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• Stephen Sondheim: Merrily he rolls along
• Company Town: 'Megamind' orchestrates a box-office win
• Classic Hollywood: Steve McQueen
• MSNBC will bring Keith Olbermann back from suspension on Tuesday
• GLAAD responds to Ron Howard's gay joke defense
• Lady Gaga wins big at MTV Europe Music Awards
• An appreciation: Jill Clayburgh
• Live review: Florence + the Machine at the Wiltern
• Will Ferrell channels Brando in 'Megamind'? 'Yes, I do, isn't that weird?'
• L.A. Times Young Hollywood Roundtable: Jesse Eisenberg gets feedback

Stephen Sondheim: Merrily he rolls along Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST First there were the homages (he turned 80 this year). Then there's the new book — 'Finishing the Hat.' Now he's on a West Coast tour that brings him to UCLA on Monday night. Stately and rumpled, Stephen Sondheim descended from an upper floor of his elegant East Side townhouse and submitted to the interview as though it were a necessary barber shop shave. He's used to these intrusions — the artist obliged to natter on about his work was one of the themes of "Sunday in the Park With George" — but this year the distractions have gone to a harrying new extreme.

Company Town: 'Megamind' orchestrates a box-office win Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST The animated 3-D comedy finishes first but at the low end of forecasts. 'Due Date' and 'For Colored Girls' also draw substantial audiences. An abundance of wide openings was good for moviegoing this weekend — but not great for any individual film. Three movies with discrete audiences each performed reasonably well, if hardly above expectations, as the film business appeared to take in more dollars than on any other first weekend of November.

Classic Hollywood: Steve McQueen Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST On the 30th anniversary of his death, the uber-cool actor is being honored by the Jules Verne Festival. Activities include an award and a screening of 'Bullitt.' Who doesn't love Steve McQueen?

MSNBC will bring Keith Olbermann back from suspension on Tuesday Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:01 PM PST His much-discussed suspension for making unauthorized political donations will have lasted all of two work days. His much-discussed suspension for making unauthorized political donations will have lasted all of two work days.

GLAAD responds to Ron Howard's gay joke defense Posted: 08 Nov 2010 08:01 AM PST Howard defended the joke, reminding people that just because a character in a film says or does something inappropriate doesn't necessarily mean that the filmmaker agrees with it.

Lady Gaga wins big at MTV Europe Music Awards Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:49 AM PST Lady Gaga won three prizes at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, claiming Best Female, Song, and Pop honors, just a year after taking the plaudits for best new act.

An appreciation: Jill Clayburgh Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST With studied intelligence and a natural grace, she brought us the Clayburgh woman: flawed, vulnerable, feisty and smart. There is a classic Jill Clayburgh scene in Paul Mazursky's "An Unmarried Woman," the 1978 film the actress will be remembered for most in a career that kept her busy with work nearly until her death on Friday. She's walking down a crowded New York City sidewalk having just learned her husband is leaving her for someone half her age, the fresh wound visible only in those eyes, a soft cornflower blue gone stone cold.

Live review: Florence + the Machine at the Wiltern Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:24 PM PST Florence Welch shows off her 'Lungs' and fashion sense with enjoyable flamboyance. Florence Welch shows off her 'Lungs' and fashion sense with enjoyable flamboyance.

Will Ferrell channels Brando in 'Megamind'? 'Yes, I do, isn't that weird?' Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:23 PM PST "Megamind" is a high-flying farce that looks to roast a certain superhero that possesses both heat vision and a Metropolis ZIP code. "Megamind" is a high-flying farce that looks to roast a certain superhero that possesses both heat vision and a Metropolis ZIP code.

L.A. Times Young Hollywood Roundtable: Jesse Eisenberg gets feedback Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PST isenberg, who has a cousin who works at the social-networking site, verified a report that Zuckerberg had rented out a movie theater so the company's employees could view the film. isenberg, who has a cousin who works at the social-networking site, verified a report that Zuckerberg had rented out a movie theater so the company's employees could view the film.

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