Norma Talmadge

L.A. Fashion Week can't get no respect

2010-10-10 00:00:00

We've just come off a global jaunt through the fashion capitals of New York, Milan and Paris, with several weeks of runway shows. Now what about L.A.? To the armchair fashionista, it may seem puzzling that a metropolis that's home to so many fashion...

Steady stream of PCH traffic, but miles of ocean too

2005-09-25 00:00:00

This is a neighborhood people hurtle past at 60 miles an hour (though the posted speed is 45), where houses are built just a few yards from a major six-lane highway, yet residents can step out their back gates and walk barefoot to the local restaurant...

Murals, a floor-to-ceiling fantasy

2007-05-31 00:00:00

IN the design empire of Los Angeles, where Modern is king and where clean lines and empty spaces have come to define so many castles, it's something of a surprise to see a resurgence of frescoes, murals and other painterly effects. But sure enough, Cher...

Idyllic ... and endangered

2004-06-24 00:00:00

On this sunny Thursday afternoon, Ramona residents do what they do best — they chat, they chill, they gather around the fountain and commune. Janelle Paradee helps her 3-year-old son, Tristan, blow bubbles, and Rich Johnson watches his dog Mr....

Dr. Shaq reax: Readers split on Barry U. doctorate

2012-05-11 16:26:11

Did former NBA superstar Shaquille O???Neal do research worthy of a doctoral degree? Or was this a case of celebrity doctorate lite, with Barry University in Miami cheapening itself by trading off an advanced diploma for a ton of national......

The Chicago Theatre

2007-12-19 07:54:42

In a city once filled with enormous and elaborate movie houses, none has lasted longer or been more revered than the Chicago Theatre, a structure that in concept and design defines the golden age of movie palaces in the United States. The first...

Movie stars Theda Bara, left and Norma Talmadge in Chicago, March 20, 1926. Bara, nicknamed 'The Vamp' was a successful silent film actress and an early sex symbol. Talmage was also a very successful silent film actress, whose voice, it's been said, "didn't lend itself to sound."

2013-01-25 15:24:48

"If you have any brains, you pick your school by your teacher," said Elizabeth Pitcairn, a violin soloist who studied with Robert Lipsett at L.A.'s Colburn School.

2009-09-25 14:03:59

Movie magazines, including a 1918 edition of Motion Picture with silent film star Norma Talmadge on the cover, are part of a 3-million-piece collection of memorabilia at the Collector's Book Store in Hollywood that are moving to storage in Newbury Park before being auctioned six months from now.

2008-06-25 17:55:07