Monday, January 25, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Sundance 2010: Finally, a drama that ... works?

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:30 AM PST

"Blue Valentine," a story of a couple in and out of love offers a cool glass of water at a table full of the dusty and lukewarm.


Falling late-night ad prices will shape Conan's and Leno's futures

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The audience for late-night talk shows has splintered and shrunk as options -- rivals on cable, and 24-hour news and celebrity gossip on TV and the Internet -- proliferate.

Want to buy a commercial to welcome Jay Leno back as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"? It'll run you only about $35,000. ¶ If that sounds like a lot, a few years ago that ad time would have gone for $50,000. ¶ For all the hype about the futures of Leno and Conan O'Brien, the era when a comedian could be crowned the undisputed "king of late night" is, like the price of a 30-second spot in one of their shows, on the ebb -- and with it, the economics underpinning late-night TV. ¶ The world that O'Brien entered when he began his first late-night show 16 years ago is radically different from the one that will greet him when he returns to the air. Those changes are likely to shape everything from where O'Brien lands to how much he will be paid and the format of the show -- band or no band? -- he will host. ¶ Night owls and insomniacs, who not long ago had only a handful of talk shows from which to choose, now have dozens to flip through. And those programs, which once could count on a stable audience, are growing vulnerable as viewers with digital video recorders watch on their own timetables -- or simply catch the good snippets on Hulu or YouTube.


'Avatar' is close to sinking 'Titanic' box-office record

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

The 3-D blockbuster rakes in $143 million worldwide this weekend, putting its total just $2 million short of the mark set 12 years ago. 'Legion' has a solid opening, but 'Extraordinary Measures' flops

Big-screen success isn't coming easy for small-screen giant CBS Corp.


Radiohead at the Fonda: Charitable and at ease

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST

The highlight? Pick one. Perhaps the solo piano rendition of "Everything in It's Right Place."


Johansson's Broadway debut: What did the critics think?

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:35 AM PST

All eyes on Broadway this week are focused on the Cort Theatre, where a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge," starring Scarlett Johansson, opened Sunday.


James Mitchell dies at 89; actor, dancer was 'All My Children' staple

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

He played patriarch Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera from 1979 until the show's 40th anniversary episode this month.

James Mitchell, a stage and film actor and dan- cer who became a soap opera staple in his role as Palmer Cortlandt on the long-running ABC show "All My Children," has died. He was 89.


Gary Coleman jailed in Utah on outstanding warrant

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:58 AM PST

SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) — Actor Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah on a warrant for failing to appear in court, police said.


Sundance 2010: 'Buried' lands first big deal at $3.2 million

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 05:08 PM PST

The bidding on the film started in earnest as soon as the sun rose Sunday morning.

The bidding on the film started in earnest as soon as the sun rose Sunday morning.


Sundance 2010: Kristen Stewart keeps it real at 'Runaways' premiere

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 07:05 PM PST

The actress seemed visibly recalcitrant on the "Runaways" red carpet at the Eccles Theater

The actress seemed visibly recalcitrant on the "Runaways" red carpet at the Eccles Theater.


Review: 'Damages' on FX

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Season 3 has Patty taking on a Madoff type and Martin Short playing his attorney.

Season 3 has Patty taking on a Madoff type and Martin Short playing his attorney.


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