Sunday, October 31, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

For Will Ferrell, picking 'Megamind' was a no-brainer

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The DreamWorks animated comedy was the right opportunity for the actor. Costars Tina Fey, Jonah Hill and David Cross speak their mind too.

The DreamWorks animated comedy was the right opportunity for the actor. Costars Tina Fey, Jonah Hill and David Cross speak their mind too.


'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear:' Cast your vote on L.A.'s best poster

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:25 PM PDT


Here are some of the signs that made the rounds at Saturday's Los Angeles shadow rally. Vote for your favorite.


Play ball! Fox channels are back on Cablevision as agreement in principle is reached

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:00 PM PDT


The signals of News Corp.'s Fox TV stations in New York and Pennsylvania were restored to 3 million Cablevision Systems Corp. subscribers Saturday night after the two sides struck an agreement in principle.


Director George Hickenlooper dies

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 07:40 PM PDT


George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy Award in 1992 for co-directing "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," died Saturday in Denver. He was 47.


Denise Borino-Quinn, who played mafia wife on 'The Sopranos,' dies at 46

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:18 PM PDT


ROSELAND, N.J. (AP) — Denise Borino-Quinn, who unexpectedly won a role as a mafia wife on "The Sopranos" after she attended an open casting call, has died. She was 46.


The Directors: Sofia Coppola takes a floor at the Chateau Marmont

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


She has a history with the filmland haunt, the key location for 'Somewhere,' about an unrooted star reconnecting with his daughter.

Much as with real estate, in movies the key sometimes is location, location, location.


With 'Illuminations,' Josh Groban sees the light

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The singer's new album helps address a yearning to step away from his patented brand of high-gloss middlebrow pop and into Rick Rubin territory.

Josh Groban got confused after exiting a subway station into Greenwich Village on a recent gorgeous fall day in New York. "I'm at Minetta Street and 6th Avenue," he told his lunch date on the phone, citing an intersection that doesn't quite exist.


'Harry Potter' countdown: Malfoy's hair confession -- I went from Pam Anderson to Lady Gaga

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT


Actor Jason Isaacs to discusses the villainy of Lucius Malfoy and the current whereabouts of his flowing blond wig.


The Actors: Elizabeth Banks in 'The Next Three Days'

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


She stars with Russell Crowe in what is by turns a family drama, caper movie and action flick.

One thing you get right away from Elizabeth Banks is that she's at home in her skin.


In irony we trust

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are entering uncharted territory by seeming to elevate ironic detachment to the level of a political manifesto with their rally in Washington.

If you take them at their Facebook word, at least 223,609 people plan to attend the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. According to enthusiastic posters on the social network site, the rally is either a) "the start of a massive, powerful movement … to turn back the vehement, reactionary discourse in this country" or b) "very much like a music festival."


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