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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Ridley Scott Talks 'Monopoly' Movie |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 9:31 am |
| Tags: Cinematical, Film, Monopoly, Movies, Ridley Scott, The La Times |
| Monopoly. Speaking to The LA Times, Scott says: "Monopoly is still the most popular board game -- I might be misquoting! -- in the world. So it's really finding the universe for that game. Because clearly it ought to be humorous and for the family -- the funny way it brings out, particularly when your uncle suddenly gets Park Lane and -- in |
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| From the Editor's Desk: The Ratner Rant |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 5:02 am |
| Tags: Brett Ratner, Brettratner, Cinematical, Ebay, Film, Movies, Playboy Mansion, Rush Hour 3, The La Times |
| sleeps with, or how many times he's visited the Playboy Mansion -- all we want from the guy is a good movie. And when we'd rather look at Ratner's newest flavor of the week over watching his latest film, that's a problem. When I asked Cinematical's Scott Weinberg what he thought of Brett Ratner and why "the web" hates the guy so much, he |
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| First clue |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 1:17 am |
| Tags: La Times, Murray, Media |
| AP followed up.So did the LA Times, which found that the Murray mine uses a dangerous technique called room and pillar:The final column to be slashed is known among miners as the "suicide pillar."We may never know what in all likelihood took the lives of six men, but the liability management plan may already be in place. The civil standard of |
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| Bob Shaye's Mea Culpa Too Little Too Late |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 11:07 pm |
| Tags: La Times, Hollywood, Media, Studios, Movies, Box Office, Directors, Moguls, Finance, Summer Movies |
| It's done via Los Angeles Times' Patrick Goldstein who just six months ago embarrassingly planted a big wet sloppy kiss in print on the mogul last March right before the release of Shaye's piss-poor directorial effort The Last Mimsy which went on to bomb. (So did The New York Times' Sharon Waxman.) Now, Goldstein finally catches up with my |
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| Another LA Times Entertainment Pro Exits |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 7:57 pm |
| Tags: La Times, Hollywood, Media, P R, Journalism |
| and writer, Los Angeles Times deputy business editor Jim Bates, is leaving the newspaper to go work for Sitrick & Company which keeps hiring and hiring and hiring journalists to do its crisis PR. He'll start in September. I always loved his curmudgeonly demeanor, and I hope he doesn't change it now that he'll have to start schmoozing |
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| FBI apologizes |
| Published: August 17, 2007, 2:04 pm |
| Tags: Surveillance, La Times, Fake News, Fbi, Seagal |
| with on-going surveillance operations.Many of those surveillance operations involve listening to conversations between Dawna and Raeann filled with "like, y'know, totally" - in Arabic where available, of course. These conversations, however tedious, are more interesting than Mr. Seagal's films, though we were pleased to see him killed |
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| Why Didn't LA Times' Chuck Philips Use U.S. Attorney Statement About Seagal? |
| Published: August 18, 2007, 6:28 pm |
| Tags: La Times, Hollywood, Pellicano, Media, Scandal, P R, Courts, Law, Journalism |
| and I'll say it again: the LA Times should reassign the Pellicano story. I also don't understand why the Los Angeles Times is refusing to make a correction to Philips' Friday article or print Mrozek's statement. Here it is: From: Mrozek, Thom (USACAC) Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 4:41 PM To: Philips, Chuck Cc: Thom Mrozek Subject: Response |
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| Bad News Done Well |
| Published: August 10, 2007, 12:22 pm |
| Tags: Writers Hacks, Homicide, La Times, Lapd |
| all complain about the incredible idiocies we've seen in our various experiences working for the big-time media; but when they do something right, especially with what the kids are calling the "Web," it deserves some recognition. The LAT's Homicide Map is probably the best thing I've seen from the paper in the time I've lived here. |
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| Reviews: Ice Cream Scoopers at the LA Times |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 10:23 am |
| Tags: Gel Grip, Ice Cream, Ice Cream Scoop, Ice Cream Scooper, Ice Cream Scoopers, Icecream, Kitchenart, La Times, Los Angeles Times, Zerol |
| spoons to serve the many flavors I have made thus far, I realized that I didn't have a proper scooper. I was scraping ice cream, gelato, and sorbet with a large dinner spoon and trying unsuccessfully to shape it into a perfect ball. I have now come to the conclusion that I need a proper ice cream scooper.Thanks to the LA Times, which reviewed |
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| Peter Viles on CNN talks CA Housing Bubble |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 1:48 pm |
| Tags: Mortgage News Insight, Housing Slump, La Times, Mortgage Market Meltdown, Peter Viles, Podcast Interview |
| of Blown Mortgage, the L.A. Times Peter Viles was on CNN recently discussing the current housing situation in Los Angeles and California in general. A good 3-minute segment in which Peter sums up the state of housing affairs in California nicely. For more Peter be sure to read his excellent L.A. Land blog and check out the podcast interview |
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| Kid, Keggers, and Korean: Los Angeles Times Food section in 60 seconds |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 12:43 pm |
| Tags: Beer, Endless Summer, Figs, Hatfield S Tarts, Kegs, Korean Food, La Times, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Losangeles, Matt Molina, Microbrew, Mozza, Naeng Myun, Walnuts |
| an endless summer in LA: He's a "kid" in LA, but Matt Molina is running the kitchen at the hottest restaurant in town, Mozza. For Labor Day, break out the keg The best way to chill out if you're Korean (or not) is with an ice cold bowl of naeng-myun Take advantage of the height of fig season with a Fresh Fig Tart |
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| Guest Post: Predicting the unpredictable: How far will prices fall? |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 11:44 am |
| Tags: Real Estate Musings, Housing Market, Housing Prices, La Times, Peter Viles, Subprime Mortgages |
| Viles, writer of the L.A. Land blog for the LA Times is gracious enough to share his thoughts on housing prices. We interviewed Peter a while back, you can listen to him here. How far will home prices fall? Seven percent? 15 percent?? 30 percent??? 50 percent??? On my housing blog at the LATimes, I put up a post over the Labor Day weekend |
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| Today is the day... |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 10:59 am |
| Tags: Bush, War, General David Patraeus, La Times, Military |
| sure to stop by for more later... |
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| All About Apples: Los Angeles Times Food section in 60 seconds |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 11:46 am |
| Tags: Apples, Food Blogging, Food Blogs, La Times, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Losangeles, Rosh Hashana |
| week in Food at the LA Times, Russ Parsons goes to town with Heirloom apples with a Guide to Apple Varieties and answering the age-old question, To bake or not to bake?. Recipes include Baked Apple Ice Cream, Boozie's Apple Cake, and Maple Baked Apples with Dried Fruit and Nuts.Also in the kitchen, Rosh Hashana recipes to celebrate the |
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| Newspaper wrap-up: Lukoil planning a $9B spending spree |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 5:08 am |
| Tags: Aapl, Apple, Apple Insider, Appleinsider, Barron S, Barrons, Conocophillips, Cop, Financial Times, Financialtimes, La Times, Latimes, Lukoil, Lukoy, Newspaper, Paper, Periodical, Tef, Telecom Paper, Telecompaper, Telefonica, Vlkay, Volkswagen, Wall Street Journal, Wallstreetj |
| required). The Financial Times (subscription required) reported that Russian oil company Lukoil Holding (OTC: LUKOY), which is 20% owned by ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), is planning a $9B European spending spree. OTHER PAPERS: The Los Angeles Times reported that Washington Mutual Inc (NYSE: WM), the largest U.S. savings and loan bank, |
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