Meryl Streep's Triumphant (and Tragic) Road to Her First Oscar Nomination for 'The Deer Hunter'

Meryl Streep's Triumphant (and Tragic) Road to Her First Oscar Nomination for 'The Deer Hunter'

Bill Higgins
The actress, nominated this year for her 17th Academy Award for "The Iron Lady," worked on the 1978 film with actor boyfriend John Cazale, who died before it was released in theaters from bone cancer.

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The New York Times Discovers This Crazy Place Called the La Brea Tar Pits

The New York Times Discovers This Crazy Place Called the La Brea Tar Pits

Every once in a while, The New York Times decides to turn its attention to the Best Coast, and this week the Grey Lady suggested checking out this bubbling asphalt pit full of prehistoric (or as we Angelenos refer to it B.F.: Before Freeways) fossils that's right smack-dab in the middle of the Miracle Mile. Isn't that insane?!! [ more › ]

Blogger Pinpoints the 'Good Day' that Inspired Ice Cube

Blogger Pinpoints the 'Good Day' that Inspired Ice Cube

Like most great discoveries Murk Avenue blogger Donovan Strain started with a simple question: just which date inspired Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day"? [ more › ]