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Santa Monica Sushi Bar the Hump to Close
A Santa Monica sushi restaurant facing federal charges for serving endangered whale meat appears set to close its doors Saturday, according to a statement posted to The Hump's website Friday which called the decision a “self-imposed punishment." “The Hump hopes that by closing its doors, it will help bring awareness to the detrimental effect that illegal ...
Chet Baker's "Let's Get Lost
Lined and ravaged as it is, the face is ageless: as sunken as a dead man's, as softly bewildered as a child's. Chet Baker's face, and the extraordinary ways in which Bruce Weber has photographed it, encapsulate the story of Baker's life in a succession of ghostly, indelible images that are at once hauntingly beautiful and ...
Lucasfilms the Clone Wars: Best Political Cartoon Ever?
Political murder, mercenary violence, military occupations and callous terrorists dont just kill as newspaper headlines. They've also made excellent thematic fodder for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, whose dark second season wraps with a three-week stand starting Friday night. The procedural and corporate intrigue has also solidified Lucasfilm's CGI tween fever dream as one of Earths ...
Stewart, Fanning Glam It up in Runaways
Film is a smart showcase to help stars break out as they take on adult roles. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in the tumultuous story of the 1970's all girl rock band, The Runaways. “The Runaways," chronicling the rise and fall of Joan Jett's first band, easily could have ...
Neil Young Trunk Show
Virtually from the beginning of a career that's closing in on the half-century mark, Neil Young has been both an obsessive archivist and a passionate believer in the nexus of rock music and film. That combination goes a long way toward explaining why he's made considerably more films than your average rock star and why he ...
Chess Records Biopic Robert Randolph, Keb' MO'
OPENS APRIL 9 IN NEW YORK CITY Who Do You Love is the new film about Leonard and Phil Chess, legendary founders of Chess Records. The film opens in theaters beginning April 9 in NYC and stars Robert Randolph (as Bo Diddley), Keb' Mo', Raheem DeVaughn, Ryan Shaw and Alessandro Nivola (as Leonard Chess). Who Do ...
Breathtaking 'Hubble 3D' IMAX Film Opens Friday
Take a number of the Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning images, give them a 3D look, and display them on an IMAX screen--what's not to love? Yet Hubble 3D, an IMAX and Warner Brothers film made in cooperation with NASA, manages to go far beyond that. Much of the film focuses on last May's mission of ...
MTV Networks Executives Wanted to Buy Youtube
There is much to behold in the 300-plus pages released Thursday morning in the $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit that Viacom has lobbed against YouTube and its parent company, Google. Among the more juicy tidbits is a set of internal Viacom documents from July 2006 showing that the New York media conglomerate had explored buying YouTube for ...
Doors Documentary Opens April 9
Doors Documentary When You're Strange Begins In Select Markets April 9 The Doors When You're Strange first played at Sundance in 2009. Producers include Dick Wolf, Rhino's John Beug and Jeff Jampol, the band's manager. Wolf Films' Peter Jankowski, also a producer, guided the project for Wolf's company. It was made with support of band members ...
3D or Not 2D, That is the Question
'Dragon' versus 'Titans' versus 'Alice' in fight over 3-D screens Studios are using high-pressure tactics to book their films into theaters. In the wake of the blockbuster “Avatar," Hollywood's obsession with 3-D has hit a roadblock. Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, “How to Train Your ...
