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Television review: 'Boardwalk Empire'
Will 'The Social Network' spark the return of (gasp) Hollywood dramas?
Critic's Notebook: Lady Gaga, sexuality and 21st century pop: Speaking truth to Camille Paglia
Will Casey Affleck end up in movie jail after admitting 'I'm Still Here' was a hoax?
Attorney: Morgan Freeman, wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi
Movie review: 'Easy A' makes the snarky grade
'¡Viva Mexico!' celebrates the many forms of Mexican music
Tim Robbins and the Actors' Gang seek to 'Break the Whip'
Jack Garfein tribute at Billy Wilder Theater
Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week: Ingmar Bergman at LACMA

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The new HBO series has gangsters, pious federal agents and Martin Scorsese's considerable heft. It's a good, not great, combination.

The new HBO series has gangsters, pious federal agents and Martin Scorsese's considerable heft. It's a good, not great, combination.

Will 'The Social Network' spark the return of (gasp) Hollywood dramas?

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT

It's exactly the kind of picture that movie studios are terrified to make these days.

Critic's Notebook: Lady Gaga, sexuality and 21st century pop: Speaking truth to Camille Paglia

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:09 PM PDT

Lady Gaga rules the world. Yet young women now don't necessarily feel more liberated.

Lady Gaga rules the world. Yet young women now don't necessarily feel more liberated.

Will Casey Affleck end up in movie jail after admitting 'I'm Still Here' was a hoax?

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Judging from the early reaction inside Hollywood, Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix will have a lot of explaining to do.

Judging from the early reaction inside Hollywood, Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix will have a lot of explaining to do.

Attorney: Morgan Freeman, wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT

Actor Morgan Freeman and his wife have finalized their divorce in Mississippi.

Movie review: 'Easy A' makes the snarky grade

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Emma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy.

Emma Stone turns in a star-making performance as a good girl supposedly gone bad in this clever yet obvious teen comedy.

'¡Viva Mexico!' celebrates the many forms of Mexican music

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, Ozomatli and Calexico are among the acts that will help honor Mexican Independence Day at the Hollywood Bowl.

Last year, when Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles was invited to open for the reggae-hip-hop- salsa-punk-funk mash-up mavens Ozomatli at the Nokia Theatre, the group wondered how on earth such a concert might be billed.

Tim Robbins and the Actors' Gang seek to 'Break the Whip'

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The theater company's latest play reflects on the connection and clash of cultures in the early years of Jamestown.

To begin with, there was a reading assignment. Tim Robbins, actor and founder of the Actors' Gang, had long admired "A People's History of the United States," the 1980 revisionist history book by the late Howard Zinn that tells America's story from the perspective of have-nots rather than big shots.

Jack Garfein tribute at Billy Wilder Theater

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Director's 'The Strange One' and 'Something Wild' will screen.

Renowned acting teacher and director Jack Garfein learned survival instincts as a teenager in the Auschwitz concentration camp.