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Sen. John Seymour (R-Calif.) said Sunday that he will work in the Senate to see that "not one penny" of federal aid goes to anyone convicted of looting or arson in the Los Angeles riots. But unlike his two opponents for the Republican nomination for the two-year Senate seat, Seymour supports the aid bill. Seymour made the comment during a half-hour debate, shown statewide on public television, with his two major opponents: Rep. William E. Dannemeyer of Fullerton and U. S.

Kevon Seymour got his wish. USC's sophomore cornerback expected that Oregon State would target him during Friday night's game at Reser Stadium. “I want the opportunity,” Seymour said earlier in the week. “I'm like, 'Please go at me.' That's how I make a name. That's how I get better.” Seymour struggled at times, but he toughened as the game progressed and intercepted a pass by Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion in the fourth quarter to help preserve USC's 31-14 victory.

My acquaintance with Ruth Seymour over the years had been fleeting. But inevitably when I saw the KCRW radio general manager, it would provoke reminiscences about the days long ago when I worked with her daughter, Celia, on the newspaper at Santa Monica High School. Maybe that obscure connection gave Seymour license to heap extra incredulity on me a couple of months ago. It was the last time I interviewed her, and I had deigned to ask whether, based on the latest Arbitron ratings, KCRW-FM (89.9)

Jane Seymour and husband James Keach have made their split official: The former "Medicine Woman" has filed for legal separation. The British actress filed documents in Los Angeles Superior Court last week to break from her actor-director husband of more than 20 years, TMZ reported . The reason? The ever-popular "irreconcilable differences. " PHOTOS: Celebrity splits of 2013 Seymour, 52, and Keach, 65, married on May 15, 1993, and have have twin boys - Kristopher and John, 17 - of whom Seymour is pursuing joint legal and physical custody, E!

Seymour's opposition to S-21 is yet another example of California's ineffective special interest legislators. Your editorial dramatically points out the folly of Seymour's stand on such an important issue. JOAN RICHARDSON San Clemente

I've outgrown J.D. Salinger, and I don't know where that leaves me. I was 10 when my father handed me "The Catcher in the Rye," and I found not just a voice for all the wild despair and sudden inexplicable elation of adolescence but an acknowledgement that these feelings did not occur in a vacuum. Salinger reached into the "vale of tears" catechism of my Irish Catholic upbringing and lifted me out by my hair — don't listen, he said, they're all phonies, just keep your eyes open for small moments of beauty, and you will find them between the lies and the obscenities.

I want to praise Whitney North Seymour Jr. for his courage in boldly speaking out against the unethical practices that have proliferated in Washington (Part I, Dec. 18) . I praise him for saying that he was disappointed to hear that the President was saddened by the perjury conviction of his dear friend, Deaver. I praise Seymour for criticizing the Secretary of State George Shultz for vouching for Deaver's honesty. So here's three hurrahs for Whitney North Seymour Jr., a man (and, I think, a rare Republican)

State Sen. John Seymour (R-Anaheim) is again seeking legislative passage of a bill to help parents save for their children's college tuition. Seymour said his new bill is similar to one passed by the 1988 Legislature but vetoed by Gov. George Deukmejian. Seymour said he believes that the new bill has enough differences, however, to "avoid another veto by the governor." The current bill, which on Wednesday was approved by the Senate Education Committee, calls for creating a California Tuition Finance Authority.

In an effort to crack down on habitual truants, state Sen. John Seymour (R-Anaheim) is pushing a bill that would allow teachers to reduce a student's grade for excessive absences, even those excused by parents. "Since some parents are all too willing to simply write notes over and over again for their children, rather than insist they attend class, this measure was necessary so that our school system can complete the mission the people of California insist it do," Seymour said.

State Sen. Marian Bergeson (R--Newport Beach) is expected this week to enter the Republican primary for lieutenant governor. Another Orange County Republican, State Sen. John Seymour of Anaheim, has already announced that he will seek the nomination.

Kevon Seymour welcomes the challenge. On Friday night, USC's sophomore cornerback anticipates that Oregon State's high-powered passing attack will target and test him. "I want the opportunity," Seymour said Tuesday. "I'm like, 'Please go at me.' That's how I make a name. That's how I get better. " Oregon State, led by quarterback Sean Mannion , is the top passing team in major-college football, averaging 420.8 yards per game. Mannion has passed for 30 touchdowns, with only three interceptions.

