Raging Bull (movie)

Scorsese to present AFI Life Achievement Award to Mel Brooks

2013-05-20 06:00:00

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese ("The Departed," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," "Hugo") will present the American Film Institute's 41st Life Achievement Award to comedy master Mel Brooks at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 6. Scorsese...

Review: 'The Big Wedding' aims its raunchiness at the AARP crowd

2013-04-25 19:00:00

Don't be fooled into thinking that "The Big Wedding" is about the fetching young bride and groom. This is gross-out humor for the senior set. With raunchy comedies all the rage, I guess it was inevitable that sooner or later someone would go for the...

Funny or serious, Robert De Niro always a sharp blade

2013-01-31 06:00:00

— For anyone with a working knowledge of Robert De Niro's career, the sight of an ax nailed to the side of a bookcase in his office can be a little disconcerting. "It's from a movie I made once," he says by way of explanation. Good to know,...

De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?

2013-02-12 13:31:00

Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to quietly unfriend anyone who sent us Farmville requests check up on the daily doings of friends and loved ones. Today, nestled among the cute kid pics and breaking...

The American Cinematheque pays tribute to Robert De Niro

2013-01-31 16:39:00

Robert De Niro, who is nominated for his seventh Oscar for the quirky romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook," will talk about his craft after a screening of the David O. Russell film late Monday afternoon at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre...

Paul Dano to play Brian Wilson; producer Bill Pohlad to direct

2013-01-18 11:31:00

Indie staple Paul Dano ("Ruby Sparks," "There Will Be Blood") has been tapped to play a young Brian Wilson in a new film titled "Love and Mercy." The actor will collaborate on the production -- which is scheduled to begin in early summer -- with an...

PASSINGS: Mae Laborde, Richard Bruno, Hulett C. Smith

2012-01-17 00:00:00

Mae Laborde Acting career began at 93 Mae Laborde, 102, an energetic senior citizen whose outgoing personality landed her in several Steve Lopez columns and launched a late-blooming acting career, died in her sleep Jan. 9 at an assisted living...

PASSINGS: Andy Whitfield, Frank Warner

2011-09-12 00:00:00

Andy Whitfield Title actor in cable's 'Spartacus' series Andy Whitfield, 39, star of the cable series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," died Sunday of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Sydney, Australia, according to his manager, Sam Maydew. Whitfield, who was born...

Nothing says Thanksgiving like Bruno [poll]

2011-11-21 16:36:47

Steven Bach dies at 70; United Artists executive, author

2009-03-31 00:00:00

As a studio executive at United Artists, Steven Bach presided over one of the most notorious debacles in movie history -- the making of 1980's "Heaven's Gate" -- an experience he would later write about in what would become a classic in the Hollywood...

Pawnfellas reality TV show begins filming in Fort Lauderdale

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Actors Tom Sizemore and Frank Vincent of "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Sopranos" fame, respectively, aren't too interested in your lawn mower. But that diamond ring or fur coat, they admitted, they want to know about. And they weren't joking....

Staff Q&A: Which film would you like to see again in theaters?

2012-04-03 13:28:00

"Titanic" is being re-released in 3-D this week. So we asked: Which older film would you love to see again on the big screen? "Raging Bull."Scorsese and De Niro at their best. De Niro blood in 3-D? Luke Broadwater, reporter, The Baltimore Sun The...

Could you name all the movies shown in the tied-to-nothing montage showcasing the best films of the 40 or so years? We got them all but one (the one of the kids laughing in the theater, right after "Austin Powers").

2012-02-26 19:34:18