From the Archives: A 1967 interview with Don Rickles, the ever-busy insult comic who never writes anything down
Legendary comedian Don Rickles died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. In 1967, Los Angeles Times staff writer Don Page visited the prolific...
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From the Archives: Vivien Leigh, 'Gone With the Wind' Star, Dies at 53
Vivien Leigh, the tiny, frail actress from the Himalaya Mountains who won enduring fame for her fiery film performance as Scarlett O’Hara in...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Spencer Tracy, 67, Dies After Screen Career of 37 Years
Spencer Tracy, one of Hollywood’s great actors, died here Saturday of a heart attack. He was 67. Mr. Tracy, whose rugged good looks and forceful...
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Films like Anora prove you don't need $200,000,000 to make an Oscar-worthy movie
The front-runners for the 2025 Oscars – and during this year’s awards season – all have something intriguing in common: mega,...
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Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Wins Record of the Year at 2025 Grammys
After being nominated three times in the category, the rapper's achievement is long overdue
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Wizard of Fantasy Walt Disney Dies
Walt Disney, the one-time Missouri farm boy who for more than a quarter of a century created fantasies that made a troubled world laugh, died...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Suave Film Star Clifton Webb Dies at 76
Clifton Webb, suave star of the screen, died Thursday night in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 76. Mr. Webb had been in his residence at 1005 N....
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Films' Buster Keaton Dies of Cancer at 70
Comedian Buster Keaton, 70, Hollywood immortal whose trade-mark was the dead pan and who felt last year that “I might live forever,” died of lung...
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Weekend Beacon 2/23/25
Last week I was in Austin and stopped into the LBJ Presidential Library, which is definitely worth a visit. It's got the presidential limo, a replica...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment
Actor Peter Lorre, the Carpathian mountain boy who became a professional ogre, sleepy-voiced comedian, and bon vivant, died Monday of an apparent...
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