Hey, Poll-fans... Back for one that I couldn't resist...
Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting Own Channel
The possibility that Beck-elzebub will exit the Faux News Channel at the end of the year has prompted a big question in media circles: if he leaves, how will he bring his demonically possessed minions with him? Two of the options His Evilness has contemplated, according to people who have spoken about it with him, are a partial or wholesale takeover of a cable channel, or an expansion of his subscription video service on the Web...
Glenn Beck Contemplates Starting His Own Channel - NYTimes.com
What would be an appropriate name for a Beck-elzebub cable channel?
Well, then, Poll-fans... Six of the usual suspects have responded with some interesting ideas. Enjoy!
John the Chief submitted...
How about the Cheesy Bull Shitter channel, CBS! (Yes, the real CBS might sue!)
(LOL... I like it... BZ, Chief...)
Richard McD opined...
The vast waste land would just get bigger. Nuff said on this subject. (OK)
mj said...
The Hysteria Channel. And welcome back!
(Thanks mj!... It'll not be a regular thing as yet, but I'm workin' on it to be...You cheered me up...)
Adam in NoHo allowed...
I'm no Don Draper, but lets go with 'Chalkboard TV'- Bullshit Conspiracy Theories 24/7 (except for those early morning hours offering Proactiv and P90X infomercials). I can see Beck filling time schedule time with old History Channel docs on the Roman Empire and 3rd Reich he will re-purpose by replacing their
soundtracks with the daily ramblings of his radio show. His brain-addled viewers (Zombies) will never notice that nothing matches up or makes any sense.
(Hey, Adam! Say "Hi" to the 'Hubster' fer me, would ya now?)
tomreed scared me with...
I'd suggest "The BECKoning Claw." It should open with a red claw, coming out of the darkness, gesturing for people to enter his den of paranoia and self-destruction. (Run away! Run away!)
Otherwise, perhaps "The RUSHy GLEN" if he teams up with Limbaugh. It comes from the poem...
Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And grey ****'s feather
No idea what the **** means, but I'll bet it's RUSH's feather. The tail feather that gave him that boil which kept him out of military service.
(Beck-elzebuband the Pig Boy together? On the same program? No way. Their egos interacting would cause my TV to implode. I'm sure of it...)
DanD wraps it up with...
How about "THE STUPID CHANNEL," where economically killing your environment off is a primal mandate for all heaven-bound idiots. It all focuses on America's Zionified death-wish.
(I'm challenging myself, Dan, to come up with a question that you won't be able to use any form of the word 'Zion' in yer answer... Wait... Is that even possible?)
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Thanks to all responders! I couldn't come up with anything better than what you did, so it's yer show... Although I did consider 'Faustian Follies'... At any rate, there it is...
I'll be back soon... and, as I always say... Yer the Best!
Connie Schultz: It's Your Labor Movement, Too (Creators Syndicate)
Months before the Triangle fire, Lemlich helped lead a walkout at another large garment factory. She paid her union dues the hard way: She was arrested more than a dozen times while picketing, and anti-union goons broke several of her ribs in a pathetic attempt to shut her up. Fortunately, they failed.
Henry Rollins: Spring Time for Henry (Los Angeles Weekly)
You remember several days ago when we all turned our clocks an hour forward. That time change rings a Pavlovian bell for me. Seasonal change plays a large part in how I think, what I think about and definitely what I listen to and read.
Marc Myers: Who Else Made More Hit Songs? (Wall Street Journal)
Outraged that the Monkees didn't play on all of their recordings? Turns out neither did the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Byrds, the Association, Jan & Dean and dozens of other groups. Meet Hal Blaine, of the studio group the Wrecking Crew.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Comedians (Athens News)
Before becoming famous on TV, David Letterman had some miserable times as a stand-up comedian. Once, in Lake Tahoe, his 25-minute stand-up routine was over in 15 minutes because the audience did not laugh at his jokes. He points out, "You take the laughs out of your act and the time really flies." Also in Lake Tahoe, someone asked him if he was Dave Etterman-the L had fallen off the sign outside.
David Bruce has 41 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $41 you can buy 10,250 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
zEN mAN (observing Britney Spears doing free concert in San Francisco's Castro District promoting her new "Femme fatale" album and being taped for airing on "Good Morning America" on tuesday...even though the concert was free many of her loyal fans were disappointed that she performed only 3 songs)
Currently, the most common tuning fork sounds the note of A = 440 Hz, because this is the standard concert pitch, which is used as tuning note by some orchestras, it being the pitch of the violin's second string, the first string of the viola, and an octave above the first string of the cello, all played open. Tuning forks used by orchestras between 1750 and 1820 mostly had a frequency of A = 423.5 Hz, although there were many forks and many slightly different pitches.
