Peter Boyle

Opening day at Dodger Stadium is an eye-opener

2013-04-02 17:31:00

This is what my life's come to: I'm touring Dodger Stadium with a landscape architect by the name of Mia Lehrer, an affable arborist who in the off-season planted 100 trees here, 3,000 plants, blah-blah-blah, and she notes that the ballpark itself —...

Absolute lock-down predictions for the Dodgers' 2013 season

2013-04-01 06:40:00

Here is this year’s list of 25 things I positively guarantee will happen with the Dodgers this season. If you will examine last year’s list of predictions, you will note I hit every single one. It’s a gift. 1. On opening day fans...

Examining the Dodgers' resolutions for the new year

2013-01-01 05:20:00

I’d like to start this by resolving that this will be my last cheap resolutions post. At least until I’m desperate for material to start the next year. Otherwise, here are some 2013 new year's resolutions for the Boys in Blue: Juan Uribe:...

Sam Chwat dies at 57; actors lost, and learned, accents under dialect coach's tutelage

2011-03-13 00:00:00

Sam Chwat was a master of accents who taught Robert De Niro to talk like an Appalachian ex-convict, Olympia Dukakis to talk like a Holocaust survivor and Peter Boyle to talk like a bigot from the Deep South. A modern-day Henry Higgins, he also trained...

Yucks = bucks: Peter Boyle memorial adds $700,000 to myeloma fight

2009-11-10 16:32:14

CBS to develop sitcom based on angry old man's tweets

2009-11-09 21:34:26

Fred Willard channels Elvis Presley -- jumpsuit and all

2009-11-11 16:32:14

Howard Zieff dies at 81; directed 'Private Benjamin' and other comedies

2009-02-24 00:00:00

Howard Zieff, a top advertising print photographer and TV commercial director in the 1960s and early '70s before tapping his flair for comedy as the director of movies including "Private Benjamin," "Hearts of the West" and "My Girl," has died. He was 81....

Jim Shea: On 12-12-12, Nothing Big Has Happened, So Far

2012-12-12 00:00:00

Today's date is 12-12-12. OK, first the good news, 12-12-12 is not the date on which the world is scheduled to end. That will not be happening until a week from Friday, so breathe easy. Frankly I'm getting tired of all these end-of-the-world deadlines....

A list of favorite old and new flicks for creepy Halloween fun

2012-10-25 12:07:00

There's nothing like a good scare to get your heart pumping. And what better time to celebrate things that go bump in the night better than Halloween? In celebration of Halloween, I have put together a list of some of my favorites for the season. Some...

Blythe Danner Returns To Williamstown For 'The Blue Deep'

2012-06-24 00:00:00

Blythe Danner feels right at home on stage in the Berkshire hills. After a 12-year absence, the actress is returning to the Williamstown Theatre Festival that shaped her early career nearly 40 years ago and where she continued to return over the decades....

News Briefs for April 26

2012-04-26 07:12:00

Wildflower walk�on Saturday Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge will host the second of two spring wildflower walks 10 a.m. Saturday. The walk will be on the Martha B. Clay Wildflower Trail, which begins near the North Rolling Fork, just past the bridge...

Year: 1967 Location: Chicago Mainstage Where you've seen him: Best known for playing Frank on "Everybody Loves Raymond," he's appeared in countless other shows and movies

2009-12-03 12:35:02

("Everybody Loves Raymond") don t scream "space actors." Otherwise, very "mining town"-ish. Moon moment : Murders on the moon, 28 in six months.

2009-07-20 13:25:17

Season 3 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose: A cranky insurance agent who can foresee the ways in which people will die becomes a target for a serial killer.

2008-07-12 12:02:12