Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the strait-laced TV police drama “Dragnet” to look over the pages.

A look back at the Office of Technology Assessment, the Congressional think tank that detected lies and tested tech.

Pilar Del Rey, a veteran character actor who appeared with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Giant and guested on dozens of classic TV series, died February 23 of natural causes in Los Angeles. She ...

‘Dragnet' is directed by Tom Mankiewicz (‘Diamonds ... Streebeck’s TV watch was real. SEIKO invented it in 1983. It had a black-and-white display and a separate battery pack/tuner about ...

Under the state of exception, the dragnet widened to target former combatants and social ... whose bloody tenure as de facto president of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 was bookended by military coups.

The band, which switches up lineups all the time, recently announced Thunderball, a new album from their Melvins 1983 incarnation. Melvins have shared the single “Victory Of The Pyramids,” a ...

She’s best known for 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which shows off her husky tones, but she also had other hits, including “Holding Out for a Hero.” With three Grammy nods to ...

How many Broadway shows has Christopher Plummer been in? Christopher Plummer has appeared on Broadway in 16 shows. How many West End shows has Christopher Plummer been in? Christopher Plummer has ...

The result is an environment of pervasive fear and self-censorship, effectively silencing dissent at its source. Yet, China's digital dragnet in Tibet serves a purpose beyond internal control—it’s a ...