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Louis B. Mayer

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    Jan 20, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. 'Sweet Smell of Success' has classic aroma

    Louis B. Mayer warned anyone who made a movie at MGM: "Be smart, but never show it."
    Louis B. Mayer warned anyone who made a movie at MGM: "Be smart, but never show it." The still-subversive thrill of "Sweet Smell of Success" — an independent production released through United Artists — is that it's unabashedly smart in every...

    Tags: Burt Lancaster, Prisons, Chico Hamilton, Periodicals, Clifford Odets

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  2. Touchstone gives young playwrights a stage

    Touchstone Theatre Ensemble member Emma Chong has been a part of the company's Young Playwrights Festival for more than four years. Chong says she still gets excited when she sees the faces of those elementary and middle school children come alive as they...

    Tags: Teachers, Trips and Vacations, University of Southern California, Fiction, Teaching and Learning

    3. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. John Gilbert, the silent era's talk of the town

    John Gilbert was the golden boy at MGM during the final years of the silent era. He was the young studio's biggest male star, working with such top directors as King Vidor ("The Big Parade," 1925), Erich von Stroheim ("The Merry Widow," 1925) and Tod Browning ("The Show," 1927).
    John Gilbert was the golden boy at MGM during the final years of the silent era. He was the young studio's biggest male star, working with such top directors as King Vidor ("The Big Parade," 1925), Erich von Stroheim ("The Merry Widow," 1925) and Tod...

    Tags: Movies, Singin' in the Rain (movie), MGM Inc., King Vidor, Celebrities

    4. May 3, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  4. Candice Bergen 'Knocks on Wood' to retrieve her past

    Liz Smith
    "THE ENEMY of good conversation is the person who has 'something to say!' Conversation is not for making a point. ... There is no winning in conversation," wrote Henry Fairlie. Oh my! I have so many friends and acquaintances who have a distinctly...

    Tags: Physical Conditions, Skin Cancer, Personal Service, Liz Smith, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

    5. May 2, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. Jewish impact on entertainment presented

    Jews have had a huge impact on American media and entertainment. This impact is felt in American popular culture as many writers, directors, producers, composers and performers have been Jewish. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave. in...

    Tags: Television Networks, Television Industry, Miami Beach, Broward County, NBC (tv network)

    6. May 2, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Tom Hanks a shoo-in for a Tony

    Liz Smith
    "When you start a column, you're in a very creative state; you're building a personality in a piece of writing. It's a strange kind of business. After a while the column becomes a tyrant. You've created a personality that is one aspect of yourself, and it...

    Tags: New York Public Library, Tony Awards, 30 Rock (tv program), Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Smith

    7. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  7. It took some time, but now I am a Taylor Swift groupie! (OK, a big fan)

    Liz Smith
    "LOSING HER AUDIO, but never her nerve!" writes Jon Caramanica in The New York Times about the recent Taylor Swift concert in Newark, N.J., at the huge Prudential Center. The rock critic, as I suppose he is called, then added of this superstar: "Ms....

    Tags: The Beatles (music group), Music Industry, The New York Times, Lady Gaga, Madonna

    8. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Rise Stevens dies at 99; mezzo soprano sang 'Carmen'

    Rise Stevens, an American mezzo soprano celebrated for her earthy interpretation of "Carmen," whose career also encompassed television and movie appearances alongside matinee idols Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy, died Wednesdayof natural causes at her home...

    Tags: Kennedy Center Honors, Culture, Entertainment Events, Nelson Eddy, Colleges and Universities

    9. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Review: A high-voltage 'End of the Rainbow'

    Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time.
    Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time. The central prop of the bio-musical now playing at...

    Tags: Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Music, Fainting, Rosalind Russell

    10. Feb 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. The story of the Oscars

    While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article:
    While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...

    Tags: Steven Spielberg, Arts, Rear Window (movie), Steve Martin, Ernst Lubitsch

    11. Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

    The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about the films that got them there.
    Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic
    The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

    Tags: Marchesa, Stephen Burrows, Fashion Trends, Sharon Stone, Fashion Shows

    12. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Best movies of 2012: 'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' 'Dark Knight Rises,' more

    If the movies are a feast or famine business — and they are — we are in the heart of the feast at the moment. Both the studios and the smaller distributors, having hidden away their strongest films like squirrels hoarding especially tasty nuts, release them all in a rush in the last months of the year.
    If the movies are a feast or famine business — and they are — we are in the heart of the feast at the moment. Both the studios and the smaller distributors, having hidden away their strongest films like squirrels hoarding especially tasty...

    Tags: David O. Russell, Frank Capra Jr., Daniel Day-Lewis, Music Industry, The Dark Knight Rises (movie)

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