Not far from L.A.'s famed Sunset Boulevard sits an old flight of stairs, remarkable in that one, it's still there, and two, it has a name: the Music Box Steps. That long, long staircase was the stage ...

For the members of Sons of the Desert, the recent release of “Stan & Ollie” is akin to a new “Star Wars” episode for armchair Jedis. Sons of the Desert is the official international appreciation ...

A few long-lost tips for aspiring big screen "funsters." By Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy In September 1935, comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy penned an advice column for aspiring comedians in an ...

A few Sunday mornings ago, my Times-Union automatically opened to the books page and up popped Richard Klinzman with a review of John Connolly’s new Charlie Parker P.I. adventures. I’m a fan and ...

Over the weekend, it was quietly announced at the Library of Congress’ festival of “unidentified, underidentified, or misidentified films” that one of the most deeply mourned lost treasures in film ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy, January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that ...