Richard Burton

Richard Burton's native Wales is courting Hollywood

2013-03-01 18:25:00

As legendary actor Richard Burton was honored this week with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his native Wales took full advantage of the occasion to shine a spotlight on itself. “Richard Burton is part of a proud history of the...

City Beat: Elizabeth Taylor jewels on display on Rodeo Drive

2013-02-19 17:42:27

City Beat: Elizabeth Taylor's engagement ring, jewels on display

2013-02-20 09:54:01

'The Hour' canceled after two seasons

2013-02-12 14:32:00

"The Hour," the BBC's drama about a British news program in the 1950s, will not be continuing past its second season. The series, which had drawn comparisons to AMC's "Mad Men," was critically acclaimed but low-rated. In Britain, the series averaged...

Catherine Opie's documentary photography is on display

2013-01-27 08:00:00

The room is arranged like a gallery, hung with photographs of various sizes and shapes, framed and unframed, surrounding the artist Catherine Opie, who looks pleased as she observes from a rocking chair. This studio built behind her house in West...

Television review: 'Liz & Dick' romance fizzles in graceless biopic

2012-11-24 06:00:00

An epic love story, like a good horror movie, relies more on possibility than actuality. Surprise and anticipation, of what is to come and what it might mean, are what draw viewers in, binding them in fetters of pleasure and pain. Subtlety and nuance...

Tracy Letts plays his part in illuminating Edward Albee's 'Woolf'

2012-12-01 07:00:00

NEW YORK — Tracy Letts has his hands full these days writing plays and preparing for the release of the movie version of his Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama, "August: Osage County." But he's added another formidable task to his agenda: elucidating...

Lindsay Lohan arrest: Punched woman in face, cops say; Lohan unhurt

2012-11-29 09:33:00

Actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested Thursday morning after police said she punched a woman in the face at a nightclub in New York. Lohan, 26, was taken into custody on suspicion of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, at Club Avenue in Manhattan’...

'Liz & Dick' draws decent ratings but is no hit for Lindsay Lohan

2012-11-26 14:14:00

"Liz & Dick," the Lifetime film about legendary Hollywood couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starring troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, scored respectable ratings in its Sunday premiere, attracting 3.5 million viewers. However, since "Liz & Dick"...

TV This Week for Nov. 25 - Dec. 1: 'Ceelo's Magic Moment'

2012-11-24 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Will Matthew and Lady Mary marry? Whither Mr. Bates? The answers to those and other questions will have to wait...

'Liz & Dick' producer talks risks of working with Lindsay Lohan

2012-11-23 13:15:00

Larry A. Thompson has long been fascinated with celebrity couples who "fly so close to the sun." Sonny and Cher, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor are duos featured in several television movies developed by the veteran...

Christopher Plummer still has 'A Word or Two' to say

2012-08-24 12:20:00

"First you're young. Then you're old. Then you're wonderful." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth STRATFORD, Canada — Christopher Plummer is in the wonderful phase of his career — and at 82 he's seizing the opportunity. In February, the six-...

The late Richard Burton gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was unveiled Friday as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the movie "Cleopatra" and is located beside that of costar Elizabeth Taylor.

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Elizabeth Taylor receives roses from Richard Burton during the curtain call at the Broadway opening of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" in 1983.

2013-02-12 21:58:24

The Richard Burton Diaries Edited by Chris Williams Yale University Press, $35 Written between 1939 and 1983, these diaries offer a delightfully unvarnished glimpse at the actor's life, from his reading habits and jet-setting to his tumultuous relationship with Elizabeth Taylor.

2012-11-29 15:09:09