Spike Jonze

Oscars: Pes aims for a long shelf life with 'Fresh Guacamole' buzz

2013-02-23 10:00:00

Steven Spielberg was inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. Ben Affleck was provoked by a Middle Eastern hostage tale. Adam Pesapane wanted to transform a hand grenade into an avocado. All three directors will walk the red carpet...

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...

On Location: 'Zero Dark Thirty's' compound challenges

2012-12-27 05:00:00

First-time feature production designer Jeremy Hindle admits to some dicey feelings while taking director Kathryn Bigelow on an initial walk-through of "Zero Dark Thirty's" key set. But they weren't rookie jitters. "I remember telling her, 'You're...

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...

Sam Spiegel announces zany Maximum Hedrum project

2012-11-29 09:59:00

Given the rate at which left-field super-groups have proliferated over the last few years -- Atoms for Peace! Them Crooked Vultures! Monsters of Folk! -- it was probably inevitable that we'd eventually end up with one as wacky as Maximum Hedrum, the new...

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....

Cannes 2012: Joaquin Phoenix returns with Scientology-themed 'The Master'

2012-05-22 21:38:38

Adam Yauch: A Beastie Boy tamed by age and wisdom

2012-05-04 16:36:09

Adam Yauch: The Beastie Boys' MCA remembered on YouTube

2012-05-04 16:36:11

Around Town: Don Hertzfeldt kicks off Cinefamily's 'Animation Breakdown'

2011-12-02 16:36:32

Kanye West: Picking up where Steve Jobs left off -- only better?

2012-01-05 16:38:31

The book: This picture book won a Caldecott Medal in 1964. It made the National Education Association's list of the Teacher's Top 100 Books for Children and was named one of the Top 100 Picture Books of All Time by School Library Journal.

2012-10-24 19:14:01

Rambunctious role: Mara really burst onto the scene when she won the highly-coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

2012-06-22 05:39:00

Satire, plot unknown. Director: Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich") Stars: Rooney Mara, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix Debuts: TBD

2012-05-18 14:42:00