Movies
Picture Sheila Benson--Dances With Wolves Peter Rainer--Dances With Wolves Kevin Thomas--Dances With Wolves Michael Wilmington--Dances With Wolves Director Benson--Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves Rainer--Kevin Costner Thomas--Kevin Costner Wilmington--Kevin Costner Actor Benson--Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune Rainer--Robert De Niro, Awakenings Rainer--Robert De Niro, Awakenings Thomas--Jeremy Irons Wilmington--Jeremy Irons Supporting Actor Benson--Bruce Davison, Longtime Companion Rainer--Bruce Davison Thomas--Bruce Davison Wilmington--Joe Pesci, GoodFellas Actress Benson--Kathy Bates, Misery Rainer--Joanne Woodward, Mr. & Mrs.
March 24, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
In his 1987 film of one of Tennessee Williams’ greatest plays, Paul Newman has succeeded almost totally with this rich and tender production, headed by Joanne Woodward--who gives us a transcendent Amanda Wingfield--with Karen Allen and John Malkovich, the triumph of the film (both pictured above).
July 8, 1990
Sports
Johnny Benson scored his second NASCAR Busch Grand National victory Saturday in a controversial finish to the Sundrop 400 at Hickory (N.C.)
April 16, 1995
The only saving grace in Joanne Linville’s otherwise excruciating staging of “Hamlet” at the Lillian Theatre is Christopher Thornton’s performance in the title role.
Jan. 28, 2000
California
A married couple, who touched off the Costa Mesa arts-funding controversy when they charged South Coast Repertory with using city funds to pay for a flyer urging support of the National Endowment for the Arts, may be taking their beef with the theater company to a higher level.
July 18, 1990
Directed by George Sidney in 1946, The Harvey Girls (Channel 5 Sunday at 8 p.m., Showtime Tuesday at 6 a.m.), one of the most delightful of the Golden Era MGM musicals, stars Judy Garland as a Fred Harvey waitress out west at the turn of the century; the local saloon entertainer is a very young Angela Lansbury.
March 31, 1991
In Harry & Son (KCAL tonight at 8) Paul Newman plays a crackerjack demolition man; unfortunately, before even half of this meandering and soggy 1984 film is over, Newman, as co-writer, co-producer, director and co-star, has flattened everything in sight, including the audience.
Sept. 8, 1991
As “The Good Father” (at the Westside Pavilion) unfolds, traveling over much the same ground as “Kramer vs.
Feb. 13, 1987
World & Nation
Thalia Diamantopoulos stared at a 2-foot high mound of blackened debris in the middle of her apartment’s living room floor Thursday, looked at the sky through the spaces in the charred beams of what used to be her ceiling and thanked God for her good fortune.
Jan. 14, 1994
Television
DRAMA, COMEDY SPECIAL “Do You Remember Love” LIMITED SERIES OUTSTANDING SERIES “The Jewel in the Crown” LEAD ACTRESS Joanne Woodward, “Do You Remember Love” LEAD ACTOR Richard Crenna, “The Rape of Richard Beck” SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kim Stanley, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” SUPPORTING ACTOR Karl Malden, “Fatal Vision” DIRECTING Lamont Johnson, “Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story” WRITING Vickie Patik, “Do You Remember Love” DRAMA OUTSTANDING SERIES “Cagney & Lacey” LEAD ACTRESS Tyne Daly, “Cagney & Lacey” LEAD ACTOR William Daniels, “St.
Sept. 23, 1985