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20 January 2010

Martin Scorsese lectures at LACMA

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High expectations of meaningful dialogue between LACMA Director Michael Govan and filmmaker Martin Scorsese were dashed when a canned presentation on the merits of film presentation replaced a reality-based conversation. [...]

13 January 2010

Moira Shearer in Ashton’s Cinderella

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Frederick Ashton choreographed his ballet classic “Cinderella” in part on Moira Shearer in 1948. [...]

12 October 2009

Red hair, red shoes

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The Red Shoes’ huge blast of technicolor transforms red-headed Moira Shearer into an unspeakably firey, unearthly creature … her neat figure, fair complexion, and carrot top adding to her uber-deliciousness as a dance-besotted ballerina-heroine. [...]