Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News

'So You Think You Can Dance': What you missed

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:10 -0700

Why did Gev and Kherington, who wowed the audience at the theater, lose out to Mark and Comfort?

Review: 'Mamma Mia'

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

More like: Oh, no! The stage-to-screen adaptation is loaded with excess. But, hey, Meryl Streep comes off well.

Couldn't they have just let "Mamma Mia!" be "Mamma Mia!"?

Big Screen Bouts: 'Batman' battle royale

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:28:55 -0700

Will the newest Batman come out on top?

Emmys: Basic cable's breakthrough

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:09:44 -0700

AMC's "Mad Men" and FX's "Damages" make history.

'SYTYCD': Snap judgments and studio secrets

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:36:25 -0700

The couples were shuffled and the voting was handed over completely to the audience

The Katherine Heigl controversy that wouldn't die

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:06:09 -0700

"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes gets question after question on the actress.

Colin Firth takes a chance on ABBA for 'Mamma Mia!'

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The actor used to ridicule the Swedish band's music but found out he actually likes it.

LONDON -- There was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same sort of disdain he saved for, say, reading a Jane Austen novel.

'Wall-E's' world may not be so far away

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Robots serving humans are the coming wave. And the West will have to decide their place in society.

The mobile trash compactor is a symphony of squeaks, thunks and rattles, rolling forward on treads to bring its pivoting eyes to bear on us. Within moments we identify completely, launching "Wall-E," one of the rare films to feature robots as the lead characters.

'Dark Knight' mob attacks film critic

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:27:21 -0700

Fans heap scorn on New York magazine critic David Edelstein, who panned the film.

'Lost' finds its way home, but has Emmy wandered?

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:32:35 -0700

"The Wire" didn't get nominated today because it never had a prayer.