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Golden Girl Rue McClanahan Dies
By David Bauder, AP Television WriterRue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress whobrought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux tolife on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76. Her manager, Barbara Lawrence, said McClanahan died Thursday at1 a.m. at New...Tags: Breast, Music Theater, Wicked (musical), Walter Matthau, Surgery
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Rue McClanahan, from theater to television and back again
Culture MonsterRue McClanahan, who played the aging Southern belle Blanche Devereaux in the hit NBC comedy series "The Golden Girls," died Thursday at age 76. Reports said she passed away after suffering a stroke at a New York hospital. The actress...... -
Robert B. Radnitz dies at 85; Hollywood producer of distinguished family films
Robert B. Radnitz, an English teacher turned movie producer who made some of Hollywood's more distinguished family fare, including "Sounder" and "Island of the Blue Dolphins," has died. He was 85.
Radnitz died Sunday at his Malibu home from complications...Tags: Family, Academy Awards, Rivers, Literature, Long Island
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'Tobacco Road' at La Jolla Playhouse
Times Theater CriticWHEN "Tobacco Road" premiered on Broadway in 1933, it pushed the envelope with its unsavory depiction of rural poverty. Would theatergoers looking for a fun night out want to have their noses rubbed in the degrading conditions of destitute Georgia...Tags: Documentary (genre), John Ford, Family, Music Theater, Arts and Culture
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William Ayers: No comment, thank you
The Swampby Mark Silva Willliam Ayers, the Chicago education professor and former leader of the 1960s Weather Underground, has been villified in the presidential campaign underway as a "washed up terrorist'' - with Democrat Barack Obama, who has served on civic......Tags: Terrorism, New York University, Weather Reports, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Karl Malden
The TV ZoneAnd now, Karl Malden is gone. Please go to the jump for my obit. The LA Times obit crossed a few hours ago. He was not a big TV star, by any means, though fans of "Streets of San......Tags: Elia Kazan, Music Theater, Goodman Theatre, Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger
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Karl Malden dies at 97; Oscar-winning actor
Karl Malden, a versatile Oscar-winning actor who built a six-decade Hollywood career playing heroes and heavies -- and, often, relatable ordinary men -- yet who was certain he was best known as a commercial pitchman for American Express, has died. He...Tags: Elia Kazan, Music Theater, Moss Hart, Defense, Karl Malden
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A drama critic's turn to face the music
Critics don't get much respect. (Pause here for raucous laughter.) If you doubt it, look up the word "critic" in any book of quotations and see what you find.
H.L. Mencken's "New Dictionary of Quotations" is full of zinger after zinger, most of which...Tags: Music Theater, Defense, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts, Theater
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Theater review: 'Orpheus Descending' at Theatre/Theater
Culture MonsterThe matchless dramatic poetry of Tennessee Williams elevates "Orpheus Descending," which gets its sprawling due at Theatre/Theater. This dark 1957 riff on the Orpheus myth receives a spare, evocative rendition by documentary filmmaker Lou Pepe, his... -
'Brando' shows us what a ferocious contender he was
Sun Movie CriticImagine Marlon Brando in his Mark Antony toga from Julius Caesar, astride the worlds of classical and modern acting like the Colossus of Rhodes. And then re-imagine him magnificent in ruins, still inspiring generations of actors with his emotional and...Tags: The Godfather (movie), Elia Kazan, Clark Gable, Theodore Dreiser, Henry Miller
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'Greatest actor of his generation,' Brando dies at 80
Times Staff WritersMarlon Brando, a two-time Oscar winner whose riveting performances transformed acting from a remote craft to a naturalistic art form, has died, the Associated Press announced today. He was 80. An actor's actor whose skill was envied by generations of...Tags: Elia Kazan, Jack Nicholson, Music Theater, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, University of California, Los Angeles
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