Hollywood has barely dipped toe into deep waters of Korean War

Jerry Brown’s prison realignment program, on Thursday circulated material asking for money to “stand against Brown and his dangerous policies.” The solicitation cites the alleged killer of Christine Calderon, stabbed to death June 18 after she refused to pay a group of homeless men for a photograph she had snapped of them. “Just last week Dustin James Kinnear, who was released early under AB109, stabbed and killed an innocent woman in Hollywood,” Maldonado’s missive states. Kinnear, Calderon’s accused killer, was not released from prison early.
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Alford finds the storytelling void in Korea puzzling because “war films are, with notable exceptions, seldom about the violent conflict between two nation states’ worldviews and more often a sympathetic analysis of how warfare defines American values.” The Korean War came so soon after World War II and the spate of films inspired by it that American moviegoers may have had combat fatigue. “For one, the films emerging from the war simply weren’t that good,” he says of a spate of forgettable movies that included 1952’s Japanese War Bride and 1953’s Battle Circus. “Hollywood spent the better part of the ’40s churning out war films, and the lack of imagination and inventiveness in Korean War films may simply result from imaginative exhaustion.” The stakes also paled compared with WWII, says Steven Gillon, resident historian for the History Channel and history professor at the University of Oklahoma. “The same generation that fought in World War II also fought in Korea,” he says.
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Council committee OKs shorter Hollywood Millennium towers

Woman taking pictures of men begging in Hollywood is stabbed, killed

See the note at the bottom for details. The developer of a controversial skyscraper project in the heart of Hollywood agreed Tuesday to trim the height of two residential towers by 25%, and the proposal was approved by a Los Angeles City Council committee Residents complained, however, that the reduction still does not address traffic concerns. Millennium Partners offered shorter, bulkier structures to frame the iconic Capitol Records building on opposite sides of Vine Street.
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Could China’s growing influence in Hollywood affect Christian-themed movies?

The attack occurred shortly after 8 p.m. at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the heart of Hollywood, where attractions like Grauman’s Chinese Theatre draw in tens of thousands of tourists annually. The pair, who are believed to be from the Los Angeles area, began taking pictures with their cellphones after spotting the transients holding signs with obscenities on them while asking for money, according to sources familiar with the case who asked not to be identified because the investigation is ongoing. The man and woman were simultaneously attacked by the three men, who were not immediately identified.
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Hot in Hollywood: Producer Lynda Obst on Tentpoles, Tadpoles and TV

American romantic comedies lost favor with the major studios because they don’t have blockbuster potential at home and don’t sell as well in places like China and India. In the last two years, the only romantic comedy to gross more than $100 million at the U.S. box office was Silver Lining Playbook — and much of that was due to Oscar buzz and a Best Actress win by Jennifer Lawrence.
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“For starters, the censors wouldn’t approve the level of violence in Mel’s movie.” A rep for Gibson did not respond to a request for comment. But Christianity does appear to be growing in China. Ted Baehr, founder of the faith and traditional values entertainment site Movieguide.com, insists that the Christian genre does well around the world, and that there has been a push for the website to run a service in China.
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Stolen: West Hollywood’s 200-pound pink bulldog

Hollywood director James Cameron urges boost in oceans research

It was part of an installation of six sculptures scheduled to remain on Santa Monica Boulevard through September. (June 11, 2013) Also By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times June 11, 2013, 8:29 p.m. The lost bulldog being sought in West Hollywood ought to be hard to miss. It’s pink. It’s wearing sneakers on its front paws.
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“This is a critical time in oceanographic research,” Cameron said. “The ocean is an energy that drives weather, including the higher precipitation in extreme weather events like superstorm Sandy, the severe droughts and so on associated with climate change. To understand weather and climate, we must understand the oceans.” Cameron said this cannot be done simply by satellite, and he said scientists need instruments and vehicles that can observe and measure variables in the water. Jan Newton, senior principle oceanographer at the University of Washington, is on the front lines of oceanic research.
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