Sunday, May 22, 2011

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News


Cannes: Will the real Terrence Malick please stand up?

Posted: 21 May 2011 06:22 PM PDT


His friends and collaborators paint a portrait of the reclusive 'Tree of Life' filmmaker as a complicated and contradictory man.


Todd Phillips keeps 'em laughing

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In 'The Hangover' and other R-rated comedies, the director has generated audiences' empathy — and hearts — with his lovable loser characters and raunchy story lines.

Like the comedy in his movies, Todd Phillips is unapologetic.


Photos: Young Hollywood Awards

Posted: 21 May 2011 04:37 PM PDT


Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning and more of Hollywood's hottest stars hit the red carpet.


Rosie Perez sues 'Law & Order: SVU' producers over injuries

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:36 PM PDT


The "Special Victims Unit" guest star wants NBC to take responsibility for the herniated disc she claims she endured during the taping of a 2009 episode called "Hardwired."


This fall's 'Playboy Club' and 'Pan Am,' mirror 'Mad Men's' naughty '60s behavior

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With NBC's 'The Playboy Club' and ABC's 'Pan Am' due this fall, the 1960s dramas are mirroring AMC's 'Mad Men' kind of naughty behavior.

The future of television lies squarely in the past, preferably on a bed with a blond bombshell.


Indie Focus: 'No Wave' films caused a ripple felt in France

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Céline Danhier left a French law practice to shoot the era-rewind movie 'Blank City.'

A group of like-minded young people pool their resources, make use of new, inexpensive technology and begin to make movies that capture their particular time and place. From the French New Wave to the recent American micro-budget movement, filmmakers have often come together just so. The documentary "Blank City," which opens in Los Angeles on Friday, explores the independent filmmakers of New York City's downtown scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s.


Surf guitar strikes a chord in Peru

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That reverb and tremolo rode the waves down the Pacific to Peru, where they were melded with guiro and conga. The result: cumbia peruana , which has traveled back north on several recent compilations.

Few music styles are as indelibly linked to Southern California as surf guitar. Just a single chord, struck on a vintage Fender, with the right balance of ghostly tremolo and a rip current of reverb, can invoke an image of wood-paneled station wagons, board shorts and other endless summer cliches. It's a recipe for instant nostalgia — even for those not yet born in the early '60s — a sound that music historian Barney Hoskyns perfectly describes as "a tincture of angst and heartache."


New on DVD: 'Gnomeo & Juliet'

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"I Am Number Four," "Children's Hospital" and more.


Star Tours: Disneyland brings the Force

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:42 AM PDT


So much of Disneyland looks to the past but with Star Tours, the newly refurbished thrill ride, there may be a message from the future of amusement parks.


Cannes: Un Certain Regard prizes go to Kim Ki-duk and Andreas Dresen films

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT


Kim Ki-duk's "Arirang" and Andreas Dresen's "Halt Auf Freier Strecke" shared top honors.


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