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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014
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Child star Shirley Temple dies at age 85
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Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for "Annie" can only dream of being as beloved — or as important — as Shirley Temple.
Any kid who ever tap-
Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of spirited Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other preteens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.
Temple remains such a symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.
Her hit movies — which included "Bright Eyes" (1934), "Curly Top" (1935), "Dimples" (1936), "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1936) and "Heidi" (1937) — featured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience and optimism that a struggling American public found appealing. She kept children singing "On the Good Ship Lollipop" for generations.
She was also a tribute to the economic and inspirational power of movies, credited with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself for lifting America's spirits during a gloomy time.
She was "just absolutely
marvelous, greatest in the world," director Allan Dwan told filmmaker-author Peter Bogdanovich in his book "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors."
"With Shirley, you'd just tell her once and she'd remember the rest of her life," said Dwan, who directed her in "Heidi" and "Brebeca of Sunnybrook Farm." "Whatever it was she was supposed to do — she'd do it. ... And if one of the actors got stuck, she'd tell him what his line was — she knew
"In both roles, she truly lifted people up and earned not only a place in our hearts, but also our enduring respect."
GEORGE H. W BUSH Former President
it better than he did."
Her achievements did not end with movies. Retired from acting at 21, she went on to hold several diplomatic posts in Republican administrations, including ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the sudden collapse of communism in 1989.
"In both roles, she truly lifted people up and earned not only a place in our hearts, but also our enduring respect," former President George H.W. Bush said.
From 1935 to 1938, she was the most popular screen actress in the country and was a bigger draw than Clark
Gable, Joan Crawford or Gary Cooper. In 1999, the American Film Institute's ranking of the greatest screen legends put Temple at No.18 among the 25 actresses.
"I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early," she quipped in 2006 as she was honored by the Screen Actors Guild.
But she also said that evening that her greatest roles were as wife, mother and grandmother: "There's nothing like real love. Nothing."
Temple and her movies were an escapist delight at a time when America was down in the dumps.
Her appeal faded as quickly as it had emerged. She missed a shot at playing Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" when 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend out his greatest asset; the part went to Judy Garland. And "The Little Princess" in 1939 and "The Blue Bird" in 1940 didn't draw big crowds, prompting Fox to let Temple go.
Among her later films were "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," with Cary Grant, and "That Hagen Girl," with Ronald Reagan.
After her film career ended, she concentrated on raising her family and turned to television to host and act in 16 specials called "Shirley Temple's Storybook" on ABC. In 1960, she joined NBC and aired "The Shirley Temple Show."
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Shirley Temple Black accepts the Screen Actors Guild Awards life achievement award at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 29, 2006 in Los Angeles. Shirley Temple, child star, put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers.
In this 1933 file photo, child actress Shirley Temple is seen in her role as "Little Miss Marker." Shirley Temple the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85.
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Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder of the Comedy Central show "Nathan For You" comes forward as the brain-child of "Dumb Starbucks," a parody store in Los Angeles that resembles a Starbucks.
Comic Nathan Fielder parodies Starbucks coffee
LOS ANGELES — It was a caffeine-charged Hollywood whodunit: Just whose bright idea was the "Dumb Starbucks" coffee shop that popped up and started serving free drinks from the corner of an otherwise uncelebrated strip mall*
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Keeping a straight face, Canadian comic Nathan Fielder told a crowd he was pursuing the "American dream" before acknowledging that he planned to use the bit on his Comedy Central show "Nathan For You."
After several days of speculation, the big reveal came Monday: The buzz-generating shop was a comedian's publicity stunt.
Soon after, Los Angeles County health inspectors shut it down for operating without a valid permit.
Earlier in the day, and for
much of the weekend, a line from the store wound along-side the parking lot and up the block. Some patrons snapped pictures in front of a green awning and mermaid logo that is familiar — except that the word "Dumb" is prominently featured.
They weren't coming for gourmet fare: Their descriptions of the coffee ranged from "horrible" to "bitter," and one parent said his daughter complained that the hot chocolate was like water.
"It was a pretty dumb idea to come out in the cold" and wait for nearly two hours to get a coffee, joked Anthony Solis, who lives in nearby Hollywood.
Instead, they were just coming to say they came, and to score a white paper cup with a sticker bearing the curious logo.
Before the rush of the past few days, production crews came to the location several times to film, according to permits taken out with Film LA, a private nonprofit that issues the licenses. The permits were billed to Abso Lutely Productions, which has produced Fielder's show.
erated grew over the weekend with a boost from posts on Twitter and Facebook.
Dumb Starbucks opened Friday, and the interest it gen-
"While we appreciate the humor, they cannot use our name, which is a protected trademark," Laurel Harper, a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Starbucks Corp., said in an email.
Once opened, Dumb Starbucks caught the attention of the real Starbucks.
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NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is working on a book about gun control. The Arizona Democrat and her husband, the retired Navy captain and astronaut Mark Kelly, are collaborating on "Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence."
The book is based on an essay by Giffords that appeared in The New York Times last April, when she responded to the fatal shootings of 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. Giffords chastised senators who blocked gun legislation that included expanded background checks and a ban on assault weapons.
"Enough" was one of the first words Gabby said to me after we learned about the Newtown, Conn., massacre." Kelly said in a statement issued Tuesday by the book's publisher, Scribner. "As Second Amendment supporters and gun owners ourselves, we hope our book rouses the long-overdue conversation our country needs to make responsible changes to our gun laws so that no more precious lives are lost."
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced that "Enough" was scheduled for release in June. Scribner previously published "Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love and Resilience," in which Giffords and Kelly told of the former congresswoman's miraculous recovery from being shot in the head in 2011.
For both books, Giffords and Kelly were represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington attorney whose other clients have included President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush.
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