Jeff Bridges making “The Giver” movie

Author Lois Lowry confirms that the YA modern classic will hit the big screen


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 7:40 PM UTC
Jeff Bridges, Dystopia, The Giver

Marilyn Monroe, communist?

New data from previously lost FBI files reveals the famous starlet's leftist leanings VIDEO


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:52 PM UTC 19
Video, aol_on, Marilyn Monroe

Les Misérables is an even better novel

More than 20 film adaptations and countless theater productions later, Victor Hugo seems like a forgotten man VIDEO

, LA Review of Books
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:25 PM UTC 16
LA Review of Books, Video

“Thelma and Louise,” Waylon Jennings: The best fiscal cliff tweets

Journalists and commentators offer nuggets of humor and confusion as a deal is not nigh


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:17 PM UTC
Twitter, Fiscal cliff

Defending Judd Apatow’s midlife crisis

"This Is 40" is being dismissed as a self-indulgent, cringeworthy mess. But that's what makes it so brilliant


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:05 PM UTC
judd apatow, Paul Rudd

Pick of the week: A hypnotic tale of doomed romance set in colonial Africa

Pick of the Week: "Tabu" is equal parts dream sequence and steamy romance


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 1:00 AM UTC
Movies, Our Picks: Movies

Ben Affleck and Chris Terrio explain choices behind “Argo”

The duo struggled to add "slightly mythical, slightly campy" tones into the high-stakes hostage narrative


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:00 PM UTC
Argo, Ben Affleck, chris terrio

Not even Hollywood can screw up Les Misérables

What began as the perfect musical for the AIDS epidemic and Reagan-era decay has become something more enduring

, LA Review of Books
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 8:21 PM UTC 11
LA Review of Books

Paul Thomas Anderson on upcoming Pynchon adaptation: Screenplay is “more secretarial”

The director says his next film will be a close adaptation of "Inherent Vice"


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 8:20 PM UTC
Paul Thomas Anderson

Tarantino is the baddest black filmmaker working today

"Django Unchained" is the perfect revenge fantasy for black people -- except that it was made by a white man


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:44 PM UTC 36
entertainment news

Judd Apatow fights with MSNBC host on Twitter

The film director does not take criticism of "This Is 40" lightly


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 5:30 PM UTC 15
judd apatow, toure, this is 40

Go on, tweet from your seats!

A theater experiments with letting the audience keep its phones on


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:48 PM UTC
Twitter, Social Media, Manners

Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll in secret ceremony

Leonardo DiCaprio walked her down the aisle


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:15 PM UTC
kate winslet, ned rocknroll

Journalists behaving badly

In a new recording of Evelyn Waugh's wickedly funny satire "Scoop," the press descends on an African backwater


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Books, Fiction, Audiobooks

“Twilight” stars are Hollywood’s top investment, says Forbes

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are among Hollywood's most bankable actors


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 3:10 PM UTC
Twilight, forbes magazine, roi

Chris Matthews is a statesman!

The "Hardball" host becomes the MSNBC journalist conservatives most love to hate

, Associated Press
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 2:38 PM UTC
From the Wires, AP, TV, Television

Netflix now has the right to share your viewing habits

The Senate quietly passed a reform weakening the Video Privacy Protection Act


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
VPAA, Netflix, Facebook, Privacy

J.J. Abrams will not direct “Star Wars VII”

The legendary sci-fi director and producer admits that he's too much of a fan to be involved


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 10:16 PM UTC
j.j. abrams, science-fiction

Chris Brown and Rihanna spent Christmas together at a Laker’s game

The on-again-off-again couple are showing public affection for the first time in years


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 9:30 PM UTC
Rihanna, Chris Brown, Christmas

Targeted ads coming to TV

Ready for TV ads customized to your age, sex and income? Too late


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 9:11 PM UTC
Television, Advertising

