World & Nation
Robert G.
Nov. 3, 1989
Awards
Louis Gossett Jr. calls the BET miniseries “The Book of Negroes” better than “Roots.”
May 7, 2015
California
An El Toro jewelry store owner shot during a robbery remained in critical condition today at a Mission Viejo hospital, authorities said.
Oct. 5, 1989
A daring daylight robbery of an El Toro jewelry store, in which the owner was critically wounded, has left other proprietors in the shopping center shaken and worried about a repeat of Wednesday’s violence.
Oct. 6, 1989
Lou Gossett Jr. will be stopping by the Los Angeles Times’ studio on Thursday at 11 a.m.
May 6, 2015
Movies
After all those power tools, ties and cologne have been received and admired, Showtime has a celebratory treat to wrap up Dad’s special day Sunday: “In His Father’s Shoes,” a warm family film with a twist of magic, about father-and-son bonds and barriers, starring Louis Gossett Jr. and 14-year-old Robert Ri’chard.
June 14, 1997
While making the acclaimed 1997 CBS movie “To Dance With Olivia,” Louis Gossett Jr. fell in love with his character--a strong, successful, small-town Southern lawyer.
March 18, 2001
“Firewalker” (citywide) is a breezy, big-scale comedy-adventure that takes scruffy soldiers-of-fortune Chuck Norris and Lou Gossett on a lively pursuit for Aztec treasure.
Nov. 24, 1986
In the end, movie audiences didn’t dig “Diggstown.” They were cool to “Cool World.”
Sept. 1, 1992
James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr. and Bruce Dern are the kind of actors who can get a movie jumping around them, even when everything else in it seems flaccid or ordinary.
Aug. 14, 1992