You may think there’s nothing to it, but director Rob Marshall simply cannot do it alone. Fresh off of this weekend’s $100 million box office milestone and wins at the Director’s Guild Awards and the Producer’s Guild Awards, this year’s Oscar favorite, “Chicago,” rouged its knees for a nostalgic red carpet fete through the American Cinematheque at the […]
Author Archives: Paul Mendoza
Controversial French film to come stun L.A.
Monica Bellucci, French film star, recently discovered a universal truth: while shocking audiences can be great, embarrassing your mom is not. “My mother called me, and said, “˜Monica, what did you do?’” Bellucci said. “People said to her, “˜Monica’s never going to work again! Her career’s finished!’” But Bellucci’s work is far from finished. Her latest film, […]
State of the Union
Meet Gabrielle Union: actress, model and, yes, former UCLA Store Book Buyback supervisor. “I topped the scales at $6.16 an hour, and that was after three raises,” Union said. “So yeah, I was doing big things.” Union has since traded in her textbooks for Tinseltown as one of the hottest actresses working today. Her fiery […]
Cartoon Network not just for children
If you’ve heard one “D’oh!” or “They killed Kenny!” too many, Cartoon Network has the show for you. The 24-hour animated network will be promoting “Adult Swim,” their 3-hour adult cartoon block, at Madison’s in Westwood tonight, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be giveaways and prizes, as well as money to spend […]
Dressed to impress
For costume designer Julie Weiss, “you are what you wear” is no mere adage; it’s a fact of life. “Look around. Some of us wear our families and our families’ past; some steal stories from other people and wear them as their own,” said Weiss, who designed the costumes for “Frida,” inspired by Frida Kahlo’s […]
Betting on the Devil
Mark Steven Johnson’s a little jittery right now. He may have brought “Daredevil,” to the silver screen, but writer/director Johnson is still a bundle of nerves about this six-year project. “It’s funny, because the director’s really nervous about you guys,” said Michael Clark Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the film. “I mean, yesterday, when he was […]
Films document “˜Visions of Five’ female students
While male-centric Hollywood has few female directors, at UCLA their perspectives are at the fore of documentary filmmaking. The UCLA film school will highlight five female student documentaries at the annual student documentary screenings, titled “Documentary Salon: Visions of Five.” With complex logistics and low budgets, the women have created films with ambitious scopes and […]