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Michael D was first, and correct, with:
That would be the standard concert pitch of A 440 Hz.
Alan J said:
A = 440 Hz
Adam wrote:
Oh, A-440!
I was right- yeah!
Jim from CA, retired to ID, answered:
Currently, the most common tuning fork sounds the note of A = 440 Hz,
because this is the standard concert pitch, which is used as tuning note
by some orchestras
Marian replied:
A above middle C
Charlie responded
The A above middle C at 440 Hz.
Sally said:
"Aural" tuning is how piano tuner technicians have traditionally tuned pianos for concerts - tuning, strictly, "by ear." This is the real art of tuning, and it can take many years to master, and daily practice to keep it pure. Usually after a reference note is established using a tuning fork, Then they set the equal temperament and adjust the pitches of all the other notes based on the reference note of A-440 Hz (because this is the standard concert pitch, which is used as tuning note by some orchestras, it being the pitch of the violin's second string, the first string of the viola, and an octave above the first string of the cello, all played open), without relying on anything else other than their ears. In most of their opinions, this is by far the best way in order to achieve the ideal and correct, "Stretching of the octaves," which is different in every single piano, for instance.
TUNING FORK
MAM wrote:
The most common tuning forks for musical use produce the pitch A when struck. Concert pitch is a standard pitch set so that instruments can play together and be in tune. The A is the A above the middle C on the piano.
On Line Tuning Fork
And, Joe S replied:
G, we C it must B D A. (I couldn't figure out how to get the E and F in there)
Currently, the most common tuning fork sounds the note of A = 440 Hz, because this is the standard concert pitch, which is used as tuning note by some orchestras, it being the pitch of the violin's second string, the first string of the viola, and an octave above the first string of the cello, all played open.
The vet says the kitty with the 'elizabethan collar' needs to wear it another week. Ack.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'The Good Wife'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Regis Philbin and Snoop Dogg.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Larry King and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Howie Mandel and Dierks Bentley.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Liv Tyler and Copyright Criminal All-Stars.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Neil Strauss, Death, and Freddie Gibbs.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'DWTS', followed by another FRESH'DWTS', then a FRESH'Body Of Proof'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Johnny Knoxville, the latest "Dancing With the Stars" castoff, and Britney Spears.
The CW offers a RERUN'One Tree Hill', followed by a RERUN'Hellcats'.
Faux has a RERUN'Glee', followed by a RERUN'Raising Hope', followed by a FRESH'Traffic Light'.
MY has 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by another 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', then 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!', followed by another 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Thomas Crown Affair', followed by the movie 'Eraser', then the movie 'Eraser', again.
BBC -
[7:00 AM] BBC World News
[8:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Episode 13
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 Sabatiello's
[10:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 12 Army of Ghosts
[11:00 AM] The X-Files - Ep 11 Eve
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 9
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 J Willy's
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 La Gondola
[3:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 11 Adrift
[4:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 11 Eve
[5:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 13 Doomsday
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 10
[7:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[8:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 5 The Bonding
[9:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[10:00 PM] : Dos & Don'ts - Modern Monarchy: Dos & Don'ts
[10:30 PM] : Here & There - Modern Monarchy: Here & There
[11:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Lela's
[12:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[1:00 AM] : Dos & Don'ts - Modern Monarchy: Dos & Don'ts
[1:30 AM] : Here & There - Modern Monarchy: Here & There
[2:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[3:00 AM] : Dos & Don'ts - Modern Monarchy: Dos & Don'ts
[3:30 AM] : Here & There - Modern Monarchy: Here & There
[4:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 13 Doomsday
[5:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Million Dollar Listing', then a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Miami'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Ralphie May: Girth Of A Nation', "Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', and yet another 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Miguel Nicolelis.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Dr. Anthony Fauci.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Hancock', then a FRESH'Lights Out'.
