James Brolin

"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES "The Big Bang Theory" Leonard, Sheldon...

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH LATE NATIONAL RATINGS: That James Brolin guest shot brought viewers to “Castle.” The ABC drama was the most-watched program Monday night nationally and locally. “Castle” averaged 10.8 million...

Monday is a night for guest stars, one of the benefits of still being in the February sweeps. (The ratings period ends Wednesday.) Consider: Missi Pyle plays Caroline's mean Aunt Charity on “2 Broke Girls” at 9 on CBS. Our heroines need...

Backstage at the Oscars was a place for frayed nerves and celebrity traffic jams, as the complex, performance-heavy show tested the composure of cast and crew alike. For many of the winners, however, the energy seemed a welcome rush Sunday night. As...

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 24 - March 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES The Bachelor:  Sean and the final...

Diane Lane and Michael Shannon, who filmed the Superman reboot “Man of Steel” in the Chicago area last summer, will both return this fall in the name of theater. Lane will star in the Goodman Theatre’s production of “Sweet Bird...

My two sons are counting the minutes until July 20, when they will storm a movie theater to see “The Dark Knight Rises.” I have absolutely no interest in Christian Bale. To me, the real Batman is Adam West. My kids have a much different view of...

In Warner Bros.' upcoming action drama "The Gangster Squad," based on a series of Los Angeles Times articles, Josh Brolin plays John O'Mara, a Los Angeles police officer in an elite unit devoted to cleaning up the city's criminal element, specifically...

Mickey Cohen's raucous old nightclub, Slapsy Maxie's, is long gone. But on a recent Friday night, I found myself roaming around a stylish replica of the legendary gangster's old club where Warner Bros. is filming "The Gangster Squad," which chronicles the...

William and Kate get top marks for their first Hollywood red carpet as a couple. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were greeted by an army of stars including Nicole Kidman, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Evans, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann and Barbra...

A couple of well-credentialed Hollywood producers have optioned a couple of books about actor turned governor turned 40th president and conservative icon Ronald Reagan. They're making a $30 million movie (modest budget) about him next year, they tell...