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Nora Ephron

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Laura Dave, L.A. Novelist, on Nora Ephron, Chick Lit and Whether Facebook Makes Us Happy

    Laura Dave made a career out of writing the kind of fun, unabashedly frothy fiction we all tend to impulse buy at the gate before long flights, but that doesn't mean she hasn't earned her literary stripes. For one thing, the author has an MFA from the University of Virginia's highly regarded creat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    The Piglet: Food 52's Cookbook Madness Starts Now

    If you follow food sites and current cookbooks, you'll doubtless be aware of Food 52, the website run by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. You will perhaps also know about their annual cookbook tournament, The Piglet, in which a number of this year's best cookbooks are pitted against each other in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Mark Crick's The Household Tips of Great Writers: Cooking à la Chaucer, Etc.

    Foodforfel/FlickrMark Crick imagines Geoffrey Chaucer's version of an onion tart​When it comes to celebrity cookbooks, we don't have a whole lot of great ones to choose from. But maybe that's more a function of who we consider celebrities these days: if our great writers cooked up food instea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Hollywood's 10 Most Memorable Coffee Quotes

    In honor of National Coffee Day, we've compiled a list of Hollywood's 10 Most Memorable Coffee Quotations. Why memorable movie quotations, and not, say, quotations from your favorite novels? Because we live in L.A. Duh. Turn the page.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Ayomari and TiRon Get The Girl

    TiRon and Ayomari​Under-the-radar rapper TiRon Jeffries was nervous about approaching dream hampton, first female editor of The Source and co-author of Jay-Z's Decoded. But like a freshman boy in high school who somehow had a shot with the most untouchable senior goddess, he wavered while his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Cookbook Review: My Father's Daughter, or Gwyneth Paltrow's Cookbook is Good, In Spite of Herself

    ​Depending on whether you read Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter because you appreciate her recommendations or because you have a sadomasochistic curiosity to see how That Other Half lives, you either will love her cookbook, My Father's Daughter, or you will loathe its existence. Even Paltrow ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    APATOW FOR AMUSEMENT

    ​Depending on whether you read Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter because you appreciate her recommendations or because you have a sadomasochistic curiosity to see how That Other Half lives, you either will love her cookbook, My Father's Daughter, or you will loathe its existence. Even Paltrow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Stage Raw: Loveland

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater Feature on La Razon Blindada and A Wolf Inside the Fence and NEW REVIEW GO LOVELAND ​Photo by Leland Auslender What a rare experience it is, when a character that's as maniacal, sexually overheated and as transparently off the rails as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Stage Raw: Summer Festivities

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlSUMMER FESTIVITIES Open Fist Theater Company launches its annual Fist Look Festival this weekend, with The Existents, a rock musical by Douglas Crawford and Jason Wooten, music and lyrics by Ty Taylor. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Stage Raw: Brewsie & Willie

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    WHERE'S THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A NEW WACKY COMEDY

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON LINDA PURL'S FESTIVALBREWSIE AND WILLIE ​Poor Dog Group's adaptation of Gertrude Stein's novella, is among the productions being reviewed this week. Photo by Scott Grolier Check back here on Monday night for reviews of THE BAKER'S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: Pasadena Playhouse Emerges from Bankruptcy

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEARCAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER ​CAPT presents a special event tonight (Friday) night, Hooray for Hollywood Extravaganza, celebrating the legends of Our Fair City, In a style mixing radio and vaudeville. The Galler ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Stage Raw: Wuthering "Heights"

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGEWUTHERING "HEIGHTS"​Lin-Manuel Miranda stars in his own Broadway hit, In The Heights, now at the Pantages. Photo by Joan Marcus "Wuthering" actually means windy not withering. Though the former is preval ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Stage Raw: Lease Subsidy Program Gets Another Lease

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT FEATURE ON BORN TO BE ALIVE and THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACELEASE SUBSIDY PROGRAM GETS ANOTHER LEASE A recommendation by L.A.'s Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana to restructure (eliminate) the city's Lease Subsidy Program for non- ... More >>

  • Stage

    May 20, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Blank, Palomino, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    Also, Four Places, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, 1951-2006 and more

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Love, Loss, and What I Wore

    Also, Four Places, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, 1951-2006 and more

