Friday, July 16, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Movie projector: 'Inception' headed for No. 1, 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' to open in third

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:39 PM PDT


The Leonardo DiCaprio movie should open to roughly $45 million, but could easily go higher or lower depending on word of mouth.


A kinder, friendlier Live Nation Entertainment? Cheaper tickets come with a cost

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:27 AM PDT


The company's CEO, Michael Rapino, and executive chairman, Irving Azoff, painted a grim picture for the second half of 2010.


Critics' notebook: Eminem and Rihanna and a host of others update the duet

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 09:25 AM PDT


This summer, people seem to be craving the interplay of male-female musical partnerships.


Musical acts' summer tours encounter heavy weather

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


With CD sales diving, top artists are seeking to recoup lost revenue with tours, creating a glut at a time of economic contraction. 'It's brutal out there,' says one manager of alternative music acts.

This summer, the music industry has been repeatedly rocked — not by big beats, keening vocals and loud guitars, but by lackluster ticket sales and concerts canceled by a growing list of major artists.


Movie review: 'Inception' is a mind-bending sci-fi extravaganza

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Christopher Nolan's mind-bending, intelligent, exciting and disturbing sci-fi extravaganza, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, blends the best of traditional and modern filmmaking.

Dreaming is life's great solitary adventure. Whatever pleasures or terrors the dream state provides, we experience them alone or not at all.


The fifth alleged Mel Gibson tape: selling the Lakers box and feeding an army

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT


This is billed as the tape in which he "completely loses it."


David Letterman's blackmailer nominated for another Emmy

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:08 PM PDT


On one hand, Joe Halderman won many Emmys in the past. On the other, he was recently in the headlines as David Letterman's blackmailer.


'Crude' director must hand over some outtakes to Chevron, appeals court rules

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Three-judge panel, in a closely watched 1st Amendment case, says Joe Berlinger must turn over only certain outtakes from his film about environmental litigation in Ecuador, not all 600 hours of unused footage.

A federal appeals panel has ruled quickly that though Joe Berlinger does not have to surrender all 600 hours of outtakes from his film "Crude" to Chevron Corp., the documentary filmmaker must immediately hand over several categories of unused film footage.


PREACH IT! Lindsay Lohan rehabs her legal team -- for now

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT


Lohan has apparently found a new lawyer, Robert Shapiro; Lohan also has reportedly headed to a rehab facility founded by the famed attorney.


'Scott Pilgrim' is ready to put up a fight -- and rock out

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:11 PM PDT


If a geek-chic lifestyle came with a primer, it might read something like Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" graphic novels.

If a geek-chic lifestyle came with a primer, it might read something like Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" graphic novels.


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