents in a conversation from his home in Berkeley. What were your favorite books this year? I really loved my...Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Literature, Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Nathan Englander examines identity
Every journalist's nightmare is the interview with the subject who responds to questions with one-sentence (or even one-word) answers. Fortunately, the writer Nathan Englander — who was in Chicago recently as the inaugural Crown Speaker Series...Tags: Nathan Englander, John Updike, Judaism, The Washington Post, Authors
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'Argo,' 'Beasts,' 'Lincoln' among Scripter Award nominees
The authors and screenwriters of "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "Silver Linings Playbook" have been nominated for the 25th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Usually only five...Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment, Taylor Hackford, David O. Russell, The Great Escape (movie)
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'Fifty Shades' dominates publishing in 2012
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The story of 2012 in publishing was the story of "Fifty Shades of Grey," in more ways than one. E L James' erotic trilogy was easily the year's biggest hit, selling more than 35 million copies in the U.S. alone and topping...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Books, Services and Shopping, Book, Apple iPad
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