The A-Team (movie)

How Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence found the 'Silver Linings'

2012-11-22 09:35:00

When Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence met for the first time before shooting the new David O. Russell movie "Silver Linings Playbook," they didn't opt for a conventional encounter. There was no leisurely table read of the script, no tell-me-your-...

Director Tony Scott lived like his alpha-male action heroes

2012-08-20 18:30:00

With films such as"Unstoppable"and "Man on Fire," Tony Scott told adrenaline-filled stories about fearless men — spies and cops, race car drivers and fighter pilots — who live by a code and face death on their own terms. He filled his...

PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton

2012-08-15 00:00:00

Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...

PASSINGS: Richard Lynch

2012-06-27 00:00:00

Richard Lynch, 72, a veteran actor with platinum hair and a scarred face who played villainous characters in such films as "Bad Dreams" and "The Sword and the Sorcerer," died June 19 after suffering a heart attack, his family announced. A resident of the...

Justin Bieber pays $6.5 million for Calabasas home

2012-05-27 00:00:00

The price that first-time homeowner Justin Bieber paid for his new digs in Calabasas has wended its way into the public record: $6.5 million. Set on 1.3 acres in a gated community, the 10,000-square-foot main house is described as "transitional French"...

Screenwriter Skip Woods buys Hollywood Hills West home for $2.004 million

2012-05-10 13:26:00

Action film screenwriter Skip Woods has put himself where the action is in L.A. — the bustling Hollywood Hills West area — with the purchase of a hillside house for $2.004 million. The sleek contemporary, built in 1951 and extensively...

50+ Main Titles: 1970–89

2011-11-03 16:36:39

Another 'Friend' is ready to sever a tie

2011-11-27 00:00:00

It has been a busy real estate year for former "Friends" cast mates. Actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry have both sold places. Now actor-director David Schwimmer has put his home in Hancock Park on the market at $10.7 million. The roughly 11,000-...

PASSINGS: Charles Napier, Kenneth Dahlberg, Joel DiBartolo

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Charles Napier Character actor usually played the heavy Charles Napier, 75, a prolific character actor whose granite jaw and toothy grin earned him tough-guy roles in movies like "Rambo: First Blood Part II," died Wednesday at Bakersfield Memorial...

Zhang Yimou remakes the Coen brothers' 'Blood Simple'

2010-08-29 00:00:00

In the autumn of 2008, China's best-known filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, found himself at a career crossroads. The multiple Oscar nominee had spent the previous two years away from movies, orchestrating the opening and closing ceremonies for Beijing's Olympics,...

Let's cast the 'Harry Potter' reboot

2010-11-22 16:34:37

Jazz clubs, where musicians play for fun

2010-11-28 00:00:00

After a hard day at play on the local soundstages, some of the world's greatest musicians like to go out and play some more — for live audiences. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: L.A.-area big bands: An article in the Arts & Books section...

Neeson, a former smoker, had some reservations about the constant cigar-chomping that went along with playing A-Team leader Hannibal in the big screen update of "The A-Team." Writer-director Joe Carnahan, left, persuaded him it was all for the good.

2012-01-31 15:38:06

"The A-Team" star Sharlto Copley arrives at the "Salt" premiere.

2010-07-19 00:00:00

Filmography: "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" Update: Nelkin is widely known as the inspiration to Woody Allen's 1979 film "Manhattan" after the two dated when Nelkin was just 17.

2009-08-25 17:02:04