A shoebox, chequered skull and squashed Citroen car were on display at a new exhibition at London's Tate Modern gallery dedicated to Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco.Some of the 48-year-old's most recognizable works are included in the retrospective, which runs from January 19 to April 25, including an oval, pocketless billiard table across which the red ball swings like a pendulum."Carambole with Pendulum" (1996) is a suitably playful work for a show where the artist's humor plays a prominent…See More

Italian broadcast powerhouse Mediaset will unveil an around-the-clock news channel that will start operations this year, company president Fedele Confalonieri said Tuesday.Confalonieri, speaking at the 26th meeting of Italy's leading editors union near Milan, said the channel will be part of the new News Mediaset unit and will be based on a partnership between Mediaset and a major international publishing and news organization. He did not provide further details.If the 24-hour news channel…See More

On Broadway, bad press doesn't necessarily spell failure, and the struggling "Spider-Man" musical is still luring tourists and theater goers into seats as it deals with persistent technical problems.The ambitious, high-tech $65 million musical -- the most expensive Broadway show ever -- has endured four delays in its opening and four injuries to its cast. By some accounts, it is shaping up as the biggest entertainment flop since Kevin Costner's movie "Waterworld" or Warren Beatty's…See More

Prime-time leader CBS is tweaking its schedule to bring midseason shows aboard.Joining the CBS lineup is spinoff series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," which will debut Feb. 16. Other newcomers are the comedy "Mad Love," debuting Feb. 21, and the spy drama "Chaos" starting April 1.As part of the shuffle, the Tom Selleck police drama "Blue Bloods" will move to 10 p.m. ET Wednesday for four weeks beginning Jan. 19, then return to its 10 p.m. ET Friday home in February.…See More

The thoroughly underwhelming romantic comedy "How Do You Know" in no way makes the best use of its starry cast — not Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd or Owen Wilson, and most certainly not Jack Nicholson.But we're going to be glass-half-full around here and use this as an opportunity to look back at the best of Nicholson's work. Now, given that the man is prolific and we only get to choose five films, this isn't going to be comprehensive. We'll try our best, though, and you're welcome to respond…See More

The app is far too powerful a tool to be limited to mobile phones.In 2010, the developer and music industries took bold steps to apply this burgeoning distribution model to a range of new devices and platforms. Take Pandora, the personalized Internet radio service that became the killer app for music on the iPhone when it was first introduced in 2008. Having expanded to every available smart-phone platform, the Pandora app has since jumped to such new devices as the iPad, Internet-connected TVs…See More

Larry Hagman will be paying a visit to Wisteria Lane when the former "Dallas" star appears in a guest role on "Desperate Housewives."ABC says Hagman will play a love interest of Stella Wingfield, who is played by Polly Bergen on that network's prime-time soap opera. Stella is the mother of the character played by series star Felicity Huffman.The 79-year-old Hagman, best-known as ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing a quarter-century ago on the long-running "Dallas," more recently had a recurring role…See More

Investigators on Friday were taking fingernail swabs from the boyfriend of a fashion designer found dead in a bathtub at a posh hotel in the hopes of finding evidence that may help them determine how she died.Police obtained a search warrant that also allowed them to take photos of Nicholas Brooks, the 24-year-old son of "You Light Up My Life" songwriter Joseph Brooks. He has been with police since his girlfriend, Sylvie Cachay, was discovered around 3 a.m. Thursday at the Soho House hotel.…See More

Time will soon indeed stand still for the drama "Time Stands Still" on Broadway.Producers say the show will end its run when stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian and Christina Ricci leave as scheduled on Jan. 30. It will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances.The play, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan, has enjoyed runs at two Broadway theaters. It is produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club.In…See More

Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old — like Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind" — than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images digitally could prove to be a fountain of youth for actors getting long in the tooth.In "Tron: Legacy," which opens Dec. 17, 61-year-old actor Jeff Bridges will play Kevin Flynn, at his natural age, and a computerized avatar called "Clu," who hasn't aged since around the time he was first created in…See More

Jeneane Marie Cranert boasts of touring Europe with the Funk Brothers and Tito Jackson and warming up the stage over the years for such stars as Frank Sinatra, Liberace and Wayne Newton.It sounds glamorous, only Cranert is telling the story from beneath the covers of her bed, where a bone disease has confined her for weeks because she doesn't have health insurance and can't afford hip replacement surgery.The 53-year-old singer's face is bloated, her speech punctuated by tearful fits, shrieks…See More

Katy Perry loves a man in a uniform.The pop superstar met dozens of service members while working on the special "VH1 Divas Salute the Troops" this weekend near San Diego."There was a kid who I met backstage who was rather chatty, but adorable," Perry recalled. "He was really sweet. He was 19. He had such a good heart. He said, 'Yes, ma'am' to me. 'Yes ma'am!' I was like, 'O.K.! Yes, sir!'"A VH1 publicist estimated an audience of 27,000 attended nearly three-hour taping of the concert Friday…See More

Hip-hop star Drake will host the Juno Awards, Canada's music awards, next year in Toronto.The breakout rapper, born in Toronto as Aubrey Graham, will return to his hometown to emcee Canada's music awards on Sunday, March 27, 2011.Drake last year took the hip hop world by storm with his debut album "Thank Me Later" after playing a physically disabled student in the Canadian teen TV series "Degrassi: The Next Generation.""I am beyond honored to be hosting this monumental Juno Awards in the…See More

Vampires, beware: Buffy is coming back.A remake of the horror comedy "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is in the works at Warner Bros., the studio said Tuesday.A studio spokeswoman says the project is in the earliest stages of development. It hasn't even been green-lit yet, and there's no director or star attached.One thing we do know: Joss Whedon, who wrote the first "Buffy" script and created the TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar that became a pop-culture phenomenon, is not involved. The new…See More

The audience at Thursday's performance of "Fela!" on Broadway got an extra thrill when an unannounced guest arrived — the first lady.Michelle Obama and six girlfriends stunned theatergoers when she arrived at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 49th Street to catch the Tony Award-winning musical about Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat artist and Nigerian political activist."When the audience realized that she was in the audience, they just went nuts," said Stephen Hendel, who co-conceived and produced the…See More