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July 10, 2008

Tim Roth is set to star in a drama on Foxthat will be broadcast early in 2009 going along the lines of other film stars who are making forays into television (Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, etc.) - the drama, titled "Lie to Me", is based on the work of a real-life scientist who is able to read the human body and voice to determine if someone is being truthful. Fox is so behind this project......

Continue Reading "TV Junkie: Thursday"

April 3, 2008

Janet Klein and her Parlour Boys and ukuleles are playing in Hollywood tonight. / Photo by [cipher] via flickr. ART Glen Wexler’s art exhibit “Fantastic Voyage” opens at the ArcLight Hollywood tonight. He specializes in surrealistic photographic narratives and visitors can expect to see 33 large-scale prints on all three levels of the complex. The exhibit runs until May 2. 7pm (opening reception) // ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood // 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood //......

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May 8, 2006

One week ago LAist went to the American Cinematheque to celebrate the 90th birthday of actor Glenn Ford. He starred with Bette Davis, Debbie Reynolds and Rita Hayworth; he played good guys in Westerns, bad guys in noirs, and Christopher Reeves' farmer dad in the 1978 Superman. The Cinematheque screened Gilda, one of Ford's best-remembered films (due in no small part to Rita Hayworth's stunning beauty). Those of us who had hopes of seeing......

Continue Reading "Happy birthday Glenn Ford"

May 7, 2006

Today's real estate section in the LA Times includes a short feature on a $4.3 million home in Los Feliz that was restored and tastefully upgraded by Tim Curry. Which is fine with us, and a lot cooler than the creepy Rick Dees Tolouca Lake manse also featured in the paper (Dees bulldozed a 1930's Bette Davis home to build the $6 million crapbox he's now selling). But we're not plunking down the $4.3......

Continue Reading "Star-stalking real estate"

January 19, 2006

The Los Altos was built in the 1920s by William Randolph Hearst for his mistress, actress Marion Davies, who of course got the penthouse apartment. Once glamorous, it is rumored to also have been home to starlets Clara Bow, Judy Garland and Bette Davis. But the Los Altos, like so many other grand buildings on Wilshire Blvd, fell on hard times. Some sources say it started to go to seed during the Depression (although......

Continue Reading "Apartments we love: the Los Altos"

June 30, 2004

Wednesday night is happening all over the place: Highland Park, Silverlake, Midtown and Hollywood. Sorry Westside, nothing for you tonight; LAist supposes you'll have to take a little drive to have some fun—but there's always tomorrow! Tonight's entertainment comes in the form of DJs, some rowdy country, a former '90s frontman gone solo, a local act and a classic film. A newly restored print of the 1950 film that revived Bette Davis' career, All About......

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