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Remember Karen Allen? Steven Spielberg did for 'Indiana Jones'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSHE WAS Boone's girl Katy in "Animal House," and this was enough to cement her in the collective conscience of a certain kind of male. This male was 13 when the National Lampoon comedy was released, in 1978; what he has retained in his mind's eye about...Tags: Celebrities, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, England, Jessica Alba, Jeff Bridges
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Actors, actresses and entertainers
Actors, actresses and entertainers Maila Nurmi, 85; actress created the character Vampira as hostess of late-night TV horror show (Jan. 10) Jack Eagle, 81; a comedian and actor who played Brother Dominic in a Xerox ad during the 1977 Super Bowl (Jan....Tags: Celebrities, Hill Street Blues (tv program), John Phillip Law, It's a Wonderful Life (movie), Jane Fonda
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'We Must Show Every Child the Light'
THE VANISHING CLASS: The Times' recent series about high school dropouts generated at strong response from readers, more than 200 of whom posted their thoughts on an online message board that accompanied the series. Suggestions ranged from the general...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Students, Laws, Crimes
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Remarkable Woman: Kay Alden Nelson
Kay Alden Nelson's big break into daytime television sounds like a plot out of one of her soap opera scripts. "I was doing a dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on how daytime television serials can be used as mediators...
Tags: Streeterville, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Writers Guild of America, The Bold and the Beautiful (tv program) , Primetime Emmy Awards
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Mr Bongo to play 'Tropicalia' in U.K.: Wide sells 'Approved for Adoption'
VarietyPARIS -- Rotterdam player "Tropicalia," Marcelo Machado's portrait of the 60s Brazilian music-art movement, has been acquired by Mr Bongo Worldwide for all-rights distribution in the U.K.. The outfit, run by an independent record label, is planning a...Tags: DVDs, China, South Korea, Johnny Cash, Social Issues
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The Soap Scene
Scopin' The Soaps"ALL MY CHILDREN" AND "ONE LIFE TO LIVE" COULD FINALLY BE HEADED ONLINE: Over a year after the sad news was announced that plans to bring "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" back to life online had been abandoned, production company Prospect Park... -
50 ways to beat the heat
Paul GreenbergIt's definitely time, way past time, to update this annual list of heat-beaters. Feel free to clip and save, mix and match, and add your own. 1. Delete all unwanted e-mails without opening them. Especially if they're from types who are always a bit hot...Tags: John Coltrane, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Key Lime Pie, Satchel Paige, Operation Fast and Furious
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Want job? First, employer must like you
Tribune Media ServicesCongratulations, your foot is in the door. Your next step? It may surprise you. "Career all comes down to personality," says Nicole Williams, LinkedIn's connection director, and author of three books. The combination of appearance, words, actions and...Tags: Guiding Light (tv program)
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The Bob Costa backstory
What a pleasant surprise to open my Friday paper and see Bob Costa looking straight at me (“Landing stirs Apollo memories,” July 22). For those who don’t know, Bob and his wife Mary-Anne ran the Eagle Rock comic book store, Another...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Casey Kasem, George Takei, Dick Clark, Entertainment
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Cinema's 'serious season' is packed with awards contenders
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticAug. 31 THE DEBT (Focus): Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds and Sam Worthington star in this remake of an award-winning Israeli thriller about a retired Mossad assassination team that has to revisit its biggest failure when a man it allegedly...Tags: Kevin Spacey, Vanessa Redgrave, Paranormal Activity (movie), Kenneth Branagh, Elections
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"Home Alone" Actor Robert Blossom Dies
The actor best known for playing Kevin McCalister's spooky, white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in 1990's "Home Alone" has died.
According to relatives, character actor Roberts Blossom died at the age of 87 in a Santa Monica nursing home.
Blossom'...Tags: Celebrities, Home Alone (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Television
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