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David Beckham's legacy: his game vs. his celebrity

2013-05-18 13:50:00

We haven't seen the last of David Beckham. Oh, sure, we may not see him on a soccer field now that he's announced he will retire after Paris Saint-Germain's final game on May 26. But we will see him in many other places — billboards, magazines, TV...

‘Doctor Who’ finale: Jenna-Louise Coleman on the mystery of Clara

2013-05-17 17:13:19

David Beckham — the man who put MLS on the map — retires

2013-05-17 00:00:00

David Beckham is retiring. ... Again. Only this time, after a couple of false starts with the Galaxy over the last three years, the former captain of England's national team says he's really, truly hanging up his boots for good, drawing to a close a...

Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

2013-05-15 05:00:00

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it

2013-05-15 00:00:00

In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...

A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees

2013-05-12 00:00:00

It almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...

Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement leaves void in soccer world

2013-05-12 00:00:00

If Sir Alex Ferguson had stuck with his original plan, today we might be praising his pasta and Chinese noodles rather than his decision to start Robin van Persie over Wayne Rooney. Or if he had chosen to pursue his interest in U.S. history,...

Review: HBO's 'Family Tree' rooted in warm, goofy eccentricity

2013-05-11 05:00:00

Christopher Guest, the director of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind," has made a TV series for HBO. The eight-episode "Family Tree," which premieres Sunday, is his first work in seven years, and like his films it is sweet and funny and not a little...

NBC News expected to name ITV's Deborah Turness as next president

2013-05-10 11:28:00

NBC News is expected to name Deborah Turness, a prominent British TV journalist, to be its next president. Currently editor of Britain's ITV News, Turness will take the position that was previously held by Steve Capus, who resigned from NBC News in...

Letters: Neighborhood naming rights

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Re "Accent on the saying power," Column One, May 7 Regarding the dispute over the proper way to pronounce neighborhood names in Los Angeles such as Los Feliz, in English there is a standard way to pronounce words from foreign languages. It is...

Getty Museum buys 'Rembrandt Laughing': tiny portrait, huge value

2013-05-09 12:00:00

Stepping up the effort to strengthen its European art collection, the Getty Museum has acquired two major Old Masters paintings: an exuberant early self-portrait of Rembrandt from around 1628, and a classic scene of the Grand Canal in Venice by...

William Friedkin takes a high-speech chase through his career

2013-05-12 13:45:00

Filmmaker William Friedkin, who's best known for such landmark films as "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" in the early '70s, looks back on a long career directing movies, opera and theater in his new memoir, "The Friedkin Connection." Why do...

In a file picture taken on May 18, 2009 England footballer David Beckham poses for photographers during a photocall to launch The England 2018 / 2022 World Cup bid at Wembley Stadium in London.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

MAY 14: Actress Angelina Jolie reveals in a New York Times op-ed piece published on May 14, 2013 that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery that was completed on April 27, 2013.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

A documentary following the cyclist Jock Boyer as he travels to Rwanda to help the country's first national cycling team in its six-year journey to the London Olympics. Directed by T.C. Johnstone. In English and Kinyarwandan, with English subtitles. First Run Features

2013-04-25 16:07:00