History has 'Only In America With Larry TCG', another 'Only In America With Larry TCG', still another 'Only In America With Larry TCG', followed by a FRESH'Only In America With Larry TCG', then a FRESH'Top Shot'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] The Ice Storm
[8:30 AM] The Grid
[8:45 AM] The Station Agent
[10:45 AM] Water
[1:15 PM] The Ice Storm
[3:45 PM] Breaker Morant
[6:00 PM] Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
[9:00 PM] Onion News Network
[9:30 PM] Portlandia
[10:00 PM] Freaks and Geeks
[11:00 PM] The Larry Sanders Show
[11:30 PM] Hostel
[1:30 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:00 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:30 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:00 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:30 AM] The Grid
[3:45 AM] Breaker Morant (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00 AM] Police, Adjective
[7:55 AM] French Film
[9:25 AM] A Christmas Tale
[12:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[12:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[1:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet
[1:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part
[2:00 PM] Love Lust & Little Black Dress
[3:00 PM] Love Lust & the Bikini
[4:05 PM] Police, Adjective
[6:05 PM] Mammoth
[8:15 PM] Heathers
[10:00 PM] ALL ON THE LINE - Radenroro: Bad is Better than Boring (Episode 1, Season 1)
[11:00 PM] SHAMELESS (Episode 4, Season 5)
[11:00 PM] Shameless
[12:00 AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Radenroro: Bad is Better than Boring (Episode 1, Season 1)
[1:00 AM] Mammoth
[3:15 AM] Heathers
[5:00 AM] Neal Cassady (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Destination Truth', another 'Destination Truth', followed by a FRESH'Destination Truth', then a FRESH'Marcel's Quantum Kitchen'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Paul Giamatti, Olivia Munn, and Panic! At The Disco..
Scheduled on a FRESHLopez Tonight are Vanessa Hudgens and Sergio Mendes..
Kirk Douglas says his appearance at the Academy Awards last month brought him so much attention that he "felt like a bobby-soxer."
"I made 90 pictures, and now everybody in the restaurants and on the street are like, 'Oh Kirk!'" Douglas said with a laugh. "I think I got paid more attention for those three minutes on the Oscars than anything I have ever done."
That moment may have earned him accolades, but the 94-year-old actor says his greatest career achievement was more than 50 years ago, when, as producer and star of "Spartacus," he helped end the McCarthy-era in Hollywood by crediting blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
"Everybody advised me not to do it because you won't be able to work in this town again and all of that. But I was young enough to say to hell with it," Douglas recalled during a recent interview. "I think if I was much older, I would have been too conservative: Why should I stick my neck out? But I put his name on it, and that broke the blacklist."
Douglas will discuss "Spartacus" and other aspects of his life and career before presenting a screening of the 1960 Stanley Kubrick epic at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on April 29 as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival.
There's a new video host for Hollywood Studio tram tour at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park: Jimmy Fallon.
The tram tour takes visitors behind the scenes of movies and television shows to sets and locations on the Universal Studios backlot. Fallon's narration will be seen and heard on monitors on the trams, augmenting the live narration provided by tour guides onboard.
Fallon added some songs and jokes to the narration, with help from writers from his show, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on NBC. In a statement, he called the tour "a classic" that shows "all the hard work that goes into making a movie or a TV show."
Fallon's narration starts in June, replacing Whoopi Goldberg, who started in 2006.
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is the winner of this year's $100,000 Pritzker Prize for his designs that convey both "power and modesty, bravado and subtlety," the foundation that awards the prize said on Monday.
The honor, often dubbed the Nobel prize for architecture, was supposed to be announced next month and presented in Washington, D.C., but was prematurely reported by a news outlet, according to a spokesman.
The annual prize, which goes to a living architect, is endowed by the wealthy Chicago-based Pritzker family, majority owners of Hyatt Hotels Corp and other businesses.
Among influences cited for his work are the sleek, spare designs of Mies van der Rohe, with his angular constructions employing granite, wood, marble, brick, steel, concrete -- sometimes in unexpected colors.
"The Amazing Race" and "Undercover Boss" will live to see another season.
CBS will announce Monday that it has renewed both reality series, for 19th and third cycles, respectively.
Season-to-date, CBS is down 2% in total viewers, and down 9% among the advertiser-beloved adults 18-49 demographic, compared to the same period a year earlier. Though some of the network's longer-running series are showing their age, CBS continues to have a disproportionate number of shows in the top 10, including "The Mentalist," "Criminal Minds" and both "NCIS" properties.
Actress Helen Mirren (R) poses with Comedian Russell Brand after making hand and footprints ouside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California March 28, 2011.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson
The popular children's television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying.
Nick, the most-watched TV network among kids ages 2 to 14, will begin an on-air public service campaign Monday featuring some of its stars offering advice on what young people should do when confronted with hostile texts, emails or Facebook posts.
The issue has received national attention after the suicides of teenagers who were cyberbullying victims. President Barack Obama held a White House conference on bullying earlier this month. Nick is collaborating with the advocacy group Common Sense Media, which has also worked with MTV and the Disney Channel on spreading the word about the issue.
