Home Alone (movie)

Oscar nominations: Quvenzhane Wallis is young but not youngest ever

2013-01-10 14:00:00

One of the great surprises of the 2013 Oscar nominations was 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis' lead actress nomination for "Beasts of the Southern Wild." The young girl's larger-than-life performance as Hushpuppy charmed enough Academy voters to make her...

Christmas TV specials overflow this year on Hallmark, ABC and more

2012-12-02 08:00:00

As a child of the San Fernando Valley, I knew the yuletide as a time of frost-free mornings when I could not see my breath. Turning down my collar against the warm, I would trudge sludgeless streets past yards absent of snowmen, where green and even...

Hot Property outtakes: 'Under the Tuscan Sun,' 'Home Alone' houses

2012-03-10 05:00:00

A couple of homes that have a place in cinematic history have been on the market lately. The Italian estate featured in the 2003 film "Under the Tuscan Sun" is for sale at about $12.531 million U.S. Newly renovated and furnished, the gated and walled...

Quick Takes: Pasadena Symphony and Pops has a new deal

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Roberts Blossom dies at 87; character played neighbor in 'Home Alone'

2011-07-14 00:00:00

Roberts Blossom, a veteran character actor who played the old, white-bearded next-door neighbor who befriends young Macaulay Culkin in the hit movie "Home Alone," has died. He was 87. Blossom died Friday of natural causes at a nursing home in Santa...

John Hughes dies at 59; writer-director of '80s teen films

2009-08-07 00:00:00

John Hughes, the influential writer-director who captured the humor and angst of the teen experience, 1980s style, in hit movies such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," died Thursday. He was 59. Hughes, who...

2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest

2013-05-16 01:34:02

Today, we have the privilege of helping a handful of talented local filmmakers walk down the red carpet for their 15 minutes of fame. Actually, 15 minutes is overstating a bit. It's the annual 3-Minute Masterpiece filmmaking contest. And the carpet at...

Opera in Focus: Puppets and opera come together

2013-03-14 15:09:00

It's the damnedest thing: Justin Snyder, his long hair parted down the middle, his head thrown back as though communing with a higher power, the hood of his hoodie grazing the floor, his mouth working silently in time with the strains and surges of an...

Guide to December 2012 TV premieres, movies and holiday specials

2012-11-29 17:16:00

December is all about the holiday specials on TV, but you'll find other interesting viewing as well. On Dec. 7 Sundance debuts "Restless," a gripping two-night miniseries about a former WW II spy. Nat Geo Wild kicks off its annual Big Cat Week Dec. 9...

CFCArts presents 'Christmas at the Movies' concert

2012-12-05 16:29:00

Central Florida Community Choir, nearly 210 voices strong, will present its annual holiday performance with "Christmas at the Movies." Backed by a live orchestra and with the participation of the Central Florida Community Dance Team, "Christmas at the...

Christmas Movies Quiz

2012-12-17 14:10:00

�Test your knowledge of popular Christmas movies (636 words, US, UK, CAN) What would the holidays be without snowflakes falling outside, a mug of hot cocoa in hand and a favorite Christmas movie on television? Television is full of feel-good movies come...

Classically Trained: A patriotic tribute to John Williams and the Eagles

2012-06-28 19:17:44

When I was about 8, I made what I thought was the greatest of musical discoveries. As one of San Diego's youngest self-taught orchestral music lovers — unlike many of the classically trained, I don't come from a musically inclined family —...

Macaulay Culkin is no heroin addict, according to his rep, no matter how loud a tabloid headline screams that rumor.

2012-08-03 15:30:00

and you were good to go. But in the confusing new world, entertainment choices are everywhere and seemingly endless; it's easy to get lost in Web "clouds" and app forests.

2011-11-25 13:26:15

" It turns out that America preferred the preteen Culkin beating up robbers in the Hughes-penned films to 23-year-old Culkin as a flamboyant drug-addicted club kid, and " Party Monster" was not a hit.

2008-03-24 16:37:10