Salty Talk with Angelina Jolie
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Angelina Jolie is a woman wanted, hunted and breathlessly pursued. Never mind what happens in her new thriller, Salt, about a rogue CIA operative on the run.
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A Muppetsational Chat with Amy Adams
LOS ANGELES — Midway through our conversation, Amy Adams bursts into song. The Muppets have that effect on people. “Life’s like a movie/ write your own ending/ keep believing/keep pretending...” she begins.
How To Green Your Getaway: Tips For This Summer Vacation Season
Traveling can be exhausting – especially for the planet. Hotel housekeeping devours water and electricity, tour groups trample and pollute, and unless you’re camping in your backyard, even getting to your destination will cough and hack emissions into the ever-warming atmosphere. But after two years of pandemic-induced “staycations,” what’s a pent-up but ecologically conscious traveler to do? With summer vacation season upon us, here are five tips for managing your carbon footprint — wherever yo
10 Comic Book Endings That Just Gave Up
Telling a story is like pulling a heist and as any supervillain will tell you: there are plenty of reasons why you might give up mid-plot. Maybe you can't find the wi-fi password for the quantum accelerator. Maybe there's a tell-tale sonic boom, accompanied by a big blue blur—or worse, a large bat lurking among the clouds. Or your best pal decided to "try a new direction."
RELATED: Marvel Comic's 10 Best Evil Villain Plots Of The Last Decade
Comics can be that way, too. Consider these examples
RELATED: Marvel Comic's 10 Best Evil Villain Plots Of The Last Decade
Comics can be that way, too. Consider these examples
Summer Swims: 10 Ways To Make An Eco-Friendly Splash
Whether you backstroke, dog paddle, or belly flop, there’s no escape from a scorching day like a long, cool swim.
And whatever your preferred body of water — lake, ocean, or backyard pool — the current sweltering summertime heat makes it the perfect time to dip, dive, or plunge for a bit of relief. Of course, it makes sense that if you’re enjoying the spoils of nature, you should want to help safeguard it. So, before you break out the swimsuits, sunscreen, and shades, here are some ways to make
And whatever your preferred body of water — lake, ocean, or backyard pool — the current sweltering summertime heat makes it the perfect time to dip, dive, or plunge for a bit of relief. Of course, it makes sense that if you’re enjoying the spoils of nature, you should want to help safeguard it. So, before you break out the swimsuits, sunscreen, and shades, here are some ways to make
The Best Spies Who Came in From the Cold
I can tell you how good these movies are, and I don’t even have to kill you. They have operatives, deception, chases, twists and subterfuge — the fundamental requirements of the spy thriller.
Interviews
Actors. Filmmakers. Icons. A selected collection of candid conversations.
My Final Interview with Robin Williams
LOS ANGELES — At 60, Robin Williams is a newlywed
for the third time. So when he describes Ramon, the
lovesick penguin he performs in Happy Feet Two, as a
“hopeless romantic” he knows of what he speaks.
for the third time. So when he describes Ramon, the
lovesick penguin he performs in Happy Feet Two, as a
“hopeless romantic” he knows of what he speaks.
Man of Your Dreams
LOS ANGELES — Christopher
Nolan’s The Dark Knight
grossed more than $1 billion
worldwide. So what does he
do for an encore? Anything he
wants.
Which explains why Warner
Bros. gave the 39-year-old
writer-director a reported $150
million to spend on Inception, a
wildly ambitious action thriller
about dream raiders who pilfer
the minds of unsuspecting
marks.
Nolan’s The Dark Knight
grossed more than $1 billion
worldwide. So what does he
do for an encore? Anything he
wants.
Which explains why Warner
Bros. gave the 39-year-old
writer-director a reported $150
million to spend on Inception, a
wildly ambitious action thriller
about dream raiders who pilfer
the minds of unsuspecting
marks.
Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Will
LOS ANGELES - Whether you're saving the world or just your career, flying under the radar has its advantages. For one thing, no one's gunning for you. And if you crash
and burn, who's going to notice? Which more or less describes what it was like two years ago for
Robert Downey It, and Jon Favreau, the improbable star and unlikely director of 2008'a Iron Mon, a comic-
book adaptation many in Hollywood doubted would achieve lift-off
and burn, who's going to notice? Which more or less describes what it was like two years ago for
Robert Downey It, and Jon Favreau, the improbable star and unlikely director of 2008'a Iron Mon, a comic-
book adaptation many in Hollywood doubted would achieve lift-off
Jeff Bridges Discusses Great Legacy
LOS ANGELES - To hear Jeff Bridges talk, it's like he
has an angel on one shoulder and The Dude on the other.
"One is saying — and not In an aggressive way — 'OK. you're closer to your death, you're mortal, you only have so much time to do what you're going to do. What do
you feel like doing? And let's go' And there's all the things
want to do. And coming closer to your mortality makes you want those thing to happen.
has an angel on one shoulder and The Dude on the other.
"One is saying — and not In an aggressive way — 'OK. you're closer to your death, you're mortal, you only have so much time to do what you're going to do. What do
you feel like doing? And let's go' And there's all the things
want to do. And coming closer to your mortality makes you want those thing to happen.
Return of the King of the World
LONDON — After creating a brave new world, James Cameron finds himself backed into the same old corner.
Adventurous Type
Excellent news, Bill and Ted fans. A cheerful, scruffily- bearded Keanu Reeves sounds perfectly willing to party on as a middle-aged air-guitarist in another, much-belated Bill and Ted sequel.
Krasinski Talks Promotion
PARK CITY, Utah — Before he was a director-screenwriter, The Office’s John Krasinski was just another, far less desirable hyphenate: Waiter-struggling actor. So how did the Boston native, then only 23 years old, convince anyone to hand him the rights to Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a best-sell- ing collection of vignettes by the late literary great David Foster Wallace?
Goodbye to Harry
LONDON — Retiring Harry Potter left Daniel Radcliffe "devastated," admits the 21-year-old star. "I was crying for two hours ... It was very sad. Any that particular moment in time, you feel pretty desolate."
Morgan Freeman Tells His Tale
Morgan Freeman painfully
knows all too well about
recovery and rehabilitation.
The Oscar-winning actor
continues to cope with the
aftermath of a 2008 car
crash in which his left arm
suffered fractured bones and
debilitating nerve damage.
knows all too well about
recovery and rehabilitation.
The Oscar-winning actor
continues to cope with the
aftermath of a 2008 car
crash in which his left arm
suffered fractured bones and
debilitating nerve damage.
Close to Home for Ashley Judd
PARK CITY, Utah — First
she sobbed, then got scared.
And Ashley Judd wondered,
would her own mental health
survive?
she sobbed, then got scared.
And Ashley Judd wondered,
would her own mental health
survive?
Rosario Equals Acting
LOS ANGELES — After resisting it for half her life, Rosario Dawson concedes she'll probably stick with acting after all.
‘Wow’ Factor
PARK CITY, Utah — In Hollywood, you’re only nobody until you’re the next somebody. Just ask Canadian Tatiana
Maslany, whose Sundance debut is earning ecstatic —
if daunting — comparisons to some now-famous festival
alumni.
Maslany, whose Sundance debut is earning ecstatic —
if daunting — comparisons to some now-famous festival
alumni.
Affleck Keeps in Good Company
PARK CITY, Utah — Moviegoers have been trying
to fire Ben Affleck for years. Or is there another message to be taken from the dismal fortunes of Surviving Christmas, Jersey Girl, Man About Town, Paycheck and Gigli? Yet , like Mil t o n , the mumbling desk drone with
the red Swingline stapler in Office Space, Affleck just
kept showing up to work.
to fire Ben Affleck for years. Or is there another message to be taken from the dismal fortunes of Surviving Christmas, Jersey Girl, Man About Town, Paycheck and Gigli? Yet , like Mil t o n , the mumbling desk drone with
the red Swingline stapler in Office Space, Affleck just
kept showing up to work.
