Leonardo DiCaprio

'Prisoners' trailer: Hugh Jackman gets his revenge on

2013-05-31 09:28:00

It's every parent's worst nightmare: the disappearance of a child. It's also the subject of the new movie "Prisoners," starring Hugh Jackman, Viola Davis and Jake Gyllenhaal. If there's any comfort to be gleaned from the trailer, it's that Jackman is on...

The summer movie season's 6 over-the-top promotional tie-ins

2013-06-05 07:00:00

The summer moviegoing season is a time for superheroes, explosions — and marketing tie-ins. Some are a common-sense pairing of cinema and brand — "Fast & Furious 6" and Dodge,� "The Hangover: Part III" and Caesar's Palace Las Vegas —...

All-star 'Gatsby' soundtrack reportedly set for big debut

2013-05-11 16:04:00

One detail I didn't have room to include in last weekend's Arts & Books feature on the soundtrack to "The Great Gatsby" was just how the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, recruited Jay-Z to help him assemble the music for the movie. In an interview...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: Richard Zanuck biography on TCM

2013-05-07 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES The Voice This new episode features...

Giorgio Armani's niece Roberta has star power of her own

2013-05-12 00:00:00

There are few designers working today who have had as big an influence on fashion as Giorgio Armani. Founding his company in Milan in 1975, he modernized the suit, giving it a relaxed, soft silhouette, and created a daytime uniform of power and...

Accepting this 'Great Gatsby' on its own terms

2013-05-14 06:00:00

To judge by some of the reviews of the new film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," you'd think Australian director Baz Luhrmann would be facing extradition for his crime against an American classic. But I have a message for all those self-appointed...

The true cars of 'The Great Gatsby' era

2013-05-14 06:00:00

Even the casual car fans who helped push "The Great Gatsby" to a $51.1-million opening weekend probably noticed the Duesenberg Model J driven by Leonardo DiCaprio’s title character. The more chronologically inclined car fans may have also noticed...

The men who would be Gatsby

2013-05-13 06:00:00

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a handful of actors who have portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic protagonist “The Great Gatsby” in film and TV over the last 87 years. Warner Baxter, who won the best actor Oscar as the Cisco Kid in the...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Christie's plan 'most important charity auction'

2013-05-10 11:25:00

“The Great Gatsby’s” leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, is using his current screen sway for environmental good -- again. Together with Christie’s next week, DiCaprio will co-host “the most important environmental charity ever...

'Great Gatsby' box office is Fitzgerald's Hollywood validation

2013-05-13 07:00:00

Literary scholars and film experts will debate whether F. Scott Fitzgerald would have embraced or abhorred a big-budget 3-D version of “The Great Gatsby.” (Baz Luhrmann has speculated that the author, a famous showman, might have liked it.)...

'Gatsby' no match for 'Iron Man.' Will Bauer be back?

2013-05-10 06:15:00

After the coffee. Before eating something other than Sal & Carmine's pizza. The Skinny: My diet has taken a turn for the worse since getting to New York. I'll need an extra long run in Central Park this weekend burn off the grease. Friday's headlines...

'The Great Gatsby' glitters but is not gold, reviews say

2013-05-10 06:00:00

Oscar Wilde wrote that moderation is a fatal thing, and Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann would seem to agree. Lurhmann, the director of such films as "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!" is known for his visual flair, lavish production design and...

Trustee and co-chair Eva Chow and actor and co-chair Leonardo DiCaprio at the 2011 LACMA Art + Film Gala, with honoree Clint Eastwood.

2013-06-14 15:32:27

Ben Affleck, "Argo" Bradley Cooper, "The Words" Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Great Gatsby" (pictured) Hugh Jackman, "Les Mis�rables" Logan Lerman, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

2013-05-22 18:51:00

Leonardo DiCaprio adjusts his bow tie on May 15, 2013 as he arrives for the screening of the film "The Great Gatsby" ahead of the opening of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.

2013-05-15 00:00:00