Bobby Darin

PASSINGS: Deke Richards

2013-03-26 19:11:00

Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...

Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob roles

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on "The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had...

Cedar Point to launch Luminosity nighttime spectacular this summer

2012-04-19 05:30:00

Cedar Point plans to turn the Ohio theme park's Million Dollar Midway into the $6-million Luminosity nighttime spectacular complete with lights, lasers and fireworks tied to a stage performance with DJs, dancers and drummers. PHOTOS: Luminosity nighttime...

Buddy Holly score card -- Hollywood star: 1; Grammy awards: 0

2011-09-12 16:36:07

Don Kirshner dies at 76; music mogul

2011-01-19 00:00:00

Don Kirshner, the veteran music mogul who shepherded songs from a monstrously talented stable of young writers to the top of the pop charts in the 1960s, launched the career of the Monkees and then became a familiar face to millions of rock fans as...

Taking a census of Grammy nominees, winners

2011-02-12 00:00:00

Who gets nominated for a Grammy? Musicians, sure. But who exactly, on paper, are they? Take Frank Sinatra. Yes, he was a singer of incredible power, and garnered deserved nods for the beauty of his tone and his mellifluous phrasing. But artistry aside,...

Michael Sarrazin dies at 70; Canadian actor in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Michael Sarrazin, a tall, dark-eyed Canadian actor who starred opposite Jane Fonda in Sydney Pollack's 1969 film "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", died of cancer Sunday at a Montreal hospital, said his agent, Michael Oscars. He was 70. ------------------...

Steve Landesberg dies; comic actor played intellectual detective on sitcom 'Barney Miller'

2010-12-21 00:00:00

Steve Landesberg, a comic actor who played the intellectual Det. Arthur Dietrich in the long-running ABC sitcom " Barney Miller," has died. He was believed to be 74. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Steve Landesberg: In the Dec. 21 LATExtra section,...

The 'Kitsch' effect

2009-09-17 08:53:19

A Kinder, Simpler Time Dept.: Your Movie Columnist

2009-12-24 16:32:49

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, June 15, 1960

2010-06-15 16:33:13

Allen Klein dies at 77; powerful figure in music world

2009-07-05 00:00:00

Allen Klein, the brash music mogul whose five-decade career included stints as the business manager for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday in New York. He was 77. Klein died after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to Bob...

Kevin and Palma choreographed their first dance to "More" by Bobby Darin.

2013-01-18 00:00:00

Six-time Branson, Missouri Entertainer of the Year, Tony Roi's "The Elvis Experience" is HOT and it's located at the Andy Williams' Moon River Theatre. BMG International recording artist, Tony Roi, has the look, the voice and the moves that made Elvis the King of Rock 'N Roll.

2011-06-15 16:03:19

If you're on the hunt for love mid-century modern, you'll hit the mother lode at Home Anthology. Husband-wife owners Nini Sarmiento and Rob Degenhard specialize in vintage European and American furniture and accessories from the 1950s through the 1970s, as well as some licensed reproductions.

2010-08-17 00:00:00