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Orgasm or ecstasy? "Carrie's" Piper Laurie on Off-Ramp for January 5, 2013
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Orgasm or ecstasy? "Carrie's" Piper Laurie on Off-Ramp for January 5, 2013

An in-depth interview with actor Piper Laurie ... AngelIno or AngelEno? ... the best jazz club in LA is a lady's house ... our Crenshaw High grad series continues with Tyris Williams & grandma on making tuition at UC Irvine.

An in-depth interview with actor Piper Laurie ... AngelIno or AngelEno? ... the best jazz club in LA is a lady's house ... our Crenshaw High grad series continues with Tyris Williams & grandma on making tuition at UC Irvine.

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Piper Laurie, nominated for three Oscars, on acting opposite Paul Newman in "The Hustler," working on "Twin Peaks," and why she played her death scene in "Carrie" as if she was having an orgasm.
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Tanya Jo Miller is following a couple of members of Crenshaw High's Class of 2012 as they make their way into the adult world. This time, meet Tyris Williams and his indomitable grandma.
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I am out of respect. Let us now observe not a single moment of silence.
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Jazz at the A Frame, Betty Hoover's delightful home, might be LA's best jazz club. It's probably the best place to hear jazz ... not cell-phones, talkers, or clinking glasses and plates.
LA's most dedicated Instagrammers met up on a December day and wandered en masse through the LA River basin. Los Angeles is the world's most commonly photographed city on the photo sharing service,
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RH Greene tells us about Voluptua, a short-lived 1950s local tv sensation, branded "Corruptua" by Christian protest groups.
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In the world of broadcast journalism, pronunciation and spelling are paramount. So if you live in Los Angeles, are you an Angeleno, Angelino, or Angeleño?
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In the world of broadcast journalism, pronunciation and spelling are paramount. So if you live in Los Angeles, are you an Angeleno, Angelino, or Angeleño?