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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News of the artsen-usMon, 06 Oct 2008 20:03:07 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dl/Uus-dwts.R2NL_IO6.htmlwed/dl/Uus-dwts.R2NL_IO6.html1223322888Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dl/Uus-dwts.R2NL_IO6.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- An injury has forced Olympic beach volleyball champion Misty May-Treanor to drop out of "Dancing with the Stars," a fellow competitor told an L.A. radio show.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dl/Uus-dwts.R2NL_IO6.html">May-Treanor won't continue on 'DWTS'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- An injury has forced Olympic beach volleyball champion Misty May-Treanor to drop out of "Dancing with the Stars," a fellow competitor told an L.A. radio show.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/br/Unorway-nobel-book.RfhK_IO6.htmlwed/br/Unorway-nobel-book.RfhK_IO6.html1223308487Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/br/Unorway-nobel-book.RfhK_IO6.html"></a>OSLO, Norway, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The author of a book about Alfred Nobel's will says the late industrialist wouldn't be happy with some of the Nobel Peace Prizes given out in his name.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/br/Unorway-nobel-book.RfhK_IO6.html">Author questions Nobel Peace Prizes</a><br />OSLO, Norway, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The author of a book about Alfred Nobel's will says the late industrialist wouldn't be happy with some of the Nobel Peace Prizes given out in his name.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bw/Uus-overweightreading.RfSZ_IO6.htmlwed/bw/Uus-overweightreading.RfSZ_IO6.html1223307299Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:34:59 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bw/Uus-overweightreading.RfSZ_IO6.html"></a>DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers discovered that reading the right type of novel may help an obese adolescent to lose weight.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bw/Uus-overweightreading.RfSZ_IO6.html">Novel helps children, teens lose weight</a><br />DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers discovered that reading the right type of novel may help an obese adolescent to lose weight.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-hairspray.Ridk_IO5.htmlwed/al/Uus-hairspray.Ridk_IO5.html1223238290Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:24:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-hairspray.Ridk_IO5.html"></a>NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The run of a Broadway production of the musical "Hairspray" is approaching its end at New York's Neil Simon Theater, production heads say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-hairspray.Ridk_IO5.html">'Hairspray' set to bow out on Broadway</a><br />NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The run of a Broadway production of the musical "Hairspray" is approaching its end at New York's Neil Simon Theater, production heads say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bo/Ucuba-okeeffe.R5fv_IO5.htmlwed/bo/Ucuba-okeeffe.R5fv_IO5.html1223234090Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:14:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bo/Ucuba-okeeffe.R5fv_IO5.html"></a>MIAMI, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The family of Francis W. O'Keefe, a direct descendant of painter Georgia O'Keeffe, has yet to claim his body in Miami months after his death, a caregiver says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bo/Ucuba-okeeffe.R5fv_IO5.html">Body of O'Keeffe descendant unclaimed</a><br />MIAMI, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The family of Francis W. O'Keefe, a direct descendant of painter Georgia O'Keeffe, has yet to claim his body in Miami months after his death, a caregiver says.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/am/Ubritain-saatchi.RP5Y_IO5.htmlwed/am/Ubritain-saatchi.RP5Y_IO5.html1223233513Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:05:13 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/am/Ubritain-saatchi.RP5Y_IO5.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Art collector Charles Saatchi says his newest London art exhibition will feature the creations of nearly 15 Middle Eastern artists.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/am/Ubritain-saatchi.RP5Y_IO5.html">Middle Eastern art focus of Saatchi show</a><br />LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Art collector Charles Saatchi says his newest London art exhibition will feature the creations of nearly 15 Middle Eastern artists.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bi/Ubritain-fleming.RuN-_IO5.htmlwed/bi/Ubritain-fleming.RuN-_IO5.html1223228113Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:35:13 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bi/Ubritain-fleming.RuN-_IO5.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional spy hero James Bond, helped insert "new blood" into MI6, Britain's real-life intelligence agency, documents reveal.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bi/Ubritain-fleming.RuN-_IO5.html">Documents say Fleming aided MI6</a><br />LONDON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional spy hero James Bond, helped insert "new blood" into MI6, Britain's real-life intelligence agency, documents reveal.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uus-peterson.RRUN_IO5.htmlwed/cr/Uus-peterson.RRUN_IO5.html1223226891Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:14:51 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uus-peterson.RRUN_IO5.html"></a>CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Former police officer Drew Peterson earned mixed results from authorities' polygraph tests following the death of his third wife in Illinois, a new book says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uus-peterson.RRUN_IO5.html">Book: Peterson's polygraph results mixed</a><br />CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Former police officer Drew Peterson earned mixed results from authorities' polygraph tests following the death of his third wife in Illinois, a new book says.