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NBC gives full-season renewals to 5 of its dramas
Television producer Dick Wolf will be busy next season. NBC said Friday that it has renewed five of its dramas for next season. Two of them — the ...
Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' sells for $306K
Truman Capote's 1958 typed manuscript of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with the author's handwritten edits has sold for about $306,000 at auction to a ...
Rare 1913 nickel fetches over $3.1M at auction
A rare century-old U.S. nickel that was once mistakenly declared a fake and forgotten about for decades has sold at auction for more than $3.1 million
Therapy dogs help Mont. students with test stress
At Montana State University, final exams stress is going to the dogs. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/11pDoHV ) Intermountain ...
Glenn Close's sister writing about mental illness
The youngest sister of actress Glenn Close is working on a memoir about her struggles with mental illness. Grand Central Publishing announced Friday ...
Artists turn Bosnia nuke bunker into art gallery
A once-secret bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia's communist leadership from nuclear war has temporarily reopened as an art gallery, with some ...
Mayoral run revives the name Rodney Allen Rippy
Before he suddenly surfaced in the race for mayor of this hardscrabble Los Angeles suburb, Rodney Allen Rippy's name was likely to evoke that question ...
'The Rocket,' 'Kill Team' take top Tribeca honors
The Laos adventure "The Rocket" and the Afghanistan War documentary "The Kill Team" have taken top honors at the Tribeca Film Festival. In an awards ...
NY court: Artist Richard Prince fairly used photos
Painter and photographer Richard Prince, whose works have sold for millions of dollars, did not violate copyrights with most of the paintings and ...
Zachary Quinto to make Broadway bow in 'Menagerie'
Another Tennessee Williams masterpiece is coming to Broadway and it's bringing Zachary Quinto and Cherry Jones along for the ride. Producers Jeffrey ...
MTV piping up for 'Scream' series to air in 2014
MTV is getting ready to blast viewers with a brand-new "Scream." The network says it will produce a pilot for a TV-series adaptation of the wildly ...
Julianna Margulies and Paul Rudd to join onstage
Julianna Margulies and Paul Rudd will team up as lovers for a one-night only benefit reading of Neil LaBute's play "The Mercy Seat." The off-Broadway ...
Broadway revival of 'Cabaret' is being considered
The Roundabout Theatre Company is considering a new Broadway revival of "Cabaret," although the non-profit said Thursday no final decision has been ...
Official: Greeks pull nudes from Qatar art exhibit
Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them. A Culture ...
Musical of 'Flashdance' delays Broadway bow
The stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie "Flashdance" has taken a slight stutter step on the way to Broadway. Citing an inability to find a theater, ...
Don DeLillo honored by Library of Congress
Don DeLillo has won the first Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Widely acknowledged as a master chronicler of American dread and ...
Carville and Matalin working on joint memoir
James Carville and Mary Matalin, political rivals and personal bedfellows, are collaborating on a book in which they will again agree to disagree.
4 artists up for UK's contentious Turner Prize
British art's prestigious Turner Prize embraced the playful and the satirical Thursday, announcing a list of four finalists including a cartoonist ...
3 generations of Wyeths coming to auction
American realist painter Andrew Wyeth left an indelible impression on Eric Sambol after a museum class trip in the 1970s. Many years later, the New ...
2 beloved TV soaps revived online starting Monday
Taped to a wall at the entrance to the Connecticut Film Center in Stamford is this greeting: "Welcome (back) to Pine Valley." Pine Valley, of course, ...
Thai censors overturn ban on film about border row
Thailand's film censors have overturned a ban on a documentary about the country's long-running border conflict with Cambodia after initially saying ...
In a first, YouTube to showcase a week of comedy
For a week in May, YouTube will turn into the biggest open mic on the planet. On Thursday, the Google Inc.-owned site will announce the YouTube Comedy ...
Richard Bausch wins $30,000 story prize
One of the country's top short story writers has won a $30,000 prize. Richard Bausch, author of eight story collections and winner of numerous other ...
LA's storied Gibson Amphitheatre closing in Sept.
Concert promoter Live Nation announced Wednesday that a landmark Los Angeles music venue where Bob Marley, Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra performed ...
Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout
Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening ...