Movies
Proving that maybe the tastes of MTV are not so different from those of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, three Oscar-nominated films -- “12 Years a Slave,” “American Hustle” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” -- are among the movie of the year nominees for the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
March 6, 2014
Awards
MTV Movie Awards 2014: Complete list of winners and nominees
Entertainment & Arts
Renamed and refurbished by movie money, the Geffen Playhouse (nee the Westwood Playhouse) opened Wednesday night.
Oct. 20, 1995
Hefty roles seem to come naturally to Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in this year’s ‘The Departed’ and ‘Blood Diamond.’
Dec. 6, 2006
It was way back in 1994 and director Tom DiCillo had long finished with his debut movie, “Johnny Suede.”
July 30, 1995
Gordon Eriksen and John O’Brien’s hilarious yet thoughtful “The Big Dis” would be welcome at any time, but its release amid a year-end glut of loudly trumpeted prestige productions adds a deliciously subversive quality to its pleasures.
Dec. 21, 1990
John Agar, whose marriage to Shirley Temple in the 1940s propelled him into an acting career that began promisingly with parts in two classic John Ford westerns but slid into a series of low-budget science fiction movies in the 1950s and ‘60s, has died.
April 9, 2002
Audiences now expect twists, turns and surprises, but only if the filmmakers play fair.
Dec. 2, 2000
Obituaries
Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the “Home Alone” series and a corrupt detective in “The Sopranos,” has died.
July 22, 2017
Taylor Kitsch has put the ‘John Carter’ disaster behind him
May 17, 2012