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Tuesday

Opinion

Competition for Hollywood's Power Brokers

In Hollywood, a good agent is the magical dealmaker who can bring together a script, a director, and a star to make a movie happen. Commentator Jake Halpern says that agents have been the power brokers in Hollywood since the decline of the studio system in the early '50s. But they may be seeing some competition from an unlikely source: Nance Mitchell, a waxer and skin care specialist who also helps her clients connect with each other to make movie deals.

Competition for Hollywood's Power Brokers

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Saturday

At Lebowski Fests, the Dude and Friends Abide

The Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski has created an appreciative audience far beyond the theater or the couch. Fans gather at dress-up festivals, including one under way in Los Angeles, to celebrate the movie's colorful and outrageous characters and themes.

At Lebowski Fests, the Dude and Friends Abide

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Saturday

Music Interviews

At 75, Stephen Sondheim Looks Back... and Forward

Stephen Sondheim turns 75 this week, but the legendary musical composer and lyricist of such classics as Sweeney Todd and Assassins is still going strong. New York's SymphonySpace hosts a 12-hour tribute concert Saturday.

At 75, Stephen Sondheim Looks Back... and Forward

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Friday

59th Annual Tony Awards

'Virginia Woolf' Returns to Broadway

The Edward Albee play featuring one of American drama's most notorious married couples returns to Broadway. Bill Irwin plays George, and Kathleen Turner plays Martha in the new production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

'Virginia Woolf' Returns to Broadway

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Thursday

Culture

Gene Wilder: A Seriously Funny Man

He's been a mad scientist, a gun-slinging cowboy, a twisted chocolate maker and other zanily hilarious characters. But actor Gene Wilder still doesn't consider himself a funny man. He speaks about his career and his new autobiography Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art.

Gene Wilder: A Seriously Funny Man

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Tuesday

Monday

Opinion

Why Buy Fashion from Celebrities?

Our commentator says that having one's own fashion line seems to be de rigeur for celebrities lately. But he doesn't plan to buy from any celebrities-turned-garment moguls anytime soon. Rosecrans Baldwin is co-editor and publisher of the MorningNews.org.

Why Buy Fashion from Celebrities?

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Sunday

Culture

Asch's Folkways Sounds, Live on the Web

Moses Asch spent years collecting and compiling the world's sounds. Working through a number of small record labels including Folkways Recordings, Asch explored a world of sound -- not just music, but birds, bugs and machines. Asch died in 1986. But now the Smithsonian has put his entire collection of sounds on the Web.

Asch's Folkways Sounds, Live on the Web

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Saturday

Books

'The Harder They Fall': Fame and Addiction

In The Harder They Fall, a new collection of stories of celebrity addiction and recovery, writers Gary Stromberg and Jane Merrill take readers through the spinning, drug-induced decades of the '60s and '70s.

'The Harder They Fall': Fame and Addiction

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Friday

'Saturday Night Fever' Floor on the Auction Block

Got $60,000 to $80,000 to spare? If so, you could own a part of disco history and be strutting in your boogie shoes on the famous Saturday Night Fever dance floor. The multicolored platform where John Travolta showed off his moves is to be auctioned to the public.

'Saturday Night Fever' Floor on the Auction Block

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Thursday