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Valentine trivia contest
SunSpot StaffThe correct answers have stars next to them. 1. Who starred in ABC's short-lived "Cupid?" A. Alan Ruck B. Jeremy Piven* C. Martin Mull D. Ayre Gross 2. Who are Cupid's parents? A. Mercury and Venus* B. Nemesis and Aphrodite C. Narcissus and Venus D....Tags: Dallas, ABC (tv network), Al Capone, Jeremy Piven, San Antonio
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'Magic City' drama moves to a midcentury Miami beat
The comparisons will be inevitable between the Starz drama "Magic City" and AMC's critical darling "Mad Men."
So let's get a few of them out of the way.
Each is populated with drop-dead-gorgeous dames and rakishly handsome fellas. Both take place in the...Tags: NBC (tv network), Olga Kurylenko, Miami Hotels, Concerts, Central Intelligence Agency
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An offer you can't refuse: Las Vegas opens new Mob Museum
Nation NowVegas Mob Museum: A Las Vegas museum dedicated to the history of organized crime in the city opened Tuesday.... -
Cover Story Gloria Uribe Brister: From Mob, to Miracles, to Ministry
Valley Women WriterSeated on the shady porch in view of her lush and flowering El Centro backyard, professional singer and actress Gloria Uribe “Michaels” Brister sips a cup of hot English-style tea and sighs contentedly as she pets the purring orange tabby...Tags: Skin, Theater, Heads of State, Brownsville, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Book review: 'Field Gray' by Philip Kerr
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOne of the many things to admire about Philip Kerr's long-running Bernie Gunther series is the way the novels seamlessly blend the complex antihero's personal history with that of Germany before, during and after World War II. From the first novel, "March...Tags: Germany, Espionage and Intelligence, Thriller (genre), U.S. Navy, War Crimes
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Tags: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Organized Crime, The New York Times
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Bugsy Siegel's Las Vegas
Special to the Los Angeles TimesTo Millicent Siegel Rosen, her father was a loving parent. She knew nothing of his life as one of America's most notorious gangsters — and to this day, does her best to steer the conversation away from her father's infamy. "I adored my father," she...Tags: Las Vegas, U.S. Senate, Organized Crime, Hotels and Accommodations
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'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Iconic characters and memorable images
Show TrackerAfter seven episodes, "Boardwalk Empire" has finally found its first iconic character. I don't mean to say that the other characters on the show are bad, not at all. I like the way that Nucky's intelligence causes him to overestimate...... -
HBO bets big on Prohibition-era 'Boardwalk Empire' series
NEW YORK -- Steve Buscemi does not bear much physical resemblance to Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the tall, broad-shouldered political boss whose 30-year rule of Atlantic City inspired HBO's new Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire."
But that ended up...Tags: Literature, The Wire (tv program), The Sopranos (tv program), Todd Haynes, African Americans
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Cuba B.C.*
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune newspapersCuban writer Jose Lezama Lima's description of Havana—"an unnameable feast"—fits the city's last great era like the flawless suits from Pepe Sastre fit the best-dressed mobsters of the glittering casino years. Here was a posh gambling scene...Tags: Heads of State, Fulgencio Batista, Organized Crime, Tampa, Nat King Cole
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'The Pink Lady' by Sally Denton
It is odd how history often bequeaths to us iconic names bereft of personality.
Helen Gahagan Douglas, once a paladin of California's progressive politics and a congressional stalwart of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, is such a name. To the extent she'...Tags: Theater, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Philosophy, Organized Crime
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