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Frank Oz arrives at the "Star Wars The Force Awaken" World Premiere held at the Dolby Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre and El Capitan Theatre on on Monday, December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif. (Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA/TNS)

‘Muppet Guys’ still pulling on silly strings: Director Frank Oz and the puppeteering gang get chatty about Jim Henson and their special group dynamic

March 30, 2017

AUSTIN, Texas — There were two lines, many people deep. After the world premiere of the documentary “Muppet Guys Talking — Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched,” an intimate look at...

Scarlett Johansson plays The Major in "Ghost in the Shell." (Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/TNS)

‘Ghost in the Shell’ has big shoes to fill for anime fans

March 29, 2017

The opening moments of the new “Ghost in the Shell” — a minute-and-a-half establishing shot of its futuristic city and its hero, The Major (Scarlett Johansson) — could have taken quite a bit...

Emma Watson as Belle in a scene from the movie Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon. (Walt Disney Pictures/TNS)

‘Beauty’s’ in beast mode as it bests ‘Power Rangers’ at box office

March 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — In the battle of 1990s nostalgia, “Saban’s Power Rangers” was no match for Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” while Dax Shepard’s “CHIPS” was out of the money in seventh...

Hasbro characters are all made by hand and painted before mass production.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Looking beyond ‘Transformers’: With a ‘G.I. Joe’ reboot and ‘My Little Pony’ in the works, Hasbro aims to create its own Marvel-size movie universe

March 23, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, Hasbro dusted off its ‘80s action figure line Transformers and turned it into a blockbuster movie that was so successful it has spawned four sequels and counting. In the...

From left, Trini (Becky G), Billy (RJ Cyler), Jason (Dacre Montgomery), Kimberly (Naomi Scott), and Zack (Ludi Lin) in Power Rangers. (Kimberley French/Lionsgate)

Young cast morphs into on-screen ‘Power’ team

March 23, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The ‘90s TV show “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” has been adapted into a big screen version. This time the “Power Rangers” are more serious and the special effects a lot bigger...

John Goodman as Bill Randa in a scene from the movie  Kong Skull Island directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. (Chuck Zlotnick/Warner Brothers/TNS)

John Goodman spills on ‘Kong,’ the Coen brothers and Bob Dylan

March 14, 2017

He’s gifted whether he’s doing smarty-pants wit for the Coen brothers, playing a paranoid survivalist in “10 Cloverfield Lane” or being funny, charming and deep without uttering a word in the...

Kong in the film Kong: Skull Island. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

‘Kong’ conquers ‘Logan’ at the box office

March 14, 2017

LOS ANGELES — In the box office war among beasts, Wolverine was no match for the return of King Kong. “Kong: Skull Island,” from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, pulled in an estimated $61 million...

Tough ‘Lego Batman’ kicks through ‘Wall’ at box office

Tough ‘Lego Batman’ kicks through ‘Wall’ at box office

February 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — A talking building-block toy proved tougher than Matt Damon’s “The Great Wall” at the box office over the four-day Presidents Day weekend, as “The Lego Batman Movie” from Warner...

Naomie Harris arrives at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Best picture-lead actress split highlights lag over female-centric films

February 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — No one who has paid any attention to the Academy Awards over the past 89 years has ever seen anything like “Moonlight’s” shocking, exhilarating, stomach-churning come-from-behind...

Emma Stone arrives at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Academy offers a whodunit of epic proportions

February 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Not since a Chicago newspaper headlined “Dewey Defeats Truman” has there been a massive public screw-up on the order of what happened at the Oscars on Sunday night. But it’s an ill...

Janelle Monae arrives at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Mothers, ACLU ribbons and ‘Hidden Fences’ all make the red carpet memorable

February 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Before the Academy Awards were handed out Sunday, the red carpet reflected everything from politics to diversity to who makes the perfect awards show date: 4:15 p.m.: Academy Award attendees...

Halle Berry arrives at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

A retro rewind and glamorous gowns for the ages at the Oscars

February 28, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The red carpet style at the 89th Academy Awards was a total retro rewind Sunday that even the boldest of the bunch (Janelle Monae, we’re talking to you and your...

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