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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News of the artsen-usThu Mar 18 21:13:02 2010288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ct/Ubritain-janeeyre.RyGi_KMI.htmlwed/ct/Ubritain-janeeyre.RyGi_KMI.html1268946302Thu Mar 18 21:05:02 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ct/Ubritain-janeeyre.RyGi_KMI.html"></a>LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- Production on the latest screen adaptation of the literary classic "Jane Eyre" is to begin next week in the United Kingdom, Focus Features said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ct/Ubritain-janeeyre.RyGi_KMI.html">Cameras set to roll on 'Jane Eyre' film</a><br />LONDON, March 18 (UPI) -- Production on the latest screen adaptation of the literary classic "Jane Eyre" is to begin next week in the United Kingdom, Focus Features said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/di/Uus-osmond.ReEi_KMH.htmlwed/di/Uus-osmond.ReEi_KMH.html1268874297Thu Mar 18 01:04:57 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/di/Uus-osmond.ReEi_KMH.html"></a>LAS VEGAS, March 17 (UPI) -- Donny and Marie Osmond have canceled this week's performances in Las Vegas as Marie grieves for her late son, Michael, an assistant to the entertainer said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/di/Uus-osmond.ReEi_KMH.html">Osmonds cancel more Vegas dates</a><br />LAS VEGAS, March 17 (UPI) -- Donny and Marie Osmond have canceled this week's performances in Las Vegas as Marie grieves for her late son, Michael, an assistant to the entertainer said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/db/Uus-horsepaint.RY6o_KMG.htmlwed/db/Uus-horsepaint.RY6o_KMG.html1268783087Tue Mar 16 23:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/db/Uus-horsepaint.RY6o_KMG.html"></a>IRON RIDGE, Wis., March 16 (UPI) -- Carol Jensen, a Wisconsin artist, decided all creatures need a winter pastime, including her horse, so she taught it how to paint.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/db/Uus-horsepaint.RY6o_KMG.html">Horse turns artist to beat winter boredom</a><br />IRON RIDGE, Wis., March 16 (UPI) -- Carol Jensen, a Wisconsin artist, decided all creatures need a winter pastime, including her horse, so she taught it how to paint.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aa/Uus-williams.RQAG_KME.htmlwed/aa/Uus-williams.RQAG_KME.html1268595295Sun Mar 14 19:34:55 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aa/Uus-williams.RQAG_KME.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- Actress/singer Vanessa Williams says it has been "seamless" juggling her starring roles in ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Broadway's "Sondheim on Sondheim."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aa/Uus-williams.RQAG_KME.html">'Ugly Betty' star returns to the stage</a><br />NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- Actress/singer Vanessa Williams says it has been "seamless" juggling her starring roles in ABC's "Ugly Betty" and Broadway's "Sondheim on Sondheim."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ak/Ubritain-malkovich.RhPb_KMC.htmlwed/ak/Ubritain-malkovich.RhPb_KMC.html1268436288Fri Mar 12 23:24:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ak/Ubritain-malkovich.RhPb_KMC.html"></a>LONDON, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. actor John Malkovich has been cast as an Austrian serial killer in the London stage production of "The Infernal Comedy," the BBC said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ak/Ubritain-malkovich.RhPb_KMC.html">Malkovich to star in London play</a><br />LONDON, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. actor John Malkovich has been cast as an Austrian serial killer in the London stage production of "The Infernal Comedy," the BBC said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ar/Uus-alcala.RWkk_KMB.htmlwed/ar/Uus-alcala.RWkk_KMB.html1268364287Fri Mar 12 03:24:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ar/Uus-alcala.RWkk_KMB.html"></a>SANTA ANA, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- California prosecutors asked the public for help in identifying women pictured in photographs found in the home and storage locker of a convicted serial killer.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ar/Uus-alcala.RWkk_KMB.html">Identifying serial killer's pics of women</a><br />SANTA ANA, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- California prosecutors asked the public for help in identifying women pictured in photographs found in the home and storage locker of a convicted serial killer.