Matt Damon

Cannes 2013: Ryan Gosling, Croisette superstar?

2013-05-21 06:30:00

CANNES, France -- One of the biggest stars on the Croisette this year isn't even on the Croisette. The question is: Will he be? Ryan Gosling is to premiere his new movie, the Nicolas Refn Thai revenge drama "Only God Forgives," at the Cannes Film...

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Grimm' on NBC

2013-05-20 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES The Voice The first of two new episodes...

'Behind the Candelabra' explores '70s home design, Liberace-style

2013-05-20 10:57:00

For all the razzle-dazzle of costumes worn by Michael Douglas in his uncanny incarnation as Liberace in the HBO film “Behind the Candelabra” — the crystals! the sequins! the furs! — the revelation for design fans will be lavish...

Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

2013-05-15 05:00:00

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

Oscars 2013: Behind the scenes, the moments you didn't see on TV

2013-02-25 07:15:00

Backstage at the Oscars was a place for frayed nerves and celebrity traffic jams, as the complex, performance-heavy show tested the composure of cast and crew alike. For many of the winners, however, the energy seemed a welcome rush Sunday night. As...

Johnny Depp movie plans for 2013: Jack Sparrow will have to wait

2013-02-28 11:16:00

Johnny Depp will next be seen in Disney's "The Lone Ranger" this summer but after that it looks like he's giving popcorn flicks a rest. The Oscar-nominated actor, who became a giant movie star when he first stole the show as Jack Sparrow in 2003's...

Mehki Phifer of 'ER' fame marries Reshelet Barnes

2013-04-01 18:05:00

Mehki Phifer, best known as Dr. Greg Pratt on "ER," married fiancee Reshelet Barnes on Saturday at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills. The couple, both clad in ivory, said their vows in front of about 100 family members and friends on an outdoor terrace...

Report: Matt Damon says 'save the date' for destination wedding

2013-02-27 15:22:00

Matt Damon is reportedly getting married again — to his wife and mother of his children, Luciana Barroso. Seems their discreet city hall ceremony back in December 2005, while official, wasn't the stuff of their dreams. Now, more than seven years...

A month later, Jimmy Kimmel is holding his own

2013-02-07 14:10:00

This post has been updated. See below for details. A month later, Jimmy Kimmel is unpacked in his new time slot digs — and giving his neighbors on the late-night block something to talk about. "Jimmy Kimmel Live's" move to 11:35 p.m. has paid...

Mother's 'baby' portraits of 13-year-old son go viral on Facebook

2013-02-14 13:10:00

Birth announcements tend to contain some of the most cliche images around: sleeping babies swaddled in soft blankets, propped up in flowerpots, kissed gently atop their foreheads. In other words, we've seen it all, and usually it's not very good. Or...

Matt Damon, Water.org hope to make a splash with humor

2013-02-12 05:05:00

A casually dressed Matt Damon takes the podium and announces a stunning personal protest. People just aren't taking the global water crisis seriously, he says. So, until they do, he won't be using the toilet. Damon's public vow to take such a...

Database catalogs movie firearms

2013-02-02 07:00:00

This sturdy Austrian had supporting roles in the recent action movies "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty," the TV western "Justified" and the military video game "Medal of Honor: Warfighter." The ubiquitous performer — actually a semiautomatic pistol...

A remake of the 1932 George Arliss drama, "The Man Who Played God," this flick finds Liberace playing a successful pianist with a blond fianc�e (Dorothy Malone) and a secretary (Joanne Dru) who secretly loves him. But his perfect life goes topsy-turvy when he starts to go deaf.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

It all began with a running gag on the third season of "The Jimmy Kimmel Show," when the comedian began signing off with the line "Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time.

2013-03-29 09:25:00

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: What better way to celebrate flu season than with a harrowing (yet strangely detached) look at how capably society crumbles around one inconvenient virus? A germaphobe's nightmare filled with muted appearances by Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and a cruelly dispatched Gwyneth Paltrow, the film will

2013-02-13 16:25:23