For more than four decades, whether working in comedy or tragedy, actor Jack Lemmon (1925-2001) epitomized the joys and travails of Americans in the latter half of the 20th century. Noted as one of the most versatile U.S. film actors of his generation,...

Stuart Rosenberg, a prolific director of series television and theatrical films who partnered with Paul Newman on the widely popular prison drama "Cool Hand Luke" and several other movies, has died at 79.Rosenberg, who also directed "The Amityville Horror," died of a heart attack Thursday...

Martin Manulis, a television, film and stage producer who created the classic, Emmy-winning program "Playhouse 90," has died. He was 92.Manulis died Friday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, according to his son, John Bard Manulis.Manulis was best known as the creator...

Even the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver was impressed by the story of a 17-year-old who used the move to save a choking nurse _ the same woman who'd saved the teenager's life years earlier. Dr. Henry Heimlich on Wednesday...

It's not your typical night at the movies: Fred and Ginger dance in the aisle, King Kong hangs out with Frankenstein and E.T. phones home in the lobby.In a mural overlooking the drab corner of Hollywood and Wilcox, movie stars sit in a theater and...