Henry Fonda

L.A. mayor election: Garcetti, Greuel battle for Hollywood

2013-03-05 21:13:17

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Frank Beardsley dies at 97; patriarch of blended family of 20

2012-12-24 00:00:00

When the delivery truck pulled up at the base of their steep driveway, the Beardsley children knew what to do. The crew, clad in hand-me-down clothes, poured out of their eight-bedroom Carmel home and down the hill. They helped unload 50-pound bags of...

The Cinematheque celebrates the beauty of film

2013-01-03 06:00:00

The American Cinematheque welcomes 2013 with "Motion Picturesque: Cinema at Its Most Beautiful" festival, which shines the spotlight on the visual splendor of motion pictures. The series opens Thursday at the Egyptian with Fritz Lang's influential...

'Thrones' star Lena Headey sells a home fit for a queen

2012-11-24 21:30:00

Following a well-worn plot line since the mortgage meltdown, actress Lena Headey recently sold her Hollywood Hills West home for 25% less than she paid in 2008. The updated Midcentury Modern-style home, on about a quarter of an acre, sold for $1.349...

Shopping: Beach-town boutiques from Venice to Laguna

2012-07-08 00:00:00

With summer in full swing, it's time to hit the beach — for sunning, yes, but also for shopping. There's a new level of sophistication in shopping along the coast. Locally owned boutiques with a curated point of view are changing the flavor of...

Film producer Freddie Fields' home in Beverly Hills sells for $6.305 million

2012-10-25 14:14:00

The home of theatrical agent and film producer Freddie Fields and his wife, Corinna, has sold in Beverly Hills for $6.305 million. Built in 1929, the Spanish-style house features a two-story entry, a step-down living room, truss wood beam ceilings, an...

Gore Vidal dies at 86; iconoclastic author

2012-07-31 22:56:00

Gore Vidal was impossible to categorize, which was exactly the way he liked it. The reading public knew him as a literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels —from the historical "Lincoln" to the satirical "Myra Breckinridge" — and volumes of...

Film critic Judith Crist dies at 90; had a sharp wit

2012-08-07 12:53:00

Judith Crist, who blazed a trail as the first full-time female film critic at a major U.S. newspaper and went on to become widely known to cinema lovers through her movie reviews in TV Guide magazine and on the "Today" show, died Tuesday at age 90. Crist...

Judith Crist dies at 90; film critic 'most hated by Hollywood'

2012-08-08 00:00:00

As one of America's most widely read and influential film critics from the 1960s through the '80s, Judith Crist was known for her often-caustic reviews that earned her a reputation as "the critic most hated by Hollywood." Director Billy Wilder once joked...

Despite new film role, Jane Fonda says she was 'never a hippie'

2012-06-06 16:39:19

John Rich dies at 86; director of landmark sitcoms

2012-01-30 00:00:00

As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970. On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to...

Around Town: 'Mad, Mad World' and other comedy classics

2011-12-29 21:37:53

Jane Fonda, teenage daughter of actor Henry Fonda, relaxes on Aug. 31, 1959, between scenes of "Tall Story," her first film.

2012-11-21 18:34:00

Henry Fonda, 'Young Mr. Lincoln'

2012-11-05 15:39:00

One is set in industrial England and features naked men in questionable physical shape. The other starts off in the dust bowl of the Great Depression where gaunt "Okies" like Henry Fonda are making their way West. But stick with us. Aren't the themes universal?

2012-06-27 12:56:55