Bill Cosby

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Inside the Actors Studio' on Bravo

2013-03-18 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Splash Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-...

The Times' NBA rankings

2013-02-23 20:25:00

THE LAST EMPEROR 1. MIAMI (39-14) Not sure how Heat expects to win another title without Dexter Pittman. (1) 2. SAN ANTONIO (44-13) Prop bet that Baynes would outscore Paul renders Las Vegas bust. (3) 3. OKLAHOMA CITY (40-15) Paying luxury taxes...

Jonathan Gold Quiz: Pudding on the Ritz

2013-02-27 11:37:00

Panna cotta, bavaroise, empurpled mazamorra, chocolate mousse – we say it’s pudding, and we say to hell with it. As beloved Jell-O pudding spokesman Bill Cosby was fond of saying, you can’t be a kid without it. More quizzes from...

Playboy Jazz Festival sets June 15-16 lineup

2013-03-01 06:00:00

The lineup for the 35th annual Playboy Jazz Festival has been announced, and in addition to the weekend-long concert's signature mix of jazz, funk and R&B, the festival also revealed that comic and former late-night host George Lopez will take over for...

PASSINGS: Magic Slim, Cleotha Staples, Lou Myers, Donald Rutledge

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Magic Slim Singer of Chicago blues Magic Slim, 75, whose ragged voice and punchy guitar riffs made him a symbol of Chicago blues, died Thursday in Philadelphia after surgery for a bleeding ulcer, according to his family. A younger contemporary of...

SFJAZZ plays another bold riff

2013-01-05 07:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...

'Inside Comedy': David Steinberg on comedy, inside and out

2013-02-09 07:45:00

Veteran comedian David Steinberg, who has directed such hit TV comedies as "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Mad About You" and "Seinfeld," returns to Showtime on Monday evening for the second season of his interview series, "Inside Comedy." This season he turns...

Review: 'Belle's' serves up comfort comedy

2013-02-01 06:00:00

Premiering Friday night for a modest six-episode run on TV One, the black-oriented basic cable network that is not BET, is "Belle's," a sweet if slightly undercooked sitcom about an Atlanta soul food restaurant and the family that keeps it. The big name...

Review: SFJAZZ Center makes a splash on opening night

2013-01-24 13:04:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Los Angeles, did you hear that? Given the laws of physics and the roughly 400-odd miles of distance, it's unlikely this week's opening of the $63-million SFJAZZ Center could be heard on the opposite end of the state (apart from its live...

Jenni Rivera's fiery spirit saluted at public memorial service

2012-12-19 15:51:00

At the Wednesday public memorial service that celebrated her tragically short life, Jenni Rivera was hailed as "the eternal diva," "la gran se�ora," "mariposa de barrio" (butterfly of the barrio) and other terms of deep affection and respect. But...

From the archives: Dave Brubeck at 90: 'I'm very fortunate'

2012-12-05 11:28:00

Two years before Dave Brubeck died, the Los Angeles Times published an interview with the great jazzman on the occasion of his 90th birthday. With Brubeck's death at 92, we share our visit to his home in this profile from Dec. 5, 2010. WILTON, Conn --...

Tuesday's TV Talk: Jennifer Lopez; Michael Chiklis; Ryan Seacrest

2013-01-21 20:00:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 20 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Chef Giada De Laurentiis; Callie Thorne; Luke Perry. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good...

Bill Cosby

2013-03-14 11:49:00

Why you know her: Fans of the Bill Cosby spinoff show will remember her as Lena James on "A Different World," but she's also known for the voice of Gloria on "Madagascar," Niobe on "The Matrix Revolution" and her TV show "Hawthorne" Why we love her: She's married to rapper/actor Will Smith but has

2013-02-04 16:34:11

Film director Herbert Ross, right, is shown on the set of his film "California Suite" with stars Maggie Smith and Michael Caine on May 8, 1978. The comedy also starred Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Bill Cosby, Walter Matthau and Richard Pryor.

2013-01-02 15:57:00