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-atimetokill.RAEN_KMB.htmlwed/bu/Uus-atimetokill.RAEN_KMB.html1268351086Thu Mar 11 23:44:46 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-atimetokill.RAEN_KMB.html"></a>WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The play version of John Grisham's legal thriller "A Time to Kill" is to have its world premiere at Washington's Arena Stage.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-atimetokill.RAEN_KMB.html">'A Time to Kill' stage play planned</a><br />WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The play version of John Grisham's legal thriller "A Time to Kill" is to have its world premiere at Washington's Arena Stage.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bb/Uus-lopez.R44I_KMA.htmlwed/bb/Uus-lopez.R44I_KMA.html1268269499Thu Mar 11 01:04:59 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bb/Uus-lopez.R44I_KMA.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Mario Lopez announced Wednesday that his girlfriend, Broadway dancer Courtney Mazza, is pregnant.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bb/Uus-lopez.R44I_KMA.html">Mario Lopez says his girlfriend's pregnant</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. television personality Mario Lopez announced Wednesday that his girlfriend, Broadway dancer Courtney Mazza, is pregnant.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bl/Uturkey-arttheft.RnIO_KMA.htmlwed/bl/Uturkey-arttheft.RnIO_KMA.html1268239487Wed Mar 10 16:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bl/Uturkey-arttheft.RnIO_KMA.html"></a>ANKARA, Turkey, March 10 (UPI) -- At least 18 paintings are missing from the State Museum of Fine Arts in Ankara, the Turkish Radikal newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bl/Uturkey-arttheft.RnIO_KMA.html">Paintings stolen from Turkish museum</a><br />ANKARA, Turkey, March 10 (UPI) -- At least 18 paintings are missing from the State Museum of Fine Arts in Ankara, the Turkish Radikal newspaper reported Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/az/Uus-legos.RSl1_KM9.htmlwed/az/Uus-legos.RSl1_KM9.html1268175288Tue Mar 9 22:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/az/Uus-legos.RSl1_KM9.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- A German artist said he is working to fill in cracks in New York buildings with an unusual construction material -- plastic Lego blocks.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/az/Uus-legos.RSl1_KM9.html">Lego blocks patch New York buildings</a><br />NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- A German artist said he is working to fill in cracks in New York buildings with an unusual construction material -- plastic Lego blocks.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bz/Uus-dwts.RQK2_KM8.htmlwed/bz/Uus-dwts.RQK2_KM8.html1268064888Mon Mar 8 16:14:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bz/Uus-dwts.RQK2_KM8.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- Brooke Burke, the winner of Season 7 of "Dancing with the Stars," is to serve as co-host of the U.S. dance competition series, ABC announced.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bz/Uus-dwts.RQK2_KM8.html">Burke named new 'Dancing' co-host</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- Brooke Burke, the winner of Season 7 of "Dancing with the Stars," is to serve as co-host of the U.S. dance competition series, ABC announced.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cj/Uus-rahrahs.RZuE_KM7.htmlwed/cj/Uus-rahrahs.RZuE_KM7.html1267983887Sun Mar 7 17:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cj/Uus-rahrahs.RZuE_KM7.html"></a>DETROIT, March 7 (UPI) -- Julie Hecker of Royal Oak, Mich., says she is part of a group of middle-aged women who don fishnets and go-go boots to serve as cheerleaders for Detroit.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cj/Uus-rahrahs.RZuE_KM7.html">Middle-aged women living cheerleader life</a><br />DETROIT, March 7 (UPI) -- Julie Hecker of Royal Oak, Mich., says she is part of a group of middle-aged women who don fishnets and go-go boots to serve as cheerleaders for Detroit.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-billboard.REwM_KM6.htmlwed/ag/Uus-billboard.REwM_KM6.html1267894487Sat Mar 6 16:54:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-billboard.REwM_KM6.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 6 (UPI) -- Workers were removing a supergraphic -- a huge digital advertising graphic -- from a Hollywood Boulevard building, a Los Angeles city official says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ag/Uus-billboard.REwM_KM6.html">Supergraphic comes down on Hollywood Blvd.