http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2013, latimes.com Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:00 -0700 By Mark Olsen http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-seth-macfarlane-oscars-host-2014-20130520,0,3229874.story?track=rss If not Seth, who? Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:00 PDT By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-2013-last-days-on-mars-20130520,0,751151.story?track=rss CANNES, France -- “The Last Days on Mars,” one of the most commercial films up for grabs in Cannes’ official sections, made a strong impression when it screened as part of the Quinzaine des Realisateurs, or Directors Fortnight, on Monday afternoon. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:00 PDT By Amy Kaufman http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-seth-macfarlane-oscars-host-twitter-20130520,0,4232471.story?track=rss Bad news for those of you eagerly anticipating "We Saw Your Boobs: Part Two." Seth MacFarlane will not reprise his role as the host of the Academy Awards next March, the comedian announced on his Twitter account Monday. Mon, 20 May 2013 12:13:00 PDT By Susan King http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-harry-potter-hollywood-museum-exhibit-20130520,0,5716731.story?track=rss The Hollywood Museum at the vintage Max Factor Building is opening a new permanent "Harry Potter" exhibition on Wednesday. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:19:00 PDT http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-2013-robberies-heists-crime-20130520,0,1758106.story?track=rss Two high-profile robberies at this year's Cannes Film Festival have attracted a lot of attention, but they're the hardly the first such heists (on screen, or off). Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 PDT By Rebecca Keegan http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-rule-change-animated-feature-20130520,0,6698646.story?track=rss The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has changed its rules in the animated feature category to ensure that producers are recognized along with directors. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:01:00 PDT By Susan King http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-kirk-douglas-ucla-burt-lancaster-20130520,0,5300783.story?track=rss Kirk Douglas will be paying tribute to his old friend and frequent co-star Burt Lancaster at the UCLA Film & Television Archive's June 7 screening of their classic 1957 western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood. Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:00 PDT By Steven Zeitchik http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-film-festival-borgman-holland-holy-motors-20130520,0,4440770.story?track=rss CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival can reliably be counted on to offer at least one envelope-pushing genre-tinged exercise, the kind that makes festgoers marvel and shake their head in equal measure. Last year it was ”Holy Motors,” Leos Carax's Surrealist collection of stories about a Paris shape-shifter. In 2009, the Greek family-torture movie “Dogtooth” fit the bill. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:11:00 PDT By Amy Kaufman http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-great-gatsby-box-office-international-cannes-20130520,0,5074629.story?track=rss With its glitzy opening night premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last week, "The Great Gatsby" arrived overseas with a splash. Or at least that's what Warner Bros. was hoping for as the movie played for the festival crowd days before it debuted in many European theaters and beyond. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:46:00 PDT By Steven Zeitchik http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-cannes-oscar-isaac-inside-llewyn-davis-coen-bros-20130520,0,4851173.story?track=rss CANNES, France — The British reporter at the press conference had a question for Oscar Isaac--the same question on a lot of reporters’ minds. Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:00 PDT