American Beauty (movie)

Oscars 2013: Telecast length padded, but not historically so

2013-02-24 22:55:00

With rehearsals for this year's Oscars show clocking in at nearly four hours, some wondered if the telecast could give 2002's record four-hour,� 23-minute marathon a run for its money. Thanks to some judicious, last-minute trimming, the Seth MacFarlane-...

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

Movie review: 'Skyfall' shows James Bond still sharp and fit at 50

2012-11-07 14:20:00

If "Skyfall" is the new 50, James Bond is handling it remarkably well. Five decades after the first cinematic incarnation of 007, novelist Ian Fleming's agent provocateur, the spy-craft in the new film is sharper, the intrigue deeper, the beauties...

Keeping 007 relevant in a changed world

2012-11-04 04:00:00

NEW YORK — Early in "Skyfall," Judi Dench's M pulls aside our embattled hero, played once again with suave ennui by Daniel Craig, and wonders whether the world still needs either of their services. As Bond wraps his head around that idea, he looks...

Beatty and Bening sell Beverly Crest home

2012-10-23 13:07:00

Actor-director Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, have sold their mansion in Beverly Crest for $6.7 million. The ivy-covered house, built in 1992, was being offered for lease at $19,995 a month or for sale at $6.995 million. The...

Tony Scott: Celebrities react to filmmaker's untimely death

2012-08-20 05:00:00

The apparent suicide of filmmaker Tony Scott sparked a number of Hollywood collaborators and admirers to take to Twitter on Sunday night to express their grief over the death of the director of such movies as "Top Gun." Scott, brother of Ridley Scott,...

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening list Beverly Crest home

2012-07-22 00:00:00

Whether it's as sellers or landlords, actor-director Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, are up for new roles. They have listed their ivy-clad home in Beverly Crest for $6.995 million. The house, built in 1992, had been for rent last year...

Warren Beatty lists BevHills home

2012-06-25 13:15:00

Actor-director Warren Beatty and his wife, actress Annette Bening, have listed their ivy-clad home in Beverly Hills for $6.995 million. The Mediterranean-style mansion of 10,594 square feet includes a media room, a library, a gym, an office, maid's...

'The Artist' deserves best picture, and here's why

2012-02-26 13:36:00

Why is it, given all the prizes "The Artist" has won already — best picture from the Producers Guild; best actor for Jean Dujardin from the Screen Actors Guild and the Cannes film festival; seven awards, including best picture at the BAFTAs, the...

Critic's Notebook: Annette Bening takes the ordinary to Oscar-worthy heights

2011-02-27 00:00:00

There is a very particular art to playing the ordinary. Few actors do it well — Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney always come to mind. Of those, most fail to get their due come Oscar night — thoughts of Giamatti and Linney rise again. The...

Tom Hooper takes the directing Oscar for 'King's Speech'

2011-02-28 00:00:00

Tom Hooper made a movie about giving speeches on a grand stage – and then he got to make one himself. The 38-year-old British filmmaker took home the best director prize at the Oscars on Sunday night for "The King's Speech," a historical drama...

Oscar Watcher's Notebook: The zeitgeist edge

2010-11-11 00:00:00

Who doesn't want to be relevant? It's a step toward contentment, a way to stay charged and, in this season, a key to predicting the Oscars. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Oscar voting: The Oscar Watcher's Notebook in the Nov. 11 edition of The...

After 50 years, 23 films and a rotating cast of leading men, the James Bond movie franchise endures, and if the new installment, "Skyfall," is any indication, it's in good hands.

2012-11-09 11:06:05

Possible nominations: Best Supporting Actress, Judi Dench; Best Supporting Actor, Javier Bardem Very necessary nomination: Cinematographer Roger Deakins ('No Country For Old Men,' 'True Grit who somehow has never won an Oscar Ideal award: The 'I Will Now Be More Beloved For a Bond Movie Than

2012-08-31 00:00:00

"I've been through this kind of embrace when 'American Beauty' came out. The incredible confluence of events when something does well across the board, today is just a great embrace for the film and the filmmakers and the kind of movie it is."

2011-01-25 07:57:51