Bochco, Steven: Creator of Acclaimed TV Series Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue Dies at 74

Steven Bochco, a producer who is best known for such series as Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, which helped define the modern TV drama, has died. He was 74.

Movie Stars: Gavin, John–Handsome Leading Man of Imitation to Life and Psycho, Dies at 86

John Gavin, the tall handsome actor best known for his roles in Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life and Hitchcock’s Psycho, died Friday morning in Beverly Hills. He was 86.

Death in Hollywood: Wood, Natalie, 1981–Mysterious Death–Investigation Reopened

We’re closer to understanding what happened, the night Natalie Wood drowned–LAPD Homicide Detective John Corina

Marshall, Penny: Director (Big, A League of Their Own)

Penny Marshall, largely known as a TV actress, became a director at the encouragement of her older, more famous brother, Gary Marshall. She began by helming episodes of Laverne and Shirley and other TV assignments. She moved on to theatrical films, making her directing debut in 1986 with Jumpin’ Jack Flash, starring Whoopi Goldberg, the […]

Directors: Aldrich, Robert (The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)–Background, Career, Awards

Research in Progress (Nov 21, 2022) Robert Aldrich was born on August 9, 1918  Cranston, Rhode Island. He went to Hollywood in 1941 and worked his way up from production clerk at RKO. He was a script clerk then assistant to several directors (including Dmytryk, Milestone, Renoir, Wellman, Polonsky, Fleischer, Losey, and Chaplin), then production […]