Peter Sellers

Review: 'And Now a Word From Our Sponsor' is engaging

2013-05-09 17:20:00

Though the satirical "And Now a Word From Our Sponsor" feels like the love child of the Peter Sellers classic "Being There" and one of Jim Carrey's signature gimmick comedies, director Zack Bernbaum still carves his own offbeat groove with this amusing...

Stuart Freeborn dies at 98; 'Star Wars' makeup artist

2013-02-10 18:01:00

It was no accident that British makeup artist Stuart Freeborn resembled his most famous movie creation — Yoda, the wrinkled, ancient sage from the "Star Wars" films. "I looked at myself in the mirror and decided that I was comic, with all these...

Herbert Lom dies at 95; played Chief Inspector Dreyfus in 'Pink Panther' movies

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Herbert Lom, the actor who played Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies and was memorably reduced to eye-twitching madness dealing with Peter Sellers' imbecilic Inspector Clouseau, has died. He was 95. Lom died Thursday in his sleep at his...

Steve Franken dies at 80; portrayed rich pal of 'Dobie Gillis'

2012-08-30 13:40:00

Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the popular situation comedy "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the early 1960s, has died. He was 80. Franken died of...

Old Hollywood lingers at Chez Jay

2012-02-24 00:00:00

When piped-in music and a bar's history perfectly align, it makes for a sweet cocktail of synchronicity, a besotted wink from the intimate interior that makes all the drinkers lean into their liquor just a little bit more. On a recent Sunday night, the...

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

Gimlet Eye

2011-11-03 16:36:36

Around Town: Legendary films and Herb Ritts photos

2012-04-26 16:38:21

The Rising Star: Andrea Riseborough ascends in 'W.E.'

2011-11-06 00:00:00

Madonna may be the most famous name associated with "W.E.," the romantic drama she directed that premiered at the Venice Film Festival in late summer. But the woman everyone could be talking about after the film comes out on Dec. 9 is someone rather...

Brainfeeder's Strangeloop opens gallery show Saturday [Video]

2011-07-21 16:35:49

Calendar: Words & Ideas

2010-09-19 00:00:00

Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY Black Clock Issue 12 Launch: Contributors to Issue 12 of the Los Angeles-based literary magazine — "The Sports Issue" — will read their work. Participants include authors Richard Rayner,...

Blake Edwards Loves (and Hates) Peter Sellers -- Updated

2010-12-16 16:33:24

Peter Sellers stars in this 1964 black comedy about nuclear annihilation. Thursday, May 23, at 1:30 p.m. at Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd in Avon. Free.

2013-05-09 11:39:00

Peter Sellers, 'Dr. Strangelove'

2012-11-05 15:39:00

A scene from Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" remains one of Kubrick's most popular films. The nuclear-war satire, which was made at the height of U.S.

2012-10-26 10:03:36