Where the Wild Things Are (movie)

L.A. Film Festival adds 'Man of Steel,' Spike Jonze and monsters

2013-05-08 10:00:00

A trio of splashy, late entries to the Los Angeles Film Festival were announced Wednesday: the mega-budget summer movies “Man of Steel” and “Monsters University,” as well as an in-person discussion with indie auteur Spike Jonze...

Exhibition looks at Maurice Sendak in the wild

2013-02-26 18:39:00

The first touring exhibition of Maurice Sendak's illustrations since his death at 83 last May is making its debut at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It's called "Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons," but a more apt title might have been...

L.A. Phil announces 2013-14 season: From Amadeus to Zappa

2013-02-25 12:00:00

The music will range from A to Z -- Amadeus to Zappa, that is -- when the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its 10th anniversary season at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2013-14. In marking the occasion, the Phil also will attempt both to look back at...

Live review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs are positively explosive

2013-01-14 05:00:00

This post has been updated. See below for details. A number of factors contributed to the power of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' show in Pomona on Friday night. Among them: the fans, the venue, the spirit, the sound, the moshing, the opening band, the headliners...

Critic's Notebook: Gustavo Dudamel wraps up an ambitious year

2013-01-01 00:00:00

NEW YORK — The hair jokes may have grown old, what with a slight fleck of gray peeking through his now shortened and tamed curls. The Dude nickname is pretty much over as well. And no longer is Gustavo Dudamel as tempted to head for Pink's hot dog...

James Gandolfini's 'Not Fade Away' performance honors late father

2012-12-21 16:40:00

Daytime at the Roxy nightclub on Sunset Boulevard is like being on a Disneyland ride when the lights go on and the carefully constructed illusion is exposed. It's the slightly surreal setting for James Gandolfini to talk about his recent collaboration...

'Encyclopedia Brown' author Donald Sobol has died

2012-07-16 16:32:42

L.A. Philharmonic will spotlight dance in season opener

2012-08-13 12:54:00

The Los Angeles Philharmonic will open its new season with a program that will focus on ballet and modern dance. The gala concert, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, is set for Sept. 27 at Walt Disney Concert Hall and is being organized in partnership with...

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

Picture This: Stephen Colbert's 'I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)'

2012-06-17 00:00:00

"I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" (Grand Central: $15.99), Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert's bestselling satirical jab at the I'm-a-celebrity-so-that-qualifies-me-to-write-a-children's-book fad began as a joke during his memorable interview with the...

Maurice Sendak: 'Where the Wild Things Are' author by the numbers

2012-05-08 10:23:00

Maurice Sendak, the popular children's book illustrator and writer, died today at age 83 in a Danbury, Conn., hospital after suffering a stroke. Sendak was best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are" but was also a frequent collaborator on operas,...

Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

2012-05-09 00:00:00

He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time....

A "Wild Thing" from Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" pays a visit to Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.

2013-02-02 22:47:00

Maurice Sendak's inscription in a first edition of his book "Where the Wild Things Are."

2013-01-08 12:06:07

RIP Ray Bradbury, 91, author ("Fahrenheit 451") Dave Brubeck, 91, jazz musician Phyllis Diller, 95, comedian Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, actor Larry Hagman, 81, actor Marvin Hamlisch, 68, composer Sherman Hemsley, 74, actor Sally Ride, 61, astronaut Jenni Rivera43,

2012-12-18 15:36:00