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PASSINGS: Cliff Osmond

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Cliff Osmond, 75, a character actor who was a regular presence in director Billy Wilder's comedies of the 1960s and '70s and appeared in dozens of TV series into the 1990s, died Dec. 22 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, said his...

Jack Klugman dies at 90; star of TV's 'The Odd Couple,' 'Quincy'

2012-12-24 18:39:00

Jack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role of the murder-solving medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” died...

'Bad News Bears' remake actress dead in suspected DUI crash

2012-10-10 17:12:49

Services pending for 'Bad News Bears' actress Sammi Kane Kraft

2012-10-11 08:52:12

Tony Scott dies at 68; a film career in retrospective

2012-08-20 00:08:00

Director-producer Tony Scott, who apparently committed suicide Sunday in San Pedro at age 68, left behind a lengthy filmography. One of the first directors to make the transition from commercials to features, he helmed movies including "Top Gun,”...

Irving Fein dies at 101; manager for Jack Benny, George Burns

2012-08-15 00:00:00

Irving Fein was a veteran Hollywood studio publicist when he began his 28-year association with Jack Benny in 1947, first as the popular radio comedian's publicity and advertising director. One of Fein's successful ideas was to promote Benny's new...

Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles

2012-06-05 10:03:00

First published on Sept. 25, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles -- not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa...

Hal Kanter dies at 92; Emmy-winning comedy writer, director

2011-11-08 00:00:00

Hal Kanter, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, and a director and producer whose career included writing for Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, directing Elvis Presley and creating a landmark 1960s TV series starring Diahann Carroll, has died. He was 92....

Around Town: Anime and the real Mae

2012-01-26 16:38:20

Around Town: Max von Sydow plays chess with death again

2012-02-02 16:40:44

Oscar voters: Meet the academy's youngest members

2012-02-23 16:37:14

Reggie Bush puts Hollywood Hills home on the market

2009-11-14 00:00:00

Former USC tailback turned New Orleans Saint Reggie Bush has listed his Hollywood Hills home at $5,099,000. The tri-level contemporary sits at the end of a cul-de-sac and has 360-degree views encompassing Long Beach, Santa Catalina Island, Malibu and the...

. How it changed the game: Ex-minor-league player Morris Buttermaker changed the game for a bunch of misfit kids on the worst team in Little League.

2013-04-03 11:19:00

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

The 41st Oscar ceremony in 1969 recruited an array of stars: Frank Sinatra, at right, Ingrid Bergman, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Walter Matthau, Sidney Poitier and Natalie Wood.

2012-08-02 12:04:51