Film Awards

Preview for SoCal Restaurant Show on KLAA-AM 830: Marcus Samuelsson, Montage Eating, and Our Own Bill Esparza!

If it's a Friday afternoon, that means it's time for the SoCal Restaurant Show on KLAA-AM 830 to give us a scoop on what they'll have on their Saturday morning show. Without further ado, here's producer (and kinda-co-host) Andy Harris with the details!

Mo'Nique

Brea Improv

The Third Voyage of Thor In 'Kon-Tiki'

Thor Heyerdahl's South Pacific expedition is a grand story, told again

Counterfeiters, Short Film by Laguna Niguel's Bryce Hirschberg, Makes TV Debut Tonight

Counterfeiters, an innovative short film by Laguna Niguel's Bryce Hirschberg that was filmed in one continuous shot, makes its television debut tonight. Fine Cut: KCET's Annual Festival of Student Films, a five-week series that showcases documentaries, comedic, dramatic and animated shorts by stud ... More >>

[UPDATED with Award Winners:] That Oscar Buzz You're Hearing May Be Coming From the Irvine International Film Festival

See Update No. 2 on page 2 with the IIFF award winners.See Update No. 1 on the next page identifying the nine IIFF selections among the Oscar nominees. ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 4, 5:18 P.M.: The lineup for the second annual Irvine International Film Festival running Jan. 17-21 at Edwards Westpark 8 inclu ... More >>

The Irvine International Film Festival Shows Off Its Good Eye

The rambunctious lineup includes nine Oscar nominees

Jay Famiglietti, UCI Hydrologist, Hoses State's Water Future in Doc Last Call at the Oasis

The water crisis documentary Last Call at the Oasis won an "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" award at the just-concluded Newport Beach Film Festival. Surely helping propel Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu's production, which opens in Irvine Friday, is UC Irvine hydrologist Jay Famigl ... More >>

Boogie Nights

Regency South Coast Village

Casablanca with Live Score

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

The Top Five Songs That Have Won An Academy Award

​For those of you who don't know or don't care, this Sunday night is the biggest night in film: the 84th Academy Awards show. Personally, I could care less about the show, but for argument's sake, I enjoy tuning in and seeing who is the recipient of the Best Original Song award. There have been so ... More >>

Hollywood's Happy (Oscars) Ending

Why the movie industry—threatened and insecure—is loving 'The Artist' this awards season

How to Succeed in Your Office Oscar Pool Without Really Trying

It's a simple formula: Read story, win money

Gone with the Wind

Regency South Coast Village

Five Refurbishments That Can Help 'The Haunted Mansion' (The Movie)

​Disneyland's seasonal The Nightmare Before Christmas overhaul of the Haunted Mansion is complete (the attraction reopens today after a 17-day closure), thus kicking off the park's Halloween-themed festivities.Of course, the official launch of the park's Halloween-ness is September 30th which is w ... More >>

In 'One Day,' Life Happens According to Plan

July 15 is a very important date

Happy Birthday Madonna; RIP Elvis: Top Five Ways the Icons Are Similar

​You know it's a special day when the world celebrates not one, but two members of music royalty--one for his inspiring and everlasting contribution to rock & roll, and another for her long (and persisting) career in pop. We count down the similarities between Elvis Presley, the King and Madon ... More >>

R.E.M.'s 'Every Day is Yours to Win' on YouTube for 24 Hours Only

​How do you celebrate the best R.E.M. album to come out in 15 years? The band did it by releasing a short film to accompany each song from Collapse Into Now. Every Day Is Yours To Win, the latest film in s Collapse Into Now Film Project, is currently streaming on YouTube's homepage for 24 hours. T ... More >>

Gwyneth Paltrow, About to Sign a Record Deal?

​Page Six is reporting that Gwyneth Paltrow is "close to signing a deal with Atlantic Records." So that's what that embarrassment at the Oscars was all about! Page Six further states that the music is in the genre we like to call "country pop."

