Sunday, May 16, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

'MacGruber' carrying 'SNL' baggage

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The track record of the preceding "SNL" sketch films, almost all produced by Lorne Michaels, is a mixed one at best.


The Rolling Stones shine a light on 'Exile on Main St.' reissue

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and recent producer Don Was discuss the band's 1972 album and the rerelease's previously unheard material.

Keith Richards remembers the period in the early 1970s when the Rolling Stones were working on "Exile on Main St." as a fairly down time. The parts he remembers at all, that is.


TV chef Juan-Carlos Cruz arrested for involvement in an alleged murder-for-hire plot

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT


Santa Monica police credited the department's strong relationship with the homeless population for helping crack the case.


Family ties make 'Fair Game' a personal endeavor

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Doug Liman, son of an Iran-Contra litigator, directs Naomi Watts and Sean Penn in the story of Valerie Plame's outing.


Cannes 2010: Shia LaBeouf: We botched the last Indiana Jones

Posted: 15 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT


The "Wall Street 2" star opens up about Spielberg flick.


He's a straight shooter about longbows and arrows

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


When Stephen Ralphs was 5 years old, he was given a copy of "The Adventures of Robin Hood." Fifty years later, he found himself on Russell Crowe's farm in Australia giving private archery lessons in preparation for director Ridley Scott's movie "Robin Hood."


Indie Focus: Life, death and 'The Father of My Children'

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve ponders aftermaths and independent filmmaking in her latest picture.

When talking about her new film, "The Father of My Children," French writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve can't help but mention suicide.


Enjoying the strange tastes at Thu Tran's 'Food Party' on IFC

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The unconventional series treats the TV show as art project.

No offense, " Mad Men," nothing personal, " Lost," but the best thing I saw on television last year was "Food Party," a six-episode IFC series that might most easily, if not at all adequately, be described as splitting the difference between Julia Child's "The French Chef" and "Pee-Wee's Playhouse." It began its second season — 20 15-minute episodes showing back to back over 10 weeks — April 27 and it is as strange and delightful, poetic and beautiful, silly and disturbing — and even more ambitious, in its homemade, handmade way — as ever.


'MacGyver's' pop cultural hold on us

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


There's a universal appeal in being able to bust out of jail with nothing but chewing gum and wire.

When Josh and Ada Cottrell were expecting their first child four years ago, they wanted to give their son a name that embodied their beliefs and stood for something attainable. They wanted their little guy to be known not so much as a dreamer but a doer.


For Danny Huston, it's good to be king

Posted: 16 May 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Being a chameleon comes easily to third-generation Hollywood scion Danny Huston — son of director John, grandson of actor Walter and half brother of actress Anjelica. The nimble actor recently played Jack Kevorkian's flamboyant lawyer, Geoffrey Feiger, in the HBO film "You Don't Know Jack," starring Al Pacino. And he's on the big screen as King Richard I in the action adventure " Robin Hood" with Russell Crowe.


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