</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 6 (UPI) -- Workers were removing a supergraphic -- a huge digital advertising graphic -- from a Hollywood Boulevard building, a Los Angeles city official says.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-walken.R3cA_KM5.htmlwed/bu/Uus-walken.R3cA_KM5.html1267848888Sat Mar 6 04:14:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-walken.R3cA_KM5.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- "A Behanding in Spokane," Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's first U.S.-set play, has opened on Broadway.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/bu/Uus-walken.R3cA_KM5.html">McDonagh's 'Behanding' opens on Broadway</a><br />NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- "A Behanding in Spokane," Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's first U.S.-set play, has opened on Broadway.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dq/Uus-spitzer.RWBB_KM5.htmlwed/dq/Uus-spitzer.RWBB_KM5.html1267836888Sat Mar 6 00:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dq/Uus-spitzer.RWBB_KM5.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- A close adviser to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says in a new book the ex-official's friends put him on a suicide watch following his resignation.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/dq/Uus-spitzer.RWBB_KM5.html">Book: Spitzer may have been suicidal</a><br />NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- A close adviser to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says in a new book the ex-official's friends put him on a suicide watch following his resignation.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ca/Uus-obrien.R4O2_KM5.htmlwed/ca/Uus-obrien.R4O2_KM5.html1267832687Fri Mar 5 23:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ca/Uus-obrien.R4O2_KM5.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- Recently deposed U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien is planning to headline a traveling stage show starting next month, sources told E! News.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ca/Uus-obrien.R4O2_KM5.html">Report: O'Brien is planning a stage tour</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- Recently deposed U.S. late-night television host Conan O'Brien is planning to headline a traveling stage show starting next month, sources told E! News.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ao/Ubritain-westend.RM7e_KM4.htmlwed/ao/Ubritain-westend.RM7e_KM4.html1267736696Thu Mar 4 21:04:56 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ao/Ubritain-westend.RM7e_KM4.html"></a>LONDON, March 4 (UPI) -- Three quarters of the 250 actors surveyed said the West End London theater where they work has a rodent problem, The Times of London said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ao/Ubritain-westend.RM7e_KM4.html">Study: Many London theaters have rodents</a><br />LONDON, March 4 (UPI) -- Three quarters of the 250 actors surveyed said the West End London theater where they work has a rodent problem, The Times of London said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ch/Uus-museumtheft.RZvc_KM4.htmlwed/ch/Uus-museumtheft.RZvc_KM4.html1267728887Thu Mar 4 18:54:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ch/Uus-museumtheft.RZvc_KM4.html"></a>BOSTON, March 4 (UPI) -- Investigators hope advances in DNA testing will solve the biggest art heist in U.S. history, the 1990 theft of masterpieces from the Gardner Museum in Boston.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ch/Uus-museumtheft.RZvc_KM4.html">Can DNA solve 1990 art heist?</a><br />BOSTON, March 4 (UPI) -- Investigators hope advances in DNA testing will solve the biggest art heist in U.S. history, the 1990 theft of masterpieces from the Gardner Museum in Boston.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aw/Uus-theview.Rd5P_KM2.htmlwed/aw/Uus-theview.Rd5P_KM2.html1267567499Tue Mar 2 22:04:59 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aw/Uus-theview.Rd5P_KM2.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) -- Australian entertainer Dame Edna Everage has been booked as a co-host of an upcoming episode of the U.S. chat show "The View," ABC announced.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/aw/Uus-theview.Rd5P_KM2.html">Dame Edna to co-host 'The View'</a><br />NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) -- Australian entertainer Dame Edna Everage has been booked as a co-host of an upcoming episode of the U.S. chat show "The View," ABC announced.