Steve McQueen defined cool on the silver screen like no actor has before or since. McQueen in many ways personified the great American myth; strong, self-reliant and adventuresome; yet at the same time he had a cynical and brooding edge that set him apart.
While his persona is what made him a legend, his body of work has remarkable depth and quality. The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Getaway are unquestionable classics, and films like The Sand Pebbles, The Reivers, Junior Bonner and Papillon gave McQueen an opportunity to tackle more character-driven fare with great success.
With a powerful screen presence and unforgettable charm, McQueen stands with Brando, Bogart and Heston as one of the legendary leading men in film history.
Tales of surviving entrapment with sanity intactThree men, three situations, three opportunities to panic
Time exposure: See rare photos of Palm Springs in new bookFifty years ago, a magazine hired French photographer Robert Doisneau to capture life in a travel destination gaining popularity for its reputation as a playground for the wealthy.
LA artists fight to save city's legacy of muralsEvery so often, Ernesto de la Loza drives around the city to check on the state of his murals. It's a short tour these days. Out of 42 swirling, vivid pieces he's painted, only seven remain, the rest lost to graffiti, whitewash and withering sun.
The Many Iterations of William Shatnerpickens writes "The NY Times weekend magazine has a long profile, well worth reading, of self-described 'working actor' William Shatner. He began acting at age 6 and at one point in the late 1950s was mentioned in the same breath as his contemporaries Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Robert Redford ? until, without explanation, his career faded before it bloomed. Shatner, now 79, pulls no punches ...
L.A. artists fight to save muralsWall pieces fall victim to graffiti, sun and regulations. Every so often, Ernesto de la Loza drives around the city to check on the state of his murals.
LA artists fight for legacyLos Angeles is the American mural capital but that's a fading distinction thanks to prolific graffiti taggers and neglect.
Survivors escape entrapment with their sanity intactRandy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing.
A conversation with ... trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.A conversation with ... trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. Would you say you have a dry sense of humor? Never? The only way I do is if one of my horses just ain't right and he is a good one. Did you put pressure on yourself when you ran Big Brown (2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner)? Every time I ran him I thought he was doing really good, so there wasn't any pressure. Did it sit with you for a while ...
Tales of entrapment: Most survivors manage to go on with their livesRandy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon?s Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he?s still climbing. Jonathan Metz tried to saw off his arm this summer after it got stuck in his furnace.
L.A. artists fight to save city's legacy of muralsAt one time hosting an estimated 1,500 pieces of wall art, Los Angeles is the nation's mural capital, but that's a fading distinction thanks to prolific graffiti taggers, a legal morass over classifying the artworks as illegal signs, and neglect.
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In 1976, McQueen proposed the idea for a film The Bodyguard, but this was forgotten for 16 long years, until 1992 when Kevin Costner revived it.
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