Tuesday, September 7, 2010

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

L.A. Times - Entertainment News

Reporter's Notebook: The rom-com habit that makes her heart go pitty-pat

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT


As she buys her ticket to 'Going the Distance,' a 25-year-old fondly recalls all the romantic tales that are her not so guilty (she insists) pleasure.

Drew Barrymore once said that to write well, you have to write what you know.


Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney among 5 of 2010's Kennedy Center honorees

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 09:18 AM PDT


TV host and actress Oprah Winfrey has been chosen as a Kennedy Center honoree right before the start of the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."


David Westin leaving as president of ABC News, no successor named

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 08:44 PM PDT


David Westin, the longtime president of ABC News who spent much of his tenure managing newsroom upheaval and most recently a round of brutal cuts, announced he is leaving the network at the end of the year.


'America's Next Top Model' partners with Italian Vogue for new season

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The show steps up to high fashion with the editor of the prestigious magazine as a judge. The magazine hopes to gain readers at its bilingual new website.

The lineup of guest judges on the new season of "America's Next Top Model" may not mean much to the average viewer.


Rare 3-D films see the light

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT


Film historian Serge Bromberg's sold-out show, '3D Rarities: From 1900 and Beyond,' features works from around the world, including a 3-D version of an 1896 Lumiere brothers film.

There have been winners ("Avatar," "Toy Story 3," "Alice in Wonderland") and losers ( "The Last Airbender," "Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore") in the current wave of 3-D films. But the verdict is out as to whether 3-D will be a cinema constant or a novelty that runs its course as it did in the 1950s.


French auteur Jean-Luc Godard may not attend Oscar ceremony

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:26 AM PDT


As expected, French auteur Jean-Luc Godard is unlikely to attend the Governors Awards on Nov. 14 to accept his honorary Oscar.


Despite tough economy, annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raises nearly $59 million

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:42 AM PDT


LAS VEGAS (AP) — Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year's Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million.


Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT


A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain.

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain.


Television review: 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda'

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT


The HBO documentary is a one-man show starring journalist Lawrence Wright, who went to the Middle East after 9/11 to understand the terrorist organization.

I am a huge fan and general admirer of journalist Lawrence Wright, who is one of those people who actually do the kind of work so many of us, in the reproachful hours of the early morning or after that fifth beer, regretfully dream of doing. In the wake of 9/11, he wanted to understand what happened and why, but unlike most of us, he went looking for answers where they actually might be found.


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