George Stevens Jr.

Oscars stage manager braces for his final cues to the stars

2013-02-24 07:00:00

He delivered a forgotten harmonica to Stevie Wonder onstage at the Grammy Awards, supplied a shoulder to lean on for a post-hip-surgery Gregory Peck at the Oscars and served as a human Xanax for hundreds of other stars in the most terrifying and...

Weekend Talk: Patrick Leahy; Bob McDonnell; Christiane Amanpour

2013-02-22 14:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 24 - March 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a....

If only there were an Academy Award for best stunt hand

2013-02-21 01:37:00

In one episode of "Seinfeld," hapless George Costanza was hired as a stunt hand for a movie. Predictably, things went awry and poor George's hand never made a cinematic debut. In the days leading up to the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, my own hand fared...

Critic's Notebook: Drake Doremus keeps it simple and intimate

2013-01-18 16:50:00

PARK CITY, Utah — Drake Doremus is as engaging and open a filmmaker as you are likely to meet, but once he gets down to work, everything changes. "I close my sets as much as I can," the 29-year-old writer-director says. "I treat every scene like a...

Kennedy Center Honors' selection process set for a review

2013-01-08 08:30:00

After receiving criticism from the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Kennedy Center is revisiting its artist selection process for the Kennedy Center Honors.�� The Kennedy Center has announced that an 11-member artist advisory panel...

Ring in the new year with classic comedies

2012-12-27 06:00:00

The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...

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...

The James Dean 'Giant' coat, revived

2012-06-18 16:32:12

'Simpsons,' 'Boardwalk Empire' top Writers Guild TV noms

2011-12-07 16:35:49

Festival of Books: Film writers debate Oscar's love of 'The Artist'

2012-04-21 21:36:11

Emmys: 'Pee-wee Herman,' Laurence Fishburne in 'Thurgood' among nominees

2011-07-14 16:33:08

Social media wrap: Michelle Obama's White House song and dance

2010-09-07 16:36:01

Warner Archive is releasing a nine-film DVD set of Bert Wheeler (left) and Robert Woolsey, a popular comedic act of the 1930s. The comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, was RKO's top duo in the 1930s.

2013-03-11 00:00:00

D.A. Pennebaker and George Stevens Jr.

2012-12-02 08:34:43

Seen on the set of the television comedy series "Car 54, Where Are You?" on Nov. 16, 1961, are, from left, prop man George Stevens, script supervisor Barbara Robinson, actor Joe E. Ross, the show's creator Nat Hiken, and behind Hiken, assistant director Mickey Rich.

2012-11-21 18:27:00