The Corcoran has just announced a new contemporary program called NOW at the Corcoran, a series of one- and two-artist exhibitions that presents new work addressing issues central to the local, national, and global communities of Washington, D.C.
Which is an interesting concept, since the series launches on Sept. 11 with Spencer Finch, a Brooklyn-based artist, [...]

Citing the increasing dissolution of bandmate Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards stole British tabby headlines yesterday by announcing he'd quit the juice. The guitarist and emblem of unapologetic living—who fell out of a palm tree during a boozy trip to Fiji in '06 and still battles rumors that he depends on Swiss blood transfusions to keep [...]

Yusuf a.k.a. Yusuf Islam a.k.a Cat Stevens is reportedly giving serious thought to suing Coldplay over "Viva la Vida," the title track off its latest album, due to alleged melodic similarities with Stevens's 1973 song "Foreigner Suite."
The folk bard-turned-Muslim philanthropist, who has won a series of distinctions in the past decade, including the World Social [...]