Burt Reynolds

Ed Asner hospitalized after troubles onstage during Indiana show

2013-03-13 10:49:00

Ed Asner was hospitalized for exhaustion Tuesday night in Gary, Ind., after struggling with disorientation during his one-man show, "FDR." The 83-year-old actor, who has been touring the country with the show for 3� years, had led an acting class at...

Burt Reynolds hospitalized in ICU with flu symptoms

2013-01-25 17:02:00

Burt Reynolds found himself in in the ICU on Friday after being hospitalized with a nasty case of the flu. The "Boogie Nights" and "Smokey and the Bandit" actor was placed in intensive care because he was "severely dehydrated," a rep told TMZ. Later...

Bette Midler heads to Broadway for new Sue Mengers play

2013-01-07 14:46:00

With “Parental Guidance” a surprise hit, Bette Midler is doubling down on her show-biz comeback. The actress will return to Broadway this spring for the first time in three decades. And she’s doing it with a Hollywood spin, starring as...

Deborah Raffin dies at 59; actress was also a force in audio books

2012-11-21 19:34:00

Deborah Raffin, a film actress, veteran of television miniseries and entrepreneur whose company, Dove Books-on-Tape, became a major force in the audio book industry, died Wednesday of leukemia at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 59. She...

Charles Durning dies at 89; Tony winner also got Oscar, Emmy nods

2012-12-25 08:22:00

Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89. Durning, a decorated veteran of World War II,...

Governors Awards: Jeffrey Katzenberg's phone skills revealed

2012-12-02 07:31:00

They all talk about the phone calls — Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks. What binds them is the relentless prodding they’ve all received from Hollywood’s most bullish fundraiser, Jeffrey Katzenberg. At the fourth-annual...

Larry L. King dies at 83; playwright wrote 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'

2012-12-22 00:00:00

Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became the hit Broadway musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and a 1982 movie starring Burt Reynolds, died Thursday. He was 83....

Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent

2011-10-16 19:28:00

Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79. For two decades, Mengers was one of...

PASSINGS: Bill McKinney, Socrates

2011-12-05 00:00:00

Bill McKinney Character actor was in 'Deliverance' Bill McKinney, 80, a character actor who carved out a career playing rough-and-tumble villains, most notably the backwoods man who sexually assaults Ned Beatty's character in the 1972 film "Deliverance,...

'Glee' recap: Christmas special wraps up sweetness and sad

2011-12-14 16:36:07

Is 'Archer' the smartest (and filthiest) cartoon in prime time?

2012-01-19 16:36:41

Around Town: Anime and the real Mae

2012-01-26 16:38:20

"Marky" Mark Wahlberg can act! Just revisit 1997's "Boogie Nights." Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore rightfully received Oscar nods, but costars Wahlberg (pictured left) and Philip Seymour Hoffman were equally deserving.

2013-02-21 19:21:00

The event, with the theme of "Decades," will honor Burt Reynolds and focus on six memorable decades of the playhouse's history. Photo/Gina Fontana

2013-02-06 08:41:00

"Raven," directed by Russell Solberg and released straight-to-video in 1996, starred Burt Reynolds as the head of an elite Special Forces team. (Clearly, there's some connection between the name "Raven" and Special Forces.) Opined one reviewer on imdb.

2013-01-24 13:56:00