Monday, 12 March 2012

'Lorax' retains No. 1 box-office spot with $38.8M

In this film image released by Universal Pictures, animated character Lorax, voiced by Danny Devito, is shown in a scene from "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" held on as the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend with $38.8 million, easily beating the sci-fi newcomer "John Carter."


Jack Kerouac play to make its world premiere

FILE - In this 1967 file photo, author Jack Kerouac is shown in Lowell, Mass. Kerouac's only full-length play will be staged for the first time this fall. Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the University of Massachusetts Lowell said Monday _ on what would have been Kerouac's 90th birthday _ that they will produce the three-act play called Jack Kerouac's only full-length play will be staged for the first time this fall.


VH1 to chronicle Ochocinco, Lozada's wedding

FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, NFL Football player Chad Ochocinco, right, poses with his fiancee “Basketball Wives” star Evelyn Lozada at the Cosmopolitan Magazine's 'Fun Fearless Males of 2011' event in New York. VH1 said Monday, March 12, that its eight-part series Cable TV is getting ready to chronicle another sports-related celebrity wedding, this time involving NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco and "Basketball Wife" star Evelyn Lozada.


Artist Heizer's big rock rolls to Calif. museum

Crowds gather to watch a 200-foot-long transporter almost three freeway lanes wide carry a 340-ton granite boulder, standing 21 feet, 10 inches high and measuring 32 feet across to its new home at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where it will become the centerpiece of artist Michael Heizer's A big rock that has been lumbering across Southern California for the past week and a half arrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before dawn Saturday, cheered on by what has become an audience of tens of thousands.


"Fashion Star" show's designs in stores next day

In this undated image released by NBC, from left, host Elle Macpherson, Ross Bennett and Sarah Parrott are shown during the premiere episode of The stakes are high. The judges are brutal. The challenges are difficult. And the contestants are determined to be the next Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren.


Welsh opera star has high hopes for DWTS

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 Katherine Jenkins arrives for the Brit Awards 2011 at The O2 Arena in London. Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins has been rehearsing for 'Dancing With The Stars' in London and has found her love of high heels helps her on the dance floor. The Welsh mezzo-soprano has been rehearsing for the show with professional partner Mark Ballas, Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins may have a leg up on some of her "Dancing with the Stars" competitors: She's already used to high heels.


Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered

This undated picture made available by the by the National Geographic, shows a close-up of Giorgio Vasari's fresco bearing the words Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.


Jury will soon offer finale in 'Housewives' trial

FILE - In this July 27, 2011 file photo, actress Nicollette Sheridan poses for a portrait at during The Television Critics Association 2011 Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. The trial over Sheridan's firing from For eight seasons, Marc Cherry has woven conflict, mystery and death into the story lines of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," but soon 12 jurors will be the ones supplying suspense for the veteran television writer.


Iran cancels home ceremony for Oscar winner

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 file photo, Asghar Farhadi, of Iran, poses with the Oscar for best foreign language film for Iranian authorities canceled a ceremony Monday in honor of the country's Oscar-winning director even though the government had hailed his win as a triumph over a competitor from Israel.


Rolling Stones to release 50th anniversary book

Still no word on a Rolling Stones anniversary tour, but the band will mark its 50th year with a new book.