Gene Autry

Eastwood cut-out above Glendale gets its own empty chair

Call it art imitating life. The Clint Eastwood cut-out overlooking the Glendale (2) Freeway now has its empty chair -- a nod to the film director's much talked about appearance at the Republican National Convention last week. Life-sized cardboard...

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Former MLB VP: 'I doubt the umpires really care about Harrelson'

In a blog Tuesday morning, I speculated about Hawk Harrelson’s rants on umpires. I pointed out the difference in his outburst when A.J. Pierzynski and Robin Ventura were ejected oSaturday and his silence when Jesse Crain didn’t get a 3-and-...

Tags: Robin Ventura, Sports, A.J. Pierzynski, Jesse Crain, Chicago White Sox

Ann Rutherford dies at 94; actress was in 'Gone With the Wind'

Tags: Romance (genre), Ann Rutherford, Mickey Rooney, Vivien Leigh, Radio

Fox River death appears accidental, police say

The apparent drowning of a 52-year-old Aurora man in the Fox River yesterday evening appears to be accidental, police said today, although the death investigation continues. According to the initial investigation, Gene Autry Pryor of the 900 block of...

Tags: Accidental Death, Aurora, Disasters and Accidents

Natural Perspectives: Borrowing water from the future to irrigate a desert

Vic and I just returned from a brief getaway over the Memorial Day weekend. We stayed in the Palm Springs area at a resort with our son, daughter-in-law, and four small grandchildren, enjoying desert luxury. One expects a desert to be hot and dry. Palm...

Tags: Bob Hope, Environmental Issues, Bing Crosby, Sports, Memorial Day

Ann Rutherford dies at 94

Ann Rutherford, an actress whose small role as Scarlett's younger sister Carreen in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" was her most enduring, has died. She was 94. Rutherford, who also portrayed Mickey Rooney's teenage girlfriend in the Andy Hardy...

Tags: Romance (genre), Ann Rutherford, Mickey Rooney, Vivien Leigh, Anne Jeffreys

Artist wants to evoke a cowboy 'sense of freedom'

Pilgrims heading up and down the Glendale (2) Freeway for the last couple of months have noticed a shadowy figure or two gazing into the distance from the hills above. Cardboard cutouts of Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and Gene Autry, bearing labels that...

Tags: Museums, Arts, Arts and Culture, Clint Eastwood, John Ford

Route 66 landmark hotel reopens in Carthage with nostalgic authenticity

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CARTHAGE, Mo. -- One of the halfway stops on the Mother Road re-opened on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting and nostalgia.  Spared from foreclosure and demolition, the Boots Motel is back in business. Four million cars were rolling off Detroit's assembly...

Tags: Family, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Highway Transportation, Hotels and Accommodations, World War II (1939-1945)

Planning your trip to inland Orange County

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Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening

Robert Sherman dies at 86; songwriter best known for 'Mary Poppins'

At the Academy Awards ceremony in 1965, Robert and Richard Sherman already had accepted their Oscar for best score for "Mary Poppins" when they returned to the stage to pick up another statuette for best song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee." Having already...

Tags: Obituaries, Cher, Anything But Love (tv program), Academy Awards, Julie Andrews

In the Pipeline: After 50 years, Duane Eddy will travel

He's wearing black slacks and a black shirt and cowboy hat. There's a bit of silver woven in, too, that picks up the light in the small hotel room. With his neatly trimmed beard and gentle country manner, he cuts a romantic, old-time figure, like some...

Tags: Roy Rogers, George Harrison, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events