Arts and Culture

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

Robin Finck rejoins Nine Inch Nails ahead of summer tour

2013-05-18 07:16:00

Two days after Eric Avery revealed in a Facebook post that he'd left the band in order to "focus on my musical life here in L.A.," Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails announced Friday that Robin Finck had rejoined the influential industrial-rock group....

Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House

2013-05-18 09:07:00

Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model of affordable modern living. Most of the objects they lived with remain in place at the two-part,...

Cannes 2013: For 'Blue Ruin' helmer, a new path to career-building

2013-05-18 05:00:00

CANNES, France--Most of the attention at the Cannes Film Festival this week centers on the big names--Nicolas Refn, Alexander Payne, James Gray. But the springtime cinema gathering can sometimes makes room for someone a little different. Someone, say,...

Cannes 2013: 'Salinger,' 'Osage County' among Weinstein hopefuls

2013-05-18 06:00:00

� Cannes, France--With award-season hits such as “The Silver Linings Playbook” and “Django Unchained,” the Weinstein Co. had a small but potent slate in the latter half of 2012. On Friday evening at the Cannes Film Festival, the...

Tyre House: Cool elegance and the art of A. Quincy Jones

2013-05-18 06:00:00

The Tyre House, designed by A. Quincy Jones in the 1950s and recently restored by the Silver Lake architecture firm Escher GuneWardena, is a dreamy testament to Los Angeles' age of cool. Step inside the house's expansive, all-white living area and an 11-...

Dolby hoping 'Star Trek Into Darkness' will take it to a new galaxy

2013-05-18 07:00:00

Paramount Pictures isn't the only company that stands to get a lift from "Star Trek's" anticipated box office success this weekend. San Francisco-based Dolby Laboratories is hoping "Star Trek into Darkness" will propel its newest sound system, Dolby...

Readers Recommend: Art museums in London and Paris

2013-05-18 08:00:00

I've just returned from a two-week visit to London and Paris. If you're heading over and art is important to you, avoid the giant museums and think small. In London, seek out the Courtauld Gallery in Somerset House, the Royal Academy; the Wallace...

Cannes 2013: A very French celebration

2013-05-18 07:51:00

CANNES, France -- The audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, if they are so moved, really know how to do things right when it comes to recognizing new film talent. This was the case in spades with the Saturday morning premier of Rebecca Zlotowski’...

A. Quincy Jones, overlooked genius? Hammer Museum makes the case

2013-05-17 16:19:00

The Hammer Museum exhibition opening May 25, "A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living," redresses what curators consider a major omission in the history of Los Angeles Modernism. Jones, they argue, had as much, if not more, influence on Southern...

‘The Mist’: Frank Darabont, Thomas Jane on film’s ensemble [video]

2013-05-17 11:12:47

Frank Darabont talks ‘The Mist,’ ‘Walking Dead’ at HCFF [video]

2013-05-17 10:12:25

An architecture exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art will go on, but its opening will be delayed by two weeks.

2013-05-17 13:08:15

"The Crying Tree," a painting by Patssi Valdez. She is among three artists on exhibition at the Off Ramp Gallery in Pasadena..

2013-05-17 12:44:00

Five-year-old, Camila Gastelum of the Diamond Divas poses for a photo after receiving a trophy during the T-ball 2013 Desert Sun Girls Softball league awards ceremony Monday at Joel Reisn Park in Calexico..FERNANDO ACOSTA JR. PHOTO.Monday, February 13, 2013.

2013-05-17 03:05:00