David Lee

The worlds of theater and television may cohabit in Los Angeles, but they've long eyed each other with suspicion. Theater people often view TV with disdain, and not a little financial envy. And TV people often feel theater folks don't appreciate the amount of artistry that goes into making a good sitcom. What's more, the animosity is fueled by the brain drain, as theater artists are lured away by lucrative prospects elsewhere.

LONDON - When Alan Knipe succeeded Hugh McCutcheon as coach of the U.S. men's volleyball team, he inherited a gold-medal winning program and a boatload of pressure. The U.S. has endured an up-and-down quadrennial since winning at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but its straight-sets victory over winless Tunisia on Monday offered more proof it could be peaking at an opportune time. And Knipe continued to put his own stamp on the program, sitting regulars David Lee, Clayton Stanley and Reid Priddy for the 25-15, 25-19, 25-19 victory with a Wednesday quarterfinal match against Italy already secured.

General Lee's restaurant, a Chinatown institution dating from 1878, is scheduled to close its doors next month, a victim of changing times in Chinatown and new interests by its third- and fourth-generation owners. David Lee, 65, and his nephew, Curtis Lee, 37, said Thursday that the decision to give up the business was prompted largely by a drop in patronage among its mostly Anglo clientele.

Dwight Howard isn't the only All-Star center dealing with commitment issues these days. Andrew Bynum might soon face a decision on his future as well. Bynum's agent, David Lee, said Thursday that his client has not told him whether he would sign a contract extension with another team besides the Lakers, a move that is widely considered a precursor to any trade involving Howard. "We've never had that conversation," Lee said. "If we had a conversation every time there was talk about a trade, we'd be talking about other teams more than we would the Lakers.

David Lee, Arkansas' offensive coordinator, is under consideration for the head coaching position at Texas El Paso.

Randolph Kret's raw, explosive "Pariah" plunges us into the paranoid and brutal world of skinheads. Kret presents them as severely damaged young people so lacking in self-esteem that they're drawn to white supremacy, bolstered by neo-Nazi slogans and random attacks not only on blacks but also gays and Jews (and no doubt other minorities as well). Kret views them as ultimately self-destructive, but in the process he's created a volatile, edgy picture of strong visceral impact.

"Chicago" Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee With statuettes going to sound mixer David Lee and re-recording mixers Michael Minkler and Dominick Tavella, what may have won over Oscar voters was the film's careful and difficult sound mix that balanced dialogue, vocal performances of songs, musical backgrounds (both for the vocals and the instrumentals in the score), natural sound and sound effects.

Jim Bonds threw an 18-yard pass to Chris Hite that led to Brian Baie scoring a one-yard touchdown run with 6:50 remaining in the first quarter . . . Bonds threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Hite with 6:07 left in the second quarter . . . Hart's Mike Holden intercepted a Scott Weiss pass which led to Baie's second one-yard plunge with 34 seconds remaining before halftime . . .

He could be the toughest college football player in the country. He is 25 years old. He left his home in Virginia when he was 16, mainly because his father kicked him out of the house. He has been stabbed, clubbed with a baseball bat, shot at and chased through the streets and alleys of South Central L.A., and now, living in Texas, thinks of himself as "a recluse and a hermit." Yes, Ed Bunn is one tough football player. And don't think NFL scouts haven't been keeping tabs on him.

It's an old joke, but when David Lee Roth delivers the punch line it sounds more like a mission statement: "How many lead singers does it take to put in a lightbulb? One. You hold the bulb and wait for the world to revolve around you. " Missing from the joke is how the singer is left standing there in the dark waiting for his proper wattage. On Feb. 7, Interscope Records will release "A Different Kind of Truth" and, as the world turns, it will represent the first Van Halen studio album featuring Roth as lead singer since "1984" - which was released 28 years ago this month, right before Ronald Reagan announced plans to run for a second term.

Instead of sweating to Van Halen, the ravers who packed Staples Center on Tuesday often looked as if they were gaping at a movie. They were; they all had to stand at seats, and the dynamic angles on the behind-stage mega-screen pumped the scene with a cinematic dimension. They had another reason to lurk like peepers behind their cellphone cameras, though: They couldn't quite believe they were seeing Van Halen reunited with singer-ringmaster David Lee Roth after more than two decades.

"Can-Can," Cole Porter and Abe Burrows' 1953 musical set in decadent, turn-of-the-century Paris, has a certain je ne sais quoi. As the new Pasadena Playhouse production reveals, it also has a dazzling Porter score with several unforgettable standards, a Moulin Rouge atmosphere affording lots of high-flying leggy numbers and a touch of romance to play off the Parisian night sky.

How did that old Van Halen song go? "I found the simple life ain't so simple .... " The iconic Los Angeles metal band is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York banquet Monday night, but now it appears that only one original member, bassist Michael Anthony, will even show up. Eddie Van Halen released a statement Thursday saying he is going into a rehab program.

Infinity Broadcasting finally confirmed Tuesday what the company's shock jock and long-time cash cow Howard Stern had been saying for months -- that ex-Van Halen rocker David Lee Roth and comedian Adam Carolla will take over his morning radio slots in key East and West Coast markets, respectively. Carolla, already with a late-night talk show on Comedy Central and a home improvement one on cable's TLC, will assume Stern's drive-time duties at KSLX-FM (97.

The tale is all in the telling with "110 in the Shade," Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones' unabashedly big-hearted and soft-headed 1963 musicalization of N. Richard Nash's play "The Rainmaker," now in a roof-raising revival at the Pasadena Playhouse. Nash's 1954 play was quaint even in its day -- a dime-store pastiche of William Inge and Edna Ferber.

"Can-Can," Cole Porter and Abe Burrows' 1953 musical set in decadent, turn-of-the-century Paris, has a certain je ne sais quoi. As the new Pasadena Playhouse production reveals, it also has a dazzling Porter score with several unforgettable standards, a Moulin Rouge atmosphere affording lots of high-flying leggy numbers and a touch of romance to play off the Parisian night sky.

Before Hart High's second-round Southern Section 3-A playoff game Tuesday, starting pitcher David Lee had an idea of what the Indians were in for. "It'll be a major upset if we beat these guys," Lee said. "So, hopefully, we will go out and have fun." What followed hardly was fun for Hart, and even Lee didn't suspect a 12-2 Edgewood victory on the West Covina school's home field. Hart's problems started early.

"Chicago" Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee With statuettes going to sound mixer David Lee and re-recording mixers Michael Minkler and Dominick Tavella, what may have won over Oscar voters was the film's careful and difficult sound mix that balanced dialogue, vocal performances of songs, musical backgrounds (both for the vocals and the instrumentals in the score), natural sound and sound effects.

You can tell a lot about a rock star by the way he serves drinks to his fans, and that is especially true of rock's strange bedfellows of the moment, David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. The rival voices of Van Halen are touring as an uneasy alliance, and their approaches to music and life are as different as a high-priced strip club and a beach bar where the regulars get a free shot.