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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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Wow! These plastic toys can move in the movie house! | Photo courtesy of mverde via flickr To no one's surprise -- and to the great embarrassment of all Americans with a still-attached brain stem -- Transformers: Revenge of the Racist Robots That Suck Beyond Belief clobbered more deserving films at the box-office this weekend to the tune of $112M ($201.2M). Last week's champ -- the, in retrospect, ceaselessly brilliant -- The Proposal raked...
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Photo by suckafuck via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr There's plenty to do this weekend, like keeping cool inside the movie theatre or getting out and about around town. But with summer comes warm temps, long days, and festivals galore. There are a couple of such goings-on happening this weekend that you might want to check out. Saturday: Venice Eco-Fest The Venice Eco-Fest aims to honor the Earth and all of life...
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Photo courtesy of Susan NYC via Flickr If you know who Justin Rice is, you probably know him as the lead singer of Bishop Allen or his appearance in Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Very quietly, though -- working mostly with friends -- he's put together an interesting film career. I had the great pleasure of not only seeing Harmony & Me a few days ago at the LA Film Festival (review here), but...
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Slumdog won Best Picture for 2008 (AP) Big announcement from the academy today. No longer are days of five competing movies for Best Picture, but ten. “After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same - one...
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Sprinkles, Coolhaus, Let's Be Frank, the Green Truck, and Barbie's Q are some of the meals on wheels who'll be at Saturday's event This weekend is the return of the Dwell on Design conference and expo and one of the most exciting events on the schedule is Saturday's "A Night at the Movies." The evening includes screenings of two building-themed documentary films, and, for your tasting pleasure, the Square Meal on Wheels mobile "restaurant...
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Part of Jenny Holzer's contribution to the "Women in the City" project (Photo by Lord Jim/Flickr) Last week during the 9th annual Americans for the Arts convention the Public Art Year in Review panel revealed their 40 picks for the best public art works in the United States from 2008, which includes projects from 32 cities in 15 states. Five of those works are right here in the Los Angeles area: Lawndale: Subdivisions by...
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Photo: Koga/LAist Even with big name acts like Conor Oberst and Built to Spill announced by the Sunset Junction Festival organizers this week, it doesn't mean the festival is happening. "We've asked the organizers to come back with a written proposal that addresses the concerns raised by local residents and businesses," said Julie Wong of Councilman President Eric Garcetti's office. "If they don't, it's unlikely they will be permitted." But imagine they do get...
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Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers Raunchy bachelor-party comedy The Hangover topped the box office for a surprising second straight weekend as it dropped only 26% from its strong debut ($33.4M/$105.3M). Pixar's delightful Up presented a strong challenge in its third week to finish a close second ($30.5M/$187.1M) while superb newcomer The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 finished third with a slightly underwhelming $25M. After that, it was the dreadful Night of the Museum...
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Celebrities read other celeb's autobiographies tonight @ Largo. / Photo of the Little Room by Never Cool in School MUSIC TALK The Grammy Museum welcomes veteran singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw for “The Drop” -- a program where musicians talk about their recently or upcoming releases. Crenshaw will discuss and perform selections from his newest album Jaggedland. He’ll be in conversation with Museum Executive Director Robert Santelli about the songwriting, collaboration, and production behind his first...
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If you're headed to the Natural History Museum this week, be sure to check out a special art exhibit by the kids from the Blueberry Atelier preschool in Santa Monica. The exhibit, “A Sense of Wonder, A Sense of Place: Viewing Nature Through the Images and Words of Our Children” showcases the writing, photography, drawings and paintings by the school’s budding environmentalists. The exhibit stemmed from the fact that children in LA (like elsewhere...
