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Entries from LAist tagged with 'mariabello'

February 14, 2008

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that '24' co-creator Joel Surnow is bailing from the show and the Fox network. Surnow is the "right-wing nutjob" who is a personal friend of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and President Bush - he's the one that had the brilliant idea to come up with a right wing "answer" to 'The Daily Show' for Fox, but the failure to produce one is evidence he never understood the question. 8:00pm Survivor:......

Continue Reading "TV Junkie: Thursday"

February 5, 2008

Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford didn't exactly set the box-office on fire when it landed in theaters. Something tells me, though, that this superb, meditative neo-Western will enjoy a long life on DVD. Across the Universe is the world's longest music video and a treat for any Beatles fan (and only for Beatles' fans!). Elizabeth - The Golden Age was unexpectedly ripped by critics.......

Continue Reading "DVD Tuesday: One of the year's best arrives"

January 22, 2008

Photo courtesy of Focus Features Even on the best days, the Sundance Film Festival is an extremely hectic place to be. Screenings and events often overlap and are spread all over town, and even though the public transportation is good (and free!), it can still be a nightmare to get someplace quickly. Cabs can be hard to come by and parking (when available) is expensive. Furthermore, there are always going to be lines waiting......

Continue Reading "LAist at Sundance: Run Like Hell"

March 22, 2006

By gum they did it — they actually made a funny movie about politics. Thank You For Smoking stars Aaron Eckhart as a tobacco lobbyist, who's so ballsy and charming you have to love him, even while you know he's entirely evil. He's what Ari Gold and Rush Limbaugh think they are — but neither holds a lighter to Eckhart's Nick Naylor. It's an incredible balancing act between charm and evil, and without its......

Continue Reading "Thank you for Thank you for Smoking"

September 21, 2005

WEDNESDAY • The best selling duo of all time—Hall & Oates—perform tonight at the Greek Theatre at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $29-65. • The Black Keys, SSM and Mad Man Moon are on tonight at the Galaxy Theatre at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. • AFI at ArcLight presents a special screening of The French Connection tonight at 8 PM. • A limited number of tickets are available for the LA premiere of David......

Continue Reading "Private Eyes"

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