Movies
Allan Jones, the boyishly good-looking lyric tenor who added pleasant musical interludes to film farces of the 1930s, has died of lung cancer.
June 30, 1992
The ‘Barbie’ casting director shared a surprising list of actors who were in the running for the roles of Ken and Allan but couldn’t make the logistics work.
July 25, 2023
Music
Season two of Tyler Mahan Coe’s “Cocaine & Rhinestones” podcast focuses on country great George Jones: “His chest cavity glowed with so much air.”
April 22, 2021
Obituaries
Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows
May 13, 2013
Jones, who taught full time at UCLA, was cast as the judge on KABC-TV’s ‘Traffic Court.’ He was such a hit that he was elevated to network TV as the judge on ABC’s ‘Day in Court’ and ‘Accused.’
California
A Placentia machinist was sentenced Friday to 18 years to life in prison for killing his estranged wife when he realized she had left him for the last time, a prosecutor said.
Nov. 21, 1992
Let’s hear it for jungle exploration. You can hunt for legendary lost civilizations.
Feb. 2, 1987
Real Estate
The onetime Holmby Hills estate of early motion picture pioneer Allan Dwan, once listed for as much as $35 million, has sold for about half that amount — $18.8 million.
April 27, 2017
Lakers
He’s Not There Yet, but Lakers’ Jones Is Determined to Make Next Two Dream Teams
Oct. 14, 1997