Lana Turner

A Second Look: 'Postman Always Rings Twice' films are noir standard

2012-11-24 10:00:00

A lean, mean tale of adultery and murder, James M. Cain's bestselling, once-scandalous 1934 novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is often considered a central text of noir fiction. It also has proved an eternally popular and durable template for the...

Tony Martin dies at 98; singer-actor in Hollywood musicals

2012-07-30 11:35:00

Tony Martin, one of the last of the big-name singer-actors from the golden age of Hollywood musicals, has died. He was 98. Martin, who toured for years with his wife, dancer-actress Cyd Charisse, died of natural causes Friday at his home in Los Angeles,...

Nolan Miller dies at 79; 'Dynasty' costume designer

2012-06-09 00:00:00

Fashion designer Nolan Miller put a bra-less Farrah Fawcett in a see-through blouse for "Charlie's Angels," Tina Louise in a slinky nude-beige evening dress for "Gilligan's Island" and Elizabeth Taylor in violet gowns for her "Passion" perfume...

Etta James dies at 73; acclaimed blues and R&B singer

2012-01-20 16:06:00

Etta James, the earthy blues and R&B singer whose anguished vocals convinced generations of listeners that she would rather go blind than see her love leave, then communicated her joy upon finding that love at last, died Friday. She was 73. She died at...

L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 12: Dodgers' first game in L.A.

2011-12-05 16:33:36

Hollywood High named to register of historic places

2012-01-23 21:35:44

Interview: When 'L.A. Noir' meets 'The Walking Dead'

2012-01-18 16:35:15

Around Town: Celebrate Easter with Jimmy Stewart and Harvey

2012-04-05 16:39:14

Joan Luther dies at 83; longtime Los Angeles restaurant publicist

2011-06-08 00:00:00

Joan Luther, a longtime restaurant publicist who began her career at the Brown Derby and Hollywood Park in the late 1940s and helped promote nearly every major chef in Los Angeles, died Monday at her Beverly Hills home after a series of strokes, according...

Monica Lewis sounds her 'Siren'

2011-05-23 00:00:00

During her heyday in the 1940s and '50s, dimple-cheeked Monica Lewis was known as "America's Singing Sweetheart": She warbled such chart-topping hits as "Autumn Leaves, "I Wish You Love" and "Put the Blame on Mame" and starred on the radio on such...

From the Vaults: 'Portrait in Black' (1960)

2010-09-10 04:33:12

Jennifer Aniston: Exactly why is she a movie star?

2010-08-20 16:32:38

June Lockhart, left, watches Lana Turner and Susan Peters use a Ouija board between scenes of their film, "Keep Your Powder Dry," on Nov. 12, 1944.

2012-11-21 18:16:00

Lana Turner and John Garfield in "The Postman Always Rings Twice," 1946.

2012-11-21 16:15:09

Lana Turner 's icy elegance and poise made her one of Hollywood's top box-office attractions in more than 50 films. | Read more See more stars on the Hollywood Star Walk, the Los Angeles Times' virtual tour of the streets of Hollywood.

2012-07-09 11:08:00