Picasso's "Guernica" undergoes medical check

Pablo Picasso's "Guernica," one of the world's most iconic paintings, is getting a full health check as it marks its 75th anniversary.

'The Help' cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards

"The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture.

Oscar's green room wins raves from Brian Grazer

When Oscar stars want to escape the camera's glare, they steal away into the lens-free green room.

Abraham stars off-Broadway in Brecht's 'Galileo'

Theatergoers arriving at Classic Stage Company's new off-Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo" might feel like they instead wandered into a space show at the Hayden Planetarium.

Jagger sizes up Obama's singing as 'courageous'

The reviews are in, and Mick Jagger sizes up President Barack Obama's singing of the blues this week as nothing short of "courageous."

'Idol' unveils Top 24 with a twist

It's good news for 25 â€" not just 24 â€" singers on "American Idol."

Capsule reviews of new movie releases

In this high-quality recruitment video, sissy things like plot and character development have been chased out of the theater as if by a barking drill sergeant. Instead of narrative and story, the film takes its propulsion from its verisimilitude. Directed by Mike "Mouse" McCoy and Scott Waugh, it was made in collaboration with the Navy, and stars active duty SEALs in missions based on real ones. The action revolves around the abduction of a CIA agent (Roselyn Sanchez) in Costa Rica following a terrorist explosion at a school in Indonesia. The SEALs are dispatched to a rescue mission in Costa Rica, which unspools a global terrorist plot that stretches to Somalia, Mexico and â€" if they don't act fast â€" the United States. The main thrill of the film, which was written by Kurt Johnstad ("300"), is its action pieces. The SEALs' sheer mastery of a skill â€" their seriousness of purpose and deep pride in their work â€" can make its own drama. But "Act of Valor" is just as much a fiction as anything Hollywood can create. It's a flashy piece of patriotic propaganda that by exalting the SEALs as supermen, kills their humanity amid the old cliches of action movies. R for strong violence including some torture and for language. 101 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

Met abandons Bondy 'Rigoletto' for Vegas version

The Metropolitan Opera has abandoned a new production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" by director Luc Bondy, whose grim version of Puccini's "Tosca" provoked intense booing when it opened the 2009-10 season. In its place, the company will present a far more radical reinterpretation that relocates the action to Ratpack-era Las Vegas of 1960.

Danza back in Philly to host fundraiser for school

Actor Tony Danza says he's disheartened by the reality of major budget cuts this year in the district of a Philadelphia high school where he starred in a reality TV show.

Miami Beach police check Brown phone theft claim

Police on Thursday were investigating a woman's claim that singer Chris Brown stole her iPhone outside a South Beach nightclub when she tried to take a picture of him.