Vin Diesel

I yam what I yam -- but is it art?

2013-02-12 00:00:00

One of the biggest problems in our politics is that people don't think for themselves. We let radio and television hosts, pundits and politicians tell us what to believe. And one of the biggest problems in our arts is that people don't enjoy for...

Super Bowl XLVII ad spotlight: ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Lone Ranger’

2013-02-01 15:54:01

Movie producer arrested after his Corvette crashed

2013-01-25 07:44:27

The Emerson Theatre gets its sexy on

2013-01-11 00:00:00

Paris Hilton arrives at Hollywood's new "it" club, the Emerson Theatre, amid a blinding barrage of camera flashes. The crowd outside pushes in around her, "Day of the Locust" style, before the club's doors swallow her whole. The hangers-on are left...

Newton: Porn, safe sex and Measure B

2012-10-01 00:00:00

At first glance, the county's Measure B, which would require the use of condoms in adult films shot in Los Angeles, seems fairly hard to rebut: Other than a few self-interested pornographers, who could be against mandating safe-sex practices? And yet,...

Want a superhero physique? Here's how

2011-06-27 00:00:00

Perhaps you've been to the multiplex to see Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern save the universe from the evil Parallax or to witness Chris Hemsworth's Thor hurl his magical hammer at invading Frost Giants. Perhaps you've wondered how those actors achieved the...

Oscar voters aren't always who you might think

2012-02-19 00:00:00

Which two of these four entertainment names — Woody Allen, George Lucas, Meat Loaf, Erik Estrada — are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences? It'd be understandable if you guessed Allen and Lucas: The directors made such...

Costly turf war on men's balding heads

2012-01-29 00:00:00

Vin Diesel has embraced his baldness. And it's doubtful Michael Stipe spends much time browsing for toupees. But not all of the 40 million American men with follicularly challenged scalps are going quietly into that bald night. They're raging — with...

'Fast Five' tops most pirated movies of 2011 on BitTorrent

2011-12-27 16:33:38

People's Choice Awards: 'Harry Potter' finale a fan favorite

2012-01-12 04:35:57

White House airs objections to SOPA, PIPA anti-piracy bills

2012-01-14 16:33:26

In rotation: Dinosaur L's '24 by 24'

2012-01-16 16:36:05

R; 1:31 running time We've been here before. The Sylvester Stallone vehicle "Bullet to the Head" concludes with an ax fight featuring Stallone against his sneering, murderous adversary, played by Jason Momoa, going at it like maniacs in the bowels of an abandoned power plant, the sort of

2013-01-31 09:18:00

Vin Diesel, left, plays Dom Toretto and Dwayne Johnson is Luke Hobbs in "Fast Five." Think they've got their arms around the situation?

2012-08-10 17:44:00

He's got the brains and the brawn. Hunky actor Vin Diesel celebrates his 44th birthday today.

2012-07-09 12:35:00