Robert Redford

Quick Takes: Roger Ebert fights cancer again

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Roger Ebert, one of America's preeminent and popular film critics, has announced that he will reduce the amount of writing he takes on as he fights a new battle with cancer, calling it a "leave of presence." Writing on his site Tuesday night, Ebert said...

Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford are in good 'Company'

2013-04-04 06:00:00

NEW YORK — For all its perks, being a popular young actor like Shia LaBeouf in today's media climate can come with some intense pressures. So intense that one of Hollywood's longest lasting stars says he probably couldn't handle them. "I don't...

Robert Redford's 'new territory' with 'Captain America' sequel

2013-03-29 08:00:00

Though Robert Redford may be the very platonic ideal of a movie star -- a matinee idol from films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," "The Way We Were," "The Electric Horseman" and "Out of Africa" -- he has of late been involved...

Quick Takes: An 'Iron Man' for China

2013-03-30 00:00:00

Marvel Studios will release a special cut of the movie "Iron Man 3" specifically for China. The domestic, Chinese and other international versions of the comic book film will include elements of interest to Chinese audiences — "Iron Man 3" pits...

UFC's Georges St. Pierre to play Batroc in 'Captain America' sequel

2013-03-26 07:03:00

Georges St. Pierre's next opponent will be his toughest one yet: Captain America. St. Pierre, the UFC welterweight champion who is considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, has been cast as villain Batroc the Leaper in...

Review: 'A Fierce Green Fire' recounts environmental struggle

2013-03-14 16:45:00

A kind of crash course in 50-plus years of environmentalism, the documentary "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet," adapted from the book by Philip Shabecoff, proves a worthy reminder of how much has been done to help heal our planet's...

David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

2013-03-07 06:00:00

Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

Shia LaBeouf quits Broadway play over 'creative differences'

2013-02-20 11:35:00

Shia LaBeouf won't be making his Broadway debut this season after all. The 26-year-old actor has quit the upcoming revival production of the play "Orphans" in New York over "creative differences," according to a news release sent Wednesday.� LaBeouf has...

Hollywood truth is stranger than fiction

2013-02-14 15:30:00

For a debut novelist with a quiet literary sensibility to take on the bloated, overexposed milieu of celebrity culture — and to approach it as a head-on dissection — requires a certain bravado. The soul-sucking Hollywood machine is an area...

Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Community' on NBC

2013-02-06 20:05:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon (Jim Parsons ) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki) have a big blow-up on a new episode of...

Sundance: Full transcript of Women Directors' Roundtable

2013-01-26 14:55:00

This is the full, unedited transcript of the Los Angeles Times Women Directors' Roundtable at the Sundance Film Festival as moderated by staff writer John Horn. John Horn : Well, congratulations for all being here, but I'm gonna start with a study...

At Sundance swag suites, 'one Instagram can change everything'

2013-01-26 11:56:00

PARK CITY, Utah — Courtney Love was scurrying out the door of Kari Feinstein’s Style Lounge, a pop-up swag suite coinciding with this week’s Sundance Film Festival, a goodie bag heaving with free jewelry and spa treatments firmly in...

as the love of his life -- also his inspiration to hit well. How it changed the game: Before there could be a "Field of Dreams," there had to be a "Natural," which played with human emotions as if that was a sport unto itself.

2013-04-03 11:19:00

Matt Stone and Trey Parker ("South Park") Also: Christopher Meloni Jonah Hill (attended) Robert Redford (attended)

2013-03-19 13:54:00

Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Film Festival, attend Artist at the Table, a benefit for the Sundance Institute.

2013-01-21 11:07:00