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Culver High Soccer Star Makes a Fundraising Plea for TripBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM April 26, 2013Haley Pina of Culver City High School has been invited to join Team A.I.S.T. (American International Sports Team) to compete in June, along with 17 other high school/club soccer players, in the United World Games soccer tournament in Austria. The southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt, host of the tournament, is a community of 94,000 in the middle of the country. The tournament will run June 17-26.read |
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For Kerr, ‘South Pacific’ Was a Hit That, Oddly, Helped No OneBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM February 13, 2013Actor John Kerr, who died on Feb. 2 at the age of 81, told me the film he enjoyed making the most was "The Pit and The Pendulum," directed by Roger Corman and co-starred Vincent Price. He recalled that Corman was an excellent director and Price kept him laughing during the entire production. In 1958, Kerr played...read |
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John Kerr, South Pacific Star and ‘Culver City-The Reel Hollywood’ NarratorBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM February 12, 2013Actor John Kerr, who won a Tony Award for his role in the Elia Kazan stage production of "Tea and Sympathy," died on Feb. 2. He was 81 years old. I first met Mr. Kerr 35 years ago, in 1978, when...read |
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The Day a Cowboy Legend Ended in a CrashBy Ross Hawkins @ 8:00 AM January 22, 2013A little old lady was being interviewed by the host. Seems that when she was an aspiring actress in the 1920s, one of her earliest assignments had been to ride double with the famed cowboy Tom Mix when he performed a stunt at a hotel in Santa Monica. She rode behind Mix while his horse actually climbed four flights of stairs, to the top of the hotel, and then he – they? – plunged into...read |
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‘Bring Home Hollywood’ Holds a Fundraiser on SaturdayBy Ross Hawkins @ 12:00 PM January 09, 2013Sharon Hardee Jimenez, Executive Director for the Bring Hollywood Home Foundation, will host a benefit concert on Saturday evening at 7 at Candela/Leonardo's Lounge, 831 S. La Brea Ave., Hollywood.read |