Hemsworth the Thor Winner
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — For every Christopher Reeve, there’s a Brandon Routh. Reeve, of course, became
a superstar for playing the Man of Steel. And Routh,
with Superman Returns, did not. This isn’t a slight against
Routh — whose performance was pitch-perfect —
but a reality of the dubious fortunes faced by unknown
actors who dare to don capes and costumes to battle evil on the big and small screens.
a superstar for playing the Man of Steel. And Routh,
with Superman Returns, did not. This isn’t a slight against
Routh — whose performance was pitch-perfect —
but a reality of the dubious fortunes faced by unknown
actors who dare to don capes and costumes to battle evil on the big and small screens.
Taking Spock
Just when he thinks he’s out, they beam him back in. How else to describe Leonard Nimoy’s enduring, at times conflicted relationship with Star Trek, the franchise that’s defined his career for more than four decades — regardless of how many times he swore it off or believed it was finished?
Cavill (Eventually) Enjoys Super Luck
SAN DIEGO — Stardom, as Henry Cavill knows, rarely happens in a single bound.
Content
A few words slung about trends, travel, pandemic tribulations, and living a sustainable lifestyle.
10 Horsepower Hacks To Keep Your Drive Eco-Friendly
Even putting one foot in front of the other requires energy. So, in a world where everyone has somewhere else to be — and wants to get there as fast as possible — how can mass, sustainable transportation ever happen? The good news? New technologies are in development — some of them already deployed — to make all our planes, trains, and automobiles environmentally friendly sometime in the future. In the meantime, there are also steps we can take right now to minimize our impact on the planet.
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Greenify Your Outdoor Space with These Landscaping Upgrades
Home improvement doesn’t stop inside the four walls of your house. So even if you’re someone who dreads yard work — and was born without a single green thumb — you can still make a few painless eco-friendly upgrades to your outdoor space. After all, in addition to helping nurture local plant and animal life, it will boost your property value. Here are nine upgrades to make your landscaping eco-friendly beyond the usual trimming, digging, raking, and mowing. Thanks to heightened curb appeal and l
Eco-Friendly Hi-Tech Every Household Should Have
For many people, being eco-friendly means powering down and pulling the plug. After all, our modern tech world notoriously consumes massive amounts of water and resources to power and cool its digital infrastructure. (Never mind the toxic materials mined to produce our devices.) But hi-tech also has an upside — reducing energy consumption while nudging the planet toward a more sustainable future. How so? Consider adding any of these gadgets to your home.
Depressing thought: More than eight mill
Depressing thought: More than eight mill
Top 10 Heat Hacks To Stay Cool that Won’t Burn The Planet
Sweltering heat, wildfires, droughts — it’s hard to stay cool on an open grill. Yet, as climate change roasts the planet, many of the energy-intensive tools we use to combat the heat are only fueling global warming. Chief among them? Air conditioners, which are growing in popularity as temperatures climb. Yet AC gorges electricity — which is still primarily produced by fossil fuels — and emits greenhouse gasses called hydrofluorocarbons. So the hotter the Earth becomes, the more our response wil
Design Trends in a Post-Pandemic World
If you want to know how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted home design, take a seat. Since panic over possible toilet paper shortages erupted in March, sales of bidet attachments have skyrocketed — increasing more than 300 percent at San Francisco-based Brondell, the Los Angeles Times reported. And home experts foresee built-in bidets becoming an increasingly popular item even after the crisis has passed. What other design trends are likely to emerge in a post-pandemic world? Here are five th
Home Tips: DIY Grooming
Living in a lockdown can expose a lot – including your roots. So it’s no surprise that a month into the coronavirus pandemic, grooming gear is being snapped up with an urgency usually reserved for toilet paper and sanitizing wipes. According to Nielsen data, hair clipper sales have shot up 166 percent from this time last year while hair dye sales have increased 23 percent. With salons shuttered and Americans becoming do-it-yourself stylists faced with unkempt hair, chipped nails and scruffy stub
Out and About: Catalina Island
Escaping Los Angeles for a weekend or day trip is simple. Doing so without driving? Not so much. Which may make Catalina Island, located “26 miles across the sea,” the ideal getaway for the asphalt-fatigued. About an hour by ferry from Long Beach, San Pedro or Newport Beach, Catalina Island is nestled among California’s Channel Islands. For more than a century, this idyllic destination has been renowned among Angelinos for its wildlife, pristine beaches and isolated coves. What do the towns of A
Puppy-Proofing Your Home
It’s the gift that keeps on yipping and chewing. For a lot of people, January means having to create a safe, secure home for the adorable, huggable bundle of newborn fur they received during the holidays. However, puppy-proofing your place can be harder than it seems. Here’s the scoop, so to speak, on how to make your home a healthy, happy one for the latest member of your family.