Wanted: Photographic Proof of Trent Reznor's Baby

​Mid-last year, all of the Internet was atwitter when it was announced that Trent Reznor and his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, were having a baby. Watching Reznor win an Oscar for the soundtrack of The Social Network and catching a glimpse of Mrs. Reznor at the awards show reminded us that 1) News outl ... More >>

Trent Reznor Won an Oscar! Now a Trending Topic on Twitter! (Here's What Everyone is Saying)

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyYou didn't know it then, but this was Trent Reznor wishing for an Oscar. ​If someone told me when I was a 15-year-old, wannabe wrist-slitter relating to Trent Reznor's pain via the Nine Inch Nail's industrial rock sludge that he would one day be wearing a tux at the Academy ... More >>

Exene Recasts the Oscars; Josh Freese Named Dream Presenter

Ali Smith​City of Orange resident and music scenester Exene Cervenka (of X, Knitters, Original Sinners) had a cameo in LA Times' awards blog The Envelope yesterday, and in it, she talked about what she'd do if she ran the Oscars. In the interview, we discover her love of Bill Murray. She also talk ... More >>

Roseanne Barr Defends Disneyland Hotel Workers in Video That Compares Disney to Osama bin Laden

​In their bitter fight to bring down the Mouse, Disneyland Resort hotel workers have gotten a new loud-mouthed champion: Roseanne Barr. The comedian/national-anthem-destroyer stars in a video produced by labor union UNITE HERE Local 11 that accuses Disney of "stealing from widows and orphans," and ... More >>

'The King's Speech' Is Oscar Mild

Indie-darling Academy Award nominees no match for the most old-fashioned film

Oscar Muzak: Five Nominees Marginally Worth Rooting For

​Oscar time is upon us once again, and buried somewhere underneath all the hype over "Best Actor/Actress,"Best Picture" and "Best Nipple Hard-on in a Scene" (wait, that last one might not be a real category), are the music nominations. And buried rightly so, since most Oscar nominated music is b ... More >>

"The Road to the Oscars" Swings by the Lido

​"The Road to the Oscars"--which ends Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood--includes a pit stop at the historic Lido moviehouse in Newport Beach at 7 tonight.That's where Regency Theatres and the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation host producer Robert Kline, who will run down the no ... More >>

'L.A. Confidential'

Regency South Coast Village

Toy Story 3 Gets Best Picture Nomination, Anti-Oscar Campaigners Not Backing Down

UNITE HERE ​Leigh Shelton was hoping Toy Story 3's Oscar dreams would be blasted to infinity and beyond. Instead, the Disney/Pixar megahit was nominated today for five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Animated Feature, Original Song, Achievement in Sound Editing and Adapted Screenplay. "The race is ... More >>

Golden Globe Musical Winners

Diane Warren​Ahhh . . . awards season is upon us. The Golden Globes, everyone's favorite Hollywood drunk self-celebration, happened in Beverly Hills last night, and the music side of film received its share of accolades. The two categories were Best Original Song, Motion Picture and Best Original ... More >>

Singin' in the Rain

Bay Theater

The Temper Trap

The Fox Theater

Indian Jones and the Last Crusade

Regency South Coast Village

Network

Bay Theater

Incoming: Miley Cyrus Coming to Honda Center

It's Miley!!(Note to self: Do not Google image search Miley Cyrus at work. Or anywhere. You won't feel great about yourself afterwards.)Destiny Hope Cyrus, the 16-year-old phenom better known as Miley Cyrus better known as TV alter ego Hannah Montana, is coming to the Honda Center in Anaheim on Sept ... More >>

Midnight Cowboy

South Coast Regency Village

[Special Screenings] Movie of the Week: 'Xanadu!'

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Bad Santa,' 'Bambi,' 'The Goonies,' More

Love Spell

Bell, Book and Candle

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Back Since November

Wyclef Jean

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

Everyones a Winner

Cannes jury spreads out awards, giving Romanian the big prize

Camera dCheatin

The movies cant get enough of marrieds getting it on outside marriage

Albom's Wonderful Life

And terrible play

The Two Faces of Jon

Which Jon Stewart will host the Oscars?

Out-bitched and Out-swished

Michael Musto Picks the Oscar Nominees

Bring the Pain

Oscar host Chris Rocks Oscar blast: an appreciation

Down Goes Ali

Smells Like Spleen Spirit

Why America Loves an Asian Martial-Arts Flick

Grabbing a Tiger by the Tale

Why America almost loves Crouching Tiger