Displaying items 13-24 of 356
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-30
Next >
-
Christoph Waltz reportedly to make opera directorial debut
It looks like Christoph Waltz, who won his second Academy Award in February for "Django Unchained," will be taking a career detour into the world of opera later this year. The Austrian-born actor is reportedly set to make his opera directorial debut...
Tags: Academy Awards, Celebrities, Christoph Waltz, Entertainment Events
-
Oriental DreamWorks and Chinese partners announce Tibet movie
Filmmakers doing business in China are often advised to avoid the three Ts, as in Taiwan, Tibet and Tiananmen Square. But that warning doesn't apply if you happen to be Jeffrey Katzenberg, the animation mogul who has been at the forefront of Hollywood's...
Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, The Croods (movie), Dalai Lama, Restructuring and Recapitalization, China
-
'Django Unchained' pays homage to Wagner's 'Siegfried'
When Los Angeles Opera presented its new production of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" a few years ago at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the packed house included the usual assortment of donors and local opera buffs. Nestled somewhere in the orchestra...
Tags: Kerry Washington, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Ku Klux Klan, Celebrities
-
Watching '42' with children: Is the language too much for them?
The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film "42" suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it,...
Tags: Cultural Development, Entertainment, Baseball, Racism, PG-13 Rated Movies
-
With '42,' the history-lesson movie strikes again
When it comes to our commercial moviegoing, there are some pretty basic staples. Romances. Comedies. Animated adventures. Superhero films. Check the upper echelons of Box Office Mojo in any given year and you’ll find the list rife with them. But...
Tags: Animation (Movie Genre), Argo (movie), Entertainment, Iron Man 3 (movie), Ice Age: Continental Drift (movie)
-
New releases: 'Django Unchained' has exceptional performances
Django Unchained Weinstein/Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Typical of Quentin Tarantino, this Deep South "western" is strong stuff, telling the epic story of an escaped slave (played by Jamie Foxx) on a quest...
Tags: Animation (Movie Genre), Action (Movie Genre), Slavery, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Leonardo DiCaprio
-
‘Django Unchained’: Preview latest installment in Vertigo miniseries
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesDC Comics' Vertigo imprint is continuing its translation of the original screenplay for Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning western onto the paneled ...... -
Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom thriller 'Zulu' to close Cannes
The police thriller "Zulu," set and shot in South Africa, will close the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 26. Starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, the film is directed by Jerome Salle. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Caryl Ferey, the...
Tags: Film Festivals, The Getty, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
-
'42' director: I didn't soft pedal racially charged language
Brian Helgeland, writer and director of the Jackie Robinson biographical film "42," expected his new movie would get an R rating from the Motion Picture Assn. of America. After all, the film, which was produced by Legendary Pictures and is being...
Tags: Alan Tudyk, Entertainment, Racism, PG-13 Rated Movies, L.A. Confidential (movie)
-
'Django' chained in China. Disney confirms layoffs.
After the coffee. Before getting my taxes done. The Skinny: Is it football season yet? Oh, well. Thursday's headlines include layoffs at Walt Disney Co., China yanks "Django Unchained" and Fox tries a new way to keep viewers watching during commercials....
Tags: Unemployment, Pixar Animation, Sony Corp., Career and Workplace, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
-
'Django Unchained' abruptly pulled from China theaters
This post has been corrected. See below for details.BEIJING -- Just a few minutes after the lights dimmed and the credits rolled, Chinese censors on Thursday yanked Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" from cinemas around the country. A Shanghai cinema company posted to its official Weibo account...Tags: Beijing (China), China, Sony Corp., Kill Bill (movie)
-
Jamie Foxx creating horror anthology for Syfy
It may not be a good day for Jamie Foxx's movie "Django Unchained" in China. But, hey, at least the actor is getting some love from Syfy. The network announced Thursday that the actor will be executive-producing, writing and directing a five-episode...
Tags: Cult (tv program), Charlie Sheen, Syfy (tv network), Halloween, Celebrities
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 8, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
