Saturday, December 4, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

'Blue Valentine' and 'Black Swan': Two films and an R rating

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


'Black Swan,' which shows a sex scene between two actresses, gets an R rating while 'Blue Valentine' shows a similar scene between a man and woman and gets the MPAA's dreaded NC-17. A film's label can make a big difference in box office receipts.

'Black Swan,' which shows oral sex between two actresses, gets an R rating while 'Blue Valentine' shows it between a man and woman and gets the MPAA's NC-17.


Television review: 'The Hasselhoffs' on A&E

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


David Hasselhoff's strange career trajectory takes another turn with a reality series portraying him as a formerly wayward father trying to do the best for his daughters.

David Hasselhoff's strange career trajectory takes another turn with a reality series portraying him as a formerly wayward father trying to do the best for his daughters.


Suit claims 'Catfish' isn't a doc, filmmakers should pay

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:37 PM PST


Critics have questioned just how much of the movie -- presented as a documentary -- is authentic or unstaged.


Television review: Christmas finds a home on cable TV

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


Nickelodeon, Hallmark and Lifetime trot out new holiday shows that feature plenty of the old Christmas tropes plus fresh twists on the season.

Christmas is a time for television. Sitcoms are dressed with wreaths and trees; dramas, for the space of an episode, get extra-poignant, perhaps by the addition of a homeless person. In animated specials, collected through generations, something bad almost happens to Christmas itself: Santa is sick; he is tied up in a closet; his team lacks a reindeer. A sad little Christmas tree is plumped with love. Frosty hearts melt like marshmallows in the hot chocolate milk of human kindness.


On the Media: Is Perez Hilton's conversion for real?

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


Only time will tell if the snarky blogger, who built a career by being mean-spirited, is a changed man.

Only time will tell if the snarky blogger, who built a career by being mean-spirited, is a changed man.


Critical Mass: 'Black Swan'

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:30 PM PST


It's bold and extreme and in order to convey the experience, critics are combing back through their film memories to paint a picture of comparison.


The bromance of 'Men of a Certain Age'

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher talk about the TNT show's second season, and getting older.

Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher talk about the TNT show's second season, and getting older.


Movie review: 'The Warrior's Way'

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST


Jang Dong-Gun stars in Sngmoo Lee's martial arts/western mash-up.

A master swordsman leaves his homeland of warring clans for the Wild West in the bloody wuxia/shoot-em-up hybrid "The Warrior's Way." But South Korean filmmaker Sngmoo Lee's debut feature is less a genre-spanning romp than a tiresome lab experiment in computer-generated tropes and green-screen oppressiveness.


Next up for 'Swan's' Portman and Kunis: Characters seeking casual sex

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 05:38 PM PST


The actresses have roles in separate post-'Swan' movies dealing with the topic.


Comcast and NBC Universal give themselves more time to close deal

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST


With regulatory approval still weeks if not months away, Comcast and NBC Universal have extended the term of their merger agreement to March of next year.


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