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New Victory Theater offers Bob Marley, Shakespeare
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Marley, the world premiere of William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" by the innovative Fiasco Theater company and an Australian take on "Peter Pan" are among next season's offerings at The New Victory Theater. A total of 15...
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Animated forest adventure is adequate, not 'Epic'
Brian Hughes
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
"Epic" doesn't live up to its namesake. And it never really strives for such a label. It's a competently made, if incredibly derivative film that proves ephemeral. Though a worthy cause, Hollywood should self-impose a moratorium on save-the-forest movies. In this case, it's "FernGully" meets...
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Summer movie preview: Sizzling blockbusters set to light up screen
Kelly Jane Torrance
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Superman and Shakespeare get modern updates; Will Smith and son go into the future; and Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and too many other actors to name face the apocalypse or its aftermath. Yes, it's that time of year again. Summer brings with it rising mercury and hemlines, beach weekends and...
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Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
PARIS (AP) — Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 million euros ($2.6 million) — in the second such jewelry heist during this year's Cannes Film Festival. The De Grisogono jewelry...
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Singer Nick Carter to release memoir Sept. 24
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book. The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept. 24 via Bird Street Books. The 33-year-old is the first in the group to release a book. The autobiography...
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Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday. "Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the...
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Lea Michele has book scheduled for 2014 release
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Lea Michele has stories to share about the many auditions she has passed. The "Glee" actress has a deal with Harmony Books, a Random House Inc. imprint. Harmony Books announced Thursday that "Brunette Ambition" will come out in the spring of 2014. The publisher is billing the...
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Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
CANNES, France (AP) — Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska." Payne premiered his black-and-white follow-up to "The Descendants" on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the gentle tale drew largely enthusiastic...
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One more shot at romance in 'Before Midnight'
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hardest segment to watch in "Before Midnight" — an extended, emotional hotel-room argument that comprises the film's final third — was actually the easiest to shoot, say co-stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy and director Richard Linklater. The third film in the...
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Review: 'We Steal Secrets' juicy look at WikiLeaks
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prolific documentary-maker Alex Gibney delivers a gripping account of the wins and losses of hard-charging idealism on the front lines of the information wars in "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Exhaustively researched and balanced in its view of the controversial...
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