James Garner

J.R. Ewing to get a Texas-sized send-off on 'Dallas' reboot

2013-01-28 00:00:00

Even though beloved octogenarian actor Larry Hagman died late last year, his iconic character J.R. Ewing will be back in trademark form for the second season of TNT's reboot of "Dallas." With bushy eyebrows twitching, J.R. will plot his way through seven...

Herald-Examiner's last man standing

2013-01-01 19:08:00

The last edition of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner was published on Nov. 2, 1989, with the headline: "So long, Los Angeles." But 23 years later, one employee has not yet said goodbye. Chuck Lutz hasn't even left the building. "They never told me...

Byron Donzis dies at 79; wide-ranging inventor

2012-01-13 00:00:00

In 1978, Byron Donzis walked into a Houston hospital looking for Dan Pastorini, the Houston Oilers' prized quarterback who was laid up with three broken ribs from a recent game. Donzis was wearing a trench coat and carrying a large bag. He was accompanied...

'The Beverly Hillbillies' and other great storytelling TV themes

2012-04-02 16:37:29

Authors this week in L.A.: A Walt Whitman reading and more

2012-04-01 16:35:18

Morning Fix: News Corp. runs afoul of FCC. Watching child actors.

2012-04-18 16:33:33

Nonfiction

2011-11-30 00:00:00

The Age of Movies The Selected Writings of Pauline Kael Edited by Sanford Schwartz Library of America, $40 Witty, entertaining and often exhilarating, this wide-ranging collection of pieces captures the film critic at her best. Alice James A...

PASSINGS: Tom Wilson Sr., Jack Garner, Martha L. Willman

2011-09-22 00:00:00

Tom Wilson Sr. Creator of comic strip character Ziggy Tom Wilson Sr., 80, creator of the hard-luck comic strip character Ziggy, died of pneumonia Friday at a Cincinnati hospital, his family said. Wilson was an artist at the American Greetings Corp....

PST, A to Z: 'Now Dig This!' and 'Places of Validation'

2011-10-17 16:32:50

The Morning Fix: Kimmel's big gig! New FCC! Rupert gets religion

2011-11-01 16:33:15

Appreciation: Peter Falk, 1927-2011

2011-06-24 16:35:45

Who will receive the next Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globes?

2010-10-20 21:33:13

Frank Gifford, right, a standout at USC before graduating to prominence with the New York Giants, joshes with James Garner, left, on the set of "Darby's Rangers" in 1957. They're joined by Col. Roy Murray, a technical advisor on the film.

2012-10-10 02:29:00

Garner played the lead role in the "Maverick" TV series from 1957-1962.

2012-09-28 11:45:05

Tommy Lee Jones, left, Courtney B. Vance, James Garner, Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Loren Dean in 2000's "Space Cowboys."

2012-08-02 15:41:00