TORONTO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Toronto production of Agatha Christie's stage whodunit, "The Mousetrap," will close Jan. 15 after 27 years and 9,000 productions.
ULM, Germany, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Three figurines carved from mammoth tusk ivory that were found in a cave in Germany's Swabian Mountains may be among mankind's earliest figurative art.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Scarlett Johansson, up for two Golden Globe awards, said she wanted the role in "Lost In Translation" because working with Bill Murray in Tokyo intrigued her.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Buckingham Palace has placed on display a collection of works by the Russian jeweler Carl Faberge accumulated by three generations of the House of Windsor.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- After 30 years of working as a "drummer that sings a bit," Phil Collins is as surprised as anyone to find himself writing musicals for Disney.
NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Alex Lifeson, guitarist for the veteran rock band Rush, was arrested following a New Year's Eve fight at a Naples, Fla., club, Billboard reported Friday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Jermaine Jackson defended his brother Friday on NBC's "Today" show, supporting Michael Jackson's abuse claims during his Nov. 20 arrest.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Annual state spending on the arts is being slashed by nearly 25 percent as the mounting struggle for income at the state level continues into 2004.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Hip-hop group OutKast hangs on to the top two slots of the Hot 100 chart for the fourth consecutive week, Billboard reported Thursday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Sammy Davis Jr.'s life is being set to music in a new production scheduled to open early in 2004, with auditions being held in various cities this month.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Kurt Nilsen, the Norwegian plumber who became a national singing star, has won the premiere "World Idol" competition held New Year's Day in London.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. sales of recorded music held nearly steady in 2003, a report that's sure to be a pleasing note for leaders of the beleaguered recording industry.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department says it has found some of the 81 cows believed shipped to the United States from Canada with the mad cow disease victim.
