Robert Harris

Roman Polanski's ambitious plans to base a film around the destruction of Pompeii appear to have fallen through. According to Variety, the Oscar-winning director has bailed on the $100 million epic "Pompeii," putting the lavish production on indefinite...

Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi will see "The Ghost." According to sources, the pair have joined the cast of Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Robert Harris political thriller. Harris' original novel follows the life of a British prime minister as told to...

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is set to bring Robert Harris' bestseller "Pompeii" to the big screen. According to Variety, the ambitious adaptation will be an independently financed European production with a budget of somewhere in the $130...

Architect Frank O. Gehry will design a 40- or 50-story skyscraper next to his iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall, as well as other elements of the $1.8-billion complex planned along Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, officials said Wednesday. The...

It was the auction the Craftsman community couldn't stop talking about. In December, Sotheby's auction house put up a rare collection of furnishings and accessories from historic homes designed by the brothers Charles and Henry Greene, the architects who...

Todd Paul can beat you with power. He also can win with finesse. Perhaps the most impressive thing about the Fairfield Prep junior is his ability to defeat opponents with his mind - and he is only 16. "Todd has tons of experience in big situations,"...

"A living room for the city" was how architect Frank Gehry described the Walt Disney Concert Hall as he unveiled its embryonic design in 1988. That was long before Sept. 11, 2001, ushered in a new era of security concerns for America's public places....

Even though "Enigma" has a plot almost as hard to crack as the Nazi coding device that gives this World War II thriller its name, it is such a grand, romantic entertainment that it sweeps the viewer along in its swiftly escalating suspense. More...