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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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A Group Of Writers Walk Into A Bar, Only It's Not A Bar, It's A Ballroom

Comments (1) | 10 Reasons Why You're Dreading Passover Seder, 20th Anniversary, author, Books, champagne luncheon, fiction, independent press, Kate Gale, literary community, literary L.A., Los Angeles, Mark Cull, Pam Houston, Pasadena, Pete Fromm, poet, poetry, Red Hen, Red Hen 20th Anniversary, Red Hen Press, Richard Blanco, Sharon Olds, small press, writers

Sara Newman
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A press like Red Hen makes you wonder whether or not they’ll be serving chicken. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

'Not That Kind Of Girl' Book Release

Comments (0) | author, book, book release, Books, Dunham, feminist, Girls, Lena, lena dunham, memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, writer

Jessica Harrington
Staff Reporter

How are people responding to Lena Dunham's new book "Not That Kind of Girl?"

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Remembering A.J. "Jack" Langguth

Comments (0) | adjunct professors, AJ Jack Langguth, author, historian, journalist, Los Angeles and Region, mentor, professor Langguth

Friends of Langguth said he loved teaching. (USC News image)

Celeste Alvarez
Staff Reporter

A look at the veteran journalist's life as an educator, war historian and friend.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

4 Audiobooks To Make Your Commute Fly By

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Helen Carefoot
Staff Reporter

Start your day with an emotion other than rage.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Maya Angelou’s Legacy: 9 Quotes To Inspire

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Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Angelou leaves a legacy of words and social change. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

'If I Stay' Trailer Presents Heartbreaking Story

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Dale Chong
Executive Producer

The film adaptation's trailer brings on all the tears.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

LA Times Festival Of Books: 'Are We Really What We Eat'

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Panelists during the Book Festival's "Are We Really What We Eat" panel (Helen Carefoot/Neon Tommy).

Helen Carefoot
Staff Writer

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel discussed sustainability, adventurous eating and the rise of mainstream food culture.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Sandra Cisneros At The Festival Of Books

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Sandra Cisneros, reading from selected works on the LA Bookfest Poetry Stage

Ariel Sobel
Staff Reporter

The acclaimed writer of The House on Mango Street inks up hearts.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

L.A. Times Festival Of Books Recap: Day One

Comments (0) | #bookfest, author, bookfest, Books, Carol Muske Dukes, Dinah Lenney, Festival of Books, Innovator's Award, Jennifer Chavez, John Green, Kurt Vonnegut, L.A. Times, L.A. Times Festival of Books, Leo Braudy, Meghan Daum, memoir, novel, Pico Iyer, poetics, poetry, The Fault in Our Stars, writing

Sara Newman
Senior News Editor

Writing for readers is anything but obsolete, as these passionate novelists, memoirists and poets show. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Terry McMillan Discusses Parenting And Love Over 'Who Asked You?'

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New York Times best-selling novelist Terry McMillan, pictured above. (David Shankbone/Flickr)

Dale Chong
Staff Reporter

New York Times best-selling author discusses important topics from her new novel.

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