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cq/Uus-marsflick.RwLW_IO4.htmlwed/cq/Uus-marsflick.RwLW_IO4.html1223141693Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:34:53 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cq/Uus-marsflick.RwLW_IO4.html"></a>ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- AMC executives say they are considering a new series for the U.S. cable TV network focused on the novel "Red Mars."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cq/Uus-marsflick.RwLW_IO4.html">Mars may be focus of new AMC series</a><br />ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- AMC executives say they are considering a new series for the U.S. cable TV network focused on the novel "Red Mars."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ba/Uus-musiciansbrain.RvzM_IO3.htmlwed/ba/Uus-musiciansbrain.RvzM_IO3.html1223078702Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:05:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ba/Uus-musiciansbrain.RvzM_IO3.html"></a>NASHVILLE, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Trained musicians really do think differently than those who can't carry a tune and they may be a bit smarter too, U.S. researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ba/Uus-musiciansbrain.RvzM_IO3.html">Musicians use both sides of brain</a><br />NASHVILLE, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Trained musicians really do think differently than those who can't carry a tune and they may be a bit smarter too, U.S. researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-newman.RKQ5_IO3.htmlwed/ag/Uus-newman.RKQ5_IO3.html1223046333Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:05:33 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-newman.RKQ5_IO3.html"></a>NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- New York's Broadway community reportedly will pay its respects to late stage and screen icon Paul Newman by dimming the lights on the Great White Way.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-newman.RKQ5_IO3.html">B'way to salute Newman by dimming lights</a><br />NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- New York's Broadway community reportedly will pay its respects to late stage and screen icon Paul Newman by dimming the lights on the Great White Way.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cu/Uus-nycomedyfest.RLZc_IO2.htmlwed/cu/Uus-nycomedyfest.RLZc_IO2.html1222981503Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:05:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cu/Uus-nycomedyfest.RLZc_IO2.html"></a>NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Regis Philbin, Ricky Gervais, Whoopi Goldberg and Bruce Springsteen have agreed to help out at a benefit in New York, The Bob Woodruff Foundation said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cu/Uus-nycomedyfest.RLZc_IO2.html">Stars line up for Woodruff charity show</a><br />NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Regis Philbin, Ricky Gervais, Whoopi Goldberg and Bruce Springsteen have agreed to help out at a benefit in New York, The Bob Woodruff Foundation said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bj/Uus-helio.RuS4_IO2.htmlwed/bj/Uus-helio.RuS4_IO2.html1222981503Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:05:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bj/Uus-helio.RuS4_IO2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Racecar driver and past winner of "Dancing with the Stars" Helio Castroneves was indicted in Miami Thursday for alleged tax evasion, TMZ reported.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bj/Uus-helio.RuS4_IO2.html">Report: 'Dancing' winner Helio indicted</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Racecar driver and past winner of "Dancing with the Stars" Helio Castroneves was indicted in Miami Thursday for alleged tax evasion, TMZ reported.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-swindler.RiB1_IO2.htmlwed/cz/Ubritain-swindler.RiB1_IO2.html1222972497Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:34:57 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-swindler.RiB1_IO2.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A woman who posed as a French-Iranian heiress was sentenced in London to six years in jail Thursday for swindling $3.5 million from Europe's top auction houses.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-swindler.RiB1_IO2.html">'Heiress' gets 6 years for swindling $3.5M</a><br />LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A woman who posed as a French-Iranian heiress was sentenced in London to six years in jail Thursday for swindling $3.5 million from Europe's top auction houses.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-jamesearljones.R9dn_IO2.htmlwed/al/Uus-jamesearljones.R9dn_IO2.html1222964087Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-jamesearljones.R9dn_IO2.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild said Thursday it has chosen film and TV star James Earl Jones as the next recipient of its lifetime achievement award.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/al/Uus-jamesearljones.R9dn_IO2.html">SAG to honor James Earl Jones</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild said Thursday it has chosen film and TV star James Earl Jones as the next recipient of its lifetime achievement award.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cy/Ubritain-rushdie.Rfwl_IO1.htmlwed/cy/Ubritain-rushdie.Rfwl_IO1.html1222898087Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cy/Ubritain-rushdie.Rfwl_IO1.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Indian-British author Salman Rushdie said he doesn't regret writing "The Satanic Verses," a book so controversial he had to dodge death threats for years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cy/Ubritain-rushdie.Rfwl_IO1.html">Rushdie doesn't regret writing 'Verses'</a><br />LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Indian-British author Salman Rushdie said he doesn't regret writing "The Satanic Verses," a book so controversial he had to dodge death threats for years.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bc/Uus-dwts.R4la_IO1.htmlwed/bc/Uus-dwts.R4la_IO1.html1222867488Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:24:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bc/Uus-dwts.R4la_IO1.