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One Oscar to Rule Them All
Russell Crowe as John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind”
Ian McKellan and Elijah Wood in “Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring”
One Oscar to Rule Them All
The Oscar nominations for the 74th Annual Academy
Awards were announced at 5:38 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, February
12... 
On the Stage: Steppling’s Desert
Light
An article about a group of hobos who had formed a
Mafia-like alliance became the inspiration for “Dog Mouth,” the newest
work by playwright/director John Steppling...
Music Center Names Finalists For
Spotlight Awards
The Music Center has announced that one of the two
young performers chosen as finalists in the classical voice category
of the 14th Annual Spotlight Awards is soprano Alexandra Lee...
Books In The Mirror: Grisham Returns
To Formula
In the two years since he published “The Brethren,’’
his last legal-themed whodunit, John Grisham has stretched his writing
wings... Bargain CD of the Week:
This Ain’t No Foolin’ Around
In his tight tank top, dirty blue jeans and crew cut,
Fred Eaglesmith looks like one tough customer. If you told him he was
a “sensitive” singer-songwriter, he’d chase you into the next area
code... Of Particular
Interest: Free Mornings with International Masters
The Music Center invites both student musicians and the
public to attend the free Corwin Master Class, “Mornings with
International Masters...”
Center Stage: John Waters &
Peaches
At The El Rey 2/15. Our favorite shock-trash
campmeister may have cleaned up his work a bit for the masses, but if
you listen closely, you can still find some inside jokes well-placed
for his die-hard fans...
Starry Skies Above Santa Monica
On Sunday, February 17, the Sun will rise at 6:36 a.m.,
and set at 5:39 p.m. Compared to the preceding Sunday, we gain 7
minutes of daylight in the morning, and 7 minutes in the evening...
Training for the L.A. Marathon
XIX: Replenish and Recover
The pre-race meal and fuel on the run is all-important
to a marathoner, but do you, as a runner, give any thought to the
post-race meal? Someone recently said to me...
Mirror Orphan of the Week
Farmers Market Report: You Are My Sunshine
The state of California produces a prodigious amount of
fruit, in both volume and variety. Florida oranges are more familiar
to many consumers, however, since Florida has been aggressively
promoting itself as the “Sunshine State” since the 1920s...
Seminar on Civil Liberties Is Set
Leading authorities in history, law and policy will
discuss parallels between threats to American civil liberties in the
aftermath of the September 11... |
