Robert Stone directed the wonderful environmental movement history documentary "Earth Days," and that earns him the benefit of the doubt for his latest, "Pandora's Promise." He needs that benefit, because what he sets out to do in 87 minutes is upend 50 years of green movement anti-nuclear power dogma.
Robert Downey Jr. may not be a real superhero, but he sure acted like one for a little Massachusetts boy.
LOS ANGELES - "Can you give mommy a cue? Are you hungry?" 21-year-old Alexis Neiers cooed to her crying newborn in the middle of a faux-upscale restaurant last month. "When she puts her hands in her mouth, she's hungry. Right now, she's just tired. Maybe a little constipated."
Their voices are powerful enough to tear you apart and put you back together again, and their stories will do the same. But when you call them backup singers, you better smile.
Few artists are as far removed in persona from the art that made them famous as Tomi Ungerer, the French-born illustrator and writer came to fame in the 1950s and '60s with award-winning children's picture books - "The Three Robbers," "One, Two Where's My Shoe?" "Flat Stanley" and many others.
The road to recovery has been long and harrowing for Tom Sizemore, but now the actor feels he's finally back on track. He's got a slew of movies coming out, had a recurring role on "Hawaii Five-0" and has released a new memoir.
Laura Poitras' skill and boldness as a documentary filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy nominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of making a "Super Size Me" splash.
LOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, all that glitters is not gold - or even cubic zirconia.
The new Superman movie leaves no doubt where the Man of Steel nurtured his super morals.
U.S. special operations forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden were in uniform and wearing nametags during a CIA award ceremony attended by the writer of the film "Zero Dark Thirty," a Pentagon inspector general's report said Friday.
Thanks, "Man of Steel." Because of the scene where Superman battles two of his adversaries from the planet Krypton in downtown Smallville, wrecking most of an IHOP and a Sears store, I now associate pancakes and appliances with pain and suffering.
Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad.
Women in Film is turning 40, and the organization celebrated its milestone birthday at its annual Crystal + Lucy Awards. But while the night was one of celebration, honorees and guests said women's move toward equality in the entertainment industry remains slow, even after four decades of organized efforts.
"Man of Steel" will move faster than a speeding bullet at the box office this weekend, but how far can it travel?
AFTER EARTH 2 1/2 stars. Will and Jaden Smith are intergalactic crash survivors, a father and son who must navigate an Edenic but inhospitable planet if they are to make it home. Based on a story by the Overbrook superstar, and directed in nicely unhurried fashion by M. Night Shyamalan, there's a lot of cheesy corn going on here, but the sci-fi yarn - about a young man's personal Outward Bound experience - has seamless visual effects, cool CGI beasts, and a hokey charm. 1 hr. 40 PG-13 (sci-fi action, violence, adult themes) - Steven Rea
This Superman settles scores. And takes his shirt off.
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:
Seventy-five years after he sprang from the imaginations of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman is making another visit to movie screens, in "Man of Steel," with Henry Cavill playing the superhero.
Jennifer Lopez says Latinos in the United States are starting to realize their power in politics and media, making the timing good for her latest undertaking: lobbying for greater diversity in TV programming.
The world won't end with just a bang or a whimper, but also a truckload of sophomoric humor and Hollywood in-jokes. At least that's the way Seth Rogen and a bunch of his movie-star buddies see it in "This Is the End," a riff on the apocalypse that's closer in spirit to Harold & Kumar than Genesis and Revelations.
