Wednesday, October 27, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Exclusive: Christopher Nolan reveals title of third Batman film

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT


The Gotham City auteur isn't ready to reveal the villain of "The Dark Knight Rises," but he says: "It won't be the Riddler."


'The Hobbit' will stay in New Zealand, prime minister says

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:33 AM PDT


"The Hobbit's" New Zealand saga finally appears to be over.


Judd Apatow and Dave Eggers team up for 'I Found This Funny'

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The filmmaker assembled the diverse, er, humor anthology (Conan O'Brien! Alice Munro?), and the author's McSweeney's is publishing it.

The filmmaker assembled the diverse, er, humor anthology (Conan O'Brien! Alice Munro?), and the author's McSweeney's is publishing it.


Classic Hollywood: Cemeteries of the stars

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The author of 'LA's Graveside Companion' points out starry graves at Hollywood Forever and Pierce Brothers Westwood Memorial Park and Mortuary.

Steve Goldstein knows where all the famous bodies are buried.


'Jerry Springer': 20 years of fights, bleeps and sleaze TV

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The 'trash talk' champion celebrates the milestone with an episode spotlighting some of the highs of his pioneering reality show. Call it the fist-flying alternative to 'Oprah.'

The 'trash talk' champion celebrates the milestone with an episode spotlighting some of the highs of his pioneering reality show. Call it the fist-flying alternative to 'Oprah.'


Television review: 'Friday Night Lights'

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The journey continues for Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and wife Tami (Connie Britton) on a show that proves TV quality can triumph.

Like AMC's " Mad Men," "Friday Night Lights" has an industry resonance, and social significance, that far outstrips the size of its audience. A critical darling from the get-go, NBC's adaptation of the book/film of the same name elbowed its way among the urban cop dramas and upscale family shows four seasons ago, offering Dillon, Texas, instead of a coastal city or moneyed suburb, modest single-stories instead of Craftsman or lofts, and folks living lives that included church, Sunday dinner and, of course, high school football.


Noomi Rapace is not Lisbeth Salander

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:00 AM PDT


She's more feminine, nicer, working on her English and on to the 'Sherlock Holmes' sequel. Her last turn as Stieg Larsson's heroine, in 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest,' hits theaters Friday.

In her native Sweden, actress Noomi Rapace has, as she says, lost her freedom.


'Naked Gun's' David Zucker has a laugh at Barbara Boxer's expense

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT


Zucker has directed an ad that spoofs Boxer, using a satirist's favorite weapon -- comic exagerration -- to hoist Boxer with her own petard.


Hollywood Awards Gala shines spotlight on 'The Social Network,' Sean Penn, Sylvester Stallone

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT


Just about everyone involved with the film about the rise of Facebook left the Beverly Hilton Hotel with something nice for the mantle.


Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now': Headed for 1 million first-week sales?

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT


Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" album, which was released Monday, is shaping up to have possibly the biggest first-week sales of any album this year, according to Billboard.

Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" album, which was released Monday, is shaping up to have possibly the biggest first-week sales of any album this year, according to Billboard.


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