Addition to make Ohio State comic collection super
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- In comic book terms, it might be on the scale of a merger of the X-Men and the Justice League of America: two collections combining to form what's believed to be the world's largest treasury of cartoon art. Ohio State University's Cartoon Rese... |
Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence in LA
 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors say they have charged former NBA star Dennis Rodman with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez says Rodman was charged Wednesday with spousal b... |
On the Net: Garfield, Radiohead remixed online
Remixes for things as disparate as Garfield and Radiohead prove a Web truism: Let it go. Copyright holders - whether corporations, publishers or artists - are right to defend their ownership of material online. But if they want a dynamic Web presence, they're best to allow s... |
`Lohengrin' cheered in Geneva after opening-night boos
 GENEVA (AP) -- Daniel Slater's new production of "Lohengrin" wasn't necessarily vintage Wagner, but it deserves praise as a thoughtful and tasteful take on the medieval legend - and certainly none of the boos it received on opening night. Moving a Richard Wagner ope... |
Calif. museum hosts China's terra cotta warriors
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- More than a dozen Chinese terra cotta warriors crafted more than 2,000 years ago to protect their emperor in the afterlife have arrived in the United States with a very different mission: cultural ambassadors. As China gears up for the 2008... |
Leger painting auctioned for more than $39 million in NYC
 NEW YORK (AP) -- Sotheby's auction house says a cubist oil painting by Fernand Leger has been sold in New York for more than $39 million. The auction house says the 1912-1913 painting, "Study for a Woman in Blue," sold Wednesday for $39.2 million. That's a record fo... |
Met exhibit packs a punch with superhero-themed exhibit
 NEW YORK (AP) -- Newsflash: A cadre of superheroes has invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Have no fear, though. Their mission... |
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown) 2. "Sundays at Tiffany's" by James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet (Little, Brown) 3. "Phantom Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam) 4. "The Whole Truth" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 5. "From Dead t... |
Super publicist Warren Cowan dies in Los Angeles
 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. He was 87. Cowan, who handled the careers of stars from Joan Crawford to Elizabeth Taylor, died at Cedars Sinai Medical Ce... |
Francis Bacon triptych breaks record at NYC auction
 NEW YORK (AP) -- A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said. The $86,281,000 price for "Triptych, 1976... |
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