JACK SIMPSON: Westerns told us tales that live on in memory

If you are a senior citizen, you probably miss those old western movies we used to go see on Saturday afternoons.

Movies Now Showing, 2/3/2012

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The lady gangsta fantasy of M.I.A.'s video for 'Bad Girls'

Today M.I.A., aka Maya Arulpragasam, debuted her video for new single “Bad Girls,” working again with “Born Free” co-conspirator Romain Gavras. Filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, the country’s film capital also seen in “Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Gladiator” and several other Western movies, the video is meant to evoke a Persian Gulf landscape – dusty, baked, semi ...

PASSINGS: Patricia A. Disney, Warren Lockhart, Charla Krupp, King Stitt, Joaquin Martinez

Patricia A. Disney, philanthropist and ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy, dies at 77; Warren Lockhart, producer of noted documentary who also worked on 'Peanuts' shows, dies at 71; Charla Krupp, author of 'How Not to Look Old,' dies at 58; King Stitt, pioneer of rap reggae, dies at 72; Joaquin Martinez, character actor known for western roles, dies at 81 Patricia A. Disney

Movies Now Showing, 1/27/2012

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