Sunday, February 28, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News


Redeploying gender: 'The Hurt Locker's' Kathryn Bigelow shakes up traditional ideas about men

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 06:31 PM PST

In 'Hurt Locker' and other films, Bigelow shakes up traditional concepts of what men are and how they behave.


In rainy downtown L.A., a memorial for Marie Osmond's son Michael Blosil

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST

Saturday a tiny memorial could be found on the sidewalk outside the Met apartment building on South Flower Street where Marie Osmond's son lived.


Actors unions move toward joint bargaining agreement

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 05:53 PM PST

Hollywood's two quarrelsome actors unions took a big step toward ending their blood feud and presenting a united front in upcoming contract negotiations with the studios.


'American Idol' finalist Elliott Yamin rattled by Chile earthquake

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 06:37 PM PST

Mere hours after his performance, Elliott tweeted, "Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!....I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!"


Marie Osmond's son Michael Blosil commits suicide in L.A.

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:13 PM PST

Blosil jumped to his death Friday night from his downtown Los Angeles apartment building.


The good, the bad and the Nazi

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 03:25 PM PST

For seven decades, films have grappled with fascism's rise.


Black Widow hopes to snare buyer

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The Hollywood Hills villa, built in 1931, has four bedrooms, a media room and a maid's quarters.

Blond bombshell turned Black Widow Scarlett Johansson , who will take over the role of Natasha Romanoff in the superhero film sequel " Iron Man 2" due out in May, has listed her walled and gated Spanish villa in the Hollywood Hills for $4.95 million.


Kyle Patrick Alvarez's 'Easier With Practice' finds its way to screens

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The film, about a writer caught up in a phone sex relationship, stars 'Hurt Locker's' Brian Geraghty.

A young man -- a little lost, lonely and confused -- sits in a motel room. The phone rings. A stranger is on the other end. And she wants to talk dirty.


New on DVD: 'Ponyo'

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

Also; "2012," "Fish Tale," "Elvis," "The Beaches of Agnes" and more.


For love of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' director Spike Jonze goes long

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The movie stretches the Maurice Sendak children's book beyond the length of Jonze's usual short-form projects.

Spike Jonze's adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are" turns the slimmest of books -- 10 sentences, 18 pictures -- into a feature-length film. This feat of expansion is perhaps all the more surprising when you consider the director's track record -- in music videos, skate videos, short films, commercials and various off-the-cuff goofs and larks -- as a miniaturist par excellence.


Saturday, February 27, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News


NAACP Image Awards 2010 arrivals

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:58 PM PST

Gabrielle Union, Selena Gomez and more on the red carpet.


Train, back on the tracks

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:36 PM PST

The San Francisco rock band sits at a peculiar juncture in pop music.


'Green Zone': An Iraq war movie with a 'Bourne' feel

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

'Green Zone' is from the team behind the hit thrillers, but will it achieve the same commercial results?

'Green Zone' is from the team behind the hit thrillers, but will it achieve the same commercial results?


Shooter Jennings and Stephen King team for 'Black Ribbons'

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The maverick musician and horror writer channel late-night AM voices into a concept album.

The maverick musician and horror writer channel late-night AM voices into a concept album.


Jeff Dowd on Jeff Bridges: A unique American icon

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:36 PM PST

After four Academy Award nominations, it looks like Jeff Bridges may finally be singing late into the night with his new friend Oscar.


'American Idol': Season 9's first cut contestants sound off

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:30 PM PST

The day after: Tyler Grady gets defensive, Janell Wheeler keeps her spirits up, Munoz and Rodriguez are bummed.


HBO returns to the battlefield with 'The Pacific'

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

The 'Band of Brothers' follow-up may turn out to the bloodiest miniseries in history as well as the costliest.

The 'Band of Brothers' follow-up may turn out to the bloodiest miniseries in history as well as the costliest.


The Contender Q & A: 'Star Trek's' Barney Burman

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST

The makeup effects artist's blending of iconic and innovative designs for the feature film earned him his first Oscar nomination.

The makeup effects artist's blending of iconic and innovative designs for the feature film earned him his first Oscar nomination.


Recent Israeli films are less political

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 12:00 AM PST

Oscar nominee 'Ajami' is the latest in a crop of movies that are about other topics.

Oscar nominee 'Ajami' is the latest in a crop of movies that are about other topics.


ABC News to cut half its domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:47 PM PST

ABC News President David Westin confirmed in an interview Friday that the network's ranks of bureau correspondents, which currently number several dozen, would be cut in half and be replaced with "digital" journalists who would be expected to shoot and edit their own stories.