Lucille Ball

American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'

2013-03-28 06:00:00

German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...

PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer

2013-01-15 00:00:00

Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...

Hot Property: Actress Debra Messing hoping for an off-Broadway hit

2013-02-09 05:55:00

Debra Messing, who stars on "Smash" as Broadway lyricist Julia Houston, has listed her showstopper in Bel-Air for $11.995 million. The traditional-style house, designed by architect Paul R. Williams and built in 1937, features bay windows, updated...

California Escape: Palm Springs uncovered

2012-12-30 00:00:00

It's understandable why, as wintry weather sets in elsewhere, travelers flock to Palm Springs for warmth and sunshine. Heavy clothes are quickly replaced by T-shirts and shorts — or, at some resorts, no clothes at all. Palm Springs is a hot spot not...

TV This Week: Jan. 13 - 19: 'Girls' on HBO

2013-01-12 08:23:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 13 - 19, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SUNDAY If you were hoping for a Ricky Gervais four-peat, you are out of luck, my friend. This year, it'll be gal...

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 Stooges shot here? Soitenly, says a new book

2013-01-09 08:30:00

Here’s forehead-smacking news for any Los Angeles visitor (or local) who can’t get enough of Moe, Curly and Larry: “The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations” (Santa Monica Press, $39.95) by Jim Pauley. It’s an actual...

TV This Week for Nov. 25 - Dec. 1: 'Ceelo's Magic Moment'

2012-11-24 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Will Matthew and Lady Mary marry? Whither Mr. Bates? The answers to those and other questions will have to wait...

'Liz & Dick' producer talks risks of working with Lindsay Lohan

2012-11-23 13:15:00

Larry A. Thompson has long been fascinated with celebrity couples who "fly so close to the sun." Sonny and Cher, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are duos featured in several television movies developed by the veteran...

Dann Cahn dies at 89; editor on 'I Love Lucy'

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Using a newly developed editing machine that he dubbed the "three-headed monster," Dann Cahn pioneered multi-camera editing on sitcoms in the 1950s while helping to craft a classic, "I Love Lucy." "Lucy" broke ground in television by employing three...

'Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures' features an unlikely star

2012-09-16 00:00:00

Elsa Emerson leaves home, becomes a movie star named Laura Lamont, marries a studio executive, wins an Oscar, suffers the inevitable career decline, takes too many pills and winds up in the hospital, works in a dress shop, then gets a chance to make a...

Classic Hollywood: 'Strawberry Summer' pairs Shelley Long, Cindy Williams

2012-08-19 19:50:00

Sitcom favorites Shelley Long and Cindy Williams get to strut their comedic stuff together for the first time in the Hallmark Movie Channel's new film, "Strawberry Summer," which airs at 8 p.m. Saturday. Both stars say they are surprised it took them this...

For Lucille Ball's first movie, "Roman Scandals" in 1933, she was ordered to shaved off her eyebrows. But after filming, the eyebrows didn't grow back properly, and for the rest of her life Ball had to use an eyebrow pencil.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Lucille Ball as Lucy in "I Love Lucy."

2013-04-17 06:23:00

Wax museum participants from the sixth-grade class were, back row, from left, Ashton Simon as Queen Marie Antoinette, Kayla Sautner as Lucille Ball, Peter Rausch as John Wayne, and Tracie Leach as Florence Nightingale. Front row, from left: Trent Abler as John F. Kennedy, Chayce Rausch as Robert E.

2013-03-17 21:27:00