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Stage Raw: Four Places

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNEW REVIEW GO FOUR PLACES​Photo by John P. FlynnThe family outing on display in Joel Drake Johnson's unsettling comedy resembles a gathering of ornery, wounded jackals. Siblings Warren (Tim Bagley) a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2010

    Stage Raw: The Habit of Art

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNEW REVIEW GO THE HABIT OF ART By Paul BirchallIf you want to see director Nicholas Hytner's smart and compelling production of Alan Bennett's new drama at the National Theater of Great Britain, you co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Love, Loss, and What I Wore

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAYNEW REVIEW GO THE HABIT OF ART By Paul BirchallIf you want to see director Nicholas Hytner's smart and compelling production of Alan Bennett's new drama at the National Theater of Great Britain, you co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Hollywood Backs Boxer, Kaus Fights the Machine

    Make no mistake, Hollywood's biggest political players are lining up behind the 2010 re-election bid of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, The Hill has reported.Film director Steven Spielberg​From David Geffen to Barbra Streisand to Steven Spielberg, the liberal/entertainment establishment gave Boxer bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Kindle This: Mastering the Art of French Cooking Tops Bestseller List

    Amazon.comJulia Child a best-seller​For those bemoaning the lost art of reading (here's David Ulin's fine piece in the Los Angeles Times) or the lost art of cooking (Michael Pollan in the New York Times), there is good news on both counts: Julia Child's classic cookbook "Mastering the Art of F ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 6, 2009

    Julie & Julia: In Praise of Half of Meryl Streep's Top-Chef Biopic

    Nora Ephron captures the earthly delights found in Julia Child’s cookbook and autobiography

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    Funny People, Funny Business

    What's no laughing matter in movies and media this week

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    "Julie & Julia" Food Stylist Susan Spungen Explains the Secret to a Perfect Cheese Pull

    In one particular scene from director Nora Ephron's new film "Julie & Julia," starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, a discarded failure of an aspic gurgles up from the garbage disposal in Julie Powell's small borough kitchen. It is the first major failure in her attempt to cook and blog her way throu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    1961 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

    In one particular scene from director Nora Ephron's new film "Julie & Julia," starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, a discarded failure of an aspic gurgles up from the garbage disposal in Julie Powell's small borough kitchen. It is the first major failure in her attempt to cook and blog her way throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Larousse Gastronomique: The Necessary 8-lb. Book In Your Cookbook Library

    It is the Summer of Julia, when teenage girls will soon be lining up along the hot concrete sidewalks of Wilshire Boulevard to watch Meryl Streep flip omelets and deconstruct ducks onscreen.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Mastering the Art of Julia: How Did Nancy Silverton Make Julia Child Cry? "I thought, 'Oh, my God, I burnt the HELL out of Julia Child.'"

    Anne FishbeinSilverton: She made a Child cryIn this week's ongoing Mastering the Art of Julia series -- partly started in anticipation of this summer's Nora Ephron-directed Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as the food world's warbly-voiced icon Julia Child --we talk to Mozza's Nancy Silverton ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Mastering the Art of Julia: Mary Sue Milliken Hears a Thump

    Sony PicturesChild in time: Streep as Julia This summer, Meryl Streep will appear as the food world's warbly-voiced icon Julia Child in Nora Ephron's Julie & Julia. The movie is based on Child's autobiography and Julie Powell's Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, in which ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Tori Spelling's Got My Back . . .

    and other random acts of celebrity kindness

  • Columns

    January 12, 2006

    Hollywood’s Newest Age of Liberal Cinema

    and other random acts of celebrity kindness

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Tori Spelling’s Got My Back...

    and other random acts of celebrity kindness

  • Columns

    April 4, 2002

    Hollywood’s Ground Zero

    and other random acts of celebrity kindness

  • Columns

    April 4, 2002

    It Ain’t Cool

    and other random acts of celebrity kindness

  • Film+TV

    March 28, 2002

    The Cruelest Month

    Stolen Summer, Son of the Bride and the dregs of March

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Bad, Bad Gurley Brown

    America’s Cosmo girl returns to her L.A. roots

  • Film+TV

    March 15, 2001

    Tick, Tick . . . Kablooey!

    15 Minutes and Company Man

  • Art+Books

    November 2, 2000

    Babes in Armor

    The women of Hollywood

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Letters

    The women of Hollywood

  • Film+TV

    December 24, 1998

    Return to Sender

    Hanks and Ryan sleepless again in You've Got Mail

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