Correction: Feb. 8-9 Grammy Vignettes Story (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - In stories Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 about "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher at the Grammys, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the designer of her dress. He is Jean Paul Gaultier, not John Paul. The corrected version of this story appears below.
Correction: Grammys-Vignettes Story (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - In stories Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 about "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher at the Grammys, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the designer of her dress. He is Jean Paul Gaultier, not John Paul.
Metropolitan Opera's Future Plans (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - Some of the future plans of the Metropolitan Opera, as obtained by The Associated Press from music industry employees who spoke on condition of anonymity:
Gelb Era at Met to Open With 'Butterfly' (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - The new impresario taking over the Metropolitan Opera is wasting no time putting a more cutting edge on the company — scrapping plans for a "three tenors" gala to open next season by substituting a controversial production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" directed by Oscar winner Anthony Minghella.
Arts Review: 'Kismet' Is Theatrical Hokum (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - There's something to be said for excess in musical comedy, and when you marry it to operetta you get "Kismet," a slice of prime theatrical hokum that needs larger-than-life personalities to pull it off.
NBC Takes a Chance on a New 'Idol' (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - With Fox's "American Idol" showing no sign of going flat, NBC announced it's planning a singing competition based on a 50-year-old European show that helped launch the careers of Celine Dion and ABBA.
3 Doors Singer Downed (E! Online)
February 10, 2006
E! Online - Forget Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down needs to worry more about wet
roads.
ABC News Anchor Elizabeth Vargas Pregnant (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - ABC's "World News Tonight," scrambling to fill the gap left by its injured anchor, Bob Woodruff, is facing further instability: Elizabeth Vargas, Woodruff's co-anchor, is pregnant.
3 Doors Down Singer Recovers From Accident (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - The lead singer of 3 Doors Down is recovering at home from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on a rain-soaked Mississippi road earlier this month.
Fill 'Er Up with BioWillie! (E! Online)
February 10, 2006
E! Online - Forget putting a tiger in the tank, get on the road again with
BioWillie.
3 Doors Downed
February 10, 2006
Forget Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down needs to worry more about wet roads.
Frontman Brad Arnold is recovering at home in Biloxi, Mississippi, after suffering major injuries resulting from a car wreck earlier this month, per a posting on the band's Website.
Arnold, 27, was riding shotgun and his wife, Terika, was driving on a rural Mississippi highway during a driving rain storm on Feb. 1, when she lost control and skidded off the road.
He received upward of 40 stitches in his head, but is expected to make a full recovery. The band has indefinitely postponed its current slate of concerts.
Gas Up with BioWillie!
February 10, 2006
Forget putting a tiger in the tank, get on the road again with BioWillie.
Willie Nelson wants you to fill up with his own brand of clean-burning renewable diesel fuel. The eco-friendly crooner officially unveiled BioWillie this week in hopes of breaking what President Bush calls our "addiction to oil."
The country music maverick turned up at an alternative fuel station in San Diego on Wednesday to celebrate BioWillie going on sale in the state of California. To mark the launch, Nelson filled up his tour bus from a pump featuring a photo of him strumming a guitar.
The biofuel is also available in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
Future of Orpheum Theater Uncertain (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - Fliers for an Aug. 27, 2005, play still hang in the glass casings lining the facade of the historic Orpheum Theater, marking the day that Hurricane Katrina's approach in the Gulf of Mexico brought this city's arts community to a standstill.
Review: Remy Ma Cocksure in Her New Album (AP)
February 10, 2006AP - Remy Ma, "There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story" (SRC/Universal)
Review: 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold' (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - Most concert films look alike. The panoramas of the band and crowd from the back of the theater. The cameras slowly panning, cameramen skulking about and getting in one another's shots. The big finish with the headliner and 109 special guests all wielding guitars, looking like gangsters about to machine-gun each other down.
'American Dreamz' to Premiere at SXSW (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - "American Dreamz," a satire about American identity starring Mandy Moore, Hugh Grant and Dennis Quaid, is among 50 feature films making their world debut at this year's South by Southwest film festival.
Schneider begins chapter in textural revolution (Reuters)
February 10, 2006Reuters - Maria Schneider and her precision sound surgeons opened their top-notch night Wednesday at the Disney Concert Hall with a piece titled "Concert in the Garden," which won them a Grammy last year for best large jazz ensemble.
Trynin's tell-all recalls whirlwind music career (Reuters)
February 10, 2006Reuters - There's something poetic about the fact that one-time "rock star" Jen Trynin's first book, "Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be" (Harcourt), arrived in bookstores the same week as the Grammy Awards, which celebrate success as much as they do artistic achievement.
Spears Says Driving With Baby 'A Mistake' (AP)
February 10, 2006
AP - Britney Spears has taken responsibility — well, some of it — for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap.