Will Rogers

Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti Kicks Off Polo Season at Will Rogers

The Daily Truffle | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Will Rogers, Polo, Eric Garcetti, La-Mayoral-Candidates, La Around Town, LA City Council, Eric Garcetti City Council, Los Angeles News
The Daily Truffle

Harvard-Westlake alum and current L.A. city councilmember and Los Angeles mayoral Democratic candidate Eric Garcetti threw out the ball for the 59th a...

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Tribeca 2012 Diary: Nancy, Please Director Andrew Semans

Dan Persons | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Tragicomedy, Andrew Semans, Tribeca, Tribeca Film Festival, Eleonore Hendricks, Will Rogers, Nancy Please, Video, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In his feature film debut, Nancy, Please, director Andrew Semans has created a slyly disturbing tragicomedy that explores how a life strategy built around wallowing in one's own victimhood can lead to a rapid, and quite mortifying, undoing.

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Why the Republicans Can't Win

Rob Taub | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Trickle-Down Economics, Gop, Will Rogers, GOP Candidates, President Obama, Taxes, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Politics News
Rob Taub

Republicans can continue to relentlessly criticize the president all they want, but the GOP is out of touch with the American people.

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Stage Door: The Submission

Fern Siegel | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Rutina Wesley, Jeff Talbott, Theater, Will Rogers, Off-Broadway, New York, Jonathan Groff, Arts News
Fern Siegel

If a white man writes an important play about black people, is it less valuable once his identity is known? That's the question The Submission should have debated, kick-starting an honest dialogue.

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I Went to a Polo Match on Sunday, And Loved It!

Jay Weston | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Reims, Veuve Clicquot, Will Rogers, Polo, Clark Gable, Polo Field, La Stadium, Champagne, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

I have some advice for those people at AEG/Staples Center who are slugging it out with another faction for the right to build a new football stadium in LA. Let them have it... and steal their thunder by building a fabulous polo field!

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40.5 Things to Do in L.A. Without Your Car

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Sports Chalet, Penmar Golf Course, Karaoke, Ginger Rogers, The Aero Theater, Frozen Yogurt, Topanga State Park, Lapd, Parks and Recreation, Montana Street, Water-Balloon, West Los Angeles, Bikram Yoga, The Hub, Big Blue Bus, Boba Fett, Harry Potter, Lax, Will Rogers, Sushi, 405-Carmageddon, Westside, LA Restaurants, La Around Town, Best of La, Los Angeles News
Jennifer Ketcham

With the 405 shutting down, I find myself excited for my upcoming Westside staycation. City officials may encourage us to leave, but this list of the amazing things we can do locally illustrates just how great being a Westsider is.

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Jon Stewart Is Definitely A Comedian; Chris Wallace Admits Fox's Bias

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.21.2011

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Andy Ostroy

Jon Stewart is a true genius. But he's a comic genius. And without even being a true journalist he brilliantly managed to do what no one else has done: get Fox to admit that it's a politically biased television network.

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Thanksgiving and Washington D.C.

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thanksgiving, Congress, Tsa Patdowns, Will Rogers, President Obama, Turkey Pardon, Politics News
Kate Kelly

For this week's blog, I intended to look back at previous Thanksgiving celebrations in the White House, but I became distracted by other things that I...

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"Your Life Hasn't Changed By The Man Who's Elected"

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Incumbent, David Brancaccio, Blog Talk Radio, Political Season, Obama Marketing, Ad Campaigns, Steve Cone, Political Satire, Will Rogers, Political Debate, Change as a Dirty Word, John Hall, Politics News
Richard Laermer

"I think anybody who's occupied...office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be ne...

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So, You Think You Earn an Honest Living?

