Paul Newman

Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life

2013-03-14 14:30:00

"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...

David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

2013-03-07 06:00:00

Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

Behind the lens: Remembering Wounded Knee

2013-02-27 18:54:44

Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Community' on NBC

2013-02-06 20:05:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon (Jim Parsons ) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) have a big blow-up on a new episode of...

Sterling Lord shares insight, memories

2013-02-01 07:05:00

Without Sterling Lord, there would be no Jack Kerouac — not Kerouac as we know him, anyway, the writer who introduced the Beat Generation. Lord was a former magazine editor and fledgling literary agent working in a basement apartment in New York...

Scarlett Johansson in Broadway's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof': What did critics think?

2013-01-18 07:19:00

Scarlett Johansson is the latest star to take a shot at “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ feverish 1955 classic about a wealthy Southern family with two daughters-in-law who all but scratch each other's eyes out over who&...

Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair

2013-01-04 10:36:00

In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a� "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...

Evan S. Connell, author of 'Mrs. Bridge' and 'Mr. Bridge,' has died

2013-01-10 13:12:00

Author Evan S. Connell, best known for his novels "Mrs. Bridge" and "Mr. Bridge," died in his home in Santa Fe, N.M., according to family members. He was 88. Connell was a recipient of the 2010 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime...

'Picnic' on Broadway: What did the critics think?

2013-01-14 08:25:00

This post has been updated. "Picnic," the 1953�Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge, is getting a rare revival on Broadway from the Roundabout Theatre with a cast of young, good-looking actors paired alongside more seasoned veterans. Maggie...

Sally Field, eye on Oscar, charms crowd at Palm Springs Film gala

2013-01-06 08:00:00

PALM SPRINGS --�Veteran Helen Mirren showed how to express gratitude like a pro, saying “thank you” in at least half a dozen languages. Fresh-faced�Tom�Holland, the 16-year-old actor from "The Impossible,"�charmed with his youth.�But it was...

Evan S. Connell Jr. dies at 88; iconoclastic novelist, historian

2013-01-10 20:58:00

Evan S. Connell Jr., a literary iconoclast whose writings as a novelist, poet, essayist and historian won the admiration of critics and a cult-like following of discerning readers with books on subjects as eclectic as Midwestern provincialism, the...

Charles Durning dies at 89; Tony winner also got Oscar, Emmy nods

2012-12-25 08:22:00

Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89. Durning, a decorated veteran of World War II,...

Woodward is an actress and producer of television and theatre. She is arguably most remembered for her Academy Award-winning role in the 1957 film, The Three Faces of Eve. Woodward was married to actor and humanitarian Paul Newman from 1958 until his death in 2008.

2013-02-27 00:00:00

The love of Paul Newman's life, Joanne Woodward, celebrates her 80th birthday today.

2013-01-29 14:53:00

Audience members watch Paul Newman in a screening of the classic hockey film Slap Shot at the Music Box Theatre, in Chicago.

2012-12-06 00:00:00