Sunday, August 1, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Laura Linney ponders living with 'The Big C'

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The actress is drawn to challenging, unconventional material. Showtime's comedy about cancer qualifies.

Laura Linney wasn't looking to do a television series when the pitch came in from Showtime last year.


Chelsea Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky marry amid politicos and celebs

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:01 PM PDT


Chelsea Clinton officially tied the knot with investment banker Marc Mezvinksy on Saturday, according to a statement from her parents Bill and Hillary Clinton.


Cassette tapes are back in the mix

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The format's low cost and no-sweat portability have made it attractive beyond the nostalgia set.

When the vinyl LP began its modest but highly publicized commercial comeback a few years ago, the format felt easy to love again. With sprawling artwork, pristine sound quality and the adoring ritual of flipping album sides, its return united young bohemia and their boomer parents alike.


After 'St. Elmo's Fire'

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


We trace the ups and downs of the film's Brat Pack alums.

Technically, "The Breakfast Club" sparked the tinder 25 years ago that ignited "St. Elmo's Fire."


Hillary dons a dramatic dress for Chelsea Clinton's wedding rehearsal dinner

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:46 PM PDT


What do you think about Hillary's rehearsal look? Vote in our poll


Chelsea Clinton wedding a lavish — and very private — affair

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Security and serenity reign as she marries Marc Mezvinsky at an elegant New York estate.

On a breezy summer night, behind the stone walls of a 106-year-old estate, hundreds of celebrities, dignitaries, family and friends gathered Saturday to witness Chelsea Clinton make Marc Mezvinsky the newest member of the Clinton political clan.


Sandra Bullock asks to be pulled from Gulf Coast PSA

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:06 AM PDT


Did she stumble into some bad lighting? No. Is the organization responsible for the PSA in bed with major oil companies? Well ...


Wedding central with 'My Fair Wedding's' David Tutera

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 02:26 PM PDT


Tutera talks about the show, and we picked his brains on the horrid fashion sense and over-the-top nuptials of some of our favorite TV couples.


The Monitor: A breakout star on VH1?

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Forget Chad Ochocinco — the ultimate catch on the football star's VH1 reality show might be Tara.

Welcome to the humanist era of VH1. "I don't know anyone who goes in a relationship saying, 'I don't need openness, I don't need honesty,'" Chad Ochocinco said in the premiere episode of his new dating show, "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch."


The FCC, freed of 'indecency': a boon for free speech or free rein to bad behavior?

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Assessing the appeals court strike-down.

On July 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, directed by the Supreme Court to address the 1st Amendment issues in Federal Communications Commission vs. Fox Television Stations, et al. — a case that has to do with the sort of "fleeting expletives" that occasionally escape the mouths of overexcited participants in televised live events — found the FCC's indecency guidelines to be "unconstitutionally vague " Now, until the commission can formulate new guidelines that are satisfactorily less vague, or the Supreme Court weighs in again, we are in a state of regulatory free-fall in which most of the already few rules that applied to content on broadcast TV have been suspended. The fear, or the hope, depending on where you stand in the culture wars, is that anything can happen now.


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