Crystal Syben Haidl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Capitalism, Social Capitalism, Honesty, Alan Dershowitz, Economic Crisis, Joe Klein, Jobs, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Democracy, George Bernard Shaw, Capitalism, Honest America, Tea Party Movement, Infrastructure, Labor, Labor Day, Food Inc., Work, Family Values, Values, Honest Living, Kalamazoo, Economic Terrorism, Nostra Culpa, Honest Work, Will Rogers, Honest Economy, Accountability, Civilianality, Michael Moore Sicko, Politics News
Crystal Syben Haidl

While Tea Partiers, pundits, lobbyists and mid-term candidates are out-shouting mantras on how to fix the system, the one thing almost everyone agrees...

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"American Tune": A Playlist For These Un-United States

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Testament, Prince, Bunny Wailer, War, Paul Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Lower Manhattan, Neil Young, The HIlls, Woody Guthrie, Smashing Pumpkins, James McMurtry, Stevie Wonder, Abraham Lincoln, Fleetwood Mac, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Newt Gingrich, John Stewart, Sugarland, David Byrne, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Laura Nyro, Queen Latifah, Ground Zero Mosque, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Winwood, Neil Diamond, Brooks & Dunn, Bryan Ferry, Madonna, Bree Sharp, Green Day, Brotherhood of Man, Iggy Pop, The Youngbloods, Buck Owens, George Washington, U2, Al Green, Jakob Dylan, Will Rogers, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News
David Wild

I had a waking dream last night in which Newt Gingrich was lobbying to have the word "United" in the "United States Of America" formally removed once and for all.

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Los Angeles Events and Gossip: Teen Choice Awards, Jonathan Club Luau, Nylon party, BlackBerry Torch AT&T Launch Party and InStyle's Summer Soiree

The Daily Truffle | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Daily Truffle

Weekend report: I spent my Saturday in Malibu ... Friend and fellow LA Native and Malibu Colony neighbor Chad Rogers finally sold the Wells Fargo par...

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Will Rogers: Tribute to a Political Hero at the 75th Anniversary of His Death

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Progressive, Will Rogers, Hollywood, Populist, Humorist, Will Rogers Death Anniversary, Will Rogers Death, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Rogers was the nation's most influential political commentator, and his views on the economy, FDR and the need for bold action are particularly interesting in the Obama era.

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Will Rogers Ranch Foundation's "Dog Iron Polo Match & Champagne Brunch"

Caroline M. Roman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nacho Figueras, Will Rogers, Polo, Los Angeles News
Caroline M. Roman

I spoke with Jennifer Rogers this afternoon - she is the great-granddaughter of Will Rogers (actor and Beverly Hills' first mayor). This weekend she w...

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America's Unwavering Passion for Ice Cream

Matthew Jacob | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Will Rogers, George Washington, Ice Cream, Geekosystem, Baskin-Robbins, Ice Cream Culture, Ice Cream America, Food News
Matthew Jacob

In 2006, more than 4.3 billion pounds of ice cream were consumed in the U.S. Clearly, ice cream matters, and it has always mattered in America.

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Campaigns, Elections, Hollywood Politics, Actresses, Hollywood, Dirty Tricks, Actors, Newspapers, New Deal, The Jungle, Pbs, Mgm, Upton Sinclair, Barack Obama, Fdr, Mad Men, Harry Chandlers, Campaign of the Century, Socialist, President Roosevelt, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Will Rogers, HL Mencken, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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Message to Tina Fey: Be Like Will Rogers

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Palin's Red Suit, Tina Fey Sarah Palin Snl, Will Rogers, Tina Fey SNL, Saturday Night Live, Sarah Palin Resignation, Tina Fey Sarah Palin, Tina Fey Sarah Palin Resignation, Politics News
Marlene H. Phillips

Tina Fey, come back. Come back to Saturday Night Live just once more. I know you said you were done. I know you've got your own show, but this is bigger than you.

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SSM (Sewage Stream Media) Intimidate MSM on Palin

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Palin-Biden Debate, Will Rogers, Gwen Ifill, Sewage Stream Media, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Media News
Robert S. McElvaine

Here's my message to the Mainstream Media -- Get some ovaries! Tell it like it is, so the American public won't be misled into thinking that Palin demonstrated that she is qualified for national office.

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