Screenwriter William Bast, who co-created the nighttime TV soap opera “The Colbys” in the 1980s and wrote for numerous other shows, died May 4 at a care facility in Los Angeles. He was 84. The cause ...

The Emmy-nominated screenwriter also adapted a Harold Robbins novel for the 1978 film 'The Betsy' (1978), starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Duvall. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Born in Wauwatosa, ...

Writer-director Guy Guido is behind 'Surviving James Dean,' based on William Bast's 2006 book of the same name that details his time with the iconic actor. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment ...

Bast: a dedicated Anglophile, he kept a flat in London as a base for his epic theatre-going (Paul Huson) In 1985 he became creator and chief writer of the Dynasty spin-off The Colbys. Its stellar cast ...

Since the arrival of Editor in Chief Kristina O’Neill and the redesign that went into her first issue, in March 2013, WSJ.’s letter from the editor has been accompanied by hand-drawn, black-and-white ...

Joseph Bast was the first employee of The Heartland Institute upon its founding in Chicago in 1984. According to a recent telephone survey, among state elected officials The Heartland Institute is ...