Los Angeles — We move down to the Pacific coast highway, through an area of crumbling cliffs and seedy gas stations, and after five miles we pull into the town, past a sign that says “Welcome to San ...

Richard Nixon stepped off the iconic blue and white plane at El Toro Marine Corps Air Base. The plane bore the “Spirit of ’76” moniker and the presidential seal. But Nixon was no longer the president.

When I learned from my friend that he would be producing a movie on Ronald Reagan’s life and that he wanted me for the role of Leonid Brezhnev, the leader of the Soviet Union, my ego thought "oh a ...