Mickey Rooney

Review: 'Gimme the Loot' paints the town red

2013-03-28 15:57:00

"Gimme the Loot" shouldn't be as appealing and exuberant as it is, it really shouldn't. It's set in the Bronx, the grittiest of New York City boroughs. Its larcenous teenage protagonists are introduced stealing spray paint from a hardware store; the...

Jack Klugman dies at 90; star of TV's 'The Odd Couple,' 'Quincy'

2012-12-24 18:39:00

Jack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role of the murder-solving medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” died...

TV This Week: Dec. 9 - 15: 'Help for the Holidays' on Hallmark

2012-12-07 11:38:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 9 - 15 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SUNDAY "Portlandia's" Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein help keep Springfield weird when they guest star on "The Simpsons."...

Ann Rutherford dies at 94; actress was in 'Gone With the Wind'

2012-06-12 00:00:00

Ann Rutherford, an actress whose small role as Scarlett's younger sister Carreen in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" was her most enduring, has died. She was 94. Rutherford, who also portrayed Mickey Rooney's teenage girlfriend in the Andy Hardy...

Mel Stuart dies at 83; 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' director

2012-08-11 00:00:00

Mel Stuart had firmly established himself as an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker in the 1960s when his daughter Madeline, a big fan of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," insisted he turn the popular children's book into a movie....

Ann Rutherford, actress in 'Gone With the Wind,' dies at 94

2012-06-11 21:35:36

'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Three's allowed

2012-05-08 04:35:49

Hollywood High named to register of historic places

2012-01-23 21:35:44

Andy Hardy, Warner Bros. pre-Code films: Kenneth Turan's DVD pick

2012-02-16 16:38:25

Age of innocence and hope

2011-10-05 00:00:00

I can't think of a better way to begin this column than to let a fellow pundit get things going. So I'll turn things over to Allene Arthur, who's been writing columns for the Palm Springs Desert Sun for 32 years: "Fiftieth high school class reunions...

Where TV's Kim Kardashian ranks among quick celeb splits

2011-10-31 21:36:25

Soupy Sales dies at 83; slapstick comic had hit TV show in 1960s

2009-10-23 00:00:00

Soupy Sales, a comic with a gift for slapstick who attained cult-like popularity in the 1960s with a pie-throwing routine that became his signature, has died. He was 83. Sales had numerous ailments and died Thursday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, said...

Mickey Rooney arrives.

2013-04-29 06:53:00

This Sporting Life: The Los Angeles native, 86, was a teenage swimming champion and had been in training for the 1940 Olympics that were canceled because of World War II.

2012-10-10 09:42:00

Actor Mickey Rooney turns 91 today. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

2012-09-11 17:58:00