Empire of the Sun (movie)

'Star Wars' sequel to shoot in Britain

2013-05-10 17:06:00

The force is returning to Britain. Disney-owned Lucasfilm announced Friday that production of "Star Wars: Episode VII" will take place in the United Kingdom, the latest example of a high-profile Hollywood movie filming outside California. Another big...

HARD Summer 2013: Knife Party, Dog Blood and Bassnectar headline

2013-04-23 09:41:00

If you liked the Sahara tent at Coachella, you're going to love the lineup at this year's HARD Summer. Several of the fest's major dance headliners, including neo-dubsteppers Knife Party, the Skrillex/Boys Noize project Dog Blood and the hirsute low-end...

Tom Stoppard to receive honor from Writers Guild of America West

2013-01-14 10:51:00

Oscar-winning screenwriter and Tony Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard will receive the Writers Guild of America West's 2013 Laurel Award for Screen. The award, which was announced Monday morning, honors a lifetime achievement in outstanding...

‘E.T.’: Kathleen Kennedy on Spielberg, Lucas and making of a classic

2012-10-08 19:03:06

'Flowers of War' goes truly global

2011-12-11 00:00:00

In a globalized age, Chinese and American pop culture mix in unexpected ways. Taiwanese singers borrow from hip-hop and R&B. Locked-out NBA players join mainland basketball teams. And Batman — or, at least, the man who plays him — is called...

Premiere: Baron Von Luxxury's 'Rosebud Was the Name of His Sled'

2011-12-07 16:35:23

Oscars: Supporting actor Christian Bale

2011-02-28 00:00:00

Is there anything Christian Bale can't, or won't, do in service of his art? I swear, if the role called for a 4-foot-tall woman, he'd schedule surgery. Don't even think about how his chilling serial killer in "American Psycho" was constructed. While it...

OFFICIAL COACHELLA LINEUP: Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Kings of Leon lead Indio lineup

2011-01-19 04:34:55

This week's on-sales: Tool, Epicenter Festival, Local Natives and more

2010-06-23 16:35:47

Siren's Call: A talk with Michael Moorcock

2009-08-09 00:00:00

Where do you begin with Michael Moorcock? His career and background range as far and wide as his characters do across the multiverse. Novelist, short story writer, editor (of New Worlds and other publications), journalist, musician -- and, in the case...

J.G. Ballard dies at 78; British science fiction writer

2009-04-20 00:00:00

J.G. Ballard, one of the most inventive of the new wave of British science fiction writers to emerge in the 1960s who was best known for the autobiographical novel "Empire of the Sun," died Sunday, his agent said. He was 78. He had been ill "for...

Visionary with a sharp edge

2009-04-20 10:49:14

If J.G. Ballard -- the visionary British novelist who died Sunday of prostate cancer at age 78 -- ends up being remembered, it will likely be as a science fiction writer who aspired to use genre as a vehicle for art. That's true enough, in a certain...

I'll admit: I picked up this electronic duo's 2008 debut "Walking on a Dream" based on the wonderfully ridiculous album art. The follow-up cover does not disappoint--a fantasy ice-scape featuring outrageous head gear.

2013-05-24 15:41:00

Empire of the Sun, one of the headliners of Virgin Mobile FreeFest

2011-09-09 18:08:15