Puppies love to chew – not just on treats, toys, and shoes, but also on cords, cables, and wires. Owners should ens
Puppies love to chew – not just on treats, toys, and shoes, but also on cords, cables, and wires. Owners should ens
Reviews
From the painful to the prophetic, a sample of the (literally) thousands of films I have reviewed
Review: Twilight: Breaking Yawn
Halfway through the new
Twilight, I was ready for the epidural.
Anything, really, to distract
from childbirth and unholy
spawn and teen marriage and
a 108-year-old corpse deflowering
an 18-year-old virgin
and death and a shape-shifting
wolf-guy who "imprints"
on - oh, never mind.
To be fair, The Twilight
Twilight, I was ready for the epidural.
Anything, really, to distract
from childbirth and unholy
spawn and teen marriage and
a 108-year-old corpse deflowering
an 18-year-old virgin
and death and a shape-shifting
wolf-guy who "imprints"
on - oh, never mind.
To be fair, The Twilight
Pandemic Thriller Worth Catching
Seeing Contagion in a crowded theatre is like watching Jaws on a life raft. Bring hand sanitizer. Or bleach. And maybe soap and a bucket of warm water. By the time the credits roll, you'll wish you were home in a hermetically sealed bubble with its own oxygen supply.
A Decade's Worth of Great Films
To be fair — and for some perspective — Chicken Llttle may have been the world's first film critic. The sky falling! It's the death of cinema! Michael Bay is Satan!
Soaring Adventure
From the ads, Up looks like sugar-coated Gran Torino.
No racial epithets or gang violence, but still: one grum-bling old grouch, one kid and the ramshackle house the coot tended to his cherished, now-deceased wife in?
No racial epithets or gang violence, but still: one grum-bling old grouch, one kid and the ramshackle house the coot tended to his cherished, now-deceased wife in?
Columns and Commentary
Thieves, spies, and gangsters — they all made these lists.
Streaming: Stuck-at-home Thrillers
Locked doors are meant to keep bad things out. But what happens if the bad thing is already trapped inside with you? (Hence the iconic horror movie scene in which the imperiled teenage heroine is told the frightening phone calls are coming from “inside the house!”) So given the pandemic-induced lockdown, what better time to share a claustrophobic scare with fellow quarantined family members and self-isolating roommates? You may even find yourself relating to the characters in these confined thri
Scoring Scorsese
Martin Scorsese knows movies like other people know breathing.
Depp Drama is No Sure Thing
As a swishy swashbuckler, Johnny Depp is worth his weight in cursed Aztec gold coins. But out of eye-liner and off the plank, can even Capt. Jack Sparrow's alter-ego lure filmgoers away from
giant robots, starships
and superheroes with
an entirely different -
and decidedly darker
- bandito?
giant robots, starships
and superheroes with
an entirely different -
and decidedly darker
- bandito?
The Heat Is On
LOS ANGELES—Their schemes hinge on clock-work cunning. They’re predictably amoral, routinely ruthless, and easily lured by the promise of instant wealth. And they leave few backs unstabbed or loyalties intact.
