Thursday, December 31, 2009

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Sandra Bullock may buck Oscar history with role in 'Blind Side'

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:02 PM PST

Popular, mainstream actors like her often miss out when the Academy Awards are handed out, but the inspirational movie may make a difference.


A new Disney Channel niche: adults

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The cable network hopes to widen its demographic with its new family-centric sitcom 'Good Luck Charlie.'

If dying is easy and comedy is hard, then writing comedy for Disney Channel must be harder still.


Lily Cole already has a fan in Terry Gilliam

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The director of the new film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' says audiences won't be able to take their eyes off the 21-year-old British model.

The director of the new film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' says audiences won't be able to take their eyes off the 21-year-old British model.


'District 9' director Neill Blomkamp says no to Hollywood

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 07:37 AM PST

"I don't want to do high-budget films," he says.


John Kerry says if Fox signal goes off Time Warner Cable he'll ask FCC to step in

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:39 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communication, Technology and the Internet, again weighed in on the dispute between News Corp.'s Fox and Time Warner Cable over distribution of the former's local TV stations and several cable channels.


DJ A-Trak: Blurring the lines and building a global picture

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:00 PM PST

A few years ago, the majority of kids turning out for DJ A-Trak shows were what he called "uber DJ fans" who preferred to film him for YouTube clips, as opposed to doing what his mixing suggested: dance.


Carey to Kerry: Not interested in arbitration with Time Warner Cable

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:45 PM PST

The News Corp. exec wrote the senator and said, "We strongly believe this is an issue that needs to be settled at the bargaining table ..."


Thinkway chief says John Lasseter is a true toy master

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST

Albert Chan, president and CEO of Thinkway Toys, is a toy master whose company was an early part of the Pixar success story.


Ke$ha sets a new chart record in advance of her debut

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:51 PM PST

Dance artist Ke$ha benefited from post-holiday online shoppers, setting a new record on the Billboard charts for the most ever digital single sales for a female artist.


Why 'Inglourious Basterds' will win best picture at the Oscars (part 2)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST

Film critics loved it , it was hugely successful ($300 million worldwide), and it's got one of the highest cool factors in the biz.


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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Of fate, heaven and 'Lovely Bones'

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Director Peter Jackson gave Susie Salmon a trippy afterlife in his adaptation of the bestseller, a film he says he was destined to make.

Director Peter Jackson gave Susie Salmon a trippy afterlife in his adaptation of the bestseller, a film he says he was destined to make.


Time Warner Cable subscribers could lose Fox channels on New Year's Eve

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The cable operator is locked in a dispute with News Corp. over the fee for transmitting the media giant's local TV channels as well as its cable networks.

Don't panic if you're watching Fox's New Year's Eve special and the screen goes black moments before host Carmen Electra finishes screaming "Happy New Year." There's nothing wrong with your TV. You're just caught in a brawl between two media giants.


Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' Muppets' movie debut among picks for National Film Registry

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:14 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that unforgettable graveyard dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.


Review: 'The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond'

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

A new Tennessee Williams heroine emerges in this unpolished yet intriguing 1920s tale, directed by Jodie Markell and starring Bryce Dallas Howard.

A new Tennessee Williams heroine emerges in this unpolished yet intriguing 1920s tale, directed by Jodie Markell and starring Bryce Dallas Howard.


Television review: 'The Real World: Washington, D.C.'

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The long-running reality show heads to the nation's capital for the first time. There's the usual drinking and hooking up -- along with some growing up.

The long-running reality show heads to the nation's capital for the first time. There's the usual drinking and hooking up -- along with some growing up.


Fox News is cable champ

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Every program on the network increases its ratings in '09. CNN and MSNBC work to win back viewers they had during the 2008 election.

After getting mixed ratings report cards in 2009, CNN and MSNBC are adjusting their lineups in the coming weeks as they try to lure back viewers who drifted away after the 2008 election.


Review: 'The White Ribbon'

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Michael Haneke attempts to explain the seeds of Nazism in his cautionary tale.

Michael Haneke attempts to explain the seeds of Nazism in his cautionary tale.


Citing Woods scandal, Letterman extortion suspect says it's not a crime to sell silence

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:50 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The TV producer accused of shaking down David Letterman to keep mum about his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to try to bolster his defense.


James 'The Rev' Sullivan dies at 28; drummer for heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

He is found dead at his Huntington Beach home; there are no signs of foul play. The band, whose name often is short-handed as A7X, has sold nearly 2.5 million albums.

He is found dead at his Huntington Beach home; there are no signs of foul play. The band, whose name often is short-handed as A7X, has sold nearly 2.5 million albums.


Peter Graves succeeds in an impossible mission

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The actor, recently honored at the Ojai Film Festival and with a new star on the Walk of Fame, has been acting in Hollywood for 60 years.

When Peter Graves was honored last month at the Ojai Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award, the 83-year-old actor was hoping they would screen Billy Wilder's 1953 classic "Stalag 17" in which he played a Nazi spy placed among American POWs in a German camp. Instead the festival chose "Airplane!," the 1980 box office hit disaster spoof in which he played Capt. Clarence Oveur, a pilot with a penchant for little boys -- "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? . . . Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"


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