Mark Wahlberg

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Great Performances' on PBS

2013-05-02 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Fashion Star In this new episode...

'Pain & Gain': Why is it so hard for directors to shed their skin?

2013-04-29 08:25:00

If you follow directors' careers, you’ve often heard how hard it is for a so-called small filmmaker to go big. A few, like Christopher Nolan, have done it, evolving from intimate indies to studio tent poles. But it’s a trick infrequently...

Lots of pain but no gain at box office. AXS and HuffPost team up.

2013-04-29 07:04:00

After the coffee. Before seeing if "Arrested Development" is still great. The Skinny: Like most journalists, I can be a little jaded at times. But in reality my job is not so bad. Tonight I'll get to go watch new episodes of "Arrested Development."...

Review: Bay's 'Pain & Gain' is bargain-budget, still excessive

2013-04-25 18:10:00

When Michael Bay goes small, "Pain & Gain" happens. Humans handle the bone-crunching. The gore becomes gorier. The dialogue increases substantially too. Metal things may not transform, but they still make a world of hurt delivered by "Pain & Gain's"...

Dwayne Johnson has emergency surgery for hernial tears

2013-04-23 18:37:00

Dwayne Johnson had an emergency operation for three hernial tears he suffered while wrestling John Cena during WrestleMania earlier this month. The actor-wrestler, better known as "The Rock," underwent surgery Monday, which is why he missed the Los...

Mark Wahlberg's supplements line, 'Pain & Gain' promote each other

2013-04-19 06:05:00

Mark Wahlberg stands to make some money for all of his pain and gain -- and in more ways than one.� The actor's own line of fitness supplements, called Marked Nutrition, is being used to promote his new movie,�Paramount Pictures' "Pain & Gain." Wahlberg...

'Pain & Gain' a painful reminder for real-life gang victim

2013-04-19 15:25:00

Paramount Pictures may stand to gain a great deal from its forthcoming "Pain & Gain," but for Marc Schiller, it's only generating pain.� Schiller, an accountant who resides in Boca Raton, Fla., was a victim of the Sun Gym gang, whose exploits are...

Mark Wahlberg: Boston attack 'horrible' and 'disgusting'

2013-04-16 15:13:00

Mark Wahlberg, a Boston native, voiced his mournful reaction to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings as he premiered his latest film in New York on Monday. "Thoughts and prayers with my hometown Boston today," the actor tweeted Monday after two bombs...

'Pain & Gain' is all brawn, no brains, reviews say

2013-04-26 11:15:00

Leave it to Michael Bay to spend $26 million making a low-budget comedy. If that sounds like a robust price tag for "Pain & Gain," his new true-crime-inspired tale about three Miami gym rats who kidnap and extort a wealthy sandwich shop owner, consider...

Tuesday's Highlights: 'In Performance at the White House' on PBS

2013-04-15 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 14 -20, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES The Voice The battle rounds continue....

Brad Pitt riles up Las Vegas convention with 'World War Z' clips

2013-04-16 06:00:00

LAS VEGAS -- Movie theater owners aren't known for being the most raucous crowd. But plop Brad Pitt in front of them and anything can happen. "I love you!" one woman shrieked from a balcony in the cavernous 4,100-seat Caesars Palace Colosseum, where...

Monday's TV Highlights: 'Top of the Lake' Sundance

2013-04-14 20:00:00

Anthony Mackie, Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in "Pain & Gain."

2013-05-02 10:28:00

Release date: Aug. 2 Two undercover agents (Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) -- neither of whom knows the other is also on the side of the law -- form a wary partnership after a big operation is blown.

2013-04-30 10:05:18

Now that's what I'm talking about. This buddy cop comedy, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as lawmen who thought they were setting each other up but were both being played, looks like it has personality and excitement to spare. Rating: Very promising

2013-04-29 00:00:00