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May.21.2013
On Tuesday, Laurie and I visited Chicago-proper, mostly traveling by train. The Metra is an outlying railway that gets you to downtown’s Union Station; while The Loop helps you make your way to Millennium Park, Grant Park, Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), and other wonderful sites...
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Apr.16.2013
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP a film review by Jeanne Powell
Robert Redford is back with a film we have been awaiting since the last Weather Underground activist came in from the cold at the end of the Carter administration. I do not mean to imply they all came...
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Feb.23.2013
Having authored a trilogy of thrillers based on Kate Conway as an intrepid investigative reporter, I’m pointing out some of the classics that inspired me—and based on their explosive story value may inspire you.
Citizen Kane (1941)
The brilliant expose and bio-pic of newspaper tycoon William...
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Nov.19.2012
My colleague Gary Lycan was a WINNER this evening at the National Entertainment Journalist Awards, and sponsored by the Los Angeles Press Club. The 5th Annual gala took place at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Here are the exciting details in print and pictures...
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Nov.13.2012
This Sunday, the Los Angeles Press Club will host the National Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala. I’m attending as the author of Son of Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History, and this Forgotten Hollywood Blog; nominated in specific categories. Jane Fonda will be there to receive ...
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Oct.29.2012
The Los Angeles Press Club has just announced the 2012 Finalists for the National Entertainment Journalism Awards. The gala will take place on November 18th at the Bilmore Hotel in their Crystal Ballroom. It's their 5th Annual event.
As I announced previously, the LA Press Club will...
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May.08.2012
The Los Angeles Press Club is sponsoring a series of special events honoring the work of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. The former Washington Post journalists investigated the cover-up of the Watergate break-in that led to the downfall of the presidency of Richard Nixon, four decades...
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Jul.30.2011
(#2 in a 12-part series to be printed at the beginning of each month)
THE HOT ROCK - This is a funny motion picture starring Robert Redford, George Segal, and Zero Mostel, and seldom shown on late night television. The simple premise of the plot… a group of bumbling bad guys are determined to steal...
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Apr.15.2011
The Conspirator a film review by Jeanne Powell
Robert Redford has produced a spectacular historical film, sure to garner multiple Academy Award nominations.
The conspirator in the film title is a noncombatant and a woman, the first woman to be executed by the federal government. More than 500...
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May.04.2009
In a very tight, tented-off square upstairs at the Castro Theater, a photographer had handed Robert Redford the small pyramid crystal award he'd be getting the next night from the SF International Film Festival.
"Just do something with it," the shooter said a little gruffly to the man...
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