The Social Network (movie)

Under the New Mexico sky, 'The Lone Ranger' rides again

2013-04-26 11:00:00

ALBUQUERQUE — Johnny Depp was the picture of breezy relaxation as he walked bare-chested across the "Lone Ranger" film set in the high desert of New Mexico last May — despite the punishing midday glare and the pelting sand from a brewing...

Netflix stock soars on subscriber growth led by 'House of Cards'

2013-04-22 14:38:00

Netflix’s stock shot up 24% in after-hours trading Monday after the Internet film and TV delivery service said it had added 3 million new members, bringing its total number of global subscribers to more than 36 million. The high-profile original...

Fairy-tale wedding will cost tech billionaire about $10 million

2013-04-16 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Even in the annals of over-the-top celebrity weddings, Sean Parker's planned nuptials may take the cake. The Facebook Inc. billionaire who also co-founded Napster is dropping nearly $10 million on a fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur...

Vanessa Redgrave shows Jesse Eisenberg the way in 'The Revisionist'

2013-04-02 18:00:00

NEW YORK — On a cramped stage at the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue tucked away on one of the quaintest streets in the West Village, Vanessa Redgrave is offering her costar Jesse Eisenberg an education not even the world's finest...

Quick Takes: 'Finding Dory' to set sail

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Disney is plunging back into familiar waters, announcing a November 2015 sequel to "Finding Nemo" titled "Finding Dory." Enthusiasts of the 2003 finned favorite will recall Dory as the friendly, slightly amnesiac tang voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, who'll...

David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

2013-03-07 06:00:00

Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

Justin Timberlake, David Fincher are a smooth fit in 'Suit & Tie'

2013-02-14 11:07:00

In David Fincher's "The Social Network" -- the best studio film of 2010, whatever "King's Speech" partisans may argue -- Justin Timberlake was perfectly cast as a smarmy, cynical version of Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker....

'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing

2013-02-09 22:00:00

"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...

'Argo' wins Producers Guild award

2013-01-26 22:24:00

Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov won the the Darryl F. Zanuck outstanding producer of motion picture for "Argo," besting "Lincoln" and other contenders in the category. It was the latest triumph for the film, which won the Golden Globes...

Justin Timberlake releases new single, announces upcoming album

2013-01-14 10:57:00

The wait -- all three days of it -- is over. After posting a cryptic video message on his website Thursday in which he said he was "ready," Justin Timberlake released a new single Sunday night, confirming what widespread social-media buzz over the...

Which Oscar nominees will receive a bounce from Globes?

2013-01-14 08:30:00

So it turns out that even delivering former President Bill Clinton as a Golden Globes presenter isn't enough to persuade the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. to vote for your "brilliant" film. Does this mean "Lincoln" is no longer the front-runner for...

Timberlake gained attention for playing Sean Parker, the Napster kingpin who takes Jesse Eisenberg's Mark Zuckerberg, right, under his wing in this year's film about the early days of social media website Facebook.

2013-03-27 16:01:00

Justin Timberlake is back on the music scene, but that doesn't mean he's done acting. Far from it: JTims came out to present Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards, an honor he earned thanks to parts in movies like "The Social Network," "Trouble with the Curve" and "Alpha Dog.

2013-01-27 19:04:36

While we fondly look back on the mid-aughts as "Wire"-spotting time in town (look, Marlo at my gym's treadmill! Bubs at BWI!), we were famous-folk deficient for awhile. But over the past couple years, there's been an influx of major Hollywood projects -- and celebrity sightings.

2012-08-28 17:54:32