by | Dec 23, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Times A Legend as Muse: Patti Smith Fills Role By EDWARD WYATT LOS ANGELES — There was a time, a decade ago, Patti Smith said, that she did not want to make a film about herself. “To me the idea seems sort of conceited,” she said in an interview. “I...
by | Dec 19, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The LA Times ‘Free for All’ by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp Joe Papp brought theater to the masses, earning people’s awe and fury. By Wendy Smith The apt title of this juicy oral history, based on more than 160 interviews, simultaneously...
by | Dec 18, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Los Angeles Times ‘Out West’ at the Autry examines the history of homosexuals and transgender people in the Old West Museum officials say the series may be the first of its kind. One-Eyed Charlie was a driver for the California Stage Co. After his...
by | Dec 15, 2009 | Culture Music Art
by | Dec 15, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The LA Times Dan O’Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of ‘Alien’ By Dennis McLellan Dan O’Bannon, the acclaimed science fiction/horror film screenwriter who was best known for writing the blockbuster hit “Alien” and who also...
