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,”Â rouged its knees for a nostalgic red carpet fete through the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater on Tuesday. Read more...

Imagine the awkwardness of scarfing down a cheese quesadilla without fiesta music blaring in the background, or the eeriness of eating beef ravioli in dead silence. Read more...

There was no word of it on Los Angeles’ KDOC-TV Channel 38, which I had on the tube for most of the week. I found out when Christy (my common-law wife) went online to check out the recaps of ABC’s “All My Children” and “General Hospital.” Sure, she was going to join my public crusade against the Big 4 networks, but she still needed her regular soap fix. Read more...

A bouquet of daisies. A romantic dinner at In-n-Out Burger. A shot glass shopping spree at aahs! and an improv comedy show. Forget high-class romance ““ it’s time for an Art to Heart blind date. Read more...

Many have deemed Lee Miller a “muse” for her mysterious, sexual beauty and her status as inspiring lover, wife or object of desire to prominent artists such as Man Ray, Roland Penrose and Pablo Picasso. Read more...

The new film “The Safety of Objects” asserts what filmmakers have been saying about suburban life since the advent of the carpool: underneath its lily-white exterior, suburbia is boiling over with misplaced rage. Read more...

In 1999, British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha bought a new pair of sneakers in a Los Angeles shoe store. Through an ongoing promotional deal, the shoes came with a free ticket to the Women’s World Cup. Read more...