David Alan Grier

Review: 'Peeples' a refreshing and warm romantic comedy

Tyler Perry is credited as a producer on "Peeples," but don't let that scare you away. Written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism, "Peeples" is witty, charming and light, standing apart from the heavy-handed moralizing of so many of Perry's own movies....

Tags: Tyler James Williams, Craig Robinson, Nancy Meyers, Tyler Perry, Django Unchained (movie)

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Mindy Project' on Fox.

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     --------------------     The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Tonight Show...

Tags: Chris Messina, Mark Harmon, Huey Lewis, Taylor Swift, Richard Burgi

Kerry Washington: 'I'm the luckiest broad in Hollywood now'

Kerry Washington is looking pretty enviable on the cover of June's Elle magazine. The "Scandal" star is proclaimed by the fashion mag to be "the hottest woman on TV." The ABC political drama in which she plays White House PR maven Olivia Pope, who has a...

Tags: Balmain, Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Django Unchained (movie), Boston Legal (tv program), Scandal (tv program)

Monday's TV Highlights: 'Revolution' on NBC

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES Brain Games Your brain is being...

Tags: Chaz Bono, Nathan Fillion, Savannah Guthrie, Stana Katic, Gold Fields Limited

The comedy 'Peeples' marks a turning point for actor, director

First impressions can be tricky. That's one of the lessons painfully and humorously driven home by the upcoming comedy "Peeples," starring Craig Robinson as an ordinary guy who crashes his girlfriend's posh family weekend in the Hamptons while trying to...

Tags: Craig Robinson, Movies, Entertainment, Kerry Washington

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Tags: Logan Lerman, Alia Shawkat, Claudia Karvan, Amy Acker, Maxwell

Grammys 2013: Live blogging all the pre-show winners

It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast. 4:10 p.m.: Final update from the pre-show: The 70th award this afternoon went to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for producer of the year. “Wow,” said Auerbach, who moments...

Tags: Rihanna, LMFAO (music group), Concerts, Taylor Swift, Dr. John (music artist)

What time are the 2013 Grammy Awards?

The 55th Grammy Awards are taking place this Sunday at Staples Center at L.A. Live and, as usual, the awards show will have no shortage of musicians, rock glam and unusual performance mashups. The show will be broadcast live on CBS on the East Coast...

Tags: Jack White, Rihanna, Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Grammy Awards

Grammys 2013: Pre-telecast to stream live from Nokia Theatre

Planning on tuning into the Grammys on Sunday to see what on earth a collaboration featuring Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Sting will look like? Or perhaps how Justin Timberlake’s return to the stage will shape up? Or maybe even who will walk away with...

Tags: Bruno Mars, Entertainment Events, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Arts and Culture

2013 Grammy Award nominees

Tags: Maxwell, The Wailers (music group), Trent Reznor, Sade (music artist), John Legend

Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list

Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): Play "Clybourne Park,"  Bruce Norris WINNER "Other Desert Cities,"  Jon Robin Baitz "Peter and the Starcatcher,"  Rick Elice "Venus in Fur,"  David Ives Musical "Leap of Faith"...

Tags: Cynthia Nixon, James Corden, Entertainment Events, Mike Nichols, Concerts

L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival goes for big laughs, big breaks