Q&A: Former Times critic Robert Hilburn on writing about Paul Simon and the struggle to protect artistry
Pop music writer Randy Lewis and pop music critic Robert Hilburn worked together at The Times for a quarter-century before Hilburn retired in 2006. They sat down recently to talk about Hilburn’s latest book, “Paul Simon — The Life,” to be published by Simon & Schuster on Tuesday, just ahead of Simon’s farewell tour concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on May 22, 23 and 28. This is Hilburn’s third book s
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A firefighter rests near a collapsed building in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan. (Anthony Wallace / AFP/Getty Images) A rescue worker brings a victim down from the collapsed Wei Kuan complex in Tainan, southern Taiwan. (Sam Yeh / AFP/Getty Images) People rest near the site of a building collapse in the southern city of Tainan, Taiwan, early Feb. 7 after a 6.4 earthquake. (Anthony Wallace / AFP
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About an hour south of Washington, D.C., deep beneath rolling hills near the verdant Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, lies a storehouse filled with bounty. At one time, during the Cold War, that treasure was cash — about $3-billion worth — that the Federal Reserve had socked away inside cinderblock bunkers built to keep an accessible, safe stash of funds in case of nuclear attack. Photos: Ameri
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Don't tell 'Avatar's' Stephen Lang he's the bad guy: 'I didn't play a villain; I played a man doing his job' | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times
Did ‘Star Wars’ become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Here is a longer version of my story on Gary Kurtz that appears in Thursday’s Calendar section. “Star Wars” was born a long time ago, but not all that far, far away. In 1972, filmmakers George Lucas and Ga
THE WORLD : Obama seeks cooperation with China : In his Tokyo speech, he outlines his vision for the region, saying the U.S. does not seek to 'contain' Beijing.
TOKYO — Rolling out his approach toward the Pacific Rim, President Obama stressed in Tokyo today that he wants a cooperative relationship with China in which the two nations act as responsible global powers, setting aside differences to cope with climate change, nuclear proliferation and economic instability. Obama said the U.S. has no wish to “contain” China, a strategy that grew out of the Cold
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