Jonathan Winters

L.A. Times Hero Complex film fest invades the TCL Chinese 6

2013-05-09 06:00:00

The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival kicks off Friday evening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at Hollywood & Highland with a double bill of John Carpenter's 1988 "They Live" and his classic 1978 horror film, "Halloween. Carpenter will appear...

One night with comedian Marc Maron ...

2013-04-26 09:00:00

Comedian Marc Maron is busier than ever. In addition to approaching nearly 400 episodes of his popular podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” his memoir, “Attempting Normal,” comes out from Spiegel & Grau April 30. And “Maron,&...

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

2013-04-28 00:00:00

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Noir tales and fair illusions in Burbank

2013-04-20 00:00:00

So many of life's soupy uncertainties can be settled in or near tiny Toluca Lake, a neighborhood named for a body of water we never see. Ever water-skied on Toluca Lake? Ever caught a bass there, or lay idle on the toasty summer sand? Toluca Lake. An...

Jonathan Winters, comedy giant on TV and in films, dies at 87

2013-04-12 10:19:00

Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of the 20th century, died Thursday night. He was 87. Winters, who had been in declining health, died at his longtime home in Montecito, said Gary Owens, who was his good friend. “He was one of the...

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...

Andy Williams dies at 84; 'Moon River' singer

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Andy Williams' signature hit song from the early 1960s was no accident of timing. Audrey Hepburn sang it first in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and it was nominated for an Oscar. But when the producers of the Academy Awards show asked...

Bob Welch dies at 66; Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer

2012-06-08 00:00:00

Guitarist and singer Bob Welch, whose work in the early 1970s for Fleetwood Mac set the stage for the band's multi-platinum success later in the decade, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville. He was 66. According to a spokesman for the Nashville...

Bob Henry dies at 92; TV producer and director

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Bob Henry, an Emmy Award-winning television variety-show producer and director who produced Nat King Cole's groundbreaking musical variety program in the 1950s and helped make Flip Wilson a household name as the producer of his hit comedy-variety show...

Friday's Highlights: 'Youth in Revolt' on Showtime

2011-12-08 21:36:23

Around Town: Max von Sydow plays chess with death again

2012-02-02 16:40:44

Thursday’s Highlights: 'The Big Bang Theory' on CBS

2012-03-28 21:38:01

). How many watched: 26.7 million Touchdown or fumble? Fumble. Despite a strong start, the heartwarming comedy left viewers cold, and ABC yanked it after less than one season.

2013-02-04 13:58:00

" But seriously, he's pretty funny too, having started his comedy studies as a kid watching Bill Cosby, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters and Johnny Carson. Why go: Besides jokes, Pollak brings a line of impersonations including Christopher Walken, William Shatner and Robert De Niro.

2011-09-29 11:25:08

The animated blue creatures jump to the movie screen with the help of voice talent including Jonathan Winters as Papa Smurf and Katy Perry as Smurfette. It should be positively smurfy.

2011-01-10 16:58:09