Search results for

Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new Pixar animated film Cars. He says the movie will likely continue Pixar's run of hits.

Actor Mel Gibson has issued an apology for remarks he reportedly made after being arrested for driving under the influence early Friday. The arresting officer reported that Gibson unleashed an anti-Semitic rant and attempted to flee the scene.

Director Brian De Palma's Black Dahlia is based upon James Ellroy's fictional take on a real-life 1947 L.A. murder case. Ellroy's novel L.A. Confidential was turned into a great movie, but don't expect the same of Dahlia.

Jane Campion's and Denis Villeneuve's films got the highest amount of nominations, 12 and 10 each. Drive My Car, from Japan, got nominated for both Best Picture and Best International Feature.

The newest art museum in Paris is dedicated to non-European pieces, mostly from Africa and Asia. But what might have been a monument to multiculturalism faces criticism for segregating such works into a museum of "the other."

Thursday begins the five-day Indian festival Durga Puja, the largest annual celebration for Bengali Hindus. Commentator Sandip Roy contrasts celebrating the holiday as a child in Calcutta and as an adult in California.

The new film The Queen looks at England's royal family following the death of Princess Diana. It's directed by Stephen Frears and features Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. The movie opened the New York Film Festival on Friday. NPR critic Bob Mondello has a review.

Forest Whitaker's portrayal of brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin ranges from subtle charm to murderous fury. It's a challenge for any actor to portray a character who is both loved and feared, and Whitaker's performance is already drawing Oscar buzz.

In her poems, Margaret Robison describes her recovery from stroke and the time she spent in a psychiatric hospital. But it's her son Augustin Burroughs' words in his memoir Running with Scissors that have defined her.

American orchestras are starting to see digital download sites such as iTunes as a new way to get their music out. New York Philharmonic and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra have begun marketing their music to digital downloaders, hoping that classical music will sell online.