With his big cigars and chauffeur-driven Rolls, film producer Dino De Laurentiis certainly looks the part. In his 60-year career he has been responsible for some of the best and worst movies ever ...

Though he tells more about the sometimes shady dynasty than about the newspaper, McDougal (author of The Last Mogul, about Lew Wasserman and MCA), an L.A. Times reporter, renders protagonist Otis ...