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News: Stein family impact on avant-garde French art on show Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcome son: report Meryl Streep makes donations to Viola Davis' charities Charlie Sheen's "Anger Management" gets premiere date Lyle Lovett makes writers block work on latest album Lindsay Lohan no longer party girl, now a "homebody" MOG not trying to sell itself: CEO Michel Hazanavicius wins directing Oscar for "The Artist" Behind NY's catwalks, legal contracts abound Streep donates $10,000 in Davis's honor to R.I. school New HBO series to shadow war photographers Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring in Fox Drama Pilot, "Guilty" Internal Murdoch inquiry covers four UK newspapers "Dancing With the Stars" avoids conflict with new cast New Panasonic chief to chase TV profit, not volume Stein family impact on avant-garde French art on show James Bond and Batman help rescue London developers Hollywood Republicans keeping wallets shut Alan Ball stepping down from "True Blood" Lucy Liu joins CBS Sherlock Holmes pilot "Elementary" John McCain has no plans to watch HBO's "Game Change" Is there a "Brad Pitt Curse" for current, former flames? Tribeca to release Martin Donovan's "Collaborator" "The Artist" to be seen in more theaters this weekend James Spader quits "The Office" Oscar's most-TiVo'ed moments from Sunday telecast Billy Crystal back to basics in Oscar host comeback Giancarlo Esposito joins NBC pilot "Revolution" CW finds its Carrie Bradshaw in AnnaSophia Robb Sacha Baron Cohen's red carpet stunt had Academy worried "Maury" spinoff talk show "Trisha" clears 80% of country Billy Crystal, Jolie's leg boost Oscar audience "Harry Potter" E-books get worldwide library distribution Hip-hop star Jim Jones arrested after casino brawl "Desperate Housewives" lawsuit goes to court Lucy Lawless arrested during oil-drilling protest Giddy stars party night away after Oscars show Police, Murdoch aides stalled hacking probes, inquiry told Berenstain Bears creator dies, age 88 UK rocker Doherty displays blood paintings in London Stein family impact on avant-garde French art on show Tue,28 Feb 2012 07:24 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Few people have had more influence on the impact of avant-garde art in early 20th century Paris and the careers of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse than the writer and collector Gertrude Stein and her siblings. In a new exhibition, "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde" which opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday and runs through June 3, their patronage and friendships with the emerging artists of their day is chronicled through the works they collected. ... Full Story Top Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck welcome son: report Tue,28 Feb 2012 07:04 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Star couple Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed their third child, a baby boy, People magazine said on Tuesday, without giving further details. Garner, who made her name in the television drama "Alias," wed actor and producer Affleck in June 2005 at a private ceremony in Turks and Caicos, in the Caribbean. They welcomed their first daughter, Violet, in December 2005, and second daughter Seraphina in 2009. ... Full Story Top Meryl Streep makes donations to Viola Davis' charities Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:30 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Meryl Streep paid tribute to Viola Davis this week, contributing $20,000 to two Rhode Island charities connected to "The Help" star. The donations came after Streep bested Davis in the race for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Iron Lady." The Oscar winner wrote a check for $10,000 to Upward Bound to honor Davis, the program's director Mariam Z. Boyajian confirmed to TheWrap. Boyajian said it was the largest donation in the organization's history. "I was writing to her when you called," Boyajian told TheWrap. ... Full Story Top Charlie Sheen's "Anger Management" gets premiere date Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - FX will kick off its summer comedy slate with a packed night on June 28, starting with back-to-back episodes of Charlie Sheen's new venture "Anger Management," the network said Monday. On the same night, Russell Brand's new talk show "Strangely Uplifting" will debut, and the new seasons of "Wilfred" and "Louie" will premiere. "Anger Management" will air two new episodes at 9 p.m. and 9:30, after which the show will run Thursdays at 9:30, with the previous week's episode airing at 9 p.m. ... Full Story Top Lyle Lovett makes writers block work on latest album Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - How happy is Lyle Lovett to be wrapping up his 26-year tenure with Curb Records? Clues abound, not just in the telling title of his new album, "Release Me," but the cover art, which has Lovett bound neck-to-ankle in a lariat. One might also take a hint from the fact that he only wrote two of the album's 14 tunes, which smacks of a "Contractual Obligation Album" (as Monty Python once titled a record). ... Full Story Top Lindsay Lohan no longer party girl, now a "homebody" Tue,28 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan says she is putting her bad girl image behind her and starting a fresh chapter in life, getting back to acting after recent years of personal turmoil that included arrests and stints in jail. The actress, 25, who is on probation from a string of legal troubles including drunk driving, drug possession and theft, has recently impressed court officials with good behavior and seemed eager to continue on a