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An ethno-inspired flute and drum tune from Denmark is the bookmakers' favorite to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which also features…
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In Miami, Donna Karan showcases Haitian artisans
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USA Today founder honored at memorial service
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'The Audience' to be shown in NJ nursing home
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A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" _ some retired show business veterans …
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Friday 05/17/2013

'Sonic the Hedgehog' vid games coming to Nintendo

Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

Playwright takes on 'Clybourne Park' with new work

Growing up in Britain, Kwame Kwei-Armah saw the American classic "A Raisin in the Sun" perhaps more often than any other play, with its powerful portrayal of race relations.

Wax and mirrors: Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin

Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A huge mauve balloon-like object sprawls and sags its way across three rooms.

Poetry finally joining e-book revolution

Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue _ poetry.

Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans

In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death.

NYC artist's secret photos raise privacy issues

A New York City artist has turned his neighbors across the street into subjects for his latest exhibit.

Thursday 05/16/2013

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS

Review: Musical using Leo Tolstoy a messy thrill

What do you get when you take a 70-page melodrama at the center of "War and Peace" and turn it into a musical? Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music. Now put it in a tent. While you're at it, throw in a meal and strobe lights.

Kennedy Center revises way honorees are selected

The Kennedy Center is unveiling a new process to select artists who receive one of the nation's top arts prizes after an outside group said Latinos have been largely excluded.

Ticketmaster settles rewards lawsuit for $23M

Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits.

Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law

Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment."

Protesters picket Barbie-themed house in Berlin

It probably wasn't the reception Barbie was hoping for at the start of her European tour.

Review: 'Metro: Last Light' a can't-miss shooter

Post-apocalyptic settings have always been ripe for exploration. From movies to literature to video games, the bleak aftermath of either a natural or man-made global holocaust easily plays into both our worst fears and inner longing for adventure.

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Thursday 05/16/2013

Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 2:08 pm

Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.

Review: 'Metro: Last Light' digs deep under Moscow

By JOHN KOSIK

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 1:12 pm

What are you doing after the apocalypse?

'American Psycho' creators turn to crowd-funding

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 12:05 pm

Duncan Sheik is part of an unusual campaign on Kickstarter: Not to get his musical "American Psycho" up and running. It's to make it killer.

Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy

By HILLEL ITALIE

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 9:18 pm

Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe."

Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M in NY

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 1:11 pm

A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York.

1st day of 2-day Andy Williams auction brings $46M

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 1:11 pm

Singer Andy Williams' eclectic art collection has brought $46 million at a New York City auction.

Wednesday 05/15/2013

AP PHOTOS: OJ Simpson testifies in new trial bid

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 10:09 pm

O.J. Simpson didn't testify at his infamous murder trial. And he declined a chance to testify when he was tried for a bungled attempt to retrieve personal items and memorabilia.

Chong says legalized marijuana could save country

By JOHN CARUCCI

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 8:10 pm

The Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong based their 42-year career on counterculture humor with a particular emphasis on marijuana use. But these days Tommy Chong sees the recreational drug as something more than fodder for jokes about stoned hippies.

Lincoln Center names a Broadway producer as head

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 8:10 pm

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has tapped as its new leader a Broadway producer who has helped mount such hits as the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" and "Equus" with Daniel Radcliffe.

Review: Easy Rawlins returns in `Little Green'

By BRUCE DESILVA

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 5:16 pm

"Little Green" (Doubleday), by Walter Mosley

Judge scolds Trump, attorney during testimony

By MICHAEL TARM

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 4:07 pm

A Chicago federal judge is scolding Donald Trump and an attorney questioning the developer-turned-TV personality to stop their verbal "boxing match."

Broadway's 'The Winslow Boy' to star Mastrantonio

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 5:16 pm

A revival of Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy" starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees is heading to Broadway next season.

Broadway's 'Pippin' to go on national tour

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 5:16 pm

The thrilling Broadway revival of "Pippin" will be taking its magic on the road.

Pitt says it was important for Jolie to go public

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 2:17 pm

Brad Pitt says it was important for his partner, Angelina Jolie, to share her story about having her breasts removed to avoid cancer "and that others would understand it doesn't have to be a scary thing."

War in Europe comes alive in `Guns at Last Light'

By JERRY HARKAVY

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 2:17 pm

"The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-45" (Henry Holt), by Rick Atkinson

Richter painting sells for $37 million in NYC

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 5:16 pm

A monumental 20th century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter (GEHR'-hahrd RIHK'-tur) has sold for $37 million at a New York City auction.

Romanian artist takes his art on the street

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 10:02 am

Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work.

Tuesday 05/14/2013

Barnett Newman painting auctioned in NY for $43.8M

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 2:17 am

A large 1953 painting by abstract expressionist artist Barnett Newman has sold for $43.8 million at a New York City auction, setting an auction record for his work.

At actress's Geneva jewel auction, $3M for 1 gem

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 8:10 pm

Sotheby's has auctioned off jewels belonging to actress Gina Lollobrigida, fetching just under $3 million for a fancy yellow diamond once owned by a shah of Persia.

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 9:11 pm

App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 6, 2013:

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 9:11 pm

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 13, 2013

Hairdresser `Kenneth' Battelle dies at age 86

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 7:01 pm

Kenneth Battelle, the hairdresser who gave both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe their calling-card hairdos in the 1950s and `60s, has died at age 86, said Kevin Lee, creative director of Battelle's company, on Tuesday.

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 3:04 pm

The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12:

Billy Crystal returns to Broadway with 1-man show

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 5:02 pm

There are a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal.

Women have new options for breast cancer surgery

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 1:07 pm

Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.

Trump to testify at Chicago trial on condo deals

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 1:16 am

Donald Trump is known for grilling contestants on his TV show, "Celebrity Apprentice." But he'll be the one in hot seat Tuesday as he takes the stand at a civil trial in Chicago.

Colin Quinn has fun with the US Constitution

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 12:14 pm

There aren't that many jokes in the U.S. Constitution and it's never really been a big generator of belly laughs. Unless, that is, you are Colin Quinn.

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 5:12 pm

Angelina Jolie says she's had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that makes it extremely likely she'll get breast cancer.

Court urged to reject Jackson doctor's appeal

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 4:09 am

A state attorney says an appeal by the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death should be rejected because there were no errors made during the criminal case that warrant overturning a jury's verdict.

Dan Brown returns to Europe for 'Inferno'

By HILLEL ITALIE

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 4:09 am

Dan Brown sees the world a little differently than the average person.

Monday 05/13/2013

Ballet gala brings out the chiffon and sequins

By JOCELYN NOVECK

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 4:09 am

Fashion takes a back seat to nothing _ not even seriously chilly weather _ at New York's fanciest dance gala.

Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85

By ULA ILNYTZKY

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 2:04 pm

Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.

Review: 'A Family for All Occasions' is intense

By JENNIFER FARRAR

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 9:04 pm

Even the most ordinary-seeming family can get hit by the butterfly effect, a concept in chaos theory where one small change can have huge consequences.

Conroy memoir about his father coming in October

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Pat Conroy fans will finally get the real story about his father, the man who inspired the novel "The Great Santini."

Mummified body of Chicana author found in NM home

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 9:04 pm

A 70-year-old woman whose mummified body was recently found in her Santa Fe apartment was a Chicana activist, teacher and author.

Dale Kushner's debut is '50s coming-of-age tale

By KENDAL WEAVER

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 3:05 pm

"The Conditions of Love" (Grand Central Publishing), by Dale M. Kushner

Ex-Gov. Huntsman launching talk show on SiriusXM

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 2:03 pm

Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is helping launch a new weekly radio talk show on SiriusXM aimed at promoting bipartisan politics.

Astronaut makes music video aboard space station

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 12:13 pm

It's being called the first music video made in space.

Laura Benanti gets in a cabaret mood

By MARK KENNEDY

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 12:09 pm

Years ago, when her roommate came home one day sobbing, Laura Benanti comforted her the only way she knew how _ with a song.

Free e-book excerpts from Sue Grafton, Amy Tan

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 10:04 am

Upcoming novels by Sue Grafton, Elizabeth Gilbert and Wally Lamb are among 40 fall and winter releases excerpted in a free e-book.

5 Things to Know about OJ Simpson's court date

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 12:14 pm

WHY IS O.J. SIMPSON IN COURT?

Timeline of major events in O.J.'s legal life

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 12:14 pm

A timeline of major legal developments involving O.J. Simpson:

Sunday 05/12/2013

Banksy graffiti will go back up for sale in London

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 4:01 pm

An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.

Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book

By DAVID SHARP

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 3:04 pm

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog.

Saturday 05/11/2013

50 years on, finding profit in `truth' on JFK case

By ALLEN G. BREED

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 4:04 pm

On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving.

Friday 05/10/2013

Adult Swim plans a cartoon show to star Mike Tyson

Updated: May 10, 2013 - 4:17 pm

Adult Swim says it's turning Mike Tyson into a cartoon detective.

Muslim, Christian groups clash in NY libel suit

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 9:08 pm

A Muslim group is accusing a Christian organization of defamation for publishing a book that accuses the Muslim collective of holding terrorist training in its enclaves.

Muslim, Christian groups clash in NY libel suit

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 3:06 pm

Muslim and Christian groups are squaring off in a New York federal court in a defamation lawsuit over a book on terrorism.

Hall and Jagger play model mom and daughter

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 3:06 pm

Like mother, like daughter. And Jerry Hall and Georgia May Jagger do seem to like each other quite a bit.

Kate Upton goes 'Vogue,' covering its June issue

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 3:06 pm

Kate Upton has gone from a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model to the front page of Vogue.

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