Lou Reed Made a Movie
There's good news and bad news about the first film by songwriting great Lou Reed. First the good: His documentary Red Shirley, about his centenarian cousin who fled the…
Hollywood Ink: Apparently It's Time For Another Take on Navy SEALS
· Want to feel old? How's this: The Charlie Sheen actioner Navy SEALS turns 20 this year. Want to feel older? Go ahead and feel nostalgic for that upon hearing the news…
Experts: Clumsy, Uncoordinated Kids Less Likely to Enjoy 3D Dragon
Amid all the warnings and concerns about 3D circulating in the medical community, parents may find a recent press release especially chilling. It appeared just prior to…
It's Official: Godzilla Will Return
The deal has been in the works for nigh on a year, so really, the consummation of Legendary Pictures' deal to reboot/remake/recycle Godzilla is less news than an…
Jamie Foxx Turns His Feud-Cannon on Howard Stern: AUDIO
So Jamie Foxx has this routine. Not like a joke or performance routine, but an actual schedule by which the Oscar-winner embroils himself in some outrageous Internet…
All-Star Freakonomics Documentary to Bow at Tribeca
It was always just a matter of "when," not "if," we could expect to see a screen adaptation of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Exposes the Hidden Side of Everything, the…
Let's Go to the Chloe Sevigny Audiotape
What's with all the lying celebrities these days? You'll remember that Chloë Sevigny not only apologized for her comments about the most recent season of Big Love being…
The Great Beck Boycott
Buried in the middle of a Washington Post survey of the friction Glenn Beck inspires at Fox News, find this jaw-dropping nugget: "More than 200 companies have joined a…
When the Critic Met the Star: A Movieline Ethics Seminar
LAT critic Kenneth Turan offered an interesting piece on Sunday addressing one of the dirty little secrets of film criticism and journalism in general: Conflicts of…
Aussie Swindler Accused of Cheers-ing His Way Into Ladies' Pants
More breaking news from Australia, where the entertainment-industry action is so hot right now that people will do just about anything to break in. Take Brenton Jarrett…
Hollywood Ink: Casino Jack Coming Soonish to Theater Near You
· George Hickenlooper and Kevin Spacey's Casino Jack has reportedly found a U.S. distributor, and if you even had Metropolitan Inc. anywhere on the list of contenders…
A Few Good Men
As a dear friend would say to me every Friday around this time, "God, let's just end this week." My thoughts exactly. Without further ado, your Week in Review. Have a…
Say Whaaaa? Cameron Snaps, Trannies Under Fire, and More of the Week's Outlandish Crap
We now interrupt our regular Friday afternoon office beer-pong league for Say Whaaaa?, your convenient survey of the week's most confusing, bizarre and/or…
The Curious Case of the LAT Critic's Chloe Flip-Flop
Everyone is entitled to change his or her mind -- especially film critics, some of whose best work occurs in a kind of corrective retrospect. That said, I'm not so sure…
First Animal Kingdom Trailer Arrives in Full Air Supply Mode
You've read the review, you've seen the eerie, slightly cryptic teaser. And now, for those anticipating Animal Kingdom's theatrical landfall in America later this year…
