California Suite Articles

Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie Twelve Walter Matthau movies will be presented on Turner Classic Movies on Wednesday, Aug. 11, as part of TCM's "Summer Under the Stars" series. I'm no Walter Matthau fan. His on-screen grumpiness has always left me feeling grumpy myself. For that reason, Matthau vehicles have never been a priority of mine. In fact, I've only [...]

Richard Pryor died today of a heart attack at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 65. One of the most popular Hollywood comedians during the second half of the '70s, Pryor appeared in several box-office hits, including Silver Streak (1976), in which he was first paired with fellow comedian Gene Wilder; the all-star, omnibus dramatic comedy California Suite (1978), opposite Bill Cosby; and Stir Crazy [...]