Wes Anderson

The Sunday Conversation: Saoirse Ronan

2013-03-30 07:30:00

Saoirse (pronounced SIR-sha, "like inertia") Ronan plays an alien and a human in the same body in the new romantic sci-fi film "The Host," based on a book by "Twilight" series author Stephenie Meyer. Ronan, who turns 19 in April, is already a seasoned...

Review: Everything is not 'Hunky Dory'

2013-03-21 15:45:00

The high school "Let's Put on a Show!" genre has churned through so many Shakespeares that Steve Coogan was forced to invent "Hamlet 2." No matter. "Hunky Dory" director Marc Evans is happy to recycle "The Tempest" with a twist: classic rock. Picture...

West Elm launches low-cost versions of Bend wire furniture

2013-03-19 00:10:00

Guarav Nanda, the Los Angeles designer behind the Bend collection of brilliantly colored indoor-outdoor wire chairs you've probably seen in stores and restaurants across Southern California, has a bistro table and chair launching through West Elm on...

Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list

2013-02-25 11:55:00

Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...

'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards

2013-02-23 15:42:00

David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...

Hollywood's outsiders come inside

2013-02-24 00:00:00

It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...

Oscar predictions 2013: 'Argo' will take screenplay, film editing

2013-02-22 10:00:00

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. Predictions so far: Short Films | Sound | Visual Crafts | Song and Score --...

The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest

2013-01-17 12:23:00

In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...

A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots

2013-02-07 08:00:00

On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting for and why. Here's what they had to say: OSCARS 2013: Full Coverage PRODUCERS BRANCH: This 40ish Oscar nominee...

Sundance 2013: Discoveries include actress Kaya Scodelario

2013-01-20 10:36:00

PARK CITY, Utah -- The Sundance Film Festival is rightly famous for launching the careers of eminent filmmakers — directors Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Steven Soderbergh and Bryan Singer, to name just a few, all were discovered in Park City....

Oscars nominations 2013: Academy Award trivia to boost your savvy

2013-01-10 08:30:00

� The 85th Academy Award nominations certainly managed a few surprises Thursday morning --no nominations for directors Ben Affleck ("Argo")�or Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty"),�lots of Oscar warmth for�"Beasts of the Southern�Wild" and Michael...

British Academy of Film and Television Awards complete nomination list

2013-01-09 05:00:00

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln"� earned 10 nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards early -- including best film, actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actor for Tommy Lee Jones and supporting actress for Sally Field -- while Tom Hooper's musical�...

Filmmaker Wes Anderson gave us such greats as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. He turns 41 today.

2013-03-14 10:55:00

Number of Coppolas nominated for Oscars -- Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Talia Shire, Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola and now Roman Coppola, nominated this year with Wes Anderson for original screenplay for "Moonrise Kingdom."

2013-02-20 12:33:04

Kara Hayward as Suzy and Jared Gilman as Sam in Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom."

2013-01-11 04:41:00