ENTERTAINMENT
March 31, 2000 | KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Two days before the Columbine, Colo., massacre last year, "Pups" screened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival to wide acclaim, but the high school shooting spree derailed the film's distribution a full year. The irony is that "Pups" is a serious film that confronts some of the issues raised by the shootings: the lethal combination of guns and youthful rage in a media-manipulative world.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 8, 1992 | T. H. McCULLOH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Andy Warhol said "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." It was a cute, catchy phrase, just like "Let them eat cake." Both were uttered from a position that didn't acknowledge anything less than famous or rich. That's exactly what's wrong with the Stronzi family in Jonah Maidoff and Patrick Burke's "Lion Hunting in North America," at the Burbage Theatre. The Stronzis are a sign of the times.
ENTERTAINMENT
June 18, 1987 | Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press
It's not a small world after all, at least so far as United Nations researchers are concerned: They claim the 5 billionth person will be born on July 11. The event will be marked by performances by popular recording artists. A one-hour music documentary titled "The Day of Five Billion" is scheduled to be broadcast over 90% of the world and will feature such performers as Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel and Crowded House, among others.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 24, 1985 | ROBERT HILBURN
"Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants." Stevie Wonder. Motown. "Songs in the Key of Life"--also available in CD--remains Wonder's ultimate pop album, but this two-disc package from 1979 stands as his most ambitious and, perhaps even, his most accomplished work. The album--much of which was written for a documentary on the plant world--merges pop, film composition and electronic music sensibilities in ways that are ideal for the clarity of CD.
ENTERTAINMENT
October 7, 1986 | ROBERT HILBURN, Compiled by Terry Atkinson
"What's Going On"/"Let's Get It On." Marvin Gaye. Motown. AAD. Yes, you get both of these landmark Gaye albums on one CD and at a single CD price. It's part of Motown's ambitious new two-for-one campaign. "What's Going On," a frequently brooding yet poignant reflection on urban social conditions, was one of the most influential albums of the early '70s--a work whose social consciousness had an especially strong impact on Stevie Wonder.
NEWS
April 8, 1987 | Marylouise Oates
"Next year," chairman Roz Wyman said, approaching Bev and Al Zacky. "Next year it can be Zacky Chickens Present the 'Betty Clooney Foundation Singers Salute the Songwriters Award.' And we'll put it on television." None of that seems surprising, especially after the curtain fell on the three-hour spectacular that played to a full house at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Monday night. Like love, the awards got better the second time around.