straight-and-narrow path. ... Full Story Top MOG not trying to sell itself: CEO Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:55 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Digital music start-up MOG isn't actively trying to sell itself, its chief executive said on Tuesday, responding to a report that said his company is struggling in the competitive music subscription business. MOG now has more than 500,000 active users, according to CEO David Hyman, but he did not break out how many are fully paid-up subscribers. Since integrating the music service into Facebook last fall, nearly 5,000 new users a day have tried out the site he said. CNET earlier on Tuesday reported that MOG was struggling and is up for sale. ... Full Story Top Michel Hazanavicius wins directing Oscar for "The Artist" Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:38 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Frenchman Michel Hazanavicius won the Oscar for best directing on Sunday for "The Artist," a homage to Hollywood's silent era that starred the filmmaker's wife. The silent, black-and-white movie which also took the best picture award focuses on a fading star who finds redemption through the love of a woman just as silent movies are being taken over by talkies. It was Hazanavicius' first Oscar nomination and his first win. He also won the BAFTA and Directors Guild prizes for "The Artist," which he also wrote. ... Full Story Top Behind NY's catwalks, legal contracts abound Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:33 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Behind the scenes of New York Fashion Week, reams of legal contracts bind together designers, models, hair and make-up artists, photographers, stagehands, lighting technicians and even celebrities flaunting their clothes. These days fashion contracts can range from a premium price of up to $65,000 to rent the main runway at Lincoln Center where the top designers tend to show, to a smaller designer's DJ contract including a clause that the DJ must have the right to publicly broadcast the music they pump out during the show. ... Full Story Top Streep donates $10,000 in Davis's honor to R.I. school Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:17 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - The morning after actress Meryl Streep walked off with an Oscar many bet would go to Viola Davis, Streep gave a cash-strapped school in Rhode Island a $10,000 donation in Davis's honor, the school's founder said on Tuesday. Davis, 46, has been a champion for now-bankrupt Central Falls, Rhode Island, the town she grew up in and has herself donated cash to help keep the library open. Her longtime friend and sometimes rival Streep, 62, in response to Davis's cheerleading sent a $10,000 check to a local charter school, the Segue Institute for Learning, which faces closure. ... Full Story Top New HBO series to shadow war photographers Tue,28 Feb 2012 01:24 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new television documentary series created by Hollywood director Michael Mann about war photographers promises to follow a new generation of photojournalists into places of conflict including Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and Libya, HBO said on Tuesday. The series, called "Witness," will include at least four episodes with the first shot in the region of Juarez, Mexico, one of the country's violent drug war regions. Mann, the director of such films as "The Insider" and "Public Enemies," will collaborate with director David Frankham on the series. ... Full Story Top Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring in Fox Drama Pilot, "Guilty" Tue,28 Feb 2012 12:34 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Another big-screen star heads to primetime. "Jerry Maguire" Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is headlining the Fox drama pilot "Guilty." Reps for Fox and the actor confirm to TheWrap that he'll star in the drama, created by "Brothers & Sisters" producers Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. "Guilty" revolves around Gooding's character, an ethically ambiguous defense attorney who loses his legal license after being falsely accused of fraud. ... Full Story Top Internal Murdoch inquiry covers four UK newspapers Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A massive email cache that a corporate clean-up team has assembled as part of its effort to cooperate with British police contains message traffic generated by journalists at all four British newspapers once published by Rupert Murdoch, sources familiar with the unit's work said. The clean-up team, known as the Management and Standards Committee (MSC) of Murdoch's US-based News Corp, is investigating reporting practices across all Murdoch's current and former UK properties, said one of the sources familiar with the company's internal investigations. ... Full Story Top "Dancing With the Stars" avoids conflict with new cast Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:49 AM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television ballroom contest "Dancing With the Stars" took a step back from controversy with its new cast unveiled on Tuesday, including tennis champ Martina Navratilova, several TV actors, an opera singer and Gladys Knight without her "Pips." "Dancing With the Stars" annually is among the top-rated U.S. TV shows with a formula that pairs B-list celebrities, sports stars and singers with professional dancers performing sambas, cha-cha-chas and waltzes across a ballroom floor. ... Full Story Top New Panasonic chief to chase TV profit, not volume Tue,28 Feb 2012 04:07 AM PST Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp named the head