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. reality television personality Kim Kardashian was the third celebrity to be booted off the Season 7 edition of "Dancing with the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bc/Uus-dwts.R4la_IO1.html">Kardashian is eliminated from 'Dancing'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. reality television personality Kim Kardashian was the third celebrity to be booted off the Season 7 edition of "Dancing with the Stars."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-siennamiller.RIMp_ISU.htmlwed/ah/Ubritain-siennamiller.RIMp_ISU.html1222791288Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-siennamiller.RIMp_ISU.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Britain's Daily Star newspaper has apologized to Sienna Miller for publishing a photo the film actress said violated her privacy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ah/Ubritain-siennamiller.RIMp_ISU.html">Sienna wins an apology over photo</a><br />LONDON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Britain's Daily Star newspaper has apologized to Sienna Miller for publishing a photo the film actress said violated her privacy.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cl/Uus-dwts.Rsd6_IST.htmlwed/cl/Uus-dwts.Rsd6_IST.html1222736089Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:54:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cl/Uus-dwts.Rsd6_IST.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and country star Jessica Simpson has agreed to sing on an upcoming installment of the competition series "Dancing with the Stars," ABC said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cl/Uus-dwts.Rsd6_IST.html">Jessica Simpson to sing on 'Dancing'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and country star Jessica Simpson has agreed to sing on an upcoming installment of the competition series "Dancing with the Stars," ABC said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-galleryart.RzOY_ISS.htmlwed/cz/Ubritain-galleryart.RzOY_ISS.html1222632305Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:05:05 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-galleryart.RzOY_ISS.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Collections of art in some of Britain's top museums and galleries have suffered accidental damage at the hands of tourists, official records show.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cz/Ubritain-galleryart.RzOY_ISS.html">Records show tourists damaging Brit art</a><br />LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Collections of art in some of Britain's top museums and galleries have suffered accidental damage at the hands of tourists, official records show.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bx/Ubritain-mossportrait.RNXH_ISS.htmlwed/bx/Ubritain-mossportrait.RNXH_ISS.html1222626290Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:24:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bx/Ubritain-mossportrait.RNXH_ISS.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A self-portrait by British model Kate Moss marked with blood from her ex-lover, rocker Pete Doherty, has sold for nearly $62,000, The Sunday Telegraph reports.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bx/Ubritain-mossportrait.RNXH_ISS.html">Moss portrait sold for $62,000</a><br />LONDON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A self-portrait by British model Kate Moss marked with blood from her ex-lover, rocker Pete Doherty, has sold for nearly $62,000, The Sunday Telegraph reports.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.htmlwed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html1222581290Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:54:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html"></a>CAIRO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A fire that gutted the main auditorium of the Egyptian National Theater Saturday has been blamed on a short circuit in the air conditioning.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html">Fire hits National Theater in Cairo</a><br />CAIRO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A fire that gutted the main auditorium of the Egyptian National Theater Saturday has been blamed on a short circuit in the air conditioning.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Ubritain-terrorarrests.R2c1_ISR.htmlwed/cr/Ubritain-terrorarrests.R2c1_ISR.html1222539288Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Ubritain-terrorarrests.R2c1_ISR.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Four people are in custody after a fire at the offices of a London publisher about to publish a controversial book on Islam, authorities say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cr/Ubritain-terrorarrests.R2c1_ISR.html">Four arrested in London publisher fire</a><br />LONDON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Four people are in custody after a fire at the offices of a London publisher about to publish a controversial book on Islam, authorities say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cp/Uitaly-renoir.RGfE_ISR.htmlwed/cp/Uitaly-renoir.RGfE_ISR.html1222537486Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:44:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cp/Uitaly-renoir.RGfE_ISR.html"></a>MILAN, Italy, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Police say they have recovered a painting by Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen more than 30 years ago in Italy.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cp/Uitaly-renoir.RGfE_ISR.html">Stolen Renoir painting recovered by police</a><br />MILAN, Italy, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Police say they have recovered a painting by Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen more than 30 years ago in Italy.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aq/Uus-kanyewest.RsgR_ISQ.htmlwed/aq/Uus-kanyewest.RsgR_ISQ.html1222482895Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:34:55 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aq/Uus-kanyewest.RsgR_ISQ.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Rapper Kanye West won't face felony charges for allegedly damaging a photographer's equipment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aq/Uus-kanyewest.RsgR_ISQ.html">No felony charges for West in photog case</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Rapper Kanye West won't face felony charges for allegedly damaging a photographer's equipment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)