Bono spends Christmas Eve busking

It seems like a new tradition for the U2 star -- leading all-star singalongs in Dublin. Here's "Desire" VIDEO


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 8:50 PM UTC
Video, Bono, U2, Music, Bono busking

“Downton Abbey”: The U.K.’s biggest import since the Beatles

The British Embassy's recent junket in D.C. proves "Downton" has achieved Fab Four levels of (muted) hysteria


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 8:41 PM UTC
TV, Television, Downton Abbey

Watch a new trailer for “Girls”

Season 2 premieres Jan. 13 VIDEO


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 8:39 PM UTC
Video, Girls, Lena Dunham, HBO

Hollywood is ruining musicals

Studios used to dub off-key actors with the voices of real singers. Now everyone gets to sing — and it's terrible!


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 8:25 PM UTC 31
Movies, Musicals, Les Miserables

Drake does not own YOLO

Still, the singer wants credit -- and cash -- for popularizing the most annoying phrase of the year


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 8:15 PM UTC
yolo, Twitter, drake, Consumerism

Who’s the next Ravi Shankar?

The legendary sitarist is gone, but legions of Indian performers have taken up his torch as world music ambassadors VIDEO

, GlobalPost
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 6:52 PM UTC
Video, GlobalPost, Ravi Shankar

Facebook ruins Zuckerberg Xmas

A family photo goes viral, and Mark's sister, Randi, takes to Twitter to express her outrage. Oh, the irony!


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 6:13 PM UTC 37
Mark Zuckerberg

Dan Stevens confirms rumors that he is leaving “Downton Abbey”

The actor, who plays Matthew Crawley, will not return to Season 4


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 5:00 PM UTC
dan stevens, Downton Abbey

Is Hollywood stronger than ever?

This Oscar class has been exceptionally strong -- further proof film could be headed for a new renaissance

, The American Prospect
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 4:47 PM UTC
The American Prospect, Oscars

Is Bill O’Reilly America’s most popular historian?

From Kennedy to Lincoln, Bill O'Reilly has been pumping out nonfiction bestsellers -- and has no plans to slow down


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 4:15 PM UTC 14
Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, History

Spike Lee: “Django Unchained” is “disrespectful to my ancestors”

The famous film director refuses to see Tarantino's latest movie


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 3:15 PM UTC 29
Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino

British create a petition to keep Piers Morgan in U.S.

After a petition to deport the pro-gun-control CNN host gains momentum, a counter-petition emerges


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 31
Piers Morgan, CNN, England

Tarantino’s incoherent three-hour bloodbath

"Django Unchained" has action, comedy, fake history and oceans of blood -- but it's an endless, undisciplined mess


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:39 PM UTC 52
Movies, Action movies

Character actor Charles Durning dies at 89

The World War II hero and Oscar-nominated actor died of natural causes in Manhattan VIDEO

, AP
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:13 PM UTC
aol_on, Video, charlies durning

“Les Miserables”, “Django Unchained” set to beat box office expectations

Studio executives aren't celebrating just yet, however, as Christmas week has "very unique play patterns"


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Les Miserables

Hollywood’s most miserable time of the year

Forget holiday cheer: Film studios always release award bait at year's end -- no matter how dark or brutal


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 1:35 PM UTC
Editor's Picks, Movies

Five books I bailed on in 2012

Salon's book critic dishes on the popular titles she kicked to the curb this year VIDEO


Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:00 AM UTC 16
Books, Fiction, Nonfiction

The bouncer who runs reality television

Doron Ofir used to man the doors. Now he's a notorious reality-TV casting director. You can thank him for Snooki


Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 11:00 PM UTC
Editor's Picks, Reality TV

Andrew O’Hehir’s 10 Best Movies of 2012

Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy! VIDEO


Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 57
Editor's Picks, Movies

Lydia Millet’s “Magnificence” offers anything but

The writer's latest novel is brimming with potential, but ultimately falls flat

, LA Review of Books
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
LA Review of Books

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