SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival

Silicon Beach Fest celebrating L.A. tech scene kicks off Wednesday

2013-06-18 16:18:00

Silicon Beach Fest, aimed at boosting the growing Los Angeles technology scene, is back for its second year. The four-day tech entertainment festival officially kicks off Wednesday with an opening party and a start-up demo day. Thursday, Friday and...

Getting to know Neil Gaiman

2013-06-13 12:00:00

AUSTIN, Texas — In Neil Gaiman's passport case, on a scrap of paper beside his green card, are two verses of an unfinished work called "Pirate Stew." "I assume it's for kids," Gaiman said. "But it's only two verses... and it just sits there, and...

Eclectic mix of movies takes off at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013

2013-06-09 14:00:00

The Los Angeles Film Festival occupies a unique and challenging middle ground. It comes after the annual opening festival rounds of Sundance, Berlin, South by Southwest and Cannes but before the fall circuit that includes Telluride, Venice, Toronto, New...

'Much Ado About Nothing': A DIY film project at Joss Whedon's home

2013-05-31 12:00:00

When architect Kai Cole began designing her Mediterranean-style Santa Monica home, she weighed all the usual concerns — space, light, flow — along with one quite specific to her family's needs: where to hold the Shakespeare readings. Cole...

Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg talk ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ Whedon fans

2013-06-05 06:02:34

Is Snapchat poised to be L.A.'s tech start-up star?

2013-05-31 20:20:00

There's never a shortage of things to gawk at in Venice Beach: oiled-up bodybuilders, a two-headed turtle, over-the-top street performers. Lately, passersby on the main stretch of the boardwalk have also been ogling an eggshell blue house, steps from...

Grumpy Cat gets a movie deal

2013-05-30 10:01:00

Grumpy Cat, the Internet feline celebrity known for her disdainful expression, has a movie deal. Broken Road Productions, the company behind the Kevin James vehicle "Paul Blart Mall Cop" and the Adam Sandler movie "Jack and Jill," has optioned the...

USA moving past 'blue skies' with 'Graceland,' sitcoms, reality

2013-05-17 17:00:00

Over the last few years, as ratings for cable networks like AMC and TLC have surged, their brand identities have shifted just as dramatically. History, the channel that five years ago was known for its dusty old World War II documentaries, is now better...

Dawes adds fresh sentiments to folk-rock roots

2013-05-22 06:00:00

Members of the L.A. quartet Dawes have been performing for paying audiences since they were teenagers, so there was no reason John Fogerty could see to go easy on them. "Let's do it one more time," said the veteran roots rocker, standing onstage in...

Fall Out Boy and Paramore: Coming back on top

2013-05-11 07:30:00

Patrick Stump can't recall which friend of his said it, or where exactly it happened. But when the frontman of Fall Out Boy was told nearly a decade ago — "probably in somebody's basement somewhere" — that his then-scrappy rock band sounded...

Review: Prince rocks (and rebuilds) in Anaheim

2013-05-08 12:35:00

This is what it sounds like when Prince plays a club: BANG$%CRUNCH#@WHEEDLE&$YOWL!!! The Purple One touched down in Orange County on Tuesday night for the first of four shows at the City National Grove of Anaheim, part of a brief tour of tiny-for-him...

Jake Johnson of 'New Girl' looks to be the new boy at the movies

2013-05-07 09:56:00

As "New Girl" fans eye next week's season finale and its surprising Taylor Swift-ness, one of the show's stars is preparing to turn his attention elsewhere: to the movies. Jake Johnson, who plays the slacker-y Nick Miller opposite Zooey Deschanel's...

Paramore, led by singer Hayley Williams, performs during SXSW in Austin, Texas, in 2013.

2013-05-10 16:50:56

Winner of the 2013 SXSW Narrative Spotlight Audience Award. Screens 4:30 p.m. May 10 at Charles Theatre 4; 8 p.m. May 11 at Charles Theatre 4

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Maryland Film Festival 2013 includes a record number of films with Baltimore-area connections, but these may be the two most highly anticipated.

2013-05-01 00:00:00