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Carpenter Performing Arts Center announces 2013-14 season

2013-03-27 10:50:00

The Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach has announced its 2013-14 season, which will include a typically eclectic offering of dance, music, cabaret and more. The center is located on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. The season will feature...

Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life

2013-03-14 14:30:00

"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...

David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

2013-03-07 06:00:00

Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

Latinos applaud rock band Mana's Obama inaugural gig

2013-01-23 12:52:00

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have been weighing in about the performance of Mexican superstar rock band Man� at an inaugural ball for President Obama. The consensus so far? It was a good night for rock en espa�ol -- and a smart political move as well....

2013 Guitar Geek Festival set for Jan. 25-26 in Anaheim

2013-01-24 07:00:00

One of the liveliest aspects of the annual gathering in Anaheim of musical equipment and accessories makers and dealers known as the NAMM Convention is Deke Dickerson’s Guitar Geek Festival, which takes place Friday and Saturday. It’s the...

Pomona-Pitzer track athlete is in running for Rhodes Scholarship

2012-11-14 18:56:00

Annie Lydens is accustomed to juggling a demanding academic schedule at Pomona College and her running career for Pomona-Pitzer with equally exceptional results. Lydens, a senior, has a 3.99 grade-point average while studying philosophy, politics and...

Frank Pierson dies at 87; Oscar-winning screenwriter

2012-07-24 00:00:00

A writer for as long as he could remember, Frank Pierson penned his most famous line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate," decades ago for the 1967 script "Cool Hand Luke." At the time, he thought there was no way such a refined line would...

Review: Glen Campbell's farewell at the Hollywood Bowl

2012-06-25 16:37:29

Record producer David Anderle sells villa

2012-05-11 00:00:00

Record producer David Anderle has sold his home in the Hollywood Hills West area for $3.7 million. The Spanish-style villa, built in 1925, was once used as a speak-easy. Features include decorative tile work, beamed ceilings, a wine cellar and an artist'...

Leonardo DiCaprio puts Malibu beach house up for rent

2012-06-03 00:00:00

Known for the variety of the roles he plays, Leonardo DiCaprio now is trying his hand at Malibu beach house landlord. He has listed his oceanfront Cape Cod-inspired home for $75,000 a month for a long-term tenant or $150,000 a month for leases of less...

Frances Williams Preston dies at 83; president, CEO of BMI

2012-06-16 00:00:00

She was an ambitious, well-connected former Nashville radio station receptionist when the performing rights organization BMI hired her to open a southern regional office in the Tennessee capital in 1958. By the time Frances Williams Preston retired as...

Nicki Minaj, Glen Campbell, Wilco among L.A.'s top summer concerts

2012-06-05 21:36:47

Robbers are on the run near the Canadian border in this thriller from Oscar winner Stefan Ruzowitzky (2007's "The Counterfitters"). Von Hausch says it "frightened the bejesus out of me" when he saw it in Tribeca.

2012-10-19 00:00:00

"Dixie Highway," Alan Jackson featuring Zac Brown "Feel Like A Rock Star," Kenny Chesney (duet with Tim McGraw) "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die," Willie Nelson with Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, and Jamey Johnson (pictured) "Safe & Sound," Taylor Swift (featuring The Civil Wars) "Stuck On

2012-09-14 00:00:00

Musical Event of the Year: For "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" (with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Jamey Johnson )

2012-09-05 10:22:55