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Phil Jackson live with Tribune's K.C. Johnson
Watch Phil Jackson talk to Chicago Tribune reporter K.C. Johnson about his new book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success;" his future plans to possibly enter management, and he takes the opportunity to walk down memory Lane. ALSO: Phil Jackson throws...
Tags: Dwight Howard, Phil Jackson
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Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend
Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure who inspired later generations of filmmakers and special-...
Tags: James Cameron, Literature, Artists, George Pal, Arts and Culture
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Mike Gray dies at 77; co-wrote 'China Syndrome' screenplay
Mike Gray, an author, activist and documentarian who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The China Syndrome," the provocative 1979 film about a cover-up at a nuclear power plant, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Manufacturing and Engineering, Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Heavy Engineering, Heart Failure
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Al Neuharth dies at 89; newspaper mogul created USA Today
Al Neuharth, the newspaper mogul who in 1982 made a $1-billion gamble called USA Today that earned derision for its emphasis on brevity, flashy graphics and upbeat stories but endured to become the nation's largest-circulation newspaper, died Friday in...
Tags: Politics, Des Moines Register, Detroit Free Press, The Boston Globe, Newspaper and Magazine
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The Monkees book summer tour with two Southland dates
The Monkees will be monkeying around again this summer, as the surviving three members of the group undertake a more extensive tour following last fall’s dozen sold-out shows. Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork will begin the new tour,...
Tags: Davy Jones, Mick Jagger, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith
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Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Awards and Prizes, Hungary, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Janos Starker, world-famous cellist, dies at 88
Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, has died. He was 88. Starker, who died Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., had been in terminal care for the last few weeks, according to reports from wire...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hungary, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities
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Bette Midler in 'I'll Eat You Last': What did the critics think?
Recalling an age of highly crafted public personas, the new Broadway play “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers” reflects on a Hollywood era when movie deals were made over dinner parties instead of smartphones. Bette Midler...
Tags: Theater, Broadway Theater, Chris Jones, Reviews, Entertainment
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Sam Jameson dies at 76; former longtime L.A. Times correspondent
Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. The cause of...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, Stroke, U.S. Army, Heart Failure
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NFL beat writers make picks for 2013 mock draft
Few people know the 32 NFL teams better than the writers who cover those teams on a day-to-day basis. Those beat writers made the selections for this mock draft, choosing the players as if Thursday night were to unfold this way: 1. KANSAS CITY (Adam...
Tags: Mathias Kiwanuka, Andre Smith, Politics, Branden Albert, Houston Chronicle
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Obama advisor David Axelrod to publish Washington memoir
David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, is joining the list of one-time Obama administration officials who will be penning memoirs next year, Penguin Press has announced. Other Obama administration officials with books on the way...
Tags: Barack Obama, Literature, John F. Kennedy, Scott Walker, David Axelrod
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Sam Jameson, former longtime Tokyo bureau chief for The Times, knew Japan like few other correspondents
Sam Jameson, a former Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent who died Friday in Tokyo at 76, “knew Japan, its culture, its history and its language like few correspondents,” said Alvin Shuster, a former foreign editor for The Times....Tags: Japan, U.S. Army, Tokyo (Japan), Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Military
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