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/by/Uus-dwts.R3dO_KM1.htmlwed/by/Uus-dwts.R3dO_KM1.html1267501487Tue Mar 2 03:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/by/Uus-dwts.R3dO_KM1.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- Actress Pamela Anderson and astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be among the competitors on the 10th season of the U.S. TV series "Dancing with the Stars," ABC said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/by/Uus-dwts.R3dO_KM1.html">Anderson, Aldrin to compete on 'DWTS'</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- Actress Pamela Anderson and astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be among the competitors on the 10th season of the U.S. TV series "Dancing with the Stars," ABC said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ax/Uus-glee.Rtys_KM1.htmlwed/ax/Uus-glee.Rtys_KM1.html1267472687Mon Mar 1 19:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ax/Uus-glee.Rtys_KM1.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- The cast of the U.S. music-themed dramedy series "Glee" is to appear in a string of stage shows, 20th Century Fox Television announced Monday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/ax/Uus-glee.Rtys_KM1.html">'Glee' cast planning four-city stage tour</a><br />LOS ANGELES, March 1 (UPI) -- The cast of the U.S. music-themed dramedy series "Glee" is to appear in a string of stage shows, 20th Century Fox Television announced Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/af/Uaustralia-naked.R2dp_KM1.htmlwed/af/Uaustralia-naked.R2dp_KM1.html1267472096Mon Mar 1 19:34:56 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/af/Uaustralia-naked.R2dp_KM1.html"></a>SYDNEY, March 1 (UPI) -- A photographer said about 5,000 people stripped nude on the steps of Australia's Sydney Opera House for a photo shoot.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/af/Uaustralia-naked.R2dp_KM1.html">5,000 pose nude in Australia</a><br />SYDNEY, March 1 (UPI) -- A photographer said about 5,000 people stripped nude on the steps of Australia's Sydney Opera House for a photo shoot.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cm/Uus-themiracleworker.RlBz_KM1.htmlwed/cm/Uus-themiracleworker.RlBz_KM1.html1267464897Mon Mar 1 17:34:57 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cm/Uus-themiracleworker.RlBz_KM1.html"></a>NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Teenage U.S. film star Abigail Breslin says the biggest difference between acting in a movie and on stage is how many takes one has to get a scene right.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cm/Uus-themiracleworker.RlBz_KM1.html">Breslin headlines 'Miracle Worker' revival</a><br />NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Teenage U.S. film star Abigail Breslin says the biggest difference between acting in a movie and on stage is how many takes one has to get a scene right.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/da/Uus-gosselin-dancing.RkKK_KFS.htmlwed/da/Uus-gosselin-dancing.RkKK_KFS.html1267386287Sun Feb 28 19:44:47 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/da/Uus-gosselin-dancing.RkKK_KFS.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles radio station is reporting reality TV star Kate Gosselin could be among the next batch of "Dancing with the Stars" contestants.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/da/Uus-gosselin-dancing.RkKK_KFS.html">Kate Gosselin may be Dancing with Stars</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles radio station is reporting reality TV star Kate Gosselin could be among the next batch of "Dancing with the Stars" contestants.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cn/Ubritain-hitlersketch.RdmA_KFQ.htmlwed/cn/Ubritain-hitlersketch.RdmA_KFQ.html1267217688Fri Feb 26 20:54:48 2010<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cn/Ubritain-hitlersketch.RdmA_KFQ.html"></a>LONDON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Two sketches of nudes by Adolf Hitler, along with a drawing of an elderly woman thought to be his mother, will be sold at auction in Britain, the seller said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/living.arts/2/wed/cn/Ubritain-hitlersketch.RdmA_KFQ.html">Hitler-drawn nudes to be auctioned</a><br />LONDON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Two sketches of nudes by Adolf Hitler, along with a drawing of an elderly woman thought to be his mother, will be sold at auction in Britain, the seller said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)