Red (movie, 2010)

'I'll Eat You Last' chronicles Sue Mengers' old Hollywood

2013-04-24 05:30:00

A Hollywood striver in the 1970s would have learned oodles from Sue Mengers — how to woo a client, sass a studio exec, host a dinner party, smoke a joint. And, had she pulled up a seat in Mengers' Beverly Hills living room one particularly gloomy...

Quick Takes: Own William Faulkner's Nobel

2013-04-11 00:00:00

New Yorkers got a preview Wednesday of an auction rarity: a Nobel Prize for literature. The 1950 medal belonged to William Faulkner, one of America's best-known and respected novelists. It comes with a hand-edited draft of Faulkner's acceptance speech;...

'Good Day to Die Hard' barely wins Presidents Day weekend box office

2013-02-18 09:41:00

Presidents Day was almost a bad one for "A Good Day to Die Hard." The fifth installment in the Bruce Willis action franchise narrowly won the holiday weekend at the box office, just stealing No. 1 from "Identity Thief," the Melissa McCarthy comedy...

32 best new theme park additions for 2013

2012-12-26 08:00:00

The theme park industry will take a deep breath in 2013 after the launch of several landmark attractions and with more groundbreaking projects on the horizon. The last few years have seen several theme park additions that have altered the industry...

Ed Sheeran knows what he wants: America

2013-02-16 07:00:00

Ed Sheeran had plenty to be proud of Sunday night at the Grammy Awards, where the English singer-songwriter's "The A Team" was nominated for song of the year. Not only that, but Sheeran performed the tune — a sympathetic ballad about a troubled...

Warren Ellis trails 'Gun Machine' through NYC's mean streets

2013-01-10 14:30:00

Warren Ellis has a few ideas about why Americans are so obsessed with guns — the theme of his new novel "Gun Machine" (Mulholland Books: 320 pp., $25.99). "I'm presuming it's still this deep-seated neurosis that the British are going to come back,"...

Album sales are down, but Adele sales are still hot

2013-01-03 11:04:00

Taylor Swift's "Red" has been an undisputed blockbuster since it was released in October. The album hasn't left the top 10 and it has been in the No. 1 spot for much of its run. There's only one reason why Swift's "Red" isn't the biggest pop album of...

'Les Miz': Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne on intense auditions

2012-12-28 16:30:00

For aspiring actors growing up in Great Britain, "Les Miserables" wasn't just a popular stage musical, it was practically required viewing — particularly for Samantha Barks and Eddie Redmayne. Barks spent much of her youth performing a one-girl...

Soundgarden announces three-date theater tour

2012-11-01 13:42:00

Two weeks before the release of its first studio album in 16 years, Soundgarden announced a brief North American theater tour that will bring the Seattle grunge veterans to L.A.'s Fonda Theatre on Nov. 27. The band is also to play shows in Toronto and New...

Center Theatre Group leads Ovation Awards nominations

2012-09-11 20:00:00

The nominations for the 2011-2012 Ovation Awards were announced Tuesday evening. Leading the way were Center Theatre Group with 29 nominations, followed by the Celebration Theatre and Musical Theatre West, with 16 nominations each. Productions that...

Mark Taper season includes plays by Bruce Norris, Sebastian Barry

2012-08-22 11:42:00

The 2013 season at the Mark Taper Forum will feature plays by Bruce Norris and Sebastian Barry, as well as revivals of classics by August Wilson and Joe Orton. Actor Brian Dennehy will be featured in Barry's "The Steward of Christendom."� In all, the...

'Red' is most rented DVD of 2011, not among top 10 in sales

2012-03-26 16:34:31

In this 2010, file photo, cast member Ernest Borgnine, right, and his wife, Tova, arrive at a special screening of the film "Red" in Los Angeles. A spokesman said Sunday, that Borgnine has died at the age of 95.

2012-07-08 14:40:00

In its sidewinding, frequently riotous fashion "The Trip" muses on friendship, commitment, narcissism and the onslaught of middle age, but it's really about specific, smaller questions such as: Who does the better Michael Caine impersonation, Steve Coogan or Rob Brydon? Rating: Review: A pair of

2011-06-10 00:00:00

"Red" actress Helen Mirren .

2011-01-08 00:00:00