The hope is that the anti-bullying effort can become as pervasive and successful as campaigns calling for a designated driver who has not consumed alcohol when friends are out drinking, said James Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media, which offers reviews and advice for parents.
A mural depicting Maine's labor history was removed from the lobby of the state Department of Labor headquarters and put into storage over the weekend after a directive from the new Republican governor that it come down.
The 36-foot, 11-panel mural will be kept at an undisclosed location until a suitable spot can be found to put it on public display, said Adrienne Bennett, spokeswoman for Gov. Paul LePage.
The artwork was not appropriate for the Department of Labor because it is one-sided in favor of labor interests at the expense of business interests at a time when LePage is pushing a pro-business agenda, Bennett said.
The mural depicts Maine labor history with images that include a paper mill strike in the town of Jay, a strike at a shoe plant in Lewiston, women shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works and child laborers.
Bennett released an anonymous fax received by the governor's office and signed by "A Secret Admirer" that said the mural was propaganda in line with "communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses."
Sean Lennon (L) speaks to the crowd after performing with his mother, Yoko Ono, (R) at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts "Concertto Benefit Japan Earthquake Relief" in New York City March 27, 2011.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents apiece before they became legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker signed off on the settlement between BlueBeat.com and music companies EMI Group PLC, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America on Friday. The judge ruled in December that the site violated the music labels' copyrights and presented unfair competition.
A trial to determine how much BlueBeat owed the companies was scheduled to begin Tuesday in Santa Ana, Calif.
BlueBeat had denied wrongdoing, claiming owner Hank Risan had pioneered a method called "psycho-acoustic simulation" that resulted in unique versions of copyrighted music.
The judge rejected his arguments and explanations of his technique in her December ruling, noting that Risan's recordings were based on copies of CDs that he had purchased.
"Jackass" star Steve-O has been arrested in Canada for an outstanding warrant related to an assault that allegedly happened eight years ago.
The fearless thrill-seeker was apprehended by customs officers at Calgary International Airport when he arrived in the country on Sunday to perform at a local comedy club.
Steve-O, whose real name is Steve Glover, "was taken down to our arrest processing center yesterday and appeared before a justice of the pace and released on a $10,000 cash bail," a police spokesperson told the Calgary Sun newspaper Monday.
TMZ reported that warrant was issued in 2003 for an incident in which Steve-O allegedly attacked an unknown victim with an unknown object.
He was booked to do his stand-up comedy act at the Laugh Shop Comedy Club in Calgary for five shows from March 24 to 26.
Former Hole bandmates, from left, Eric Erlandson, Patty Schemel, Courtney Love and Melissa auf der Maur attend the premiere of 'Hit So Hard' at the Museumof Modern Art on Monday, March 28, 2011 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has tossed out an author's $100 million lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey for violating the copyright in the political booklet, "How America Elects Her Presidents."
Charles Harris claimed in a lawsuit that in 2008, as Winfrey began supporting Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Harris sent 10 copies of his booklet to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in hopes of gaining publicity. He followed up with several inquiries. Harris got no response, but according to the complaint, on the February 16, 2009 show, Winfrey allegedly read aloud exact questions that were included in the book. Harris wanted more than $100 million for alleged copyright infringement.
Winfrey filed a motion to dismiss, seeking sanctions for a frivolous lawsuit, saying that had the plaintiff obtained a public transcript of the show in question, he would have realized that the talk show host didn't read Harris' "exact same questions" aloud with the arguable exception of one: "Which one of our presidents weighed the most?"
Winfrey's motion to dismiss the lawsuit said Harris' lawyers should have known that facts about American presidents are not copyrightable. A compilation of facts based on the selection and arrangement can be copyrightable, but Winfrey pointed out that Harris didn't register his work as a compilation, and it lacked originality, among other things.
Neil Young holds up the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award after being presented with it at the 2011 JUNO Awards in Toronto on Sunday, March 27, 2011.
Photo by Darren Calabrese
An Italian lawmaker offered a cultural exchange proposal Monday that sounded a little like an ultimatum, saying officials at the J. Paul Getty Museum should behave ethically and return knowingly looted art.
Gov. Gian Mario Spacca of the Marche region on the Adriatic Sea made the comment three days after officials at the Southern California museum told him they could not talk about the disputed "Victorious Youth" statue because the case was still in Italian court.
Former Getty Director Michael Brand signed a deal with Italy in 2007 to return 40 pieces of art that were found to be looted or stolen. The agreement included no admission of guilt.