of its loss-making TV business as its new president and pledged to get the TV division back on track within two years as the group heads for a record $10 billion loss. Kazuhiro Tsuga, 55, who has been at the company for more than three decades, will replace Fumio Ohtsubo, who becomes chairman - still in a position of influence and a role that outgoing presidents in Japan usually take. Founded as a maker of plugs almost a century ago, Panasonic has warned it will make a loss of 780 billion yen ($9. ... Full Story Top Stein family impact on avant-garde French art on show Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:49 AM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Few people have had more influence on the impact of avant-garde art in early 20th century Paris and the careers of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse than the writer and collector Gertrude Stein and her siblings. In a new exhibition, "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde" which opens at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday and runs through June 3, their patronage and friendships with the emerging artists of their day is chronicled through the works they collected. ... Full Story Top James Bond and Batman help rescue London developers Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:11 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood is helping London developers weather the financial crisis by turning empty offices into film sets, providing cash and publicity for landlords struggling to fill buildings with tenants because of the uncertain economic outlook. In addition to films and television shows, a growing number of developers are also opening their doors to events like London Fashion Week or temporary retail sites for online companies such as Amazon, eBay and Google. ... Full Story Top Hollywood Republicans keeping wallets shut Mon,27 Feb 2012 07:07 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - GOP support may be growing in Hollywood, but the money hasn't exactly been flowing to the party's presidential hopefuls. Front-runner Mitt Romney has fared the best among the GOP field, picking up donations from Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns, former Metro Goldwyn Mayer chief Harry Sloan, and former Yahoo! and Warner Bros. head Terry Semel, according to recent campaign filings. Romney also raised an estimated $1 million at a December fundraiser at the Beverly Hills Hotel. ... Full Story Top Alan Ball stepping down from "True Blood" Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:47 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "True Blood's" upcoming fifth season will be the last with Alan Ball in charge. Ball, who created and executive produces HBO's vampire drama, will not continue as the series' showrunner if the show goes on to another season, the network confirmed to TheWrap on Monday. According to HBO, the decision came about last summer, when Ball extended his overall deal with the network. ... Full Story Top Lucy Liu joins CBS Sherlock Holmes pilot "Elementary" Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:46 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Elementary, my dear Watson? Hardly. Lucy Liu has joined the cast of CBS' Sherlock Holmes-drama pilot -- as Holmes' assistant Watson. Who traditionally has been portrayed by, you know, male actors. With "Charlie's Angels" star Liu in the role, Watson is being re-envisioned as Joan Watson, who lives with Holmes in modern-day New York. "Trainspotting" actor Jonny Lee Miller, who recently had a run on Showtime's serial-killer hit "Dexter," will star as the legendary sleuth Holmes in the pilot, which comes via CBS Television Studios and Timberman-Beverly Productions. ... Full Story Top John McCain has no plans to watch HBO's "Game Change" Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:38 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (TheWrap.com) - Sounds like HBO has lost a viewer for its upcoming political biopic "Game Change." Sen. John McCain -- whose 2008 presidential campaign gets the dramatization treatment in the film -- asserted on Saturday that he has no intention of watching the film, which premieres on the network March 10. "This new movie that comes out, (people) ask me if I'm gonna watch it," the Republican senator from Arizona said during a campaign stop for current GOP candidate Mitt Romney. "I tell them it'll be a cold day in Gila Bend, Ariz. ... Full Story Top Is there a "Brad Pitt Curse" for current, former flames? Mon,27 Feb 2012 05:40 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Warning: Hooking up with Brad Pitt can be hazardous to your career. The two-time People Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive" winner had a toxic effect on lovers past and present over the weekend. Current flame Angelina Jolie's bizarre leg-baring stance during the Oscar ceremony prompted Best Adapted Screenplay winner Jim Rash to ape her sexually provocative pose while accepting his award. It also inspired a Twitter feed @AngiesRightLeg that has 18,000 followers and counting. Sample tweet: "Left leg and I talked -- everything's cool. Next Oscars, she gets the slit. ... Full Story Top Tribeca to release Martin Donovan's "Collaborator" Mon,27 Feb 2012 05:40 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Tribeca Film has acquired domestic distribution rights to "Collaborator," Martin Donovan's comedic drama -- the actor's directorial debut, the company said Monday. Tribeca Film plans a summer release for the movie. Donovan stars in the film, which he wrote and directed. In "Collaborator," Donovan plays Robert Longfellow, a famous playwright whose new play has bombed and whose marriage is