The painstaking process known as stop-motion animation has brought all kinds of things to life, from that big ape King Kong to the very British Wallace and Gromit, but in the playful and funny "Fantastic Mr.| Los Angeles Times
GUMBY, the little green clay boy, is celebrating 50 years in show business this year -- it was in 1956 that he made his first appearance on television, on "The Howdy Doody Show" -- and he's looking as young as ever.| Los Angeles Times
Fact and fantasy had mingled for weeks, like a Hollywood creation slowly unfolding.| Los Angeles Times
Casey Wasserman, Grandson of the Late Lew Wasserman, Is Emerging as an L.A. Power Broker, Nurtured by His Grandfather's Tutelage and the Family Fortune| Los Angeles Times
Like 'Star Trek,' these actors aren't explorers, they just play them. But when real aliens come calling, they try to become heroes.| Los Angeles Times
Sale: The 15-hole links in Rancho Palos Verdes lost the 18th green to the sea in 1999.| Los Angeles Times
The nation's grocers are being offered the ultimate labor-saving device: a checkout system in which shoppers tally their own grocery bills in the complete absence of store personnel.| Los Angeles Times
In Ferrell Buckels' 21-year parade of the dead, the ice cream man with a bullet in his chest was first in line.| Los Angeles Times
Here is a transcript of remarks Friday by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as he accepted a Congressional Gold Medal from President Reagan : Mr.| Los Angeles Times
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"Birth" might be more accurately called "Rebirth."| Los Angeles Times
In 'Sexy Beast,' director Jonathan Glazer wins a chilling performance from Ben Kingsley.| Los Angeles Times
NASA lost its $125-million Mars Climate Orbiter because spacecraft engineers failed to convert from English to metric measurements when exchanging vital data before the craft was launched, space agency officials said Thursday.| Los Angeles Times
There is a choice group of dishes from restaurants that have left an indelible mark on the Los Angeles culinary scene.| Los Angeles Times