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In 'Wall Street' sequel, everybody gets Stoned
Mavis Staples' second act
Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' wins Golden Lion award in Venice
Videos: Dr. Oz, Kelly Osbourne get personal in support of 'Stand Up 2 Cancer' event
Celebs hit Fashion's Night Out in Los Angeles, New York
'Detroit 1-8-7' traverses a city's tricky self-image topography
Toronto 2010: Little passion for 'Passion Play'
Emma Stone: Getting an 'Easy A' for effort
Sunday Conversation: Bass baritone Daniel Okulitch
The Directors: Rodrigo Cortés builds suspense in 'Buried'

In 'Wall Street' sequel, everybody gets Stoned

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Shia LaBeouf holds his own with Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas while Charlie Sheen tries to remember his lines.

It could be 1987. Hundreds of socialites, dripping in tulle and silk, lean over decadent flower centerpieces to whisper into each other's diamond-decorated ears. Their tuxedo-clad husbands look appropriately bored to find themselves at a dinner for a charity they can't remember the name of but for which they wrote handsome checks. And in the middle of it all, Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen are going at it once again. Although chances are, 23 years ago Sheen had learned his lines a bit better.

Mavis Staples' second act

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

With a new album — the Jeff Tweedy-produced 'You Are Not Alone' — and a new label, the gospel and soul veteran is having the time of her life. 'I am just so happy,' she says.

With a new album — the Jeff Tweedy-produced 'You Are Not Alone' — and a new label, the gospel and soul veteran is having the time of her life. 'I am just so happy,' she says.

Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' wins Golden Lion award in Venice

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 04:11 PM PDT

The choice of the U.S. director's movie will come as a surprise on the Lido waterfront, where reaction to the Los Angeles-based drama was mixed.

Videos: Dr. Oz, Kelly Osbourne get personal in support of 'Stand Up 2 Cancer' event

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 11:27 AM PDT

Visibly emotional, Kelly told us she's only been hit by the gravity of her mom's cancer -- which Sharon has now recovered from -- as she's gotten older.

Celebs hit Fashion's Night Out in Los Angeles, New York

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT

For Friday's Fashion's Night Out, luxury brands and the style-savvy banded together for a second year to generate interest in shopping in the midst of a recession.

'Detroit 1-8-7' traverses a city's tricky self-image topography

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The upcoming ABC police drama finds that its production dollars are welcome in its titular city, but locals worry about how their struggling hometown is represented.

Inside a Detroit police precinct, an African American lieutenant wearily addresses an off-screen documentary crew. She stands beside an enormous dry-erase board full of tiny red and black names representing murder victims. "They don't make felt markers that write any smaller so we've sort of hit capacity," she says of the cluttered board. "Get 'em solved, make room for the next one." She tilts her head in a half-hearted shrug, then adds, "We might be the last assembly line in Detroit."

Toronto 2010: Little passion for 'Passion Play'

Posted: 11 Sep 2010 06:30 PM PDT

"Passion Play" comes together in such a loopily haphazard way that it is hard to think of it as even much of a movie.

Emma Stone: Getting an 'Easy A' for effort

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

She knows what she wants and goes after it. Like an 'Easy A.'

As she walked into a soundstage on the Paramount Studios lot last winter, Emma Stone looked around uneasily at all of the talented, beautiful young women surrounding her — Amanda Seyfried, Kristen Stewart, Rebecca Hall. Stone had been selected as one of nine actresses to watch by Vanity Fair magazine and was posing for a group cover image shot by Annie Leibovitz.

Sunday Conversation: Bass baritone Daniel Okulitch

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Canadian bass baritone Daniel Okulitch, 34, returns to Los Angeles Opera in the title role of "The Marriage of Figaro," opening Sept. 26. It's his second engagement with LA Opera since his high-profile turn in the 2008 U.S. premiere of composer Howard Shore's "The Fly," directed by David Cronenberg, based on his 1986 science-fiction film.