BRIEF: Diane Ladd lists compound in Ojai for sale at $4.45 million
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May 23--Veteran actress Diane Ladd has put her gated compound in Ojai up for sale at $4.45 million. The main house, built in 1986, features a wraparound porch, four bedrooms and five bathrooms and 4,314 square feet of living space. There is a separate guest house, offices, hobby room and three-car garage. The 2.38-acre site includes mature trees, stone walkways, a mediation garden, yoga ...

May/23/2013 08:52 PM

For his first movie, B-N native Andy Steadman returns to his roots
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May 23--Madrigal singer. Thespian. Wrestler. Garage rocker. Improv comedian. Universal Studios tour guide (VIP). TV Guide Network art department worker. Kids' birthday party entertainer. And now, movie writer... movie director ... movie star. Never let it be said that Andy Steadman marches to the beat of any drummer other than his own. "Quirky" is a word that crops up more than once or twice ...

May/23/2013 12:06 PM

BLOG: Cityscapes: Harris: Digital push builds to rectify 1991 Pritzker Prize omission
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May 23--Denise Scott Brown has worked side by side with her husband, architect Robert Venturi, since the early 1960s, joining his firm and marrying him in 1967 and becoming the firm's principal in charge of planning in 1969. In 1991, Venturi won their profession's highest award, the Pritzker Prize, an award founded by Chicagoans and administered here. Scott Brown boycotted her husband's award ...

May/23/2013 10:12 AM

Chicago Tribune Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential column
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May 23--Denise Scott Brown has worked side by side with her husband, architect Robert Venturi, since the early 1960s, joining his firm and marrying him in 1967 and becoming the firm's principal in charge of planning in 1969. In 1991, Venturi won their profession's highest award, the Pritzker Prize, an award founded by Chicagoans and administered here. Scott Brown boycotted her husband's award ...

May/23/2013 09:40 AM

Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'
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May 22--CANNES, France -- Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time? In a word: "relief." "Writing is wonderful, I've mined some things out of myself, but I'm interested in the art ...

May/22/2013 08:53 PM

Timbaland invests in Austin music software company Open Labs
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May 21--Timbaland is making a bet on Austin music software company Open Labs. The well-known artist and music producer -- whose real name is Timothy Mosley -- is the lead investor in a $500,000 investment in the company, whose app lets people easily create music using a standard PC. The Windows-based app, called StageLight, was released in November and costs $9.99. It requires no special ...

May/21/2013 09:26 PM

BLOG: Show Tracker: Bradley Cooper on living with his mom: 'There's no other choice'
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May 21--http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n37121 [http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n37121] Bradley Cooper [http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/bradley-cooper-PECLB0000005706.topic], star of "The Hangover [http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/the-hangover-%28movie%29-ENMV00005020.topic] 3," may be Hollywood's most well-adjusted ...

May/21/2013 08:52 PM

BLOG: Movies Now: With Bill Hader leaving 'SNL,' here's 5 movie roles we want for him
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May 21--http://www.trbimg.com/img-519aaff8/turbine/la-5-postsnl-movie-roles-for-bill-hader-201305-001/600 [http://www.trbimg.com/img-519aaff8/turbine/la-5-postsnl-movie-roles-for-bill-hader-201305-001/600] For Bill Hader [http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/bill-hader-PECLB0000005557.topic] fans, Saturday was a dark day, as it marked the actor's last episode as a regular cast member of ...

May/21/2013 08:52 PM

BLOG: Company Town: NBC News gets new president. Oscars still searching for host.
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May 21--http://www.trbimg.com/img-519b0360/turbine/la-et-ct-morning-fix-20130521-001/525 [http://www.trbimg.com/img-519b0360/turbine/la-et-ct-morning-fix-20130521-001/525] After the coffee. Before going out to vote for next mayor of Los Angeles. The Skinny: It's election day here so do your civic duty and remember to take nothing for granted. Tuesday's stories include a new president at NBC ...

May/21/2013 08:51 PM

Bradley Cooper on living with his mom: 'There's no other choice'
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May 21--Bradley Cooper, star of "The Hangover 3," may be Hollywood's most well-adjusted mama's boy. As he has explained at length before, the 38-year-old Cooper moved in with his widowed mother after the death of his father a few years ago. And, in a move that made women across the country swoon, the actor even brought her as his date to this year's Oscars ceremony, where he was nominated for ...

May/21/2013 03:46 PM