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Russian TV boss leaves post

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 21,2003 11:39 p.m.

MOSCOW -- American financier Boris Jordan said Tuesday he intends to resign as head of Russia's NTV television less than two years after assuming control of the network in a battle marked by accusations of Kremlin meddling.

Looking at racial strife

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Fly · Tuesday, Jan. 21,2003 11:39 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two segregated film crews, one black and one white, used the perspective of race to create a documentary centered on the dragging death of a black man by three whites five years ago in Jasper, Texas.

'American Idol' returns

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Monday, Jan. 20,2003 11:34 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- More Simon Cowell barbs, more sponsor plugs and maybe the worst singer ever given national exposure will be part of "American Idol" when it returns tonight.

Caricaturist to the stars dies

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 20,2003 11:33 p.m.

New York -- Al Hirschfeld, whose graceful, fluid caricatures captured the essence of performers from Charlie Chaplin to Jerry Seinfeld, died Monday. He was 99.

Band member honored at funeral

By Alyson Brodsy and John Pain · Friday, Jan. 17,2003 12:09 a.m.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- During a private funeral service that mixed humor and emotion, Bee Gees member Maurice Gibb was remembered as a man who celebrated life. About 200 friends and family, including singer Michael Jackson and other celebrities, attended the service Wednesday for the Bee Gees keyboardist and bass player. Gibb, 53, died early Sunday, shocking his bandmate brothers, family, friends and fans of the pop trio best known for '70s hits like "Stayin' Alive" and "More Than A Woman."

Harrowing tale of gangland Dublin debuts

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, Jan. 17,2003 12:06 a.m.

An experimental story line drenched with violence, hysteria and mystery hallmarks "Howie the Rookie," which opens this week. Variety has called it "a brutal, bitterly funny and surprisingly tender evening of theatre."

Laurence Olivier award nominees include Paltrow

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 17,2003 12:03 a.m.

LONDON -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Elaine Stritch are among the nominees for the 27th annual Laurence Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tonys. But the starriest show of the season -- David Hare's "The Breath of Life," with the country's leading theatrical Dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith -- received no nominations Thursday.

Arts Center presents Miller's 'All My Sons'

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 11:57 p.m.

Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" will play at the John Waldron Arts Center as part of its 10th Anniversary Performance Series. The play opens today and runs three weekends with shows at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and two Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Directed by Bloomington Playwrights Project Artistic Director Richard Perez, the show, which is set in the relative peace of post World War II small town America, will be held in the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium.

Concerto for Auer played

By Mike Householder · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 10:24 a.m.

DETROIT -- The concerto was penned by one of the great composers and written specifically for one of the world's pre-eminent violin instructors. It was to be played on an instrument of unparalleled quality. It didn't happen. Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto was completed in 1878 and written for Leopold Auer, a famed Russian violinist and instructor who also was the owner of a renowned Stradivarius built in 1690.

Harry hits stores in June

By Sue Leeman · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 10:24 a.m.

LONDON -- More Muggles mania is expected after J.K. Rowling's publishers announced that her fifth book about wide-eyed junior wizard Harry Potter will be published in Britain, the United States and several other countries on June 21.

Have you been Googled lately?

By Emily Veach · Thursday, Jan. 16,2003 10:04 a.m.

The days of truly blind dates are over. Now Internet users can google their way through cyberspace to uncover personal details about almost anyone who has surfed the Web.

Co-op gallery features locals

Wednesday, Jan. 15,2003 12:14 a.m.

The heart of the Bloomington Playwrights Project building isn't related to theater. Instead, the lobby houses the Bellevue Gallery, a co-op exhibit space for Bloomington area artists. "In this town, there are very few places to get work shown," said Betty Sander, Gallery treasurer. "It's a bunch of artists who want to show their work."

Rap, Hip Hop headline 2003 AMA winners

By Anthony Breznican · Tuesday, Jan. 14,2003 10:39 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The biggest winners turned out to be MIA at the 30th annual AMAs, including Eminem, winner of a leading four American Music Awards. Others absent when their names were called at Monday night's American Music Awards were the bands Creed and the Dixie Chicks, who won two awards apiece.

Music, tech groups OK copyright plans

By Ted Bridis · Tuesday, Jan. 14,2003 10:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The leading trade associations for the music and technology industries, which have been at loggerheads over consumers downloading songs on the Internet, have negotiated a compromise they contend will protect copyrights on movies and music without new government involvement.

Critics ignored: 'Just Married' on top

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:52 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Audiences ignored the critics and propelled the Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher comedy "Just Married" to the top of the weekend box office.

Disney breaks into China

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:51 p.m.

HONG KONG -- At a groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong Disneyland, top executives of Walt Disney Co. said Sunday they were confident their first theme park on Chinese soil will draw millions of visitors a year despite the global economic downturn.

Guitarist claims porn used for book research

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:50 p.m.

LONDON -- Guitarist Pete Townshend of 'The Who' said Saturday he downloaded child pornography from the Internet while researching an autobiography discussing his suspected childhood sexual abuse.

Maurice Gibb: Legendary founder of Bee Gees dies Sunday at 53

By Alyson Brodsy and Adrian Sainz · Sunday, Jan. 12,2003 11:49 p.m.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Maurice Gibb, who with his brothers built the Bee Gees into a disco sensation that ruled the charts in the late '70s with hits like "Stayin' Alive" and "More Than a Woman," died Sunday at the age of 53.

Channel's new leader sees future in reality TV, movies

By Gary Gentle · Friday, Jan. 10,2003 1:38 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Angela Shapiro had been president of the ABC Family Channel only a few weeks when she approved her first show, a reality program featuring families who think they're funny enough to star in their own sitcom. "I did it on two sentences from (producer) Bruce Nash: 'Haven't you always said your life is funnier than a sitcom? Well we're going to find the families whose lives really are,'" Shapiro said Wednesday.

Composer Ron Goodwin dies

Friday, Jan. 10,2003 1:38 p.m.

LONDON -- Ron Goodwin, who composed a string of classic movie scores including "Where Eagles Dare," "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" and Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy," has died at 77, his wife said Thursday.

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