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A diminutive, generally bespectacled character player of film and TV, generally cast as scientists or accountants, Charles Martin Smith has also embarked on a secondary career as a director.

At one time, the youngest actor ever to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar, Richard Dreyfuss - " at age 29 - " was propelled to stardom with his complex performance in "The Goodbye Girl" . Thanks to his uncanny ability.... At one time, the youngest actor ever to win the coveted Best Actor Oscar, Richard Dreyfuss - " at age 29 - " was propelled to ...

If you woke up at some point in recent weeks with the disconcerting sense that you had pulled an extreme triple reverse Rip van Winkle and found yourself back in the Seventies, well, you'll find no comfort here.

How many of us will ever stand at its peak? Jessica Biel will. Jess has joined with singer Lupe Fiasco , creator of the hot debut CD Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor , and Aussie thesp Isabel Lucas , on an expedition to climb Mt.

Richard Dreyfuss calls himself semiretired, which gives him a broader view of a career that includes "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and most recently a bit role as Dick Cheney in "W." Dreyfuss is in town for the grand opening of Hollywood Palms Cinema, a movie theater, bar and eatery with a two-story waterfall at 352 S. Illinois 59 in ...

Dear David Inman: I keep thinking about a scene in a movie that involved one character visiting another character out of the blue and finding the host eating a Popsicle.

Actress Mackenzie Phillips has said that she believes she had a "genetic predisposition" to the life of sex, drugs and rock and roll that have come to define her.

When you've hit bottom, why not make a buck with a lurid tale of how you got there? That seems to be Mackenzie Phillips' rationale for penning High on Arrival , a spill-all that, apparently, is one long tale of drugs, sex, incest and non-stop massive self-indulgence. There's just one problem, though: most of the celebrity-swooning audience that ...

One Day at a Time's Mackenzie Phillips claims she had an incestuous affair with her father, John Phillips.

Mackenzie Phillips hid in her home, made compulsive purchases and struggled with personal issues, she tells Oprah Winfrey.

Actor Paul Le Mat is 63. Actress Shari Belafonte is 55. Singer Debby Boone is 53.

A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas' "American Graffiti" and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who enjoys a fortunate.... A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas' "American Graffiti" and especially ...

The Hollywood action hero, reduced to tears after a tribute at Deauville film festival, on his aircraft and bike collection Harrison Ford shows no sign of settling into a comfortable, sedentary retirement.

Wines and wildlife. Classic cars and classic battles. Carnival rides and fair food.

BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Cindy Williams was born in Van Nuys, Calif., on this date in 1947.

Cindy Williams will forever live in TV history as Shirley Feeney, the dreamer half of the brewery workers on the long-running hit ABC series "Laverne & Shirley" , although she left the show over alleged.... Cindy Williams will forever live in TV history as Shirley Feeney, the dreamer half of the brewery workers on the long-running hit ABC series ...

Still from Akino Kondoh Ladybirds' Requiem , courtesy of Naomi Hocura of Film Fort.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the popular 70's TV series Happy Days. Wednesday some of the stars paid a visit to the Biggest Little City.

The year was 1986, and it was the inaugural year of the Hot August Nights celebrations in Reno, Nevada.

Warren Clements Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 06, 2009 12:04PM EDT S tarman is a romantic road movie in science-fantasy clothing.