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Keiko Ibi’s “Personal” Journey

October 28, 1999

\”The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years,\” an 82-year-old man rinses out his dentures in his solitary apartment and longs for love and sex. Another elderly man laments that he has been impotent since receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
Selma, 73, discusses her sexless marriage, her affairs, the elderly man who tried to rape her and the hopelessness of living alone. \”Touching, it\’s what I miss,\” she confides. \”What I\’d really like is not the sex act itself. I just want to be held.\”

Enrico Suavé

October 28, 1999

In 1961, a saddened and disheartened 23-year-old Algerian school teacher and musician named Gaston Ghenassia was merely one of the thousands of refugees on a ship bound for France, leaving his homeland in the aftermath of the Algerian Revolution. Little did he know at the time how defining a moment it was to become in his life.

Wise Works Its Wonders for Mitzvah Day

October 28, 1999

There were a multitude of good works to choose from during the Jewish Federation Valley Alliance\’s fifth annual Mitzvah Day, from the high-profile CROP Walk for Hunger to tree-planting at Lake Balboa to canned food drives at every temple from Simi Valley to North Hollywood.

A Night at the Sephardic Film Festival

October 28, 1999

He played a scumbag ex-husband in \”First Wives Club\”; harried father in both \”Clueless\” and \”A Night at the Roxbury\”; and President Richard Nixon in this year\’s \”Dick.\” And this week, Dan Hedaya was recognized for his prolific body of work at the Third Annual Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival (alongside fellow actor Shaun Toub and film editor Kent Beyda) — something he never anticipated while growing up in Bensonhurst.

Meandering Plots Derail ‘Train’

October 28, 1999

It is \”Train of Life\’s\” misfortune to be released a year after the Oscar-winning Italian film, to which it inevitably will be compared and judged.

A Heartfelt Roast for the Friars Club

October 21, 1999

Dean Ward says he was born at least two decades too late. He had an affinity for films of the mid-century, for the music of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. \”I used to scour the TV Guide for when the old movies were on.\”

Krispy Kreme

October 21, 1999

Not since the gas lines of the 1970s, perhaps, has a commodity been in such high demand. With the arrival of North Carolina-based Krispy Kreme in Southern California, it seems people can\’t get enough of the sweet stuff the company\’s been selling for 62 years.

The Arts

June 4, 1998

When thecolumnist and author Jack Newfield started work on his documentaryabout Robert F. Kennedy, his mind was rooted as much in the presentas it was in the past. Yes, a large part of the purpose of thethree-hour special, \”Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir\” (Discovery Channel,Sunday, June 7, 8 p.m.), was to commemorate and honor the latesenator on the 30th anniversary of his assassination.

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