Thursday, July 1, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Movie review: 'The Last Airbender'

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The dialogue is unsophisticated and the interchanges are uninspired. But if you're in the target 10-and-younger audience, you might like M. Night Shyamalan's film.

The dialogue is unsophisticated and the interchanges are uninspired. But if you're in the target 10-and-younger audience, you might like M. Night Shyamalan's film.


Overload from the Electric Daisy Carnival

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Coliseum officials suspend raves after teen girl's death.

When the Electric Daisy Carnival — a massive dance party with top-name acts — rolled into town last weekend, officials thought they were prepared, this time.


Word of Mouth: 'Love Ranch,' starring Helen Mirren, survives rocky relationship

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


E1 Entertainment is distributing the film after original backer, Capitol Films, runs into money trouble. Two more Capitol films, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Laurence Fishburne, have no release date.

E1 Entertainment is distributing the film after original backer, Capitol Films, runs into money trouble.


Feds shut down nine websites in movie piracy crackdown

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The sites had made pirated versions of 'Toy Story 3' and 'Iron Man 2' available within hours of their release in theaters. The crackdown is part of a renewed effort to curb film and TV piracy online.

Adding some swashbuckling to its tough talk on fighting piracy, the federal government on Wednesday seized several websites that had offered downloads of pirated movies such as "Toy Story 3" and "Iron Man 2" within hours of their release in theaters.


'Eclipse' breaks 'New Moon' record for midnight ticket sales with more than $30 million

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:34 AM PDT


Hard-core "Twilight" fans have set another box office record.


Book review: 'Role Models' by John Waters

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The filmmaker writes about the figures who have inspired him, including Johnny Mathis and Leslie Van Houten.

Is John Waters a victim of his own popularity? The pencil-mustached favorite son of Baltimore started out as a purveyor of the outrageous; his greatest star, the 300-pound transvestite Divine, once ate dog feces on screen. (No, it wasn't a special effect.)


'So You Think You Can Dance': Season seven has finally arrived

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:28 AM PDT


Adechike and Lauren were the first to dance, a Dave Scott hip-hop routine about two dorky pencil-pushers who decide to let loose and have some fun.


Report: Details set in Tiger Woods-Elin Nordegren divorce

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:54 PM PDT


Sources say the golf star's wife is ready to file for divorce in a Florida court in the next seven days.


Movie fans on 'Knight and Day': Actually, we blame Tom Cruise

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:55 PM PDT


Judging from my e-mail and blog comments, the film's problems began and ended with Tom Cruise.


Screening Room: 'Easy Rider' at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Also: Roman Polanski's 'The Fearless Vampire Killers,' with Sharon Tate

What better way to celebrate America this Fourth of July weekend than by jumping on a motorcycle and leaving a trail of havoc in your wake? Better yet, do it vicariously with the late Dennis Hopper, who stars in, co-wrote and directed the seminal 1969 biker movie " Easy Rider," which also stars Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson as a boozy Southern attorney — his first Oscar-nominated role. The classic screens Saturday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. http://www.cinespia.org


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