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  • People not letting Lisa Snowdon forget about times with George Clooney

    Lisa Snowdon, who dated Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney on and off for five years from 2000, has said that they still keep in touch. The 41-year-old English model told new! magazine that it doesn't bother her any more, the Daily Express reported. She said that at the end of the day he is Clooney so people will be interested in knowing about him. Snowdon that though she hasn't seen him ...

  • Johnny Depp not retiring from Hollywood

    Though he thinks about retiring from Hollywood everyday, actor Johnny Depp reveals he has no such immediate plans because his brain "on idle is a bad thing". "I think while I've got the opportunity, the desire and the creative spark to do the things that I can do right now, I should do them. And then, at a certain point, just take it down to the bare minimum and concentrate on, I guess, living ...

  • 5 California Things to Know for Wednesday

    The commission that sets the pay of California lawmakers and statewide elected officials will consider whether to restore some of the compensation cuts made during the ...

  • Los Angeles Metro ending free train rides

    As of Wednesday morning, turnstiles will be locked at Union Station entrances to the Metro Red and Purple lines. Riders must have a TAP card pre-loaded with at least the $1.50 basic fare to gain access. Locked gates will be phased in at other ...

  • Award-winning war correspondent Michael Hastings dies in Los Angeles car crash

    The award-winning American war correspondent Michael Hastings, 33, died in a car crash in Los Angeles. Described as a "fearless journalist", the news of his death was announced by his employer ...

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All That Heaven Allows [DVD]

All That Heaven Allows [DVD]

There are few films that better illustrate the elasticity of film reception than the works of Douglas Sirk, a German émigré who made a series of Technicolor Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s that only years later were recognized as subversive masterpieces of social and ideological critique. ...

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  • Alcatraz escapees sister returns to robbery scene

    After multiple escape attempts, two of them, J.W. and Clarence, eventually landed at the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in northern ...

  • Hollywood Fights L.A. Bike Lane It Just Ruins the Shoot

    to mitigate what they consider a nuisance. "That green is so visually obtrusive, it just kills the shoot," says location manager Miles ...

  • Neighbors Couple Killed Waited for Order to Leave

    Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. After quickly grabbing a few items, they spotted their neighbors. "They were sitting on their porch, watching TV," said Bob Schmidt, adding that his wife urged their ...

  • Some evacuations lifted for California wildfire

    California fire officials said it would take several weeks before the area destroyed by the Carstens wildfire in Mariposa County will be safe to enter. The fire, declared 40 percent contained, has burned nearly 2,000 acres but so far no structures have been damaged, the Mariposa Gazette reported Wednesday. Some of the more than 1,000 residents ordered to evacuate their homes are being allowed ...

  • American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror

    California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War on Terror' SACRAMENTO, CA - August 14 - The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at ...

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