Friday, April 30, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News


Critic's Notebook: Yes, grown-ups like a good summer flick too

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Within the last year or so, grown-ups have become more fickle than a 17-year-old male, which used to be the movie industry's "it" guy.


'Anchorman 2' is off the air

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:40 AM PDT


Thursday's bit of Hollywood news sponsored by Twitter: The "Anchorman 2" sequel that a few stars from the original had been talking about on the junket circuit is a no-go.


'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains': Nice girl finishes last

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:36 AM PDT


Amanda learned the hard way tonight on "Survivor" during her reward challenge.


'Mr. Popper's Penguins' could reshuffle its flock

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:49 PM PDT


It looks like Noah Baumbach won't march with the penguins.

It looks like Noah Baumbach won't march with the penguins.


Movie projector: 'Nightmare' to rule at home while 'Iron Man 2' explodes overseas

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:26 PM PDT


"Nightmare on Elm Street will likely bring in $30 million at the domestic box office, while "Iron Man 2" reaches $100 million-plus overseas.


Deftones have a new member, a new album and a new perspective

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The Sacramento-based band releases ‘Diamond Eyes’ on Tuesday, its first record without bassist Chi Cheng, who remains semiconscious after a 2008 auto accident.

Hard rock thrives on conflict and chaos, and no band has found more beauty and soaring aggression within those ingredients than Deftones.


Conan O'Brien speaks out on '60 Minutes'

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT


In his first interview since he left NBC, O'Brien tells "60 Minutes" that he would have left NBC rather than do what Leno did to him.


Movie review: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Jackie Earle Haley is Freddy Krueger this time in producer Michael Bay’s resurrection of the horror franchise.

Jackie Earle Haley is Freddy Krueger this time in producer Michael Bay’s resurrection of the horror franchise.


Chanel celebrates Tribeca artists

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:43 PM PDT


Robert De Niro,Yoko Ono and Selma Blair were among the celebrity attendees.


Movie review: ‘Furry Vengeance’

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT


It’s a green gross-out. The environmental family film starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields focuses too much on bodily functions.

You'd think that if you had an up-with-the-environment family movie in the can, you would have tied it to Earth Day and opened it last weekend. Unless, of course, that movie is "Furry Vengeance," a film so exhausting in its mean-spirited unfunny business that it would prompt Al Gore to empty his recycling bin and light a match to the contents — and the plastic bin itself — in full view of news camera crews.