Sandra Dee

When it comes to music, the 1970s was a vapid wasteland. So did Olivia Newton-John’s more than a dozen Top 10 songs in that decade mean she was that good, or just that everything else was just so bad? Turns......

Hope died in the opening lines of “In the Wrong Rain,” and optimism succumbed a few pages later. Duty ground stubbornly ahead for a chapter or two before collapsing as well. Curiosity thumbed randomly through the book and then tossed......

The reigning monarch of England’s storied past tells tales on his beloved Downton Abbey...

The salute to Oscar winner Robertson comes first. He died Sept. 10 at age 88. TCM will offer a marathon of Robertson movies on Monday, but "Charly," for which he received the best actor Oscar, won't be among them. But two of his best-known performances...

"Portrait in Black" has just about everything you need for a campy good time: Sandra Dee! Lana Turner in an increasingly elaborate selection of diamond earrings! A very tan Anthony Quinn! Former silent film actress Anna May Wong as a housekeeper named...

THEATER REVIEW: "The Original Grease" ★★★½ Through June 26 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St.; Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes; Tickets: $45-$50 at 773-409-4125 or atcweb.org “Grease” has been many things &#...

My too-hip-for-the-Bible Belt high school drama teacher caught me rolling my eyes at some bit of hokum we were rehearsing in our annual spring” high school in the '50s” musical, and hissed in my ear. “What I'd really like to do is...

Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here EXTRA CREDIT: The college-set sitcom “Community� offers a mini-marathon of six......

Guest blogger Jen Broadwater here, filling in for L'Oreal, who is otherwise occupied this evening leading her fabulous life. When L'Oreal asked me to pinch hit for her tonight on Glee, my first thought was, "Uh oh, I guess I need to learn the new...

In 1956, Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy, freshly fired from his job at a downtown insurance company, bid goodbye to the 9-to-5 life and headed for the Malibu shore, where he built himself a shack out of wood scraps and palm fronds and sailed into surfing...

This article has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details. Nora Ephron, who cast an acerbic eye on relationships, metropolitan living and aging in essays, books, plays and hit movies including "Sleepless in Seattle," "When Harry Met Sally..."...

It looks easy and fun, so more and more people are getting up on those big, sturdy boards. Find a spot where it is flat and get out there. Stand up and paddle. Stand-up paddleboarding is common in Huntington Harbour and other local harbors, and also at...