Studio executives live in fear of passing on a blockbuster. Universal, Paramount and Disney all decided George Lucas' first "Star Wars" movie wasn't worth the risk (and, if not for Alan Ladd Jr., 20th ...

June 24 (Reuters) - Actor Peter Falk, best known for this television role as the seemingly absent-minded but shrewd police detective on NBC's "Columbo" has died at age 83, a representative for his ...

Sure, he was famous as Lieutenant Columbo (no first name), the grizzled police detective who taught 35 years’ worth of snooty killers that however crafty they thought they were, he was smarter. Every ...