Entertainment & Arts
Pink Panther Lawsuit: Producer Blake Edwards has filed a $25-million lawsuit against MGM-Pathe Inc. in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming the movie company backed out of a deal to finance another Pink Panther sequel.
Feb. 25, 1991
Movies
Steve Martin brings his bag of tricks to the role of Inspector Clouseau and winds up making it his own.
Feb. 10, 2006
Television
It has been nearly 30 years since Peter Ustinov walked away from a role in a Blake Edwards picture and inadvertently cleared the way for one of the most successful comedy series in movie history.
Aug. 22, 1993
World & Nation
Judge Shoots Down Pink Panther Patrol: A federal judge in New York ruled that a gay-rights activist group must stop using the name Pink Panther Patrol because it infringes on the movie trademark owned by MGM-Pathe Communications Co.
Oct. 4, 1991
Sony’s decision to tone down sexual content in the remake pays off with top box office ranking.
Feb. 13, 2006
Writer, director and producer Blake Edwards, 81 and busy, will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar.
Dec. 25, 2003
Clouseau goes looking for laughs again as the Aero shows ‘Panther’ movies.
Dec. 14, 2006
In the 1966 “Pink Panther” cartoon short “Pink, Plunk, Plink,” the limber leopard tries his hand at conducting onstage at the Hollywood Bowl.
Aug. 2, 2018
MGM has just released the six-disc “The Pink Panther Collection” ($70) in honor of the 40th anniversary of the successful movie comedy franchise.
April 11, 2004
MGM-Pathe Sues Gay Group: MGM-Pathe Communications Co. pounced on a New York homosexual protection patrol that uses the movie conglomerate’s Pink Panther trademark.
Jan. 8, 1991