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Photographer Anthony Samaniego aims to snap perfect Los Angeles shot
Photographer Anthony Samaniego is on a quest to capture the perfect cityscape of Los Angeles — and he's nowhere close, he says, to achieving his mission. The relentless journey, however, has become an end unto itself, spawning dozens of images over several years that show a fluid, ethereal side of the city that exists between the cracks. A freelance graphic designer by day, Samaniego spends his nights wandering the streets of downtown L.A. or driving through the hills of Glendale at dusk, capturing moody skylines for his "city series" and pastel-colored sunsets he calls "dreamscapes." Shooting on film with an old Mamiya camera that's "big, clunky...
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Photographer Anthony Samaniego aims to snap perfect Los Angeles shot
Photographer Anthony Samaniego is on a quest to capture the perfect cityscape of Los Angeles — and he's nowhere close, he says, to achieving his mission. The relentless journey, however, has become an end unto itself, spawning dozens of images over...
'101 Dalmatians' was just the hit a flagging Disney needed
Walt Disney Studios was in a funk in 1959 after its expensive, lavishly animated fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty" didn't awaken at the box office.
"Sleeping Beauty" had been a pet project of Walt Disney, who had mandated that the film...
The spirit of Mike Nichols lives on in this year's awards season
Mike Nichols' death in November was a shock in part because the Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award-winning director — he also won a Grammy, making for a rare EGOT — had come to seem like someone who would simply always be there, an immovable part of the...
Costume design series 'Return to Oz' to screen at Bing Theater
"Return to Oz: Costuming the Big Adventures of 1985," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new screening series at LACMA's Bing Theater, features the work of such designers as Richard La Motte ("The Goonies"), Aggie Guerard...
Essential tracks: John Carpenter's 'Lost Themes' gives off eerie, futuristic sounds
John Carpenter, "Lost Themes" (Sacred Bones). Horror movie master John Carpenter is best known for his classic screamers including "Halloween," "Escape From New York" and "They Live," but many may not realize that...
'Dear White People' takes a funny, frank, provocative look at race
Dear White People
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Available on VOD Feb. 3
Writer-director Justin Simien's campus comedy is one of the most provocative films about race since Spike Lee's early films. Simien doesn't have Lee's talent as a filmmaker...
Composer Andrew Norman tries to evoke Gehry home in 'Frank's House'
Andrew Norman is rhapsodizing over Frank Gehry's house in Santa Monica, where a few months ago Norman was given what the famous architect calls "the full Monty," a tour inside and out, accompanied by ample commentary from Gehry and his wife,...
New FCC definition of high-speed Internet may affect Comcast-TWC deal
The Federal Communications Commission's new definition of high-speed Internet service could become a factor in Comcast Corp.'s proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable.
The FCC and the U.S. Department of Justice are reviewing the Comcast-Time Warner...
YouTube to host and stream own Super Bowl halftime show
Get ready for the Super Bowl, YouTube style.
The Google-owned video platform has invited hundreds of its die-hard users to its studios in Playa Vista to watch the big game. The plan is to host and stream its own halftime show as an alternative to the NBC...
'Ode to My Father' stirs the box office and debate in South Korea
South Korea's path from postwar poverty to modern wealth is a rags-to-riches tale well suited to cinema, and it's intimately presented through one family in "Ode to My Father," the country's latest box office smash.
Amid its success,...
Failed film deal leads to allegations of fraud, money laundering
Jeff Elliott dreamed of telling the story of his son's triumph over a life-threatening brain tumor on the silver screen. And in Christopher Eberts, an independent producer who had made films with Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, he believed...
Suge Knight, a link who'd lost connection
Marion "Suge" Knight and Death Row Records filed for bankruptcy in 2006, long after his numerous legal run-ins had alienated him from most reputable companies and his flagship artists had left. Yet he still made it past velvet ropes.
When...
Carl St.Clair leads Pacific Symphony in Leonard Bernstein ode
On a gloomy damp and cold Sunday afternoon in August 1990, Leonard Bernstein conducted his last concert. Suffering from the late stages of emphysema, he gasped for air while leading an incomparably urgent performance of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony at...
Suge Knight's arrest foreshadowed in 'Straight Outta Compton' scene
On a film set in Leimert Park, an actor playing rap mogul Suge Knight angrily peeled out of a parking lot in a Jeep. The film, "Straight Outta Compton," tells the origin story of N.W.A and its famed members, including Ice Cube and Dr. Dre.
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Hoping for a breakout hit with 'Better Call Saul'
Just over 10 million viewers witnessed the demise of Walter White on the final episode of "Breaking Bad." It was a triumph for creator Vince Gilligan, who was given a free hand by network AMC to tell the Mr. Chips to Scarface story he...
Did 'American Sniper' miss an important mark?
The most chilling moment in "American Sniper" does not appear on film. The movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a portrait of Chris Kyle, who served four tours in Iraq and became the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. But Kyle's death...
'6 Certified' aims to shift how veterans are pictured on film, TV
A group dedicated to the entertainment industry's realistic representation of veterans is announcing on Friday a new seal of approval for portrayals of military men and women in films and television shows.
Called "6 Certified," after the...
L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles'
In a large workshop at CBS Television City on the edge of Hollywood, the palace of Versailles was slowly taking shape.
A platoon of set builders was hard at work on a December morning creating the imposing columns, ornate tapestries and swooping...
Darrell Hammond makes impression on 'SNL,' stage
The versatile impressionist Darrell Hammond, 59, holds the record as the longest-running cast member on "Saturday Night Live" (1995-2009) and recently succeeded the late Don Pardo as the program's announcer. Now he is developing a one-man...
The dehumanizing of Iraqis is the main 'American Sniper' issue
The three-car caravan was headed to a funeral, everyone dressed in their Friday best. It was warm outside, as Baghdad often is in the fall, causing their crisp shirts to wilt and sweaters to itch. The men argued over who they'd pick for their soccer dream...
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