54 stories by "Pat Saperstein"
It’s one of fashion’s biggest nights as stars arrive for the 2026 Met Gala. This year’s theme is “Fashion is Art,” tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Art exhibition…
Jessie Jones, a TV actress who became a succesful playwright with "Dearly Departed" and the Jones Hope Wooten Comedies, died March 20 in Washington, D.C. after a long illness. Her friend and…
English-born Terence Stamp, who burned brightly as a young actor in the 1960s, with praise heaped upon him for roles in "Billy Budd," "The Collector" and "Far From the Madding Crowd," memora…
Wallis Annenberg, the prominent Los Angeles philanthropist who backed institutions including the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, died Monday in Los Angeles.…
Disney has put the live-action version of the 2010 animated hit "Tangled" on hold, according to sources. The story based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of Rapunzel was in active developmen…
David Johansen, the frontman and last surviving member of proto-punk band New York Dolls, who went on to become a lounge singer under the name Buster Poindexter and act in films such as "Scr…
Marvin Laird, the award-winning Broadway and film composer who also conducted concerts for big stars like Diana Ross and Bernadette Peters, died Monday in Connecticut from natural causes. He…
Marshall Brickman, who won an Oscar for writing "Annie Hall" alongside Woody Allen and also collaborated with him on "Sleeper," "Manhattan" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery," died Friday in Man…
Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, the home of the Academy Awards ceremony, has been sold to Jebs Hollywood Entertainment, led by Elie Samaha. The acquisition of the 3,400 seat theater was announced…
Patti Yasutake, who was a regular on "Beef" and played Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," died Aug. 5 in Santa Monica of cancer. She was 70. Her manager Kyle Fritz said …
Westwood Village's Bruin Theatre and Fox Village Theatre will screen their last films " for now " on Thursday as Regency Theatres' lease comes to an end at the two historic Los Angeles venue…
Don Murray, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance opposite Marilyn Monroe in the 1956 film adaptation of William Inge's play "Bus Stop," has died. He was 94. His son Christoph…
Maurice Hines, an actor, dancer and choreographer who starred with his brother Gregory Hines in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club," died Friday. He was 80. Friends including Debbie All…
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O'Neal, who came to prominence on TV's "Peyton Place" and became a top star of the 1970s in films including "Love Story," "What's Up, Doc?," "Paper Moon" and "Barr…
Frances Sternhagen, a Tony-winning actress with many decades on the stage and screen, died Monday of natural causes in New Rochelle, N.Y. Her son Tony Carlin confirmed her death to the New Y…
Ned Eisenberg, a stage and screen actor who played defense attorney Roger Kressler on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and Detective Hauser in "Mare of Easttown," has died. He was 65.…
Theater, film and television writer-director Robert Allan Ackerman died Jan. 10. He was 77. Nominated twice for Golden Globes and five times for Emmys, Ackerman also received numerous theate…
Chief film critic Peter Debruge took the trophy for theater criticism for several works: Isabelle Huppert and Dimitris Papaioannou in Paris,' 'A Play Is a Poem,' 'The Night Before Broadway W…
George Segal, whose long career included playing Albert "Pops" Solomon on "The Goldbergs," and garnering an Oscar nom for supporting actor for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," died Tuesday.…
Liza Minnelli was born into show business royalty on March 12, 1946, and pressed into service onstage at the tender age of 14 months by her singer mother Judy Garland and director father Vin…
James Earl Jones, who turns 90 on Jan. 17, has one of the most famous voices of all time " not just as Darth Vader and Mufasa, but as the voice of CNN and hundreds of other programs. But the…
Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch and Alisha Weir will join Netflix's musical adaptation of the beloved children's story "Matilda," directed by Matthew Warchus. Thompson will play Miss Trunchbull…
Peter Mark Richman, who made numerous film and TV appearances including recurring roles in "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Three's Company," and toplined the early 1960s series "Cain's Hundred," …
Bob Iger and Willow Bay will be donating $5 million to small businesses throughout Los Angeles that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday. "We a…
The 73rd Tony awards are under way in Manhattan. Winners in each category are bolded. Best Musical Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations Beetlejuice Hadestown The Prom Toot…
