Susan Hayward

Hal Schaefer dies at 87; musician known for Marilyn Monroe liaison

2012-12-16 00:00:00

"The Real Reason for Marilyn Monroe's Divorce from Joe DiMaggio" read the headline on a 1955 Confidential magazine article that exposed a bumbling ambush involving the famous ballplayer and Frank Sinatra. The unlikely duo allegedly had tried to catch...

Nolan Miller dies at 79; 'Dynasty' costume designer

2012-06-09 00:00:00

Fashion designer Nolan Miller put a bra-less Farrah Fawcett in a see-through blouse for "Charlie's Angels," Tina Louise in a slinky nude-beige evening dress for "Gilligan's Island" and Elizabeth Taylor in violet gowns for her "Passion" perfume...

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

Garbo Visits L.A.!

2011-02-27 16:33:04

At typewriter: Dorothy Parker

2011-04-04 16:35:16

Democrat Obama paddles after Chairman Mao, many others with his latest swimming photo

2010-08-17 04:36:05

Charles Busch's 'The Third Story' at LaJolla Playhouse

2008-09-24 00:00:00

LA JOLLA -- Imagine Joan Crawford's stately glamour, Susan Hayward's tough-broad shtick and Carol Burnett's parodic flair all rolled into the same male actor. Yes, the one and only Charles Busch is back on stage, starring in your garden-variety science-...

A Mother's Love Was the Death of Her Daughter-in-Law

2002-01-20 00:00:00

The worst mother-in-law in California was also the last woman to be executed in the state, in 1962. Elizabeth Ann "Ma" Duncan was 58. She had stalked and finally ordered the death of her pregnant daughter-in-law in an example of mother love gone wrong....

Danger! Heartbreak dead ahead! Music to Taylor Swift's ears?

2012-11-28 02:30:09

"HE WILL definitely break her heart!" That's what an "insider" says about the current relationship between country music sensation Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, one of the cutest members of the boy band "One Direction." Well, Taylor is probably...

Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock

2012-10-10 13:13:00

Mario Cantone brings his comedy act – a twisted romp through pop culture and song parody – to Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood Thursday, Oct. 11 night at 8. The star of the Tony-nominated one-man show...

Celebrity Scoop: Margo Martindale

2011-11-22 08:37:23

After getting a new job on CBS' Friday medical/supernatural drama "A Gifted Man," playing Rita Perkins-Hall, a nurse and personal assistant to brilliant surgeon Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson), actress Margo Martindale took home an Emmy for outstanding...

'Rear Window' Screenwriter John Michael Hayes Dies

2008-11-26 00:00:00

John Michael Hayes, who wrote the script for "Rear Window" and was a frequent Hitchcock collaborater, has died. He was 89. The screenwriter who was nominated for two Academy Awards died of natural causes on Wednesday Nov. 19 at a Hanover, New Hampshire...

Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward rode in this stagecoach, now on display at the Lone Pine Film History Museum, during the filming of "Rawhide" in 1951.

2012-09-25 16:17:21

Registered nurse Susan Hayward, right, shows how to do CPR during Fire Service Day in Burbank on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

2012-05-12 13:28:00

'The Conqueror' (1956) Howard Hughes' ill-fated Genghis Khan epic suffered from a host of problems, not the least of which was miscasting of John Wayne as the Mongol warlord. The dialog was terrible and made worse by Wayne's line-readings.

2008-05-05 14:44:29