Phil Spector

The problem with David Mamet

2013-03-29 16:10:00

Critic's Notebook: The dramatist who used to regularly scorch the stage with complex stories has let his anti-P.C. rage blunt his work. What in the world has happened to David Mamet? The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Glengarry Glen Ross," a modern...

How the famously famous never fade from view

2013-03-28 05:00:00

Whoever said fame was fleeting had no idea what they were talking about. Just ask Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan or Bill Murray. They've been soaking up the spotlight for years. In fact, not only does fame...

'Phil Spector,' on trial

2013-03-21 06:00:00

Are you planning to watch HBO's "Phil Spector"? Then step into my cubicle. We need to talk. I'm just a reporter, so my opinions about film aesthetics don't add up to much, but as one of the only journalists to cover both of Spector's murder trials, I...

It's Jimmy for Jay, New York for L.A.! Warner Bros.' tough year.

2013-03-21 08:44:00

After the coffee. Before getting my own late-night show. The Skinny: I went to the "Mad Men" party and bumped into Jon Hamm in the men's room. That's about as exciting as it gets for me these days. Thursday's headlines include the latest news on the Jay...

Winter TCA: Elisabeth Moss takes break from ad world to find a missing girl in 'Top of the Lake'

2013-01-05 15:00:00

This story has been updated. See below. One day, Elisabeth Moss (as Peggy) is giving her notice to Don Draper; the next, she’s in an unheated shed in the outskirts of Queenstown, New Zealand, rehearsing for a Jane Campion mystery. “It...

Altman, Pacino and Hope and Crosby among weekend highlights

2013-03-14 06:00:00

An early film by Robert Atman, a sneak preview of Al Pacino as Phil Spector and a�Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture double bill are among the highlights this weekend. The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation offers a rare...

Shadow Morton, '60s pop wizard, reportedly dead at 71

2013-02-16 10:27:00

Shadow Morton, the songwriter and producer behind such 1960s pop classics as "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and "Leader of the Pack" -- both recorded by the Shangri-Las -- is dead. According to the New York Times, Morton died Thursday in Laguna Beach;...

Lindsay Lohan's new attorney fails to charm judge

2013-01-30 10:42:58

Winter TCA: Al Pacino's secret history with 'Phil Spector'

2013-01-04 16:41:00

A character like Phil Spector must make quite an impression on all who meet him, right? Well, maybe not on Al Pacino, who plays the record-producer-turned-convicted-murderer in a new HBO movie. “On the Internet there’s a picture of me and...

Winter TCA: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon mate in Liberace biopic

2013-01-05 07:33:00

That the life of pianist Liberace was flamboyant was beyond compare — maybe a little too flamboyant for the movie studios. So Steven Soderbergh's new Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" is headed to HBO, with Michael Douglas playing the...

Jackie Lacey leads in early counting in L.A. County D.A. race

2012-11-06 20:52:13

Jackie Lacey extends lead in L.A. County district attorney race

2012-11-06 22:42:32

Al Pacino stars in the HBO film "Phil Spector."

2013-03-20 18:32:00

Al Pacino and Helen Mirren as legendary music producer Phil Spector and his defense attorney in the HBO movie "Phil Spector" premiering 9 p.m. March 24.

2013-03-04 19:06:00

Al Pacino at the "Glengarry Glen Ross" Broadway cast photo call in September 2012. He's scheduled to be on HBO this season as the title personage in the movie "Phil Spector."

2013-01-04 15:23:39