"Whitney!", an exhibit at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum that celebrates Whitney Houston, will open Aug. 15., two days before the superstar’s last movie, “Sparkle,” bows nationwide....
If British singer/songwriter Nick Lowe hadn’t made it as a musician, he could have had a great career as a raconteur. His gift for telling a witty story was on grand display Tuesday night, Aug. 16, as the 200-se...
The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards once told me that the key to songwriting is “keeping your antenna up.” It’s a concept that almost every songwriter I’ve ever interviewed has repeated in...
Every hit song begins with a writer or group of writers sitting in a room staring at a keyboard, holding a guitar, staring at a blank computer screen or a pad of paper.
The story of how a song comes together, much...
In a nod to just how prominent the Los Angeles Film Festival has become recently, many forget the annual June event didn't set up shop in Westwood until just four years ago. That era is quickly over, however, as...
Does Marion Cotillard play a baddie in the highly-anticipated threequel "The Dark Knight Rises" or not?
Her character is officially listed a business woman named Miranda Tate, but rumors have been traded ...
Madonna is releasing her 12th studio album, "MDNA," next week (read the review here) and has already pumped up her fan base with a "greatest hits"-like video for the single "Girl Gone Wild.&qu...
Stars: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts. Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis, Dermot Mulroney, Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Margo Martindale
Release Date: TBD
Festival Speculation: Venice, ...
