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23 October 2012

Wayne Shorter blows his own horn at L.A. Jazz Society tribute

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Describes the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s award ceremony & dinner where saxophonist Wayne Shorter garnered a Jazz Tribute honor.. [...]

15 October 2012

Wayne Shorter, sax man, jazz giant, honored by L.A. Jazz Society

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Wayne Shorter, multiple Grammy Award winner, saxophonist and composer, is the 2012 Jazz Tribute Honoree of the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s 29th annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert is set for Sunday, October 21, 2012. [...]

20 May 2012

Happy 100th Gene Kelly! Love, Oscar

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A big centennial event for Gene Kelly @ the Academy. [...]

28 September 2010

C.B.’s captivating “Cleopatra”

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We just loved Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), and we loved it even more projected onto the Egyptian Theater’s humongous screen. Scott Eyman, author of the new DeMille biography, “Empire of Dreams,” was on hand to discuss the film with critic Leonard Maltin. [...]

31 August 2010

Cleopatra reclaims the Egyptian Theater

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On September 22, following a screening of DeMille’s naughty Claudette Colbert vehicle, “Cleopatra,” (1934), Leonard Maltin will ‘view author Scott Eyman about his new biography, “Emperor of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille.” [...]

1 July 2010

Second star to the right …

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The beautiful silent film version of “Peter Pan” (1924) at the Orpheum Theater came care of the Los Angeles Conservancy’s “Last Remaining Seats.” Maestro Robert Israel was at the Wurlitzer. [...]