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Monday, October 6, 2008
A semester abroad … in Tinseltown
California | Local |
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Forget about Paris and a semester at the Sorbonne. Read more
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Getting a cut of the bailout?
Business |
October 2, 2008
Hollywood would get a little unexpected boost from the proposed $700-billion bailout of the nation’s financial system. Read more
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Hollywood studios sue to stop sale of DVD-copying software
Business |
October 1, 2008
A legal fight erupted Tuesday over the ability of consumers to copy DVDs onto their computers, setting the stage for a new battle between Hollywood and a purveyor of technology that could alter how consumers watch movies at home. Read more
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
SAG seeks to rekindle bargaining with studios
Business |
September 30, 2008
Seeking to jump-start stalled contract talks with the studios – and to hang tough at the same time – Screen Actors Guild leaders called on News Corp. Read more
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Hollywood in slo-mo on Prop. 8 resistance
Entertainment |
September 27, 2008
IS HOLLYWOOD afraid of Proposition 8 – or has it just been slow to notice its presence on the California ballot? Read more
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Parties need Hollywood’s handouts
Entertainment |
September 24, 2008
ANYONE NYONE WHO doubts, or resents, Hollywood’s importance to American politics these days simply needs to watch where the candidates and their surrogates go when the going gets tough. Read more
Friday, September 12, 2008
Actors Guild dissidents cry foul over ‘special bulletin’
Business |
September 12, 2008
No Screen Actors Guild election would be complete without controversy, as evidenced by the latest drama inside Hollywood’s most discordant trade union. Read more
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sarah Palin’s star turn
Entertainment |
September 6, 2008
LIKE MANY around Hollywood, I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time during the week trying to decide which actress would be best to play Sarah Palin in the story of her life. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Major studio film shoots in Los Angeles grind almost to a halt
Business |
August 26, 2008
If not for an epic struggle between alien robots, the streets of Los Angeles might be devoid of major studio drama. Read more
Video game night becomes networking in Hollywood
Business |
August 26, 2008
It was dark and drizzling when screenwriter Justin Marks did what many in Hollywood have fantasized during their bleakest career moments: He attacked his agent with a chain saw. Read more
Monday, August 25, 2008
The lost art of glamour
Entertainment |
August 25, 2008
FROM THE time he was a schoolboy, John Kobal was in love with Hollywood. Read more
Monday, August 18, 2008
N.Y. group blasts SAG leaders on talks
Business |
August 18, 2008
New York members of the Screen Actors Guild national board issued a sharp rebuke of their own leaders Sunday, demanding that they seek help from a federal mediator if contract talks don’t progress by Aug. Read more
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Looking for history in Hollywood
California | Local |
August 14, 2008
Los Angeles city officials are seeking help to pinpoint historically important homes and structures in a 2 1/2 -mile-wide swath of Hollywood that includes some of the entertainment industry’s most significant sites. Read more
Saturday, July 26, 2008
It’s the Sid and Marty show
Entertainment |
July 26, 2008
Hollywood is often described as a dream factory, but really it’s just as often a salvage yard. Read more
Monday, July 21, 2008
Urgency is missing in SAG pact talks
Business |
July 21, 2008
Hollywood’s long, hot summer does not appear to be ending any time soon. Read more
Monday, June 30, 2008
Screen Actors Guild aims to thwart AFTRA contract with studios
Business |
June 30, 2008
Some actors are lining up behind Tom Hanks. Read more
Saturday, June 14, 2008
SAG role is raising concerns
Business |
June 14, 2008
When the Hollywood studios recently crafted a new contract with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, they were adapting an old script that had played well for them before. Read more
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Actors rally to show support for SAG
Business |
June 10, 2008
Several hundred actors rallied outside the headquarters of the Screen Actors Guild on Monday to support their leaders and blast a contract with the Hollywood studios recently negotiated by the smaller actors union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Read more
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Sidekick, not second fiddle
Entertainment |
May 31, 2008
In comedy as in dance, there is an art to partnering: It takes strength and grace, a willingness to step back, to blend. Read more
Friday, May 16, 2008
This role would test anyone
Entertainment |
May 16, 2008
In the summer of 2003, Austin Highsmith, a young actress from North Carolina, packed a suitcase and drove cross-country in pursuit of the Hollywood dream. Read more