Pop culture
Notes from the origin stories of the MCU and related multiverses.
10 Comic Book Endings That Just Gave Up
Telling a story is like pulling a heist and as any supervillain will tell you: there are plenty of reasons why you might give up mid-plot. Maybe you can't find the wi-fi password for the quantum accelerator. Maybe there's a tell-tale sonic boom, accompanied by a big blue blur—or worse, a large bat lurking among the clouds. Or your best pal decided to "try a new direction."
RELATED: Marvel Comic's 10 Best Evil Villain Plots Of The Last Decade
Comics can be that way, too. Consider these examples
RELATED: Marvel Comic's 10 Best Evil Villain Plots Of The Last Decade
Comics can be that way, too. Consider these examples
From Zeroes to Heroes
What do you do when Spider-Man, the X-Men and Fantastic Four are otherwise occupied? You go deep into your bench.
Which describes
the situation at Marvel Studios as it contemplates its movie slate beyond next summer's The Avengers ( that will team Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk.).
Which describes
the situation at Marvel Studios as it contemplates its movie slate beyond next summer's The Avengers ( that will team Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Hulk.).
Crazy For Comic Books
SAN DIEGO — It happens now faster than
a speeding bullet.
No sooner than the ink has dried on the pages of a new graphic novel — crime thriller, slam-bang superhero adventure or space opera — than the film rights are snapped up in the hopes of launching pop culture's next multi-media cash cow.
a speeding bullet.
No sooner than the ink has dried on the pages of a new graphic novel — crime thriller, slam-bang superhero adventure or space opera — than the film rights are snapped up in the hopes of launching pop culture's next multi-media cash cow.
Getting Your Geek On
SAN DIEGO —
Break out the inhalers and
Batarangs: Comic-Con has
begun. Or as they say in Klingon:
“Maj!”
Starting today, more than
120,000 fans of science fiction
and fantasy are expected
to descend on the San Diego
Convention Center for the
five-day expo that’s become
a beachhead for video game,
TV and movie marketers.
It’s a long way — even
Break out the inhalers and
Batarangs: Comic-Con has
begun. Or as they say in Klingon:
“Maj!”
Starting today, more than
120,000 fans of science fiction
and fantasy are expected
to descend on the San Diego
Convention Center for the
five-day expo that’s become
a beachhead for video game,
TV and movie marketers.
It’s a long way — even
Film Festivals
From superstars to unknowns, sightings at the Sundance and Toronto festivals.
Keeping Up with Jones
PARK CITY, Utah — Blind
dates rarely pay off like this.
Britain’s Felicity Jones
hadn’t even met director
Drake Doremus or star Anton
Yelchin before she was cast
in Like Crazy, a wrenching
drama about the tumultuous
dates rarely pay off like this.
Britain’s Felicity Jones
hadn’t even met director
Drake Doremus or star Anton
Yelchin before she was cast
in Like Crazy, a wrenching
drama about the tumultuous
Olsen's Sister Act
PARK CITY, Utah — Elizabeth Olsen shares the name,
not the brand. “I always wanted to act, but I never wanted to be part of that. I’m an actor. I’m not a brand or personality,” says the 21-year-old sister of billionaire
twin moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
not the brand. “I always wanted to act, but I never wanted to be part of that. I’m an actor. I’m not a brand or personality,” says the 21-year-old sister of billionaire
twin moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Delightful De Niro
For Robert De Niro, this was being chatty. At a news conference Friday, the Hollywood icon revealed he
will direct no more than three more films, mused about destiny versus free will, laughed frequently and acknowledged the paralyzing effect he can have on impressionable, easily intimidated actors.
will direct no more than three more films, mused about destiny versus free will, laughed frequently and acknowledged the paralyzing effect he can have on impressionable, easily intimidated actors.
Clooney Proves Himself a Class Act
George Clooney is a giga-star. An Academy Award victor. But for sheer, ear-piercing squeals, he’s no Robert Pattinson.
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