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  Arts, Briefly: 'Transformers' Star Fails to Appear in Court

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 5:05am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  A $1,000 bench warrant was issued for the actor Shia LaBeouf on Tuesday after he failed to appear in court on a charge of unlawful smoking, The Associated Press reported. According to the warrant, which did not contain details of the location of the offense, Mr. LaBeouf, 21, the star of the forthcoming “Indiana Jones” movie and the blockbuster hit “Transformers,” was cited last month. He was scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles County court Tuesday on the misdemeanor offense, but neither he nor his lawyer showed up, according to court documents.
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  Arts, Briefly: Dancers No Match for 'Idol'

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 5:05am GMT by By BENJAMIN TOFF

  ABC’s celebrity dancers were no match for Fox’s would-be celebrities in Tuesday’s ratings. Fox’s “American Idol” easily earned the night’s largest audience, averaging 27 million viewers from 8 to 10 p.m., Nielsen estimated. The Fox show also outpaced ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” by more than 10 million viewers during the 9 p.m. hour when the two series went head to head. The dance competition drew 16.8 million viewers from 9 to 10:30 p.m., giving ABC a second-place finish for the night behind Fox. The premiere of ABC’s “Miss Guided” at 10:30 attracted 10 million viewers. NBC was third for the night, nearly tying ABC among adults 18 to 49 thanks to the strength of "The Biggest Loser" in that demographic from 8 to 10 (7.9 million). CBS finished fourth over all.
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  Circus Cyclists Roll Toward the Border of a Record

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 5:05am GMT by By GLENN COLLINS

  A family of veteran circus performers aims for a record-breaking feat. The Eight would be the next thing in the Globe of Death, whose century-long history has paralleled the evolution of the motorcycle itself.
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  Dance Review: Youthful African Envoys of Continuing Traditions

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 4:30am GMT by By JENNIFER DUNNING

  The 21 young performers in the lively “Spirit of Uganda,” a music and dance revue that opened on Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater, are from a country where, according to the program, 2.4 million children have lost their parents to AIDS, civil war and poverty.
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  Many Nights at the Opera Have Involved the Emergency Room

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 4:00am GMT by By ROBIN POGREBIN

  “Tristan und Isolde” has long been a magnet for trouble.
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  Ivan Dixon, Actor in ‘Hogan’s Heroes,' Dies at 76

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:51am GMT by By DENNIS HEVESI

  Mr. Dixon was best known for playing Sgt. James Kinchloe on the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” but his films included vivid portrayals of black struggles in the American South.
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  Philip Jones Griffiths, Photographer, Dies at 72

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:46am GMT by By RANDY KENNEDY

  Mr. Griffiths was a crusading photojournalist whose pictures of civilian casualties and suffering were among the defining images of the war in Vietnam.
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  British Memoirist Is Denied U.S. Entry

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:31am GMT by By MOTOKO RICH

  Sebastian Horsley, a British author who has written an eyebrow-raising memoir detailing a life of rampant drug use and voluminous encounters with prostitutes, was turned back at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday.
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  Books of The Times: Just Tell Us Whom You Want to Win

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:29am GMT by By JANET MASLIN

  William Poundstone is a clear, entertaining explicator of election science. His book asks whether it's possible to devise a fair voting system.
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  Music Review: Small Group, Big Sound

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:26am GMT by By NATE CHINEN

  Pat Metheny’s sold-out trio concert on Tuesday night at Town Hall was hardly a sparse proposition.
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  Newly Released

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:25am GMT by By Amy Virshup

  Reviews of new novels. Based on this month’s titles, the publishing industry clearly has love or, to be honest, its corollary — sex — on its mind.
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  Bridge: Not Counting Adds Up to a Lost Title at the Spring Nationals

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:23am GMT by By PHILLIP ALDER

  The Lebhar Imp Pairs at the Spring Nationals in Detroit resulted in a narrow win Friday for Doug Doub of West Hartford, Conn., and Adam Wildavsky of New York.
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  Music Review: With Beat, Introvert Clears Path to Hope

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:22am GMT by By JON PARELES

  John Darnielle, the songwriter and sometimes sole member of the Mountain Goats, used words like “trope” and “theory” when he spoke between songs at Webster Hall on Tuesday.
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  Theater Review | 'The Poor Itch': Playwright’s Last Work on the Iraq War, With No End in Sight

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:18am GMT by By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

  Despite the admirable and intelligent work put into this production, “The Poor Itch” remains an unachieved play.
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  Music Review: Comfortable Together, but Still Negotiating the Details

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:17am GMT by By STEVE SMITH

  On Tuesday the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio performed with Leila Josefowicz, a prominent solo violinist, and Michael Tree, the violist of the Guarneri String Quartet.
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  Music Review: With Minimal Movement, a Musical Trek Through Time

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:15am GMT by By ALLAN KOZINN

  The inventive new-music ensemble Counter)induction called its Tuesday-night program at Merkin Concert Hall “Fast Forward: Composers at the Edge.”
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  Television Review: Singer’s Family Revisits Its Reality-Show History

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:14am GMT by By MIKE HALE

  In its two short seasons on BET, “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” has stood atop the celebreality genre.
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  Arts, Briefly: Clooney Movie Heads to Kentucky

