Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films.

"Charlotte" was the name of the pachyderm that Cora, an Asian elephant, portrayed in "Smokey and the Bandit II," a movie put out in 1980 starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed and Jackie ...

Burt Reynolds and Sally Field met on the set of Smokey and the Bandit.supplied / Not-For-Syndication When I told Universal that I wanted Sally Field for Smokey and the Bandit, they said ...

Hollywood directors were given greater creative control over their projects, and a dark national mood – informed by things ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car-chase movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it has opened a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against Motown music luminary Smokey ...

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