Albert Brooks

Your ode to L.A.? Let's have it

Some people despise Los Angeles. Others have a love-hate relationship. And then there's Justin Chart, 53, who loves his native city with all his aching heart. Nearly a year ago, Chart took his daughter to the Griffith Observatory, and they enjoyed a...

Tags: Music Industry, Music, Arlo Guthrie, Antonio Villaraigosa, Osteria Mozza

Saturday's TV Highlights:'On the Waterfront' on TCM

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 24 - March 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES The Graham Norton Show:  Jeremy...

Tags: Matt Lucas, Greg Grunberg, Gemma Arterton, BBC, Syfy (tv network)

Albert Brooks takes bait, signs on for ‘Finding Nemo 2′

‘Harry Potter’ makeover: New book covers coming

Wednesday's TV Talk: Barbara Walters; Hugh Bonneville; Matt Damon

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 9 - 15 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- This Morning Chris Tsakalakis, StubHub. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today “Downtown Abbey” cast members; Anne Hathaway; Jamie...

Tags: Chris O'Dowd, Idina Menzel, Howie Mandel, Billy Crystal, Michael Stipe

Hockey pro Russ Courtnall passes off to pop star Britney Spears

Pop star and singing competition judge Britney Spears has bought the Thousand Oaks home of former professional hockey player Russ Courtnall and his wife, actress Paris Vaughan. The property came on the market in August at $8.5 million and was withdrawn...

Tags: Jane Fonda, Game Shows, Marketing, Academy Awards, Bonanza (tv program)

Friday's TV Talk: Catherine Zeta Jones; Keira Knightley; Jim Rome

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- CBS This Morning CEO Jessica Herrin, Stella & Dot. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Mark Bittman. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7...

Tags: Mark Bittman, Mark Feuerstein, Tony Bennett, Keira Knightley, Jim DeMint

Wednesday's Talk Shows: Paula Deen; Jane Fonda; Peter Jackson

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- CBS This Morning CEO Mark Pincus, Zynga. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Elijah Wood; Paula Deen. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America...

Tags: Jane Fonda, Jane Seymour, Alicia Keys, Peter Jackson, Gerard Butler

Thursday TV Talk: Billy Crystal; Katie Holmes; Quentin Tarantino

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- CBS This Morning David Letterman. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Cee Lo Green; the winner of “The Voice”; Leslie Mann. (N)...

Tags: Marilu Henner, Billy Crystal, Johnny Mathis, Penn Jillette, Texas Battle

TV This Week for Nov. 25 - Dec. 1: 'Ceelo's Magic Moment'

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SUNDAY Will Matthew and Lady Mary marry? Whither Mr. Bates? The answers to those and other questions will have to wait...

Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Preston Sturges, Art Carney, BBC, Black Entertainment Television (tv network)

PASSINGS: John Ingle

John Ingle, 84, an actor who played scheming patriarch Edward Quartermaine on the daytime drama "General Hospital," died of cancer Sunday in Los Angeles, ABC said. Ingle took over the role as the ruthless businessman Quartermaine from actor David Lewis...

Tags: Big Love (tv program), Drew Carey, Barbara Hershey, Colleges and Universities, Nicolas Cage

Review: 'Rain Dragon' by Jon Raymond doesn't think like a girl

Los Angeles Times

Rain Dragon A Novel Jon Raymond Bloomsbury: 272 pp., $16 paper FADE IN: A car idles in the foggy pre-dawn, pointed at the end of a cul-de-sac. Inside, an attractive 30-ish couple, DAMON and AMY, are worn from travel. She is dark-haired, pale-skinned...

Tags: Philosophy, Mildred Pierce (tv program), Jane Austen, Religion and Belief, Health