Oliver Stone

Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life

2013-03-14 14:30:00

"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...

Iran vs. 'Argo': What other lawsuits could be in the wings?

2013-03-12 15:37:00

People in Iran believe that “Argo,” which chronicled the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the later rescue of six Americans who escaped and hid with the Canadian ambassador, is "a propaganda attack against our nation and...

Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped

2013-02-15 08:00:00

I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...

In hip-hop, violence is taking on a diminishing role

2013-02-15 13:37:00

Among the most important rap albums released over the last year or so, one contains a song about Nas' complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Another has a track in which Killer Mike outlines President Reagan's contribution to the prison-...

Pacino's 'Any Given Sunday' speech gets new life in Jeep ad

2013-02-19 14:48:00

Many actors are finding easy money in doing voice-over work for radio and television commercials. But it is very unlikely that anyone landed an easier gig than Al Pacino, who didn't lift a finger to get a plum voice-over spot with Chrysler Jeep. The...

D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns

2013-02-09 05:00:00

Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...

Golden Globes 2013: Stunned Ben Affleck wins best director

2013-01-13 19:46:00

In a surprise defeat for Steven Spielberg and "Lincoln," Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe for directing "Argo." A clearly stunned Affleck, who earlier this week was noticeably not shortlisted for the directing Oscar, said he didn't care what the award...

Oscar nominations 2013: Digital film makes in-roads in cinematography nods

2013-01-10 11:00:00

Of the five men nominated for best achievement in cinematography Thursday morning, three shot�their movies the old fashioned way — on 35-millimeter film stock — while the others embraced the new industry standard�— digital film. Three-...

Kathryn Bigelow and Oliver Stone: What do they have in common?

2012-12-19 11:36:00

The Academy Awards are still two months away, but the surge of critical support for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” is raising a provocative question: How many filmmakers have won two best director Oscars within just a few years?...

'Lincoln' aims to enlighten as it entertains

2012-12-15 06:00:00

In "Lincoln," director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner have pulled off the improbable: They have built this season's prestige hit around congressional proceedings that might seem more appropriate for C-SPAN than the big screen. Any...

'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more

2012-12-06 13:28:00

In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-forces operator. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S....

Wednesday's Talk Shows: Michael J. Fox; Valerie Bertinelli; Led Zeppelin

2012-12-25 20:00:00

CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Chris Pine and Kevin Costner; Guinness World Records of 2012; holiday cocktails; Valerie Bertinelli. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC Good Day L.A. 7 a.m....

At 'Alexander' premiere Oliver Stone, director of the film "Alexander," and one of the stars of the film, Angelina Jolie, get together during the premiere of the film in Hollywood on Nov. 16.

2013-05-14 04:37:00

How many people can say director Oliver Stone wrote them a recommendation letter for their college application? Claire Danes can. She turns 32 today. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)

2013-02-25 18:48:00

For a director most known for baby boomer subjects ("The Doors," "Born on Fourth of July," "Platoon"), political biographies ("W.," "Nixon," "JFK") and spectacles of violence ("Natural Born Killers," "Savages"), a sword-and-sandal epic seemed to come from out of left field.

2012-11-07 14:52:00