Stephenie Meyer

Amazon launches project to monetize fan fiction: Kindle Worlds

2013-05-22 10:04:00

Amazon has a plan to monetize fan fiction: It's called Kindle Worlds. On Wednesday, Amazon announced a new scheme in which writers of fan fiction can self-publish and sell that writing with the sanction of the original copyright holder. The idea is that...

Review: 'The Host' limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat

2013-03-28 15:54:00

"Twilight's" creator Stephenie Meyer clearly has a few obsessions she can't quite shake: interspecies romance, love triangles and color-coded eyes — red-rimmed if vampires are involved, silver for the sci-fi aliens of "The Host." All those...

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' wins Easter weekend

2013-03-31 10:54:00

The box office for the 2013 Easter weekend was carried on the brawny shoulders of Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" handily won the weekend with a three-day gross of $41.2 million and a total four-day take of $51.7...

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' should shoot its way to box-office win

2013-03-28 12:27:00

The soldiers of "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" will unleash havoc this weekend, stopping some cavemen dead in their tracks. The Channing Tatum-Bruce Willis action sequel is expected to gross between $45 million and $50 million through Easter Sunday, according...

The Sunday Conversation: Saoirse Ronan

2013-03-30 07:30:00

Saoirse (pronounced SIR-sha, "like inertia") Ronan plays an alien and a human in the same body in the new romantic sci-fi film "The Host," based on a book by "Twilight" series author Stephenie Meyer. Ronan, who turns 19 in April, is already a seasoned...

Roger Ebert's last thumbs up: Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder'

2013-04-09 12:52:00

When Roger Ebert died last week little more than a day after declaring he was taking a “leave of presence,” people turned to see what the legendary film critic’s final published review was. Some were dismayed to find it was a rather...

Roger Ebert's last review: A lukewarm assessment of 'The Host'

2013-04-04 15:09:00

Roger Ebert's� last review published before he died Thursday was on Andrew Niccol's "The Host." It makes you wish the final words of the beloved critic could have been spent on a film that was far better -- or far worse. The 70-year-old critic wrote a...

‘The Host’ premieres; Stephenie Meyer has the sequel in the works

2013-03-20 08:13:50

Celebrity drivers named for Toyota Grand Prix charity race

2013-03-14 08:00:00

The 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach may be more than a month away, but some famous folks got the green flag Thursday when they were announced as drivers for "Revved Up to Race," the 37th annual pro/celebrity race that serves as a warm-up for the main...

'Twilight' DVD sales off to fast start

2013-03-05 09:23:00

DVD shoppers can’t get enough of “Twilight.” In its first weekend of release, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” sold an estimated 3.85 million DVDs, better than the home entertainment debut of the first...

‘Star Trek,’ ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Man of Steel’: Movie trailer bonanza

2012-12-21 05:42:41

Monster love: Filling the post-‘Twilight,’ pre-‘Hunger Games’ void

2013-01-11 12:52:11

PG-13; 2:05 running time "The Host" is for people who couldn't handle the whirlwind pace of events in the "Twilight" trilogy and who prefer a love triangle unafraid to redefine, for a new generation, the word "lollygag.

2013-03-28 09:41:00

Actress Saoirse Ronan plays two characters inhabiting one body in "Host," a novel by "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Author Stephenie Meyer who wrote the "Twilight" series and "The Host" is in Chicago Monday March 11, 2013.

2013-03-09 00:00:00