Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program)

'The Sopranos' tops WGA's top 101 TV shows of all time

2013-06-03 05:00:00

They say that television is a writer's medium, so it makes sense that the Writers Guild of America would have its own list of the 101 greatest TV shows of all time. At the top of the list is "The Sopranos," HBO's multiple award-winning hit series that...

Ashley Judd's next role: Not running for Senate

2013-03-27 17:06:00

Sorry, political junkies. Ashley Judd will not be trying to make CSPAN-2 more watchable anytime soon. Judd took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce that she wouldn't be running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky next year, meaning that she'll come no...

PASSINGS: George Murdock, Charles 'Skip' Pitts

2012-05-04 00:00:00

George Murdock Character actor often played the 'heavy' George Murdock, 81, a veteran character actor who had a recurring role as Lt. Scanlon on the television sitcom "Barney Miller" and played God in the 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,"...

Corey Allen dies at 75; actor played gang leader in 'Rebel Without a Cause'

2010-06-30 00:00:00

Corey Allen, an actor-turned Emmy Award-winning director who earned a slice of film immortality in the 1950s playing the doomed high school gang leader who challenges James Dean to a "chicken run" in "Rebel Without a Cause," has died. He was 75. Allen...

Syd Dutton puts Sunset Strip-area home on the market

2010-05-14 12:14:00

Emmy-winning visual effects creator Syd Dutton and his wife, Laura, have listed their Sunset Strip-area home at $1.68 million. Double doors open to a courtyard with a tiled goldfish pool and a Buddha statue, sited according to feng shui practices. The...

Jazz clubs, where musicians play for fun

2010-11-28 00:00:00

After a hard day at play on the local soundstages, some of the world's greatest musicians like to go out and play some more — for live audiences. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: L.A.-area big bands: An article in the Arts & Books section...

PASSINGS: Violet Weber, Bernard Kates

2010-03-08 20:21:00

Violet Weber Fashion editor Violet Weber, 94, fashion editor of the Los Angeles Times' Home magazine from 1964 to 1975, died Feb. 22 at a Los Angeles nursing home from complications of old age, said her niece, Sue Kirschman. Born in 1915 in Sugar...

'Lost,' 'Breaking Bad' and 'Fringe' take two Saturn Awards apiece

2010-06-25 16:33:39

The Twitter 20: L.A.'s Most Popular People

2010-08-10 16:36:41

For author, a new chapter

2010-05-22 00:00:00

If Anne Rice can sell 100 million copies of her books, she should have no trouble with her residence in Rancho Mirage, recently listed for $3.3 million. Built in 1995, the immaculate home has a formal dining room and living room designed for...

'Lost' leads with eight TV Saturn Awards nominations

2010-02-19 16:33:13

Radio and television figures

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Radio and television figures Bob LeMond Jr., 94; leading announcer on CBS radio and television (Jan. 6) Dwight Arlington Hemion, 81; television director and producer who won 18 Emmy Awards for his musical variety specials (Jan. 28) Don Herbert, 72;...

Famous for: No. 1 NBA draft pick from the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. He went on to become one of the greatest players in NBA history, winning three championships while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. His character: Klingon Koral in a "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode

2013-06-11 14:30:00

79. 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'

2013-06-03 07:18:00

The actor is noted for a variety of roles: Kunta Kinte in the miniseries "Roots," Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and as host of the PBS children's show Reading Rainbow. LeVar Burton is 54.

2013-01-25 16:31:00