Fifteen years ago, Tina Fey’s Mean Girls debuted in theaters, featuring a cast led by now-infamous Disney star, Lindsay Lohan. In the decade-and-a-half since its release, it’s become a staple of ...

Conrad Janis, a prolific character actor of TV, film and stage who had already become immediately recognizable even before landing his signature role opposite Robin Williams and Pam Dawber in the hit ...

This story in the Chronicle's Sunday Zest magazine on Aug. 23, 1970. Excerpts of the story, as it ran then, follow. Janis Joplin, the celebrated demigoddess of blue-eyed soul, the heiress to the ...

More than 50 years later, the legend of the Monterey Pop Festival (June ’67) is alive and well. Considering the three-day event jumpstarted the careers of Jimi Hendrix (recommended by Paul McCartney), ...

Actually, Janis bought her own 1964 Porsche 356 as a used car in 1968. Then she had her roadie, Dave Richards, paint it for her. First, he painted it gray then covered that in a coat of candy apple ...

Ostensibly, “Love, Janis,” a dramatic musical about Janis Joplin, reveals the late rock dynamo’s relationship with her family. Randal Myler’s show, in the midst of a run as part of the Theatre Aspen ...

2004's Mean Girls became an instant classic when it hit theaters, and has remained a beloved part of pop culture in the years since. In addition to be endlessly quotable, it was also adapted into a ...

Conrad Janis, a prolific actor who starred in TV shows including “Mork & Mindy” and “The Cable Guy,” has died. He was 94. The actor’s business manager Dean A. Avedon confirmed his death to TheWrap.

Conrad Janis, most known for his role on "Mork & Mindy" and who was also a successful jazz trombonist, has died at the age of 94, Fox News Digital can confirm. Janis died on March 1, his business ...

Janis Joplin played the last concert of her life at Harvard Stadium on Aug. 12, 1970 in front of nearly 40,000 fans. Some of the sound equipment had been pilfered before the show, causing a long delay ...

The countercultural revolution of the 1960s may have been all about sex drugs and rock 'n' roll, but for one young Texas singer it was all about the blues. No one sang the blues quite like Janis ...