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Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God.

ARTINFO - A Kennedy Center Honor, which the Kennedy Center’s website likens to a knighthood in Britain, is the ultimate reward for a person’s “lifetime contribution to American culture.” This year those contributions included outlaw country music, "Yesterday," uplifting car giveaways, and scintillatingly vibrant choreography.

ARTINFO - As a reminder that the looting of Iraq's heritage has hardly been restricted to the militant thieves who pillaged the Iraqi National Museum after the 2003 American invasion, the United States has repatriated a group of objects, some of which were apparently taken as war booty, and others that reflect the region's history of artifact smuggling. This step, by all accounts, is only a small one in what will have to be a concerted international effort to undo the work of all kinds of opportunistic raiders.

VENICE, Italy (AP) -- Hong Kong's action film master Tsui Hark returns to the big screen with ''Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame'', a new cloak-and-dagger martial arts blockbuster set in the Tang dynasty.

VENICE, Italy (AP) -- Ben Affleck brought Boston to Venice on Wednesday, presenting a reality-driven heist film ''The Town'' that is destined to draw comparisons to his other films also set in his Massachusetts hometown.

VENICE, Italy (AP) -- Ben Affleck brought Boston to Venice on Wednesday, presenting a reality-driven heist film ''The Town'' that is destined to draw comparisons to his other films also set in his Massachusetts hometown.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Carrie Underwood thought she'd walk away from her first movie experience vowing to stick to her day job.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The story of Ronald Reagan's life -- from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world -- is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The story of Ronald Reagan's life -- from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world -- is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British television host Piers Morgan will replace talk-show host Larry King on CNN's prime-time lineup in January, the network said on Wednesday.

Caught between the Labor Day weekend and European shows, organizers of New York’s Fashion Week say they had no choice but to stage the event during Rosh Hashanah.

ARTINFO - As Sotheby's and Christie's stake out their blue-chip consignment territory in advance of the fall market season, second-string boutique Phillips de Pury seems to be working a burgeoning, if unglamorous, niche: helping disgraced financiers sell off their ill-gotten art. After bringing in more than $24 million this spring by auctioning the collection of debt-ridden Internet entrepreneur Hasley Minor, Phillips is now angling for the corporate art collection of the defunct law firm of Marc Dreier, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for federal fraud after having attempted to sell $700 million bonus promissory notes to investors. According to the Wall Street Journal, a bankruptcy official has filed for court approval for a November 21 Phillips auction of the modern and contemporary works Dreier amassed before his 2008 arrest. The 81-piece collection includes works by Damien Hirst, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, and Willem de Kooning, as well as photographs of the Dreier family and of Audrey Hepburn playing that other fiscally inept individual Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany’s."

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Latin Grammy nominations spread the love between established artists and newcomers, nominating songwriters Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz in four categories each.

With so many changes in the fashion media, designers are having a tough time deciding who gets the best seats.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Alt-metal rock band Disturbed claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday despite a hefty drop in first-week sales.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Alt-metal rock band Disturbed claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday despite a hefty drop in first-week sales.

Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God.

Anna Wintour’s runway show in the plaza of Lincoln Center gave a sense of what it’s like to attend Fashion Week on the inside.

A new book of photographs, “Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page,” documents the career of Led Zeppelin’s guitarist. Ben Sisario talked to Mr. Page about the book and his career.

A new book of photographs, “Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page,” documents the career of Led Zeppelin’s guitarist. Ben Sisario talked to Mr. Page about the book and his career.