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by Mark Silva Former Vice President Dick Cheney pressed hard for a presidential pardon for "Scooter"" Libby, his former chief of staff convicted of obstruction of justice in the federal probe of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity......

by Johanna Neuman, of L.A.'s Top of the Ticket Former Vice President Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs. That in itself is something of a surprise, because Cheney has long -- and openly -- disparaged people who do. The presidency......

by Mark Silva and updated Robert Novak, the longtime newspaper columnist and television commentator known for his conservative voice and piercing criticism, died today after a bout with brain cancer. He was 78. In decades of Washington reporting and...

by Mark Silva White Houses lately, and successful campaigns as well, have prided themselves on "media management" - with carefully planned campaign and official events aimed at steering "around that filter'' of the national media and delivering a...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, sometimes referred to as the Darth Vader of American politics, has been valiant in his defense of his former chief of staff, I, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the only guy convicted of lying about his role......

by Mark Silva A lot of things have moved pretty quickly in the Obama administration. But not presidential pardons. This week, according to one of the nation's authorities on presidential pardons, President Barack Obama passes Richard Nixon in the lineup.....

Steve "Sleep? Who Needs It?" Zeitchik of the L.A. Times hookwinked some passing so-and-so into being our dp on this rather breathless yacht-adjacent assessment of the Doug Liman drama, starring Naomi Watts and outed C.I.A. employee Valerie Plame and Sean....

Juliette Binoche in "Certified Copy." UPDATE, 5 a.m. Sat. Chicago time: Below is a slightly modified version of the Sunday wrap-up appearing in print this weekend. A wonderful competition title screened after the print deadline Friday: ""Uncle Boonmee Who...

Liman's movie about Plame ended up feeding the development of "Covert Affairs," so much so that she's a consultant on the show....

Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 18 - 24 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here The Early Show Shipping luggage instead of checking it with airlines.......

"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," top prize-winner at Cannes 2010. Noting the “quiet, reflective nature” of the pictures competing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, jury president and “Alice in Wonderland” director Tim Burton,...

In journalism and TV and radio chat shows they're called “gets.” A good “get” is the “name” that you land for your publication-website, talk show or documentary film. Countdown to Zero, a new documentary about the...