Wrote a thing about Tony Bennett on television. Handily embeds his Danny Thomas episode. latimes.com/entertainment-…

I’m not even sure linda believes this

Kingfisher and Wild Chrysanthemum, by Keisai Eisen, 19th century #ukiyoe

Follow Carolina elsewhere.

In my last week at Los Angeles Times it was important to me to tell this story about those behind the scenes of film and TV. They aren't on strike but have been struggling for months as studios pulled back production long before the walk outs -- w Stacy Perman latimes.com/entertainment-…

Seems like a good time to mention again I'm Mr. Robert Lloyd on Threads.

Wherein I speak with Jared Harris🎭, who might well be my favorite actor, if I thought in terms of favorites. #foundation latimes.com/entertainment-…

“The presence of actor Jared Harris in a movie or series is for me a kind of seal of quality, a sign the script was good enough to attract him, the producers smart enough to cast him,” writes Robert Lloyd. Read his Q&A with the #Foundation star. latimes.com/entertainment-…

"Listen, there’s no altruism in capitalism, and if you don’t fight for yourself, no one’s going to hand it to you. And they’ll just crush you, say, 'Thank you so much,''” says Jared Harris🎭 in this chat we had on the eve of the #SAGAFTRAstrike latimes.com/entertainment-…

It's premiere day babies!!!! Summer Camp Island is airing on Cartoon Network right now!!!! Promo by the magnificent @baby__mango

Speaking with Paul Rubens in 2014. #PeeWeeHerman latimes.com/entertainment/…

"Paul Reubens has left the Earth, riding a sporty red-and-white bicycle into that Puppetland from whose bourn no traveler returns, but leaving us with his great creation and alter ego: Pee-wee Herman," writes Robert Lloyd. latimes.com/entertainment-…

I wrote about Paul Reubens and his alter ego. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Clint's bassist kid Kyle Eastwood, who has a record out of music from his father's films, will be live in about 6 minutes on "Beyond Symphonic Jazz" episode on KJazz 88.1 FM and jazzandblues.org at 9pm (PST). kkjz.org

.Lorraine Ali's Angus Cloud appreciation is the first thing I've read that's made me at all interested in "Euphoria." latimes.com/entertainment-…

Angelenos may remember TV staples like Vampira, Seymour and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark with her blood-red sofa at Channel 9 (then KHJ, now KCAL). Robert Lloyd looks back on the history of movies on TV. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Thinking about TCM, and the Early, Late and Late, Late Shows of my youth, I wrote a long (but not too long!) thing about movies as television. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Somebody pitch a Jack Smith legal drama (starring Jack Smith). Once the strike is settled, of course.

“Movies gave me a sense of being alive in history, of belonging to a bigger, older world that existed before me, around me and ahead of me,” writes Robert Lloyd. “They suggested a range of possibilities as to what one might make of a life." latimes.com/entertainment-…

"One generation’s treasure chest may be another’s dustbin. There could be 10-year-olds now eagerly immersing themselves in the comedies of Will Ferrell or Eddie Murphy as I did in those of Bob Hope & Danny Kaye." Robert Lloyd reflects on TCM's history latimes.com/entertainment-…