Edna Ferber did not want James Dean to play Jett Rink, the brutish ranch hand turned dissolute millionaire oil magnate from her 1952 novel “Giant.” ‘ She had imagined someone brawnier for the movie ...

A four-story-tall movie screen in the parking lot of Tesla’s Hollywood Diner & Drive-In is now blocking the view from a nearby apartment complex. The diner, which is located at 7001 Santa Monica Blvd.

Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, a new book by Edna Ferber’s great-niece Julie Gilbert, is out now and offers an intimate look into ...