'BIOGRAPHY' EXHIBIT OPENS WITH L.A. TWIST.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services A&E Network celebrates 15 years of its popular series ``Biography'' with a special multimedia exhibit that offers ordinary folks a chance to feel worthy of the treatment notables get. The exhibit, opening at 12:30 p.m. today at the Westside Pavilion The Westside Pavilion is a shopping mall located in West Los Angeles. It is owned and operated by The Macerich Company. It is a three story urban-style shopping mall with 150 shops and is anchored by a Macy's (formerly May Company and later Robinsons-May) and a Nordstrom. , includes likenesses on loan from Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum wax museum n. A place where life-size wax figures, usually of famous people, are exhibited. of Madonna, Colin Powell Noun 1. Colin Powell - United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Colin luther Powell, Powell , Amelia Earhart and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Visitors will be invited to videotape their own 60-second ``Biography'' segment in a virtual interview with host Harry Smith and pose for mock covers of Biography magazine. They also can navigate celebrities' family trees. The exhibit, open through Sunday, also includes profiles of 10 Los Angeles community heroes, among them cancer research fund-raiser Lilly Tartikoff, Olympic speed-skating medalist Derek Parra and members of the El Camino High School "El Camino High School" may refer to:
Admission is free. Westside Pavilion is at 10800 W. Pico Blvd. URICH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: A scholarship fund will be established at Park City High School in the name of Robert Urich. Urich, an Emmy-winning actor best-known for his starring roles in sleuth series such as ``Vega$'' and ``Spenser: For Hire,'' died Tuesday of cancer at Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
For most of the 1990s, he split his time between Los Angeles and a sprawling home in Deer Valley. Urich and his wife, Heather Menzies, were active in the Utah arts community, raising money to help build the 1,200-seat Eccles Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. at Park City High School. Teri Orr, executive director of the Eccles Center, said Tuesday the high school would establish a scholarship in Urich's name. ``The center probably wouldn't have gotten off the ground without him lending his presence to the effort,'' Orr said. The center opened in 1998 with a gala event with Urich as host. The Urichs organized a celebrity ski event and were the hosts of fund-raising dinners at their home, she said. ``He was very generous with his time.'' |
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