Up (movie)

'Doctor Who,' 'Girls,' Lorne Michaels among Peabody Award winners

2013-03-27 13:42:00

"Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known...

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2013-03-09 10:33:24

'The Great Gatsby' to open Cannes 2013

2013-03-12 00:40:00

For its premiere 2013 showcase in the south of France, the Cannes Film Festival is going back to 1920s America. Organizers at the prestigious film gathering said Monday night that Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" will open this year's festival on May...

The Sunday Conversation: Michael Apted keeps 'Up' series up and running

2013-01-19 10:00:00

Director Michael Apted is known for such diverse films as "Gorillas in the Mist," "Coal Miner's Daughter" and the James Bond romp "The World Is Not Enough," but it's the "Up" series of documentaries following a small group of Britons every seven years,...

Review: '56 Up' reveals more about lives long followed

2013-01-17 17:05:00

To see "56 Up" is to be reunited with an old friend. Make that 13 old friends, together again for a documentary project the likes of which the world has never seen. It all started in 1964, when Britain's Granada TV gathered 7-year-old schoolchildren...

Steve Jobs dies at 56; Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture

2011-10-06 00:00:00

Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56. Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy...

Book calendar events for the week of June 12, 2011

2011-06-12 00:00:00

Compiled by Grace Krilanovich SUNDAY J.J. Abrams and Michael Giacchino: The Hammer Conversations series presents Abrams, the co-creator of the series "Lost" and creator of "Felicity," "Alias" and "Fringe," in conversation with film composer Giacchino ("...

Theater review: 'Up' at Chance Theater

2011-10-06 21:33:09

High-tech fun aboard Disney Dream cruise

2011-02-20 00:00:00

Reporting from aboard the Disney Dream With all things Disney, you come to expect family fun, fairy-tale fantasy and plenty of pixie dust. But it's the technology behind Disney's trademark "magic" that seems to set its new Dream apart from other...

'Animal Kingdom' and 'Mother and Child' are first DVD screeners of Oscar season

2010-10-04 21:33:46

'Hurt' locks it up

2010-03-08 00:00:00

"The Hurt Locker," a gritty, challenging and little-seen drama about bomb disposal in the Iraq war, was the leading winner with six Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture and the first directing honor for a female filmmaker. Academy Award...

'Avatar' wins top Golden Globe

2010-01-17 00:00:00

The night belongs to "Avatar." The sci-fi blockbuster -- the most expensive movie ever made and on track to become the highest-grossing film ever made � won the Golden Globe tonight for best dramatic film and best director for James Cameron. "Avatar"...

One of Britain's most generative film directors, Michael David Apted is best known for his work on the James Bond film "The World is Not Enough" and the "Up" series of documentaries. (Arkasha Stevenson/Los Angeles Times)

2013-01-17 16:38:00

Steve Jobs arrives with the team from the best-picture-nominated film "Up" at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood. The Apple co-founder and former CEO died Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer.

2010-03-07 00:00:00

OVERRATED The expanded best picture field: We're proud that "District 9," "An Education" and "Up" got to slap a new blurb onto their posters and DVD packages this year, but let's not kid ourselves: Anyone who thinks more than five movies have a shot at winning this category deserves a special

2010-03-05 11:24:51