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:12am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  George Clooney will screen his new movie “Leatherheads” in Maysville, Ky., on Monday, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Clooney’s father, Nick, said that the actor will visit this northern Kentucky town, which is approximately 16 miles west of Augusta, Ky., where the star grew up. Nick Clooney and George Clooney’s aunt, Rosemary, were born in Maysville, and the town holds special significance for the family: it’s where Rosemary Clooney’s movie “The Stars Are Singing” was given its premiere in 1953. The Times reported Wednesday that Greenville, S.C., where the movie was filmed, will have its own premiere, probably without Mr. Clooney and the cast. More than 400 extras from the Greenville area are in the film.
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  Arts, Briefly: Finalists Announced for Magazine Awards

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:11am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  The New Yorker leads the list of 128 finalists with 12 nominations for the 43rd annual National Magazine Awards. Marlene Kahan, executive director of the American Society of Magazine Editors, made the announcement on Wednesday. The 2008 awards, known as the Ellies, had a record-setting 1,964 entries from 333 print and online magazines, the society said. Twenty-five winners will be announced at a gala on May 1 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Other publications with multiple nominations include New York, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, GQ and The Atlantic; first-time finalists include Babble, Bloomberg Markets, Budget Travel, Chow, Condé Nast Portfolio, Domino, Good, The New York Times Magazine, Paste, Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine, Radar and T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
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  Arts, Briefly: Sundance Channel Up for Sale

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:10am GMT by By BRIAN STELTER

  The Sundance Channel, a joint venture of NBC Universal, the CBS Corporation and the actor and director Robert Redford, is up for sale, a media analyst said Wednesday. Sundance, a 12-year-old cable channel currently accessible to 26 million homes, is seeking more than $400 million, according to the analyst, Richard Greenfield of Pali Research. A spokeswoman for the channel declined to comment in an e-mail message. If neither NBC nor CBS decide to take full ownership, Mr. Greenfield said, Cablevision, Time Warner and Viacom could be interested. Some cable customers receive Sundance as part of a digital channel package; others must subscribe separately. The Sundance Channel promotes itself as “independent-minded” and shows films, documentaries and original programming. It operates separately from the Sundance Film Festival but seeks a similar audience. Its programs include “Iconoclasts,” in which two famous people interview each other, and the environmentally oriented series “The Green.” Rather than running standard commercials, the channel has allowed marketers to sponsor specific programs.
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  Arts, Briefly Compiled by Julie Bloom | Battlestar Galactica Prequel Announced: Battlestar Galactica Prequel Announced

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:09am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  The Sci Fi Channel has approved a two-hour pilot for the prequel to “Battlestar Galactica,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The announcement was made at the cable channel’s presentation of its new schedule Tuesday in New York. The prequel, “Caprica,” created by David Eick and Ronald D. Moore, the team behind “Battlestar,” is set 50 years before the hit show.
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  Arts, Briefly: ‘Curtains’ to Close

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:09am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

  The Broadway musical “Curtains” will be closing in June, and the Guthrie Theater announces productions of Tony Kushner plays for its new season.
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  Arts, Briefly: Rick Ross Scores a Second No. 1

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:08am GMT by By BEN SISARIO

  The Miami rapper Rick Ross, who made it big two years ago with a hit ring tone (“Hustlin’”), has scored his second No. 1 on the Billboard album chart with “Trilla” (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam), left. Nielsen SoundScan reported that it sold 198,000 copies in the United States, significantly more than Snoop Dogg’s “Ego Trippin’,” (Geffen), which moved 137,000, bowing at No. 3. The pop compilation series “Now That’s What I Call Music,” usually a blockbuster, had notably slow sales for its 27th volume. It moved 169,000 copies to reach No. 2, the lowest opening-week sales for the series since its first volume 10 years ago. Other Top 10 debuts this week include Fat Joe’s “Elephant in the Room” (Terror Squad/Imperial), at No. 6, and Miley Cyrus’s “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert” (Disney), at No. 10.
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  Arts, Briefly: Tolkien First Edition Is Auctioned

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:07am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  A first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel “The Hobbit” was sold at an auction at the Bonhams auction house, London, for £60,000 ($122,000), twice its predicted value, on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reported. Inscribed by the author and dedicated to Elaine Griffiths, a friend of Tolkien’s who helped with its publication, “The Hobbit” has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide since its first print run of 1,500 sold out. The auction also included the last known photo of Tolkien, taken in Oxford in 1973, and the first foreign-language edition of the book, a Swedish translation from 1947. “The Hobbit” was originally written for Tolkien’s children and preceded his fantasy trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings.”.
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  Arts, Briefly: Footnote

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:07am GMT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  Regis Philbin, Martin Short, Charles Grodin and Paul Shaffer will present an evening of comedy and music at Studio 54 on April 14. The proceeds will go to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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  Theater Review | 'The Conscientious Objector': This Took Place Back Then, but It Sounds a Lot Like Now

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:06am GMT by By CARYN JAMES

  This play about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision to oppose the war in Vietnam is fraught with contemporary resonance.
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  A Black ‘Cat,’ Catching an Elusive Audience

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:00am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

  The new all-black production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is the third Broadway show in four years that has drawn a mostly black audience and stellar business.
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  An Appraisal: For Clarke, Issues of Faith, but Tackled Scientifically

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 3:00am GMT by By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN

  Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction was religious in the largest sense of religion: speculating about beginnings and endings, and how we get from one to the other.
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  Abroad: Outrage at Cartoons Still Tests the Danes

  Posted: March 20th, 2008, 2:56am GMT by By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

  Two years after the Danish cartoon controversy, police charge three with plotting murder — and a debate reopens.