
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88
Before Joseph Wambaugh came along, the unofficial bard of the Los Angeles Police Department was Jack Webb, whose unsmiling Sgt. Joe Friday peppered every episode

Before Joseph Wambaugh came along, the unofficial bard of the Los Angeles Police Department was Jack Webb, whose unsmiling Sgt. Joe Friday peppered every episode

The Golden Globes has terminated its policy of paying $75,000 annual salaries to former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Helen Hoehne, the organization’s

“Riff Raff” is a solid crime comedy with unusual wiring. There’s no heist, no bag of money or suitcase of drugs. Instead, the director, Dito

Looks-wise, he had a humbleness that allowed him play to cops, working men and the president of the United States. The voice could grumble and

Leave it to Francis Ford Coppola to use his Razzie “win” as an opportunity to critique the film industry. Coppola was named worst director by

David Lynch died in January having never won an Academy Award. Don’t ask me to explain or rationalize it, because I can’t. The legendary director,

Michelle Trachtenberg‘s official cause and manner of death will remain undetermined, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The family

Los Angeles is no opera oasis in the sense of Berlin or Paris, which have nightly choices. Our opera comes and goes, fickle as flood-drought

In any given year, what makes for a best picture? Are there clues as to what might win, strewn throughout any given Oscars broadcast? As

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