becoming rocky. ... Full Story Top "The Artist" to be seen in more theaters this weekend Mon,27 Feb 2012 05:39 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (TheWrap.com) - Don't expect to see "The Artist," winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, on DVD any time soon. Do expect to see this year's best film winner in more theaters -- more than double the number -- starting next weekend. The Weinstein Co. plans to increase the number of theaters showing its movie from 966 last weekend to 2,000 on Friday. "We're going to give it the chance to get that big box-office bump that it can get from the Academy Award," Erik Lomis, the Weinstein Co.'s distribution president, told TheWrap. It could be more than a bump. ... Full Story Top James Spader quits "The Office" Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - James Spader is taking early retirement from "The Office." The former "Boston Legal" star is leaving the NBC sitcom after he completes the current eighth season of the series, which was his first with the show, the network confirms to TheWrap. Spader played new Dunder Mifflin/Sabre CEO Robert California. He replaced outgoing manager Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, after appearing at the end of the series' seventh season. He then quickly earned a promotion to CEO. ... Full Story Top Oscar's most-TiVo'ed moments from Sunday telecast Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:37 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The people (at least the ones with TiVo) have spoken, and what they're saying is ... they're really interested in Jennifer Lopez's nipple and Gwyneth Paltrow's unsuccessful stab at comedy. TiVo has released its customer research on the most-TiVo'ed moments from last night's Oscars, with Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez's presentation speech for the Best Costume Design and Makeup award tops the list. The finding isn't particularly shocking. ... Full Story Top Billy Crystal back to basics in Oscar host comeback Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:21 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Making a comeback as Oscar host after an eight-year absence, comedian Billy Crystal poked fun on Sunday night at his own reluctance to return and paid light-hearted tribute to leading nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. In his ninth appearance as master of ceremonies, Crystal, 63, did his best to keep the live broadcast moving with a mix of one-liners, song and the kind of comic set pieces that have enshrined him as one of the most beloved of Oscar emcees. ... Full Story Top Giancarlo Esposito joins NBC pilot "Revolution" Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:18 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Breaking Bad" star Giancarlo Esposito is about to play another potentially two-faced character. Esposito has signed on to the J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and Eric Kripke-produced NBC pilot "Revolution," about a world where all forms of energy have ceased to exist. Esposito will play tough but genteel military man Capt. Neville, who may not be as he seems. Esposito can play devious characters up and down. His Gus Fring on "Breaking Bad" was a fast-food chicken mogul who secretly ran a meth empire. ... Full Story Top CW finds its Carrie Bradshaw in AnnaSophia Robb Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:17 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The CW has found its Carrie Bradshaw. AnnaSophia Robb, the star of last year's big-screen offering "Soul Surfer," has landed the lead role of a young Carrie Bradshaw in the CW pilot "The Carrie Diaries," the network confirmed to TheWrap. Based on the Candace Bushnell novel of the same name, "The Carrie Diaries" will pick up in the years before "Sex and the City," with Robb playing a young Bradshaw who "comes of age in the 1980s, asking her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan. ... Full Story Top Sacha Baron Cohen's red carpet stunt had Academy worried Mon,27 Feb 2012 03:16 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sacha Baron Cohen's stunt of spilling ashes on Ryan Seacrest on the Oscar red carpet earned the comic a quick visit from Academy president Tom Sherak and Oscar show producer Brian Grazer, who went to Baron Cohen's dressing room to make sure he didn't have any more disruptions planned for Oscar night. The stunt began when Baron Cohen appeared on the red carpet as the title character from his upcoming film "The Dictator," an appearance that had been planned in advance and reluctantly approved by the Academy. ... Full Story Top "Maury" spinoff talk show "Trisha" clears 80% of country Mon,27 Feb 2012 02:42 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Congratulations, "Maury" -- you're the father of a new talk show, and it's growing into quite the robust offspring indeed. "Trisha," an upcoming talk show featuring "Maury" guest host and "conflict expert" Trisha Goddard, has been cleared in more than 80 percent of the country, an area that includes 27 of the nation's top 30 markets, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution said Monday. The show has been sold to station groups that include Sinclair, CBS, Hearst, Weigel, Belo, Capitol, Cox, Fox, Granite, Lin and Sunbeam. ... Full Story Top Billy Crystal, Jolie's leg boost Oscar audience Mon,27 Feb 2012 01:59 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Billy Crystal, Angelina Jolie's leg and French silent film "The Artist" brought the Oscars bouncing back from recent slack viewership, drawing a larger-than-expected 39 million TV viewers and setting social media abuzz. Some 39.3 million Americans watched the Oscars