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August 2007

• Film loses its feminine touch

  By Mary McNamara  |  August 28, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  In an early episode of "Damages," civil suit litigator Patty Hewes is standing somewhere on Manhattan's Upper East Side having an "accidental... more

• Pachuca makes a name for itself

  By Grahame L. Jones  |  August 28, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  In 1901, a group of English miners found themselves working in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, several hours by horse and cart from Mexico City... more

• Business-class prices are making a descent

  By James Gilden  |  August 26, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  The lights dimmed and the audience grew quiet. With great fanfare, the curtains inched up as applause from the invitation-only guests began... more

• Showdown over Anaheim project

  By David McKibben  |  August 23, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  In what will probably be a test of political might and financial resources, housing advocates will do battle with Disneyland and tourist leaders... more

• Imaginings

  August 19, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  By Richard Rayner "Writing changes nothing," Raymond Carver once said, echoing W.H. Auden's argument that writing is merely entertainment... more

• Playful poet of rock

  By Richard Cromelin  |  August 18, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Patti Smith is enshrined as a poet of cultural upheaval and social rebellion, but on Thursday, in the unlikely setting of a seaside stage... more

• A sweet surprise

  By Carina Chocano  |  August 17, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  SINCE the dawn of youth culture, when it was first determined that adolescents were not to be trusted to play themselves, teens on screens... more

• In Bollywood, you just gotta dance

  By John Anderson  |  August 17, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  No one's going to confuse "Marigold," Willard Carroll's raga-flavored romcom, with state-of-the-art Bollywood. There are, to be sure, extravagant... more

• Five killed in 65-foot plunge from S. Korean Ferris wheel

  August 14, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Five family members fell 65 feet to their deaths from a Ferris wheel Monday after the car they were riding in unexpectedly overturned at an... more

• Busy fingers, quirky notions

  By Leah Ollman  |  August 10, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Come to "The Trophy Lounge" to be amused, confused, tickled, provoked and entertained. Come with a hunger that feeds off quirky notions, surprises... more

• Bill Cunliffe adds colors to his palette

  By Don Heckman  |  August 8, 2007

  From Los Angeles Times

  Oboe and bassoon are not instruments that ordinarily turn up in jazz. But fans of Bill Cunliffe have learned to anticipate the unexpected... more

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