Norman Lear

Jean Stapleton dies at 90; was Edith Bunker in 'All in the Family'

2013-06-01 17:40:00

Jean Stapleton, the actress who endeared herself to viewers in the 1970s as Edith Bunker, whose sudden bursts of truth regularly cut through her husband Archie's bluster on the groundbreaking television series "All in the Family," has died. She was 90....

Jean Stapleton, beyond Edith Bunker: a devoted theater actress

2013-06-03 06:30:00

Before her caterwauling duet of "Those Were the Days" with Carroll O'Connor became a signature moment of CBS' "All in the Family," actress Jean Stapleton had already sung her way through a number of now-classic stage musicals in her career as a New York...

The Contenders: Tina Fey gets to let loose on the 'fun stuff' in '30 Rock's' final season

2013-05-16 07:00:00

Tina Fey never had a master plan for the end of "30 Rock." She wasn't even sure if, this time last year, NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt was about to pick up the phone, cancel the show and preempt a graceful exit for her decorated sitcom. "We'll never...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Pine, Quinto on film’s real-world parallels

2013-04-26 06:52:12

When you say jazz, Nicholas Payton hears BAM

2013-04-27 07:00:00

In a cramped UCLA classroom, trumpeter Nicholas Payton is leading a young septet of college students through his piece "The Backwards Step." He's here as part of a weeklong teaching residency, and the song he plays to the group at the Thelonious Monk...

On TV, a new breed of Modern Woman

2013-04-20 06:30:00

A ruthlessly self-aware political wife reconsidering her choices. A sensual socialite facing down an oppressive age with informed good humor. A group of young women so busy defying social expectations they've forgotten to have any of their own. A...

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian snag a bucolic bargain

2013-03-16 06:00:00

Country singing star LeAnn Rimes and her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, know a bargain when they see one. The pair spent $3 million behind the gates in bucolic Hidden Hills on a house marketed as a short sale that once sold for $5.575 million. The...

Bonnie Franklin dies at 69; mom on TV's 'One Day at a Time'

2013-03-02 00:00:00

Bonnie Franklin, the actress who created an indelible television character playing a divorced, working mother of two headstrong daughters on the long-running series "One Day at a Time," died Friday at her Los Angeles home. She was 69. The cause was...

Bonnie Franklin, star of TV's 'One Day at a Time,' dies at 69

2013-03-01 10:03:00

Bonnie Franklin, the actress who created an indelible television character playing a divorced, working mother of two headstrong daughters on the long-running series “One Day at a Time,” died Friday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 69. The...

Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals

2013-02-19 00:00:00

"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...

NRA enemies list: Britney, Hallmark and the YWCA

2013-02-05 12:56:00

Boy, the National Rifle Assn. sure is thorough. And thin-skinned. Richard Nixon’s renowned enemies list had 823 names of people and organizations, but as president, Nixon had scores of issues to grapple with and an entire world to be mad about...

'Argo' scores at the Producers Guild of America Awards

2013-01-27 10:36:00

Call it the Affleck Redemption. After being snubbed for an Oscar nomination for best director earlier this month, Ben Affleck scored a win Saturday night for outstanding producer of a theatrical motion picture for “Argo” at the 24th annual...

Following an extremely popular 1995 guest appearance on "Home Improvement," real-life comedian friends Chappelle and Jim Breuer were given their own ABC sitcom, "Buddies," in which they were to play a pair of unlikely best friends (also named Dave and Jim) who work together in Detroit.

2013-03-05 10:06:19

Sherman Hemsley, a comic actor who vaulted from a supporting role on Norman Lear's groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family" to a lead role as George in the spinoff "The Jeffersons," was found dead Tuesday in El Paso. He was 74.

2012-07-27 16:26:00