Sunday, December 13, 2009

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News


First look: 'Princess and the Frog,' 'Invictus' off to so-so starts

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 09:08 AM PST

Disney's latest animated effort is going to need legs to succeed.


Hits and Myths

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:51 PM PST

"Percy Jackson" and "Clash of the Titans" draw on same Greek myths but with epic differences.


'The White Ribbon' sweeps three top European Film Awards

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 08:31 AM PST

Cannes favorite bests "Slumdog Millionaire."


Oscar contenders look a lot like last year's

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:54 AM PST

Summer movies like 'Star Trek' and 'The Hangover' aren't getting much academy love.


Tiger Woods admits infidelity, announces break from golf

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Leaving the game and sponsors to deal with potential fallout of his indefinite absence, he says he will focus on "being a better husband, father and person."

Tiger Woods, admitting for the first time that he had been unfaithful to his wife, announced "an indefinite break from professional golf" on Friday, sending ripples of alarm through television networks, corporate sponsors, PGA executives and the rest of a multi-million-dollar industry that has been built around one of the world's most bankable athletes.


Interview: Joey Greco of 'Cheaters'

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

Beware unfaithful lovers. He's on the case, camera crew in tow.

Beware unfaithful lovers. He's on the case, camera crew in tow.


Movie stars break the song barrier

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

As the popularity of musicals grows, actors warm up their pipes, most recently for 'Nine' and 'Crazy Heart.'

Kate Hudson sang songs from "Annie" around the house as a kid, but she never had a professional singing job until she auditioned for the movie "Nine." She walked in and started a song from the show, "A Call From the Vatican." After her first line, a soaring "Guiiiidoooh," the director, Rob Marshall, stopped her.


Memorable internationally flavored albums from 2009

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST

The economy and increasingly stringent travel restrictions have put a crimp on touring plans for many world musicians, but their CDs offer the next best alternative for fans.

As the steady flow of international musicians performing in the United States grew to a torrent at the end of the 1990s, it seemed that the world truly had grown smaller. Over the past decade though, the flood has slowed to a trickle, with rising air fares, difficulty in procuring visas and diminishing support from cash-strapped record labels locking many foreign artists out of the U.S. market.


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