Meryl Streep

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...

Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Hope Springs' on Starz

2013-03-29 14:54:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 31 - April 5, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor (Matt...

Oscars show review: Despite Adele, Michelle Obama, telecast is dull

2013-02-25 06:00:00

Well, that didn't work. Despite the valiant efforts of Adele, Barbra Streisand and a surprisingly witty Daniel Day-Lewis, not to mention a last-minute surprise appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama as co-presenter of the best picture award, touted...

Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for 'Lincoln'

2013-02-24 20:48:00

Daniel Day-Lewis won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. Day-Lewis, 55, becomes the first actor to win three lead Oscars. Katharine Hepburn won four in the...

Oscars stage manager braces for his final cues to the stars

2013-02-24 07:00:00

He delivered a forgotten harmonica to Stevie Wonder onstage at the Grammy Awards, supplied a shoulder to lean on for a post-hip-surgery Gregory Peck at the Oscars and served as a human Xanax for hundreds of other stars in the most terrifying and...

Looking for opera inspiration

2013-03-23 06:30:00

Like every other form of art, operas can be inspired by just about anything — historical events, myths, epic poems, plays, even movies. Often, such operas go on to eclipse their inspiration. Puccini's "Tosca," derived from a play by Victorien...

Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races

2013-02-23 10:30:00

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. Earlier he looked at the short films, sound categories, visual crafts races,...

'Burt Wonderstone': Has Carell made the most of post-'Office' life?

2013-03-18 08:32:00

Steve Carell left “The Office” for the same reason most actors do: to concentrate on a film career. In theory it should be a straightforward path: An actor, having both cut his teeth on a role and built a fan base, can devote the time to...

‘Excalibur,’ Bela Lugosi feature in Nuart’s Midnight Movies salute

2013-03-15 07:02:13

Review: 'A Fierce Green Fire' recounts environmental struggle

2013-03-14 16:45:00

A kind of crash course in 50-plus years of environmentalism, the documentary "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet," adapted from the book by Philip Shabecoff, proves a worthy reminder of how much has been done to help heal our planet's...

Bill and Hillary Clinton pay respects to Ann Richards on Broadway

2013-03-14 07:14:00

It was a VIP guest list that few Broadway productions could dream of. Former President Clinton and former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a visit Tuesday to�"Ann," the one-woman biographical play about former Texas Gov. Ann Richards...

Bob Dylan, authors voted into American Academy of Arts and Letters

2013-03-13 13:14:00

The traditionally staid American Academy of Arts and Letters is both charmed and flummoxed by Bob Dylan. The academy announced Wednesday that it voted the musician into its ranks -- its first rock musician ever. But he will be an honorary member: Not...

Box office bite Hudson has had exactly one film make more than $100 million, the romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." Hathaway's commercial choices have done far better, starring in three movies that crossed the threshold: "Get Smart," "The Devil Wears Prada" and "The Princess Diaries.

2013-04-29 09:23:00

Director John Wells; cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis. The movie has the pedigree -- Tracy Letts adapted his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play about a dysfunctional family coming together after a crisis. And it's being released by the Weinstein Co., so there's that.

2013-03-04 14:57:00

Daniel Day-Lewis holds his Best Actor Award beside presenter Meryl Streep.

2013-02-25 00:00:00