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Michael Ausiello has the exclusive, that Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem will guest star on the musical TV show Glee: Academy Award winner Javier Bardem is expected to appear this coming season as a rock star who befriends Artie (Kevin McHale). Bardem pitched the idea to Glee boss Ryan Murphy, with whom he worked with on [...]

Discover how two great French artists, Camille Henrot and Odile Decq, transformed the Espace Culturel Louis Vuiton on the 7th floor of the Louis Vuitton Champs Elysées Maison for the new Perspectives exhibition. For the first time, the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton is concentrating on two artists. Two women, two French citizens, two different and [...]

The Library of Congress announced the appointment of W.S. Merwin as the Library’s 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2010-2011. Merwin begins his duties this fall. He succeeds Kay Ryan and joins a long line of distinguished poets who have served in the position, including Charles Simic, Donald Hall, Ted Kooser, Louise Glück, Billy [...]

The creators behind the Pixar short Day & Night talk about their latest animated success, showing right before Toy Story 3 – as selected by John Lasseter. Related Posts:May 29, 2010 — Behind the Scenes of Toy Story 3 – When Ken Met BarbieApril 27, 2010 — Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, Remember It?June 27, 2010 — To [...]

Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having — a husband, a house, a successful career — yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort [...]

Jude Law is going 3D with Martin Scorsese! The director begins production on his foray into 3D with the adaptation of the mysterious novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret with Jude Law joining the cast. Now simply titled Hugo Cabret, it is scheduled for release in December 2011. The novel by Brian Selznick is set [...]

Here is NPR’s Susan Stamberg with a fascinating report on Monet’s Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light: In 1872, in the French port city of Le Havre, 32-year-old Claude Monet made a painting that would give an art movement its name. Monet called his painting Impression, Sunrise. It was a quick, brushy harbor scene [...]

A calligraphy masterpiece by Huang Tingjian sold at auction for $64 million – a record for a Chinese work of art. The handscroll from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) features a calligraphic representation of an epigraph originally composed by Wei Zheng, a famous Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) chancellor. From Luxury Insider Related Posts:June 23, 2010 — [...]

British art collector Charles Saatchi, who championed the likes of Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, will donate his central London gallery and more than 200 works valued at $37 million to the nation, he announced on Thursday. The Saatchi Gallery, located in Chelsea, will be renamed MOCA London (Museum of Contemporary Art, London) when Saatchi [...]

Andrew Garfield has been cast as Peter Parker in Sony’s “Spider-Man” reboot, the studio announced via press release on Thursday: After a comprehensive worldwide casting search, Andrew Garfield has been chosen to portray Peter Parker when Spider-Man swings back onto the screen in 3D on July 3, 2012. The new film will begin production in [...]