Carole King

Carole King's life and songs headed for Broadway in 'Beautiful'

2013-03-15 14:33:00

Carole King’s life and times – and songs she wrote with her ex-husband, Gerry Goffin -- will be the stuff of “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” whose producers are aiming for a spring 2014 opening on Broadway. Playbill reports...

Grammys 2013: Siblings in sound, Jesse and Joy are always in sync

2013-02-09 08:00:00

She's a little bit country. He's a little bit rock 'n' roll. It figures, doesn't it? But musical siblings Jesse and Joy Huerta, who'll be chasing a Grammy Award on Sunday in the Latin pop album category, differ from Donny and Marie Osmond in more ways...

Gil Friesen dies at 75; longtime president of A&M recording label

2012-12-14 19:59:00

A&M Records spent much of the 1960s, '70s and '80s as one of the leading independent labels in the music business, buoyed by a remarkably consistent string of hits from superstar acts, beginning with label co-founder Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and...

Carole King to receive 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

2012-12-13 10:08:00

Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the...

Friday's TV Talk Shows: Judd Apatow; Hugh Jackman; Richard Gere

2012-12-20 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- CBS This Morning Cardiologist Dr. William Davis; Led Zeppelin; Billy Crystal; Marisa Tomei. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Christina...

Southern California Close-Ups: West Hollywood, Fairfax, Wilshire, Koreatown

2012-06-05 10:20:00

First published on Oct. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown, and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we...

Review: Carole King reveals the story behind 'A Natural Woman'

2012-04-25 00:00:00

My favorite scene in Carole King's long-awaited "A Natural Woman" comes near the beginning — appropriately, since the teen hitmaker was the epitome of an early starter. The high school student born Carol Klein had just signed a recording contract...

Davy Jones dies at 66; Monkees' romantic heartthrob

2012-03-01 00:00:00

Davy Jones was a promising 18-year-old actor from England when he found himself among the guest performers on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Feb. 9, 1964 — the same night about 75 million people tuned in to catch the American debut of the Beatles. Like...

Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire

2011-10-30 00:00:00

Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe...

Jim McCrary dies at 72; photographer shot Carole King 'Tapestry' cover

2012-05-06 00:00:00

Photographer Jim McCrary was on the verge of shooting one of his most famous images when he stopped to ask singer Carole King if the cat sleeping across the room could be part of the tableau. He remembered the results of a Kodak survey that found...

Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

2012-05-09 00:00:00

He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time....

Tuesday's Talk Shows

2012-05-14 21:37:38

Carole King

2013-03-27 06:36:12

Carol King at the Sundance Festival in 2011. King's life and songs will be the basis for "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," expected on Broadway in 2014.

2013-03-15 14:07:47

Kelly Clarkson paid tribute to two lifetime achievement winners -- Patti Page and Carole King -- by singing "The Tennesse Waltz" and "Natural Woman," two of their biggest hits, respectively. It was gorgeous and that's all we have to say about that. --

2013-02-10 19:26:51