Last American WWI Veteran Buried (Raw Video)
The last surviving US veteran of World War I was buried with full military honors Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden came to pay their respects to Frank Buckles, who died at age 110. The last American survivor of World War I has been laid to rest. Frank Buckles [...]
Independent Spirit Awards 2011: Natalie Portman wins best actress
Greta Gerwig talks to LA Times reporter Amy Kaufman on the carpet at the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards. The day might have started out mildly overcast, but as the film community watched in anticipation, the Santa Monica beach quickly went from partly cloudy to completely black, as “Black Swan” swept the major honors on its [...]
San Francisco Snow 2011 (Video)
The LA Times reports that a snow watch has been issued for San Francisco this weekend. A frigid winter storm is expected to drop the Southland into the deep freeze this weekend. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Southern California beginning Friday through Saturday night. A cold low pressure system [...]
IBM’s Steve Canepa talks about Watson on Jeopardy (Video)
Steve Canepa, IBM’s general manager of global Media and the entertainment industry, offers his take on Watson’s performance on Jeopardy in the second of three episodes in which the super computer competes against human champions. Read more about IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy at the LA Times Technology Blog. “She likes things with big batteries.” These [...]
Charlie Sheen Hospitalized with severe stomach pains
Charlie Sheen was rushed to the hospital Thursday morning with severe stomach pains. Earlier, his rep, Stan Rosenfield, told People, “All I know is what I was told – that he was having severe abdominal pains.” Now we know the reason: The LA Times reports that Sheen has a hiatal hernia. The intense abdominal pain [...]
Zooey Deschanel at the Sundance premiere of “My Idiot Brother” (Video)
Zooey Deschanel talks to LA Times reporter Amy Kaufman at the Sundance premiere of “My Idiot Brother.” Paul Rudd’s Ned Rochlin, recently released from jail and broke, wanders through his three sisters’ homes, inadvertently revealing that each has as much to answer for as their brother who sold dope to a policeman in uniform. Each [...]