Richard Chamberlain News

It was a groundbreaking TV series. Now, 25 years on, it's a lively musical. Lizz Brain trembles again at the passionate priest in The Thorn Birds.

Last week I was shooting the breeze with Amador Mora, the chef at Maximo. We talked about the 24 years he spent working his way up the ranks of the kitchen at the Mansion on Turtle Creek.

A POPULAR farmshop has reopened at Longborough, near Moreton, after being closed for more than a year because of a planning wrangle.

FORGET feminism. Screen beauty Rachel Ward wishes she had done more naked scenes and says all young actresses should be prepared to take their clothes off.

A grassroots effort to help homeless veterans is making some real progress, the Madison Street Veterans Association is a group started by veterans for veterans.

The Santa Barbara Symphony's "Great Granada Finale" - a misleading title, since it is the 2008-09 season that is ending, not the symphony's tenure in the Granada - will take place in the Granada Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

IT WAS the cult '80s TV mini series that had millions of us hooked. Now, 26 years on, the stage musical version of The Thorn Birds has received its world premiere in Wales - but sadly it's not a patch on the feature, which starred Richard Chamberlain as the Roman Catholic priest who embarks on an illicit affair with a young woman.

Musicals based on the hits of Take That, steamy blockbuster The Thorn Birds and TV sitcom dinnerladies are on their way to Bradford's Alhambra theatre, as part of a dazzling spring season.

Mitchell Gold knew he was gay when he realized at age 11 that he was "totally infatuated" with Richard Chamberlain on the hit TV series "Dr. Kildare," a '60s NBC medical drama.

Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward appear in a scene from The Thorn Birds . Photo: Supplied London April 6, 2009 - 9:31AM Acclaimed Australian author Colleen McCullough hopes a British musical production of her best-selling romance novel The Thorn Birds will be a vast improvement on the TV mini series.

Mitchell Gold knew he was gay when he realized at age 11 that he was "totally infatuated" with Richard Chamberlain on the hit TV series "Dr. Kildare," a '60s NBC medical drama.

More than two decades after The Thorn Birds was screened in millions of homes, the world premiere of the musical will be previewed in Wales this weekend.

In this file July 2007 file photo showing actor Richard Chamberlain arriving at the premiere of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" in Los Angeles.

King Arthur ties the Ni-knot with the Lady of the Lake in the national touring company of "Spamalot." My pal and colleague Julie Washington reviewed "Spamalot" for me Tuesday night at the Palace in the PlayhouseSquare, and she loved it.

More than 3,000 theatergoers have helped actor Richard Chamberlain ring in his 75th birthday.

Good morning. Today is the 90th day of the year. On this day in 1959, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, fled Tibet amidst an unsuccessful revolt of the Tibetans against China.

Richard Chamberlain is Arthur in 'Spamalot' By Rich Heldenfels Beacon Journal popular culture writer Published on Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 Wished an early happy birthday, Richard Chamberlain said, ''Seventy-five is a big one.

Richard Chamberlain as King Arthur in the national tour of the Broadway musical "Spamalot." PREVIEW Spamalot What: PlayhouseSquare presents the musical by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, directed by Mike Nichols.

An interview with Richard Chamberlain! He set hearts racing in as TV'S Dr, Kildare in the 60's - then again in the 70's as Father Ralph in The Thorn Birds.

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin is the arts critic for the Austin American-Statesman where she has worked since 1999.