Ron Howard

Selection of Pope Francis gives movie companies some ideas

2013-03-14 05:00:00

Where there's white smoke, there's fire. The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the next pontiff, Pope Francis, has some in the entertainment business thinking creatively. IFC Films' Sundance Selects, the company that released Nanni...

Former Disney archivist alleges retaliation in firing

2013-02-27 16:13:00

A former Walt Disney Co. archivist is suing the Burbank company, claiming the entertainment giant fired him in alleged retaliation for reporting sexual harassment in the workplace. Robert Klein, 41, filed an unlawful retaliation suit Monday in U.S....

Oscars 2013: It takes a week's worth of parties ...

2013-02-26 17:13:00

The Oscars are like the Super Bowl meets New Year's Eve for Hollywood. And as such there was no end to the parade of parties that swept the city leading up to Sunday night’s awards ceremony. Two of the most entertaining pre-parties were Thursday...

DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth

2013-02-03 08:55:00

Those belonging to the camps of the eight movies not titled "Argo" that are competing for this year's best picture Oscar went to bed last night with one film title on their minds: "Apollo 13." Like Ben Affleck and "Argo," Ron Howard's 1995 space drama...

Studio Ghibli’s ‘Poppy Hill’ trailer: Love, secrets in a bygone era

2013-02-05 05:02:49

Odd couple? Neil Gaiman and Chuck Lorre to chat onstage at SXSW

2013-01-24 16:32:54

Ron Howard, Les Moonves among TV Hall of Fame inductees

2013-01-23 11:57:00

Director-producer (and "Happy Days" and "Andy Griffith Show" star) Ron Howard, sportscaster Al Michaels, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves, CBS newsman Bob Schieffer and "Law & Order" mogul Dick Wolf will be inducted this year into the Academy of Television...

Dan Brown: What's the film status of his book 'The Lost Symbol'?

2013-01-15 15:55:00

With "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown's news Tuesday morning that he would be releasing a new Robert Langdon adventure in May, we thought it wise to check in with the movie prospects for Brown's last Langdon tale, "The Lost Symbol," which resided on...

Will senators' slam on 'Zero Dark Thirty' hurt it at awards time?

2012-12-21 05:00:00

"Zero Dark Thirty" is a hit with critics and early audiences, but a bipartisan thumbs-down from Washington may dim the once-bright Oscar chances for Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The film, which arrived in...

The Stooges shot here? Soitenly, says a new book

2013-01-09 08:30:00

Here’s forehead-smacking news for any Los Angeles visitor (or local) who can’t get enough of Moe, Curly and Larry: “The Three Stooges Hollywood Filming Locations” (Santa Monica Press, $39.95) by Jim Pauley. It’s an actual...

Movie books go between the covers with Hollywood's elite

2012-12-27 00:00:00

Are you a film buff who received a holiday gift certificate for books? Not to worry. Here's a post-Christmas guide to three books about legendary cinema stars, and a fourth about some of Hollywood's bit players. "Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies":...

Tony Scott: Celebrities react to filmmaker's untimely death

2012-08-20 05:00:00

The apparent suicide of filmmaker Tony Scott sparked a number of Hollywood collaborators and admirers to take to Twitter on Sunday night to express their grief over the death of the director of such movies as "Top Gun." Scott, brother of Ridley Scott,...

Despite narrating the entirety of "Arrested Development," Ron Howard is only seen in the epilogue of its final episode, "Development Arrested." His purpose? To tell Maeby that the Bluth story would be better served as a movie. And thus the dream of what is now Season 4 was born.

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Director Ron Howard, left, and fashion designer Tory Burch.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Director Ron Howard celebrates his birthday today. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

2013-01-29 18:38:00