Dateline: Los Angeles County
Weblog: purpletigressrose.blogspot.com
Articles: 191
Former theater critic for the LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times . For the last five years, an editing slave at a dot-com but recently laid off. Currently an under-employed freelance writer and artist.
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Sometimes Love Isn't Enough - Animal Hoarding Horror in Southern California
Four hundred animals collected and deserted in the Southern California desert now need help.
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Diamonds Are DeBeers' Best Friend
DeBeers control of the precious diamond market finally being threatened by lawsuits and other competing countries.
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Movie Review: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
This is a suspenseful crime thriller that delves intensely into the emotional dynamics of a family imploding.
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Beyond Sweeney Todd: Sondheim on Video
Before Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, Stephen Sondheim's other musicals have been made into movies or had stage productions recorded.
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Movie Review: The Devil's Backbone
If you've seen Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," you might be interested in his 2001 "The Devil's Backbone." It's the spiritual sequel.
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A Tale of Two Rapes
A Saudi woman and an American woman are gang raped in separate incidents. Can they expect justice?
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Global Warming: New Software Tracks Geophysical Changes from Radar Images
A Caltech grad student's new software can reveal major geophysical events, using 20 years of satellite radar images.
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Movie Review: Rich Boy Angst Ends in Alaska - Into the Wild
The true story of a well-to-do white boy who wanted to play at what so many of us struggle against every day.
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Movie Review: Blood, Gore, and More - Sweeney Todd
The great surprise in Sweeney Todd is that Johnny Depp can sing.
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Los Angeles Freeways and Fires Waiting for Ignition
About five days a week I pass by the brown and dry reminders of January 2007, as well as kindling for future fires.
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