Jane Alexander

Stepping into the ring with Jack Johnson, otherwise known as the "Galveston Giant," was as much an invitation to conversation as a guarantee of a beating. He'd banter with his opponents, teasing them about their fate, before knocking them out when the...

The best television series of 2012 owe a debt to the past. They have taken the miniseries storytelling so popular decades ago and made it work for today's audiences. Viewers who fondly remember “Shogun,” “Brideshead Revisited,” &#...

The weekend highlights include the fall finales for two of TV's best dramas. “The Walking Dead” wraps up the audacious first half of its season at 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC. The next eight episodes start in February. So far, the season has been...

Memories of a certain royal wedding still were fresh a year ago when Hallmark Channel showed this TV movie about the courtship of Prince William (played by Dan Amboyer) and Kate Middleton (Alice St. Clair, whose father actually was in the employ of...

Actress Viola Davis talks Hollywood, humility and digging deep to help others...

George C. White, founder and former executive director of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford called it a “family affair.” Repeated references to the theater community as “family” and “home” marked the...

Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz clearly took playing spouses seriously, since they married in real life after making this film. That's the most notable thing about the would-be chiller from director Jim Sheridan ("My Left Foot"), with the two stars...

CBS celebrates adoption in the annual "Home for the Holidays" at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Martina McBride hosts the hour special. There will be performances by Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige, OneRepublic and Gavin DeGraw....

I think the very best "Christmas Carol" is the 1951 version with Alastair Sim as Scrooge. But a close second is 1984 TV version with George C. Scott as the miser. AMC presents the lavish color film at 8 and 10:30....

"The Help" star Jessica Chastain is set to make her Broadway debut in a revival of "The Heiress" that is scheduled for sometime in the fall this year,...

Four months after a royal wedding isn't too late for a movie about the courtship, especially if the couple in question is Prince William and the former Kate Middleton. That's how Hallmark Channel sees it, at least, and evidence supports the newlyweds'...

Dan Amboyer and Alice St. Clair may look like HRH Prince William and Catherine Middleton in "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance" (8 p.m. Aug. 27, Hallmark Channel; 1 star), but I hope that's where the resemblance ends. If the real royal couple is this...