Sunday, April 3, 2011

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Dispatch from Detroit: Charlie Sheen bombs in his concert kickoff

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:16 PM PDT


The audience for the actor's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour boos him off stage.


Photos: Kids' Choice Awards 2011

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 05:40 PM PDT


It's slime time! Willow and Jaden Smith, Paris Hilton Victoria Justice and more on this year's Kids' Choice orange carpet.


Video: Kids' Choice Awards arrivals

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:32 PM PDT

Saoirse Ronan shoots for something different in 'Hanna'

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The actress reunites with 'Atonement' director Joe Wright for a stylized assassin-action movie, and their bond is obvious.

Shortly after she received an Oscar nomination at the tender age of 13, "Atonement" star Saoirse Ronan needed a new movie. Despite a drama background, she was intrigued by the title character in "Hanna," an ethereally beautiful teen who also happens to be a ruthless assassin. But the project was stuck in development at Focus Features; filmmakers like Danny Boyle had come and gone.


Las Vegas bets on Celine Dion for its recovery

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The hugely popular singer, who last played Caesars Palace three years ago, returns to a city fallen on hard times.

— Caesars Palace, or so the story goes, has no apostrophe in its name because its founders wanted it to be a resort for all, not a palace for one. But a few nights ago, there wasn't much question whose house it had become — again.


Kids' Choice Awards flashback: Tom Cruise, Katy Perry and more get slimed

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 06:40 PM PDT


Whether it's shooting up from the stage like a fountain, pouring down like rain or being dumped out of a bucket, there's no escape for the victims of the green goo.


China's cinematic revolution

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A 12-movie series at REDCAT reveals the daring independent streak shown by a new generation of filmmakers working with scant resources outside government purview.

Ever since the 1920s, Chinese film history has been grouped into large, monolithic blocks, as imposing as the Great Wall. There's the First Generation of silent-movie pioneers, the Fifth Generation of "post-Maoist humanists," the Sixth Generation that sprang from the cultural wreckage of Tiananmen Square, and so on — coinages used both in and outside China.


The Sunday Conversation: Christina Haag

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The actress writes about her romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. in 'Come to the Edge.'

Christina Haag, 50, a Santa-Monica-based theater, television and film actress, recounts her five-year romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. during the late '80s in her memoir, "Come to the Edge," which arrived in bookstores last week.


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