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Boxer made his mark — awkwardly
OAK VIEW, Calif. — Ray "Windmill" White, a veteran of 60 professional fights, pulls a paperback from a shelf in his office, opens "The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists" and thumbs through it. Finally spotting his name, he looks up and smiles. "So,"...Tags: Wilt Chamberlain, Disneyland Park, Joe Louis, Light Heavyweight Boxing, Ventura (Ventura, California)
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America's Next Great Restaurant: The lost recaps, Episode 5
Dining@LargeBob Swank's lost recaps of America's Next Great Restaurant are a millenarian weekend bonus feature on Dining@Large. Enjoy. - RGAmerica’s Next Great RestaurantEpisode 5 – Dippity To Do, Duh In the last episode Sudhir’s Indian Lite /...Tags: Racism, Shrimp, America's Next Great Restaurant (tv program), Hamburgers, Assault
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D.C. readies for Reagan ceremonies
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- The broad avenues and ornate halls of the nation's capital will receive Ronald Reagan for the last time today, as U.S. and international leaders gather for three days of grand funeral ceremonies -- complete with a horse-drawn caisson, a 21-...Tags: Ted Stevens, Lyndon B. Johnson, Family, Tom Daschle, Washington Monument
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Nation prepares tributes to Reagan
From Tribune Wire ServicesSANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Former President Ronald Reagan will be honored with five days of memorial services, culminating Friday with a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral and a sunset burial at his presidential library in California, Reagan's...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Ceremonies
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Mourners flock to pay respects
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersUnder mournful skies, a motorcade carried former President Reagan along miles of cleared freeways from a Santa Monica funeral home to his presidential library near Simi Valley on Monday, the first step in a weeklong journey to the nation's Capitol and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pacific Palisades, Ventura County (California), Family, Ceremonies
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PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson
Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...
Tags: Finland, The Monkees (tv program), Heart Problems, Billy Eckstine, The Monkees (music group)
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Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life
"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...
Tags: James Brolin, Marvel Entertainment, LLC, The Tourist (movie), Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley
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Talking Shop: The bullish style of a man
Matador Alcove is a place where men get to be, well, men. One step into the place and it's clear: top-shelf liquor prominently displayed on a bar, sports flickering on a television and plenty of dark, richly colored furniture and decor, including the...
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Magician Bill Chaudet dies at 91
VarietyMagician Louis William "Bill" Chaudet, a protege of Harry Blackstone Sr. and a technical adviser for film and television during the 1950s and 1960s, died in Folsom, Calif., on Jan. 5 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was 91. Chaudet, who was...Tags: Don Adams, Television, Mary Pickford, Jill St. John, Gloria Swanson
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Hasbro Studios chief Davis takes charge of entertainment: Toymaker puts films, TV shows, shortform entertainment under exec's oversight
VarietyWith Hasbro increasing exposure for its toys through films, TV and online shorts, the company is putting oversight of its various entertainment divisions under Hasbro Studios president Stephen Davis. Davis has primarily shepherded global TV development,...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Television, Companies and Corporations, InfoSpace Incorporated, Media Industry
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Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears
Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan.
The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...Tags: Last Man Standing (tv program), Toronto Maple Leafs, The X Factor (tv program), Talk Shows (genre), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program)
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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
VarietyThe historical indignities suffered by performers of color are legion. Especially in act two, Lynn Nottage's "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" indicts the industry's checkered minority record while exploring our own fractured relationship with our movie...Tags: Amanda Detmer, Sanaa Lathan, Carol Burnett
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