ceremony on television on Sunday, up from the 37.6 million audience in 2011, according to preliminary ratings data. Broadcaster ABC said it was the second largest TV audience for the Academy Awards since 2007. ... Full Story Top "Harry Potter" E-books get worldwide library distribution Mon,27 Feb 2012 01:31 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The "Harry Potter" saga may have seen the end of its run in the movie theaters, but J.K. Rowling's wizardly brain child will live on in the world's libraries. British distributor OverDrive has struck a deal with Pottermore -- the online home of all things Potter -- to distribute "Harry Potter" e-books and digital audiobooks in school and public libraries worldwide. The deal calls for the books to be distributed in more than 20 languages throughout OverDrive's global network of libraries, which currently numbers more than 18,000. ... Full Story Top Hip-hop star Jim Jones arrested after casino brawl Mon,27 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Hip-hop artist Jim Jones was arrested early on Saturday morning for his role in a brawl that erupted at a party hosted by music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs at a Connecticut casino, police said. Jones, 35, known best for his chart-climbing 2007 hit "We Fly High," was charged with second-degree breach of peace, inciting a riot, and resisting arrest after a verbal confrontation flared into a fist fight between roughly a dozen people after 2 a.m. in the Foxwoods Resort Casino, according to Lieutenant Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police. ... Full Story Top "Desperate Housewives" lawsuit goes to court Mon,27 Feb 2012 01:01 PM PST Reuters - NEW YORK, Feb 27 (TheWrap.com) - "Desperate Housewives" is ending its run with a dramatic courtroom confrontation -- not on the show, but in real life. Nicollette Sheridan's $20 million wrongful termination suit goes to court today in Los Angeles. Sheridan says she was fired her after she complained about creator Marc Cherry hitting her during a 2008 argument. Her character, Edie Britt, was killed off. In her lawsuit, Sheridan said Cherry "forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head" over a script disagreement during rehearsal. She responded, "You just hit me in the head. ... Full Story Top Lucy Lawless arrested during oil-drilling protest Mon,27 Feb 2012 01:01 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (TheWrap.com) - Sean Young wasn't the only actress to end up with criminal charges Monday after the Oscars; Lucy Lawless also found herself on the wrong side of the law. Most people would consider Lawless' reason for being in custody a bit more noble, though. "Spartacus" and "Xena Warrior Princess" actress Lawless was arrested early Monday along with several other protestors from Greenpeace New Zealand, following a four-day occupation of the Shell oil drilling ship the Noble Discoverer in New Zealand's Port Taranaki. ... Full Story Top Giddy stars party night away after Oscars show Mon,27 Feb 2012 12:43 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Giddy with joy and liberal with kisses, Oscar's newly crowned stars celebrated late into the night on Sunday, feasting on delicacies ranging from caviar and smoked salmon to burgers with macaroni and cheese. Clutching golden statuettes under their arms or showing them off for photographers and friends, Academy Award winners joined their empty-handed rivals in sipping champagne at the official Governor's Ball, where they were serenaded by veteran crooner Tony Bennett. ... Full Story Top Police, Murdoch aides stalled hacking probes, inquiry told Mon,27 Feb 2012 12:27 PM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British police and officials from Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World newspaper stalled early attempts to investigate allegations of phone hacking by its journalists, a British judicial inquiry was told on Monday. Investigators for London's Metropolitan Police Service had evidence in 2006 that "hundreds" of victims had been targeted for possible phone hacking by the News of the World, a former police commander said. But officers had other priorities and insufficient resources to pursue the matter as thoroughly as they could have, a lawyer for the inquiry said. ... Full Story Top Berenstain Bears creator dies, age 88 Mon,27 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - Jan Berenstain, who along with her husband Stan created the popular children's books about the family of lovable "Berenstain Bears," has died in Philadelphia, her publisher said on Monday, after suffering a stroke late last week. She was 88. "We are all deeply saddened to share with you the news that Jan Berenstain, surviving member of one of the greatest teams in all children's literature - Stan and Jan Berenstain - passed away last Friday," publisher Random House said in a statement. Stan Berenstain died in 2005 at age 82. ... Full Story Top UK rocker Doherty displays blood paintings in London Mon,27 Feb 2012 12:01 PM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British rocker Peter Doherty has reinvented himself as an artist and is showing paintings drawn in his own blood at a London gallery this week. The show called "On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist" displays artwork produced for his 2009 solo album Grace/Wastelands, as well as a dozen canvases scattered around Camden's Cob Gallery. There may be something gruesome or just plain morbid about painting with blood. But the show's co-curator Rachel Chudley told Reuters: "If you look at art through the ages, the subject matter has always been life. ... Full Story Top

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