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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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"Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that we would meet again some sunny day? Vera! Vera! What has become of you? Does anybody else here feel the way I do?"
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Steal Sally Draper's Cocktail Menu, Have Your Way with Joan and Cure Your 60's Hangover at Book SoupMad Men embodies many things to many people. You might dig Bert Cooper's art and shoeless ways, loathe Pete's ambition or swoon over the Draper's while rooting for their eternal happiness/ruin. Of all the books and merch associated with the hit show, Dyna Moe's Mad Men: The Illustrated World is one of the few that doesn't take itself too seriously which is why you should check out her signing at Book Soup tomorrow evening at 5 p.m.
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Take something weird, make it cult. Take something cult, make it classic. Take something classic, make it a Joss-less pile of potentially flaming poo. Warner Bros and a team of eagerlings are "rebooting" and updating the 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' franchise without Joss Whedon and the original cast, making the new incarnation sound as appealing as the Human Centipede eating its own ass. Or maybe it'll be fantastic. Breath holding begins now. More on...
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Tig Notaro, Craig vs Wild Kyle Dunnigan and Sarah Silverman are the hookers n' coupe de villes of comedy. They will never disappoint. Ever. If fall down a fight of stairs funny is what you crave in your live comedic experience, it is essential to suit up for tonight's special Thanksgiving edition of Tig & Friends at Largo at the Coronet. The ridiculous round-up of performers also includes Maria Bamford, Jen Kirkman and musical...
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Michael McKean stars in the world premiere of Randy Newman's Harps and Angels at the Mark Taper Forum. | Photo: Craig Schwartz MUSICAL* A new musical Harps and Angels, conceived by Jack Viertel, features music by and lyrics by Randy Newman. We don’t know much about the plot, but that it’s an “honest and humorous commentary on what it is like to be born, grow up, fall in love, and live and die in...
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Scott Lowell and Abby Craden in Blithe Spirit. (Photo courtesy of A Noise Within.) Blithe Spirit is currently running as part of A Noise Within's 19th season. Cheeky physical comedy drives Noel Coward's story of a pre-war ecoplasmic menage a trois peppered with quirky characters and domestic disputes. Coincidentally, the play aptly takes place amid the stoic shadows of the Historic Masonic Temple in Glendale -- a perfect contextual setting for a high-brow ghost...
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Wilshire Blvd. cuts through the landscape, as seen from above (Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) One of the most storied streets in Los Angeles meets one one of the coolest public events this weekend, as the fifth annual Great Los Angeles Walk takes on Wilshire Boulevard for a second time. This all-day urban hike organized by Franklin Avenue goes from Wilshire's start in Downtown all the...
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Benjamin Burdick's Jan takes those old records off the shelf (photo: Jordana Burn) Truth, love, and the potent spirit of Syd Barrett triumph over lies, hatred, and the dull memory of Gustav Husak in Rock'N'Roll, Tom Stoppard's great play about the long era of totalitarian torpor in Czechoslovakia between the Soviet invasion in 1968 and the Velvet Revolution over two decades later. Since its premiere in London in 2006 and on Broadway the following...
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Photo by Sean_Yoda_Rouse via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr ADBD, Adam Derry Brand Development, is putting on an art show tomorrow night from 7 PM to midnight. "11/11" is showcasing 11 local artists, and each artist is producing a single work of art for as a gallery wrapped canvas and a museum quality print. If you can't make it tomorrow night, the gallery is available for viewing from November 12th to 14th,...
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The next time you head out to one of LA County's 33 Animal Shelters or one of the hundreds of pet adoption and rescue organizations in LA, The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control would like you to remember that it's National Adopt-a-Senior Pet month and that old dogs (and cats and rabbits) need love too.
