Jackson plans on opening estate
LOS ANGELES -- Like a real-life Willy Wonka, Michael Jackson has announced plans to open his carnival-style Neverland Ranch estate to 500 guests.
LOS ANGELES -- Like a real-life Willy Wonka, Michael Jackson has announced plans to open his carnival-style Neverland Ranch estate to 500 guests.
LOS ANGELES -- Mourners reflecting the range of Bob Hope's impact on culture gathered at a North Hollywood church Wednesday for a memorial Mass.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Toby Keith got seven nominations for the Country Music Association Awards Tuesday, with Johnny Cash picking up four, two involving his rendition of a song by rock act Nine Inch Nails.
LOS ANGELES -- A half-dozen women gather in a house to help each other improve one anothers' lives, all the while being filmed for television.
VENICE, Italy -- Woody Allen has a past in Venice: The 67-year-old filmmaker got married here, he's filmed in the canal city and he's won awards here. But never before has he turned up at the world's longest-running film fest -- until now.
Wayne Manns says he probably has more paintings on campus than any other living IU artist. The Arts Administration graduate student and oil painter has been using a paintbrush and canvas as his means for political expression, and not even a serious medical diagnosis can stop him.
LOS ANGELES -- Maybe you were the beer-belching omnivore Bluto, the fun-loving yet responsible Katy, the smooth ladies' man Otter, the cackling anarchist D-Day or the geeky romantic Pinto.
The uproar over Mel Gibson's upcoming film on Jesus' death is testing the unusual partnership between American Jews and evangelical Protestants, who have recently become among the staunchest supporters of Israel.
LOS ANGELES -- In this summer of lighthearted gay-themed programming, a new PBS documentary is a reminder of how disconnected glossy TV images can be from real life.
With a wide range of venues both on and off campus, finding culture in Bloomington is merely a matter of keeping your eyes open. Because the vitality of this area permeates deep into the IU experience, we here at the Arts desk have dedicated ourselves to reflecting the vibrance of the arts community.
French director Jacques Deray dies at 74 in Paris PARIS -- French director Jacques Deray, known for classic thrillers and police movies, died at home in a Paris suburb, his family said Sunday. He was 74. Deray made nine films starring actor Alain Delon, notably "La Piscine," (The Swimming Pool), a 1968 psychological drama set in a villa in the beach resort of Saint-Tropez. Austrian actress Romy Schneider also appeared in it.
DALLAS -- In just two years, the percentage of minorities in television newsrooms nationwide has dropped from 25 percent to 18 percent, according to an annual survey. Leaders of three groups of journalists, speaking Friday at the National Association of Black Journalists' national convention in Dallas, called the decline highly alarming and pledged to work together to increase minority participation in television and radio newsrooms.
LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who also transcended the stage with successful film and television roles, has died at 57. Hines died Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said Sunday.
NEW YORK -- Those who have seen Mel Gibson's film about the final hours of Jesus Christ have called it beautiful, magical, a great and important work. Those who fear "The Passion" could fuel anti-Semitism, however, until now hadn't been allowed to see the film. Seven months before its release, this extraordinary vanity project is stirring passions over Gibson's exclusionary screenings and the potential for a negative depiction of Jews.
Roger Ebert to undergo radiation for cancer CHICAGO -- Film critic Roger Ebert will undergo radiation treatment for cancer next month. The treatment will be for a cancerous tumor in Ebert's salivary gland, the Chicago Sun-Times reported in its Wednesday editions. The 61-year-old critic underwent surgery twice in February 2002 for cancer in his thyroid and salivary gland.
LONDON -- The first hint that this is not your usual opera comes long before the diaper-clad fat guy sings, before the line of Ku Klux Klan members does a snappy dance in white robes and masks, before the chorus trills, "My mom used to be my dad!" The production's very name suggests that something extraordinary is about to unfold on one of London's premier stages: "Jerry Springer -- the Opera." If your reaction is "What!?" you aren't alone.
LONDON -- The first hint that this is not your usual opera comes long before the diaper-clad fat guy sings, before the line of Ku Klux Klan members does a snappy dance in white robes and masks, before the chorus trills, "My mom used to be my dad!" The production's very name suggests that something extraordinary is about to unfold on one of London's premier stages: "Jerry Springer -- the Opera." If your reaction is "What!?" you aren't alone.
"Angel Street," written by Patrick Hamilton with its debut at the John Golden Theatre in New York City, comes to the Brown County Playhouse as part of its 55th season at 8 p.m. Thursday and runs until Aug. 30. "Angel Street" is a thriller that takes place in London, set in the day when Victoria reigned and the British Empire was at its highest pinnacle of colonial richness. Mr. Manningham attempts to drive his wife insane. Hidden under a veil of insidious kindness, the family patriarch torments the matriarch with little domestic mysteries leaving the audience to wonder what he's hiding.
NEW YORK -- "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" is turning its gaze toward Jay Leno. The host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" will undergo a makeover at the hands of the "Fab 5" -- the five gay stylists who give a straight man a new look each week on the hit reality show. They're scheduled to appear on Leno's late-night talk show Aug. 14 -- the same night NBC will re-air the second installment of the Bravo series. Then they'll come back the next night to show off the results of their work.
LOS ANGELES -- Given television's gay boomlet, filmmaker Jeremy Simmons' concerns about his new documentary, "The AMC Project: Gay Hollywood," appear misplaced. "With a name like 'Gay Hollywood,' maybe not everyone will tune in," Simmons said. "Which is kind of unfortunate, because I think it appeals to much more than gay people."