HBO ties Netflix for most Emmy wins, 23, on the strength of ‘Game of Thrones’
September 18, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, On Netflix, Television
LOS ANGELES — It was a nail-biter until the last award was won. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and Amazon Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” captured the top honors in drama and comedy at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, while a tie between HBO and Netflix for most wins demonstrated ju...
Remembering Mac Miller, a young rapper who never stopped growing up
September 11, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Music, Top Stories
Mac Miller was undeniably a child of the internet. As a teenager in the early 2000s, he went online to study the hip-hop stars working hundreds or thousands of miles from his home in Pittsburgh. Later, after he started rapping himself, he used YouTube and social media to build a following with little in...
Stolen red slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ recovered 13 years after being swiped
September 4, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Movies
It’s a dream come true. FBI officials have found a stolen pair of red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” 13 years after they were swiped from a museum commemorating the actress. The recovery was announced Tuesday by the FBI, though details about how they managed to track down ...
Review: Ariana Grande exudes an ecstatic calm on new album ‘Sweetener’
August 28, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Music, Top Stories
You can imagine how Ariana Grande’s new album might’ve turned out. The pop singer’s first record since the terrorist bombing that killed 22 people last year as they left a concert of hers at England’s Manchester Arena, “Sweetener” would likely have surprised few if it had arrived Friday as...
Top 10 films of 1968, according to then-LA Times critic Charles Champlin
August 4, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Uncategorized
On Jan. 5, 1969, then-Times film critic Charles Champlin chose these as the best films of 1968, in alphabetical order. “The Battle of Algiers.” “A powerful and disturbing masterpiece of documentary reenactment, an illumination of the struggle for Algerian independence done with newsreel fidelity ...
Kate Gosselin to search for love on new series ‘Kate Plus Date’
August 1, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Television
Oh great, more from “Kate Plus 8.” Kate Gosselin is set to star on a new TLC reality series, “Kate Plus Date,” that centers on her search to find love eight years after her divorce, People reported. “I’m nervous, I’m excited, and I’m forcing myself to do this,” Gosselin told the magazi...
After 14 long years, ‘Incredibles 2’ picks up with its family of suburban superheroes
July 20, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Fiction, Movies
LOS ANGELES — Brad Bird stood in front of a full orchestra on the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage on the Sony Pictures lot, his leg bouncing to the beat, a big grin on his face. At a recent scoring session for Pixar Animation Studios’ superhero sequel “Incredibles 2,” the film’s writer-director watche...
Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio surprise CinemaCon to tease ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
July 19, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
Just a couple of months ago, it seemed as if Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood future could be in question. But at a major movie industry event here Monday night, the head of Sony Pictures feted the director as Hollywood royalty, declaring the filmmaker’s new screenplay the best thing he’d read in 30 ...
Debby Ryan, Gillian Jacobs educated by ‘Life of the Party’
July 16, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
“Life of the Party”’s Debby Ryan only managed to find time to take a few college classes over the years because she’s been so busy working on TV and film projects since she was 13. Her co-star in the new comedy film, Gillian Jacobs, not only graduated from Julliard, but a major hunk of her acting...
The Academy votes to expel Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski
July 9, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
Say goodbye to Hollywood, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski. The Academy announced Thursday that both the disgraced comedian and the scandal-plagued director have been expelled from the prestigious organization. “The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors met on Tuesday night and...
The ‘Infinity War’ question: Is alluding to a new movie’s controversial end over the spoiler line?
July 6, 2018
Filed under Activities, Entertainment, Fiction, Movies, Television
Can we please talk about film review spoilers without spoiling anything for anybody? Can we respect even the most spoiler-sensitive wishes on this one? We can do that. Can’t we? I’m bad. Already I’m having a hard time playing this one straight. It’s all I can do to ROSEBUD IS THE SLED refrain...
Cast, crew reveal ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ tidbits
July 4, 2018
Filed under Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — “Avengers: Infinity War” has the potential to be the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has so many heroes a scorecard may be necessary to keep track of all the players. Just for the press conference the weekend before the movie hits theaters, 24 cast and crew members t...
