Lawrence Welk

Yoshiki of X-Japan teases new Golden Globe theme song

2013-01-07 10:08:00

No doubt most citizens of the world awakened this morning with the following question burning in their minds: "I wonder what the theme to the 2013�Golden Globes this year will be?"� No? Regardless, it's called "Golden Globe Original Theme" and was...

The Rose Parade grows up

2013-01-01 00:00:00

It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does. There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in...

John D. Silva dies at 92; introduced news helicopter

2012-12-07 00:00:00

John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever. He turned a rented Bell helicopter into the Telecopter, essentially a flying TV studio. The first of...

PASSINGS: Mae Laborde, Richard Bruno, Hulett C. Smith

2012-01-17 00:00:00

Mae Laborde Acting career began at 93 Mae Laborde, 102, an energetic senior citizen whose outgoing personality landed her in several Steve Lopez columns and launched a late-blooming acting career, died in her sleep Jan. 9 at an assisted living...

It's still music to Dan Wallin's ears

2012-01-01 00:00:00

Just before noon on a clear fall day, the Newman stage on the 20th Century Fox lot is alive with bright lights, hovering microphones and a full 105-piece orchestra. It's one of the final scoring sessions for "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,"...

The Arts on TV New Year's Eve: Bernstein and Gershwin; Cold Play

2011-12-22 16:33:15

Arts on TV: Tom Waits; the New York Philharmonic; Julie Andrews

2011-12-29 16:33:00

Kristen Wiig, so weird on 'SNL,' goes (somewhat) normal for 'Bridesmaids'

2011-05-08 00:00:00

Kristen Wiig has just come off an average Saturday night, one that required her to wear a 2-foot-high wig, shuffle lethargically around a stripper pole and bury her face in Helen Mirren's cleavage. "I was like, 'Are you cool with this? 'Cause I'm...

PASSINGS: Norma Zimmer, Dick Walsh, Robert F. Ellsworth, Robert Traylor, Burt Reinhardt

2011-05-12 00:00:00

Norma Zimmer Singer was Welk 'Champagne Lady' Norma Zimmer, 87, the "Champagne Lady" of television's "The Lawrence Welk Show" and a studio singer, died Tuesday at her home in Brea. Her son, Larry, did not give the cause of death. Zimmer performed on...

It's official: PBS lineup moves to KOCE-TV starting Jan. 1

2010-11-30 21:34:15

New schedule at the ready, KOCE-TV gets rechristened as PBS SoCal

2010-12-16 16:35:55

Randy Wood dies at 94; music industry innovator founded Dot Records

2011-04-14 00:00:00

Dot Records founder Randy Wood was looking for a song for a young Pat Boone to record in 1955 and found it in the Fats Domino hit "Ain't That a Shame?" Except Boone, then an English major, wanted to sing "Isn't That a Shame?" After a few run-throughs,...

Years on "SNL": 2005-12 Memorable roles: The Target Lady; Dooneese on "The Lawrence Welk Show" Away from "SNL": While on "SNL," Kristen Wiig appeared in director Judd Apatow's 2007 film "Knocked Up" and starred in and co-wrote the Oscar-nominated 2011 hit "Bridesmaids.

2012-07-17 11:38:00

"The Lawrence Welk Show" brought "champagne music" to the homes of millions for more than 30 years (locally, nationally, then in syndication) and became the pop culture trend of the '50s.

2011-11-08 15:29:25