Seymour Cohen, known for his innovations in the movie theater marquee industry, has listed his retreat in Santa Ynez at $1.349 million. The 3,182-square-foot home, built in 1930, sits behind gates on 1.69 acres. Offered fully furnished, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom house features a great room with a beamed ceiling. Also on the equestrian-zoned property, which is dotted with mature oaks, are a furnished guest house, corral and spa. Distinctive L.A. homes draw vacationers In addition to developing an instant marquee process, Cohen invented preview boxes for upcoming attractions to be displayed in theater lobbies and holds several patents.

The event: “ Stars Under the Stars: An Evening in Los Angeles,” offering cocktails, dinner and a one-night-only dance performance Thursday night to benefit the American Ballet Theatre . The starry crowd: Dancers, dancers-turned-actors and dance supporters, among them Nigel Lythgoe of “So You Think You Can Dance” and Priscilla Presley; Neve Campbell of all four “Scream” films and JJ Feild of the upcoming TV series “Turn”; Jane...

I prefer the term "Bond woman," but Jane Seymour insists she was a girl. "I was 20 years old, and didn't know how to act," she says. A former ballet dancer, Seymour is not only an illustration of poise and grace, but she also provides an important example of how to stay healthy and strong during a decades-long career in an industry not always known for promoting vitality or sanity in terms of exercise and diet. Seymour, who costars in the upcoming feature film "Austenland" (premieres Friday)

Philip Seymour Hoffman has left a detox center that he entered to get ahead of drug problems that are said to have been spinning out of control, according to reports. "The Master" actor revealed to TMZ that he'd started using drugs again about a year ago, starting off with prescription pills then escalating to snorting heroin. He said the heroin use only lasted about a week, but he decided to check himself into a detox facility on the East Coast to take control of the problem.

Anyone seeking an empty-headed, derivative joy ride through crime-comedy conventions could do far worse than "Silver Case," a brisk, good-looking and never dull B movie. With a game cast playing stock types - among them Eric Roberts and Seymour Cassel and their patented brand of twinkling menace - the gleefully pointless genre outing will be a calling card for first-time director Christian Filippella. The title Maguffin begins its preposterous journey in Italy and lands in Los Angeles for a handover to an iffy courier (Alejandro Cardenas)

The ad for "Tamara" last week warned: "Final Six Weeks!" It was reminiscent of a similar countdown-to-closing in 1989, which was halted shortly before a blast-off. "Tamara," an extravaganza in which audiences witness intrigues as they walk through a fascist-era Italian villa, is still with us today. This time could be for real, said producer Barrie Wexler. It isn't a "gratuitous" warning; "we're seriously analyzing the situation," which has been bleak in recent weeks, he said.

The Resident Theatre Company doesn't do anything especially original with "Little Shop of Horrors"--it's all infused with the usual doo-wop pep, and the characters--from nerdy Seymour to sweet, weak Audrey--are all in place. But the familiar is performed with colorful confidence. Director Mary Bettini has brought a spoofy show featuring a lively cast and one hungry mother of a house plant--Audrey II--to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center's outdoor stage in Fullerton. Audrey II bellows just as it is supposed to, and everybody else keeps pace with its appetite for misadventure.

Casting Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role of Lancaster Dodd in "The Master" was surely a no-brainer for director Paul Thomas Anderson, who has been friends with the Oscar-winning actor for 17 years and has cast him in five of his films (including a small role in Anderson's debut feature, "Hard Eight"). And Hoffman himself is effusive when talking about his good friend, who hired him for the first time in 10 years for "The Master. " "We met when I was like, 25," says Hoffman. "We talked a lot and became fast friends, and we've been friends ever since.

C-sharp minor - the mere words conjure up a sense of anxious edge, which is the feeling that drives "A Late Quartet. " Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Mark Ivanir as the players, this is a chamber piece about chamber musicians that is set to Beethoven's emotional Opus 131 string quartet - in C-sharp minor. As much as the movie is shaped by the piece - Opus 131 is a complex, demanding work - "A Late Quartet" is not really about the music. Director Yaron Zilberman, a chamber music fan, is using the intimate collaboration required of a string quartet to examine the way in which lives become dangerously entangled over time.