Robin Williams

Rami Malek shares what it was like working with Robin Williams on “Night at the Museum” and dishes on the overwhelming experience of playing Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Earlier today, the estate of the late comedian Robin Williams launched an official YouTube channel, featuring classic clips from some of his most memorable stand-up shows.

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is staring down at pedestrians in the heart of San Francisco where an artist is painting a massive mural of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown,” died Friday. He was 78. Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globes, announced today that eight-time Golden Globe winner and fifteen-time nominee Tom Hanks will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Jan. 5.

Five years ago Sunday, the world lost Robin Williams.

If ever in need of a last-minute Halloween must-have, like disco dancing shoes with goldfish frozen in time in the heel, or that obscure wig that will definitely convince fellow revelers that you have possessed the soul of Jim Morrison for your holiday haunt, there was but one place to go in the South Bay.

Smith, in particular, had big shoes to fill, as the late Robin Williams originated the role when the animated film was released in 1992.

The star on Wednesday revealed the live-action musical’s first poster. Looking similar to the 1992 Robin Williams film, the poster features an ornate lamp and blue smoke along with the words: “Choose wisely.” The film’s release date of May 2019 also is listed.

Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in “Deliverance” and “Boogie Nights,” commercial hits such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and for an active off-screen love life which included relationships with Loni Anderson and Sally Field, has died at age 82.

Burt Reynolds, known for his gift of gab on-screen and off, didn’t say a word during his greatest cinematic scene.
He didn’t have to.

Like many muralists, Andreas Iglesias began his art career writing graffiti on just about anything he could find. “Being a little kid with spray paint in my hand, it was always trouble,” said Iglesias, who goes by “Cobre” in the art world.

Artworks owned by Robin Williams and memorabilia from his career including autographed scripts, awards and props will be auctioned in the fall. Sotheby’s announced Friday that the collection of Williams and his wife, Marsha, will be auctioned in New York on Oct. 4. The sale will include street art by Banksy and Shepard Fairey, furniture and decorative art and more...

The HBO special “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” offers the promise of insight into a brilliant comedian who exuded joy as he battled inner demons.

Robin Williams brought joy to many — even a gorilla. The actor apparently formed such a special bond with one gorilla that she is said to be mourning the loss of her friend.

HBO on Thursday released a trailer for its documentary film ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind.’

Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press. The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn’t popular. But the trending section also proved problematic in ways that would presage Facebook’s later problems with fake news, political balance and the limitations of artificial intelligence in managing the messy human...

The reunion was a chance for Spielberg and the cast to reflect on the singular experience of making an acknowledged masterwork that time has done little to dull the horror of, nor its necessity. “It feels like five years ago,” Spielberg said of making the film.

Mitzi Shore, owner of the Los Angeles club the Comedy Store and one of the most influential figures in stand-up for more than four decades, has died. She was 87. Spokeswoman Jodi Gottlieb released a statement from the club announcing Shore’s death, calling her the “legendary godmother of the world famous Comedy Store” and “an extraordinary businesswoman and decades ahead...