Writing an appreciation of Sean Connery feels inevitably inadequate compared to experiencing the real thing. To glimpse his magnetism, you might turn to a photograph of him in a tailored suit,...
“Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise” by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster)
Self-trained English actor Archie Leach pulled off the role of a lifetime: becoming Hollywood legend Cary Grant. Why the...
When many were rushing to rewatch “Contagion,” the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for more comforting escapes. I...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scotty Bowers, a self-described Hollywood "fixer" whose memoir offered sensational accounts of the sex lives of such celebrities as Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and the Duke and...
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a...
The romantic comedy, left for dead by most of the major studios, has been reborn on Netflix. Streaming algorithms have swooped in to resurrect an old genre formula.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filmmaker Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as "Singin' in the Rain" and "Funny Face" helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and...
NEW YORK (AP) — They are fighting, yes, but the fight crackles with the enticing electricity that only Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn could deliver. He is storming out the door. She is throwing his golf clubs after him. The music is jaunty. He is charmingly irritated.
Today in History for November 29th

- History-making 'Crazy Rich Asians' readies for release
- Wu's fight for 'Crazy Rich Asians' part of a bigger crusade
- Review: In 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a delightful new fairy tale
- 'There was magic in the air' on 'Crazy Rich Asians' set
- The wild ascent of 'Crazy Rich Asians' star Henry Golding
- Henry Golding's 'Cinderella' moment
- 'Crazy Rich Asian' stars bring their fashion A-game
- 'Crazy Rich Asians' spurs conversation over representation
- Kevin Kwan: Americans will embrace 'Crazy Rich Asians' movie
- 'Crazy Rich Asians' stars share their favorite Singaporean dishes
- The cast of 'Crazy Rich Asians' share bachelor party fails
- Once sidelined, romantic comedies rise again this summer
MIAMI (AP) — Vic Damone, whose mellow baritone once earned praise from Frank Sinatra as "the best pipes in the business," has died in Florida at the age of 89, his daughter said.
Victoria Damone told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday that her father died Sunday at a Miami Beach hospital from complications of a respiratory illness.
Today in History for November 29th
NEW YORK (AP) — Dina Merrill, the rebellious heiress who defied her super-rich parents to become a movie star, often portraying stylish wives or "the other woman," has died at age 93.
Merrill, raised in part on the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida now owned by President Donald Trump, died Monday, according to family spokeswoman Selena Albanese. Merrill died of heart failure at her home in East Hampton, Albanese told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bogart and Bacall. Tracy and Hepburn. Stone and Gosling.
The hugely charming Los Angeles musical "La La Land" seals it: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have entered the ranks of great cinematic couples. Their easy rapport together was first hinted at with "Crazy, Stupid, Love," and carried through the crime drama "Gangster Squad."
NEW YORK (AP) — Bogart and Bacall. Tracy and Hepburn. Stone and Gosling.
The hugely charming Los Angeles musical "La La Land" seals it: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have entered the ranks of great cinematic couples. Their easy rapport together was first hinted at with "Crazy, Stupid, Love," and carried through the crime drama "Gangster Squad."