When the deal was negotiated with the Italian Ministry of Culture, "Victorious Youth," known at the California museum as the Getty Bronze, was taken off the list of items under discussion because it was part of a court case already under way.
The museum has always contended it bought the bronze statue in good faith in 1977 for $4 million.
Carlos Santana, a famous Mexican American rock guitarist, smiles and holds his wife Cindy Blackman's hand during a media event announcing his concert 'GuitarHeaven' Monday, March 28, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan. Santana will perform on March 30 in Taipei's Nangang Exhibition Hall.
Photo by Chiang Ying-ying
Rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Louisiana on a marijuana possession charge.
Police spokesman Bill Goodin said Monday that Ross, whose real name is William Roberts II, was issued a misdemeanor summons and released after Friday night's arrest.
Roberts, known for such albums as "Teflon Don" and "Deeper Than Rap," was arrested after police responded to a complaint about the smell of marijuana at the Hilton Hotel.
Upon checking, Goodin said police confiscated 1 gram of what investigators believed to be marijuana.
Before becoming a bride eight times over, Elizabeth Taylor was a 17-year-old starlet scribbling letters to her first fiance, charting on pale pink stationery his progression from her one-and-only to the one who got away.
"I've never known this kind of love before - it's so perfect and complete - and mature," Taylor wrote to William Pawley on May 6, 1949. "I've never loved anyone in my life before one third as much as I love you - and I never will (well, as far as that goes - I'll never love anyone else - period)."
Taylor, who died last week at age 79, was engaged to Pawley in 1949, just before her first marriage. More than 60 of the letters she wrote him between March and October of that year will be auctioned in May by RR Auctions of Amherst, N.H. It bought the letters two years ago from Pawley, who lives in Florida.
The unpublished letters - some written in purple fountain ink on pink paper - provide a glimpse of a teenager's transition to adult screen star.
A Chinese model wears swimwear during the 7th Hosa Cup China Swimwear Design contest and Hosa Swimwear Trend fashion show held in Beijing, China, Monday,March 28, 2011.
Photo by Ng Han Guan
Pop star Justin Bieber's music video "Baby" has crossed 500 million views on YouTube and is the most watched ever on the video-sharing service that launched the boy music idol to fame.
The video, whose full title is "Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris," had logged 500.4 million views on Monday.
The video had also scored a whopping 1.1 million "dislikes" as compared to 578,000 "likes" from viewers expressing their opinion with simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down rankings at YouTube.
Bieber's clip topped a "Bad Romance" music video by Lady Gaga that had been viewed nearly 362 million times.
A pump clip showing the "Kiss me Kate" ale is seen in the Swan in the Rushes pub, in Loughborough, central England, March 28, 2011. Castle Rock Brewery have produced the beer to mark the forthcoming wedding between Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Photo by Darren Staples
A 19th century painting of St. Petersburg that Mikhail Baryshnikov purchased decades ago will be auctioned to help benefit new works at his Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
"View of St. Petersburg" by Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin is to be sold at Sotheby's on April 12 as part of the auction house's Russian art sale, where it is expected to fetch $300,000 to $500,000.
Baryshnikov said he recently donated the painting to the center's foundation so it could sell it to raise money for new programming from theater directors, musicians and choreographers. All the proceeds from the sale will go to the center.
Baryshnikov is the artistic director of the center, which he founded in 2005 as a "creative laboratory" and performance space for multidisciplinary artists from around the world. Located in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, it houses four studios, a studio theater and the 232-seat Jerome Robbins Theater. It offers performances in chamber music, dance, theater and visual arts and film screenings.
Wenche Foss, a leading Norwegian actress, died on Monday after a long illness, a family spokesman said. She was 93.
Since her debut in 1935, Foss had acted in many theater, film and television productions. She also was a major figure in the Scandinavian country's social circles and championed various causes, including promoting cancer awareness.
The actress, who had contracted breast cancer more that 30 years ago, spoke about it publicly to help others with the condition. Foss also was esteemed for her charity efforts and for helping children with Down syndrome, which her son died of.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg described Foss, who died in a hospital, as "one of our dearest actors." The local media often referred to her as "Norway's diva."
Although not well-known abroad, Foss held an almost unrivaled position on the Norwegian stage and was a proficient mezzo-soprano who occasionally performed in operas.
She is survived by a son, Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang, and two grandchildren.
Visitors walk under cherry trees during the Cherry Blossom festival at the Tidal Basin in Washington on Saturday, March 26, 2011. Peak blooming periodfor 2011 is predicted to be from March 29 through April 1 according to the National Park